Neither a wise man nor a brave man lies down on the tracks of history to wait for the train of the future to run over him. ~Dwight D. Eisenhower
I think my idea of retirement might be to one day work a 40-hour week. ~Vince McMahon
Motor racing's less of a sport these days than a commercial break doing 150 mph. ~Peter Dunne, 1992
We cannot change anything until we accept it. Condemnation does not liberate, it oppresses. ~C.G. Jung
A lover is a man who tries to be more amiable than it is possible for him to be. ~Nicholas de Chamfort
Nothing spoils lunch any quicker than a rogue meatball rampaging through your spaghetti. ~Jim Davis, "Garfield" (Please note: In its original context, this is NOT about vegetarianism)
The trouble with unemployment is that the minute you wake up in the morning you're on the job. ~Slappy White
Experience makes more timid men than it does wise ones. ~Josh Billings
One must be fond of people and trust them if one is not to make a mess of life. ~E.M. Forster
Ask the experimenters why they experiment on animals, and the answer is: "Because the animals are like us." Ask the experimenters why it is morally okay to experiment on animals, and the answer is: "Because the animals are not like us." Animal experimentation rests on a logical contradiction. ~Charles R. Magel
Let your bookcases and your shelves be your gardens and your pleasure-grounds. Pluck the fruit that grows therein, gather the roses, the spices, and the myrrh. ~Judah Ibn Tibbon
It proves nothing. Must things be proved in order to be painful or pleasant? They need only be felt. ~"The Manuscript"
God punishes us mildly by ignoring our prayers and severely by answering them. ~Richard J. Needham
Sometimes I suffer from indigestion of the mind. ~Carrie Latet
Charm is the quality in others that makes us more satisfied with ourselves. ~Henri Frederic Amiel
If dandelions were hard to grow, they would be most welcome on any lawn. ~Andrew Mason
Women gather together to wear silly hats, eat dainty food, and forget how unresponsive their husbands are. Men gather to talk sports, eat heavy food, and forget how demanding their wives are. Only where children gather is there any real chance of fun. ~Mignon McLaughlin, The Neurotic's Notebook, 1960
Adults are always asking little kids what they want to be when they grow up because they're looking for ideas. ~Paula Poundstone
A show of envy is an insult to oneself. ~Yevgeny Alexandrovich Yevtushenko
Who covereth thyself with light as a garment: who stretchest out the heavens like a curtain: Who layeth the beams of his chambers in the waters: who maketh the clouds his chariot: who walketh upon the wings of the wind: Who maketh his angels spirits: his ministers a flaming fire: Who laid the foundations of the earth, that it should not be removed for ever. ~Psalms 104:2-5
An empty belly is the best cook. ~Estonian Proverb
A celibate clergy is an especially good idea, because it tends to suppress any hereditary propensity toward fanaticism. ~Carl Sagan
The deed is everything, the glory naught. ~Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
It's difficult to think anything but pleasant thoughts while eating a homegrown tomato. ~Lewis Grizzard
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