Behind every successful woman is a substantial amount of coffee. ~Stephanie Piro
Under every full moon, a woolgathering world idles. ~Lorraine Skylark
Seize every opportunity along the way, for how sad it would be if the road you chose became the road not taken. ~Robert Brault, www.robertbrault.com
And in today already walks tomorrow. ~Samuel Taylor Coleridge
We excuse our sloth under the pretext of difficulty. ~Marcus Fabius Quintilian
A relationship is a loving bond between two people, and a threesome can take the edge off that. ~Coupling, "Jane and the Truth Snake," original airdate 1 October 2001, written by Steven Moffat, spoken by the character Patrick
Don't question God, for He may reply: "If you're so anxious for answers, come up here." ~Author Unknown
A margin of life is developed by Nature for all living things - including man. All life forms obey Nature's demands - except man, who has found ways of ignoring them. ~Eugene M. Poirot, Our Margin of Life, 1978
If only I could leave everything as it is, without moving a single star or a single cloud. Oh, if only I could! ~Antonio Porchia, Voces, 1943, translated from Spanish by W.S. Merwin
It is some relief to weep; grief is satisfied and carried off by tears. ~Ovid
A good novel tells us the truth about its hero; but a bad novel tells us the truth about its author. ~G.K. Chesterton
...a final comfort that is small, but not cold: The heart is the only broken instrument that works. ~T.E. Kalem
When man invented the bicycle he reached the peak of his attainments. Here was a machine of precision and balance for the convenience of man. And (unlike subsequent inventions for man's convenience) the more he used it, the fitter his body became. Here, for once, was a product of man's brain that was entirely beneficial to those who used it, and of no harm or irritation to others. Progress should have stopped when man invented the bicycle. ~Elizabeth West, Hovel in the Hills
My second favorite household chore is ironing. My first being hitting my head on the top bunk bed until I faint. ~Erma Bombeck
Throughout our lives, we see in the mirror the same innocent trusting face we have seen there since childhood. ~Mignon McLaughlin, The Neurotic's Notebook, 1960
Without faith there is no truth, for that is all the truth is or ever was. ~Robert Brault, www.robertbrault.com
Why march to the beat of your own drummer when you can skip? ~Dave May, as posted on iskip.com
I became a feminist as an alternative to becoming a masochist. ~Sally Kempton, attributed
Arithmetic is where numbers fly like pigeons in and out of your head. ~Carl Sandburg, "Arithmetic"
Fiction reveals truths that reality obscures. ~Jessamyn West
People who don't cherish their elderly have forgotten whence they came and whither they go. ~Ramsey Clark
Use of advanced messaging technology does not imply an endorsement of western industrial civilization. ~Anonymous email sig line
If America's soul becomes totally poisoned, part of the autopsy must read Vietnam. It can never be saved so long as it destroys the hopes of men the world over. ~Martin Luther King, Jr., Beyond Vietnam lecture, 4 April 1968
The only gracious way to accept an insult is to ignore it; if you can't ignore it, top it; if you can't top it, laugh at it; if you can't laugh at it, it's probably deserved. ~J. Russel Lynes
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