birthday party quotes

If you are physically sick, you can elicit the interest of a battery of physicians; but if you are mentally sick, you are lucky if the janitor comes around. ~Martin H. Fischer



For those who do not think, it is best at least to rearrange their prejudices once in a while. ~Luther Burbank



No man ever wetted clay and then left it, as if there would be bricks by chance and fortune. ~Plutarch



Trust that little voice in your head that says "Wouldn't it be interesting if..." And then do it. ~Duane Michals, "More Joy of Photography"



Anyone who thinks the art of conversation is dead ought to tell a child to go to bed. ~Robert Gallagher



Not ignorance, but ignorance of ignorance, is the death of knowledge. ~Alfred North Whitehead



You can't escape history, or the needs and neuroses you've picked up like layers and layers of tartar on your teeth. ~Charles Johnson You can't escape history, or the needs and neuroses you've picked up like layers and layers of tartar on your teeth. ~Charles Johnson



America is a mistake, a giant mistake. ~Sigmund Freud



Prepare and prevent, don't repair and repent. ~Author Unknown



Write down the thoughts of the moment. Those that come unsought for are commonly the most valuable. ~Francis Bacon



A weed is a plant that has mastered every survival skill except for learning how to grow in rows. ~Doug Larson



The perfect Christmas tree? All Christmas trees are perfect! ~Charles N. Barnard



Up to a point a man's life is shaped by environment, heredity, and movements and changes in the world about him. Then there comes a time when it lies within his grasp to shape the clay of his life into the sort of thing he wishes to be. Only the weak blame parents, their race, their times, lack of good fortune, or the quirks of fate. Everyone has it within his power to say, "This I am today; that I will be tomorrow." ~Louis L'Amour



Christian fundamentalism: the doctrine that there is an absolutely powerful, infinitely knowledgeable, universe spanning entity that is deeply and personally concerned about my sex life. ~Andrew Lias



For me, yoga is not just a workout - it's about working on yourself. ~Mary Glover, "Health Profile: Yoga leaves aches and pains behind," Arizona Republic, 6 April 2004 (page E3, article by Connie Midey)



The hospital is the only proper College in which to rear a true disciple of Aesculapius. ~John Abernethy



Hitler destroyed the German university with design; we destroyed ours without. ~Martin H. Fischer



Complete possession is proved only by giving. All you are unable to give possesses you. ~Andre Gide



Wedding rings: the world's smallest handcuffs. ~Author Unknown



Good tattoos aren't cheap and cheap tattoos aren't good. ~Author Unknown