I have read in Plato and Cicero sayings that are very wise and very beautiful; but I never read in either of them: "Come unto me all ye that labour and are heavy laden." ~St Augustine
Grandchildren: the only people who can get more out of you than the IRS. ~Gene Perret
Patience is a most necessary qualification for business; many a man would rather you heard his story than granted his request. ~Lord Chesterfield
After all these years, it's still embarrassing for me to play on the American golf tour. Like the time I asked my caddie for a sand wedge and he came back ten minutes later with a ham on rye. ~Chi Chi Rodriguez, on his Puerto Rican accent
The rung of a ladder was never meant to rest upon, but only to hold a man's foot long enough to enable him to put the other somewhat higher. ~Thomas Henry Huxley, An Address to the Students of the Faculty of Medicine in University College, London, May 18, 1870, On the Occasion of the Distribution of Prizes for the Session (Thanks, Paul)
When I tell any truth, it is not for the sake of convincing those who do not know it, but for the sake of defending those that do. ~William Blake
A man who finds no satisfaction in himself, seeks for it in vain elsewhere. ~Francois Duc de La Rochefoucauld
Do not do an immoral thing for moral reasons. ~Thomas Hardy, Jude the Obscure, 1875
I'd give up chocolate, but I'm no quitter! ~Author Unknown
As a gardener, I'm among those who believe that much of the evidence of God's existence has been planted. ~Robert Brault, www.robertbrault.com
Let France have good mothers, and she will have good sons. ~Napoleon Bonaparte
No one can drive us crazy unless we give them the keys. ~Doug Horton
Income tax returns are the most imaginative fiction being written today. ~Herman Wouk
There is nothing better on a cold wintry day than a properly made pot pie. ~Craig Claiborne
Women's chains have been forged by men, not by anatomy. ~Estelle R. Ramey
God made the world round so we would never be able to see too far down the road. ~Isak Dinesen
A sense of humor is the ability to understand a joke-and that the joke is oneself. ~Clifton Paul Fadiman
Happiness is a bowl of cherries and a book of poetry under a shade tree. ~Astrid Alauda
There comes a time when people get tired of being plunged into the abyss of exploitation and nagging injustice. ~Martin Luther King, Jr.
The world is full of people whose notion of a satisfactory future is, in fact, a return to the idealized past. ~Robertson Davies, A Voice from the Attic
Adults are obsolete children. ~Dr. Seuss
It is impossible to overlook the extent to which civilization is built upon a renunciation of instinct. ~Sigmund Freud, Civilization and Its Discontents
If wisdom and diamonds grew on the same tree we could soon tell how much men loved wisdom. ~Lemuel K. Washburn, Is The Bible Worth Reading And Other Essays, 1911
As soon as forever is through, I'll be over you. ~Toto As soon as forever is through, I'll be over you. ~Toto
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