quotes for orkut

Plant your own garden and decorate your own soul, instead of waiting for someone to bring you flowers. ~Veronica A. Shoffstall, "After a While," 1971


A chief is a man who assumes responsibility. He says "I was beaten," he does not say "My men were beaten." ~Antoine de Saint-Exupery


What is a weed? A plant whose virtues have not yet been discovered. ~Ralph Waldo Emerson, Fortune of the Republic, 1878


Poetry is perfect verbs hunting for elusive nouns. ~J. Patrick Lewis, www.jpatricklewis.com


If you meet the Buddha in the lane, feed him the ball. ~Phil Jackson


There are ten church members by inheritance for every one by conviction. ~Author Unknown


To me faith means not worrying. ~John Dewey


In violence we forget who we are. ~Mary McCarthy


Quote A: �Relying on the government to protect your privacy is like asking a peeping tom to install your window blinds.� ~John Perry Barlow


When I was a little kid, no older than that, I always used to wonder why nobody collected prayer cards like they collected baseball cards. Thousands of bucks for Honus Wagner and jack shit for Jesus. ~Robin Green and Mitchell Burgess, The Sopranos, "Isabella," original airdate 28 March 1999, spoken by the character Corrado "Junior" Soprano


There is more simplicity in the man who eats caviar on impulse than in the man who eats grapenuts on principle. ~G.K. Chesterton


God is closest to those with broken hearts. ~Jewish Saying


My mind contains many good ideas, but it's not always easy to squeeze one out. ~Ashleigh Brilliant


The average man will bristle if you say his father was dishonest, but he will brag a little if he discovers that his great-grandfather was a pirate. ~Bern Williams


Christmas brings enormous electric bills. Candles are used for Hanukkah. Not only are we spared enormous electric bills, but we get to feel good about not contributing to the energy crisis. ~KOACH Humor, "Holiday Distinctions Finally Explained" (KOACH College Outreach is a project of The United Synagogue of Conservative Judaism)


"Heat, ma�am!" I said; "it was so dreadful here, that I found there was nothing left for it but to take off my flesh and sit in my bones." ~Sydney Smith, Lady Holland�s Memoir (It's actually not about Arizona, but it fits!)


Gipsy gold does not chink and glitter. It gleams in the sun and neighs in the dark. ~Attributed to the Claddaugh Gypsies of Galway


Do not put your faith in what statistics say until you have carefully considered what they do not say. ~William W. Watt


Here is the basic question: Are we marionettes, or are we creatures of free will who just happen to have a lot of jerky reflexes? ~Robert Brault, www.robertbrault.com


There is a great streak of violence in every human being. If it is not channeled and understood, it will break out in war or in madness. ~Sam Peckinpah