When they start the game, they don't yell, "Work ball." They say, "Play ball." ~Willie Stargell, 1981
It is the love of country that has lighted and that keeps glowing the holy fire of patriotism. ~J. Horace McFarland
It was one of those perfect English autumnal days which occur more frequently in memory than in life. ~P.D. James
A garden was the primitive prison, till man with Promethean felicity and boldness, luckily sinned himself out of it. ~Charles Lamb, 1830
If a little knowledge is dangerous, where is the man who has so much as to be out of danger? ~Thomas Henry Huxley
Courage ought to have eyes as well as arms. ~H.G. Bohn
Adults aren't generally struck with the urge to skip because their worries and burdens weigh them down and they forget that they can take themselves lightly. ~Jessi Lane Adams
You are not going to get peace with millions of armed men. The chariot of peace cannot advance over a road littered with cannon. ~David Lloyd George
It's easy to believe in magic when you're young. Anything you couldn't explain was magic then. It didn't matter if it was science or a fairy tale. Electricity and elves were both infinitely mysterious and equally possible - elves probably more so. ~Charles de Lint It's easy to cry "bug" when the truth is that you've got a complex system and sometimes it takes a while to get all the components to co-exist peacefully. ~Doug Vargas
Unless we all conform, unless we follow our leaders blindly, there is no possible way we can remain free. ~Frank, "Novocaine Mutiny," original airdate 27 January 1976, written by Burt Prelutsky, directed by Harry Morgan Unless we change direction, we are likely to end up where we are going. ~Author Unknown
What you discover about life's shell game is that it's hardest to follow the pea when you're the pea. ~Robert Brault, www.robertbrault.com
After you've done a thing the same way for two years, look it over carefully. After five years, look at it with suspicion. And after ten years, throw it away and start all over. ~Alfred Edward Perlman, New York Times, 3 July 1958
We need not feel ashamed of flirting with the zodiac. The zodiac is well worth flirting with. ~D.H. Lawrence
However mean your life is, meet it and live it; do not shun it and call it hard names. It is not so bad as you are. ~Henry David Thoreau
We may look old and wise to the outside world. But to each other, we are still in junior school. ~Charlotte Gray
Luxury is an ancient notion. There was once a Chinese mandarin who had himself wakened three times every morning simply for the pleasure of being told it was not yet time to get up. ~Argosy
In order to succeed you must fail, so that you know what not to do the next time. ~Anthony J. D'Angelo, The College Blue Book
I do like a little bit of butter to my bread. ~A.A. Milne, When We Were Very Young
Often, what seems an impossible climb is just a staircase without the steps drawn in. ~Robert Brault, www.robertbrault.com
We're the country that has more food to eat than any other country in the world, and with more diets to keep us from eating it. ~Author Unknown
The I in illness is isolation, and the crucial letters in wellness are we. ~Author unknown, as quoted in Mimi Guarneri, The Heart Speaks: A Cardiologist Reveals the Secret Language of Healing
Why does a person even get up in the morning? You have breakfast, you floss your teeth so you'll have healthy gums in your old age, and then you get in your car and drive down I-10 and die. Life is so stupid I can't stand it. ~Barbara Kingsolver, Animal Dreams
The uglier a man's legs are, the better he plays golf. It's almost a law. ~H.G. Wells, Bealby, 1915
There's nothing better than a good friend, except a good friend with chocolate. ~Linda Grayson, "The Pickwick Papers"
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