The young always have the same problem - how to rebel and conform at the same time. They have now solved this by defying their parents and copying one another. ~Quentin Crisp
Strength and honour are her clothing; and she shall rejoice in time to come. She openeth her mouth with wisdom; and in her tongue is the law of kindness. She looketh well to the ways of her household, and eateth not the bread of idleness. Her children arise up, and call her blessed; her husband also, and he praiseth her. ~Proverbs 31:25-28
The point to remember is that what the government gives it must first take away. ~John S. Coleman, address, Detroit Chamber of Commerce, 1956
God punishes us mildly by ignoring our prayers and severely by answering them. ~Richard J. Needham
All sorrows are less with bread. ~Miguel de Cervantes, Don Quixote
One may understand the cosmos, but never the ego; the self is more distant than any star. ~G.K. Chesterton, "The Logic of Elfland," Orthodoxy, 1908
How strange to use "You only live once" as an excuse to throw it away. ~Bill Copeland
The cat is the only animal which accepts the comforts but rejects the bondage of domesticity. ~Georges Louis Leclerc de Buffon
Upturned toward the sun, eyes closed. That color and warmth I see and feel is the soul on fire. If only it remained when again my eyes opened. ~Jeb Dickerson, www.howtomatter.com
Be a blood and organ donor. All it costs is a little love. ~Author Unknown
Every day is Earth Day. ~Author Unknown
Curling is not a sport. I called my grandmother and told her she could win a gold medal because they have dusting in the Olympics now. ~Charles Barkley
Without geography, you're nowhere. ~Author Unknown
A Christmas shopper's complaint is one of long-standing. ~Author Unknown
What he had yearned to embrace was not the flesh but a downy spirit, a spark, the impalpable angel that inhabits the flesh. ~Antoine de Saint-Exupery, Wind, Sand and Stars, 1939, translated from French by Lewis Galantiere
For me, in fact, the mark of the historic is the nonchalance with which it picks up an individual and deposits him in a trend, like a house playfully moved by a tornado. ~Mary McCarthy, On the Contrary
We are more often treacherous through weakness than through calculation. ~Francois De La Rochefoucauld
Americans like fat books and thin women. ~Russell Baker
Men and fish are alike. They both get into trouble when they open their mouths. ~Author Unknown
I believe that there is an explanation for everything, so, yes, I believe in miracles. ~Robert Brault, www.robertbrault.com
What is one man's meat is another man's rank poison. ~Lucretius
It's hard to imagine a bigger desert oasis than Las Vegas. ~Cinnamon Stomberger
Chlorine is my perfume. ~Author Unknown
Nature has given women so much power that the law has very wisely given them little. ~Samuel Johnson
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