tattoos of sayings and quotes

There are those whose sole claim to profundity is the discovery of exceptions to the rules. ~Paul Eldridge



In the time it takes you to understand a 14-year-old, he turns 15. ~Robert Brault, www.robertbrault.com



Like every good man, I strive for perfection, and, like every ordinary man, I have found that perfection is out of reach - but not the perfect suit. ~Edward Tivnan



The world is round and the place which may seem like the end may also be only the beginning. ~Ivy Baker Priest



The way to do research is to attack the facts at the point of greatest astonishment. ~Celia Green, The Decline and Fall of Science, 1972



Let no vandalism of avarice or neglect, no ravages of time, testify to the present or to the coming generations, that we have forgotten, as a people, the cost of a free and undivided Republic. ~John A. Logan



A cloudy day is no match for a sunny disposition. ~William Arthur Ward



In tennis the addict moves about a hard rectangle and seeks to ambush a fuzzy ball with a modified snow-shoe. ~Elliot Chaze



Shopping is a woman thing. It's a contact sport like football. Women enjoy the scrimmage, the noisy crowds, the danger of being trampled to death, and the ecstasy of the purchase. ~Erma Bombeck



Undoubtedly the desire for food has been and still is one of the main causes of political events. ~Bertrand Russell



New Year's Day is every man's birthday. ~Charles Lamb



Dodging and burning are steps to take care of mistakes God made in establishing tonal relationships. ~Ansel Adams



The autonomic nervous system is divided into the sympathetic system, which is often identified with the fight-or-flight response, and the parasympathetic, which is identified with what's been called the relaxation response. When you do yoga - the deep breathing, the stretching, the movements that release muscle tension, the relaxed focus on being present in your body - you initiate a process that turns the fight-or-flight system off and the relaxation response on. That has a dramatic effect on the body. The heartbeat slows, respiration decreases, blood pressure decreases. The body seizes this chance to turn on the healing mechanisms. ~Richard Faulds



Color is my day-long obsession, joy and torment. ~Claude Monet



You must have control of the authorship of your own destiny. The pen that writes your life story must be held in your own hand. ~Irene C. Kassorla



If we were all given by magic the power to read each other's thoughts, I suppose the first effect would be to dissolve all friendships. ~Bertrand Russell



No one has ever loved anyone the way everyone wants to be loved. ~Mignon McLaughlin, The Neurotic's Notebook, 1960



Not one great country can be named, from the polar regions in the north to New Zealand in the south, in which the aborigines do not tattoo themselves. ~Charles Darwin, The Descent of Man



The true man walks the earth as the stars walk the heavens, grandly obedient to those laws which are implanted in his nature. ~Lemuel K. Washburn, Is The Bible Worth Reading And Other Essays, 1911



One thing about golf is you don't know why you play bad and why you play good. ~George Archer