Prudence keeps life safe, but does not often make it happy. ~Samuel Johnson
No sooner had Jesus knocked over the dragon of superstition than Paul boldly set it on its legs again in the name of Jesus. ~G.B. Shaw, Androcles and the Lion, 1912
Laughter and tears are both responses to frustration and exhaustion. I myself prefer to laugh, since there is less cleaning up to do afterward. ~Kurt Vonnegut
My grandkids believe I'm the oldest thing in the world. And after two or three hours with them, I believe it, too. ~Gene Perret
Spring is when you feel like whistling even with a shoe full of slush. ~Doug Larson
The public buys its opinions as it buys its meat, or takes in its milk, on the principle that it is cheaper to do this than to keep a cow. So it is, but the milk is more likely to be watered. ~Samuel Butler, Notebooks, 1912
Nurses are the heart of healthcare. ~Donna Wilk Cardillo
A thing of beauty is a joy forever. ~John Keats
Age is only a number, a cipher for the records. A man can't retire his experience. He must use it. ~Bernard Baruch
Birthdays are good for you. Statistics show that the people who have the most live the longest. ~Larry Lorenzoni
Television: A medium - so called because it is neither rare nor well done. ~Ernie Kovacs
There is only one thing about which I am certain, and that is that there is very little about which one can be certain. ~W. Somerset Maugham
You might be a firefighter if your kids are afraid to get into water fights with you. ~Author Unknown
If we let people see that kind of thing, there would never again be any war. ~Pentagon official explaining why the U.S. military censored graphic footage from the Gulf War
No modern idea has affected history more than the passion of nationalism. ~Charles R. Poinsatte, Understanding History Through the American Experience
If I were a cat, what would make me purr? A pair of really comfortable blue jeans, and massages. ~Cinnamon Stomberger
To array a man's will against his sickness is the supreme art of medicine. ~Henry Ward Beecher
We all live in the protection of certain cowardices which we call our principles. ~Mark Twain
Don't accept your dog's admiration as conclusive evidence that you are wonderful. ~Ann Landers
Jumping for joy is good exercise. ~Author Unknown
Reality is that which, when you stop believing in it, doesn't go away. ~Philip K. Dick
Harry found the tea... seemed to burn away a little of the fear fluttering in his chest. ~J.K. Rowling
You're only as sick as your secrets. ~Author Unknown
But the place which you have selected for your camp, though never so rough and grim, begins at once to have its attractions, and becomes a very centre of civilization to you: "Home is home, be it never so homely." ~Henry David Thoreau
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