Calvin "Silent Cal" Coolidge - A Man of Few Words

Calvin Coolidge was the 30th president of the United States. He was (and still is) the only President to be born on July 4. For most part, Coolidge, often referred to as "Silent Cal" was a skilled public speaker, but in private, he was a man of a few words. I read about this incident a long time ago and have always found it funny.

During a state dinner, Dorothy Parker, a reporter with the New Yorker was sitting next to President Coolidge. “Mr President," she said, "I've made a bet against a fellow who said it was impossible to get more than two words out of you."

Ever so calmly, the president replied, “you lose.”