quotes about wisdom

If a ferret bites you it is nearly always your own fault. ~Phil Drabble



Why do men chase women they have no intention of marrying? The same urge that makes dogs chase cars they have no intention of driving. ~Author Unknown



My grandson was visiting one day when he asked, "Gramma, do you know how you and God are alike?" I mentally polished my halo while I asked, "No, how are we alike?" "You're both old," he replied. ~Author Unknown



I am not your dog, but if every time you saw me, you gave me a backrub, I would run to greet you, too. ~Robert Brault, www.robertbrault.com



History is written by the winners. ~Alex Haley



Children are for people who can't have dogs. ~Author Unknown



Leftovers in their less visible form are called memories. Stored in the refrigerator of the mind and the cupboard of the heart. ~Thomas Fuller



When I see an adult on a bicycle, I do not despair for the future of the human race. ~H.G. Wells



Whoever needs milk, bows to the animal. ~Yiddish Saying



There are many things which we can afford to forget which it is yet well to learn. ~Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.



For the human mind is seldom at stay: If you do not grow better, you will most undoubtedly grow worse. ~Samuel Richardson



Every man is a reformer until reform tramps on his toes. ~Edgar Watson Howe, Country Town Sayings, 1911



For safety is not a gadget but a state of mind. ~Eleanor Everet



Luck is what you have left over after you give 100 percent. ~Langston Coleman



The two rules of procrastination: 1) Do it today. 2) Tomorrow will be today tomorrow. ~Author Unknown



Homecoming unites the past and the present. ~Author Unknown



He who fears to suffer, suffers from fear. ~French Proverb



My cat speaks sign language with her tail. ~Robert A. Stern



Man will never be free until the last king is strangled with the entrails of the last priest. ~Denis Diderot



Vote for the man who promises least; he'll be the least disappointing. ~Bernard M. Baruch