I hooked up my accelerator pedal in my car to my brake lights. I hit the gas, people behind me stop, and I'm gone. ~Steven Wright
People do not marry people, not real ones anyway; they marry what they think the person is; they marry illusions and images. The exciting adventure of marriage is finding out who the partner really is. ~James L. Framo, "Explorations in Marital & Family Therapy"
My morning choices are having a good tussle. Procrastination was winning, but Make Your Bed & Good Breakfast just kicked his butt. ~Betsy Canas Garmon, www.wildthymecreative.com
All the coffee in Columbia won't make me a morning person. ~Author Unknown
Women are never disarmed by compliments; men always are. ~Oscar Wilde, An Ideal Husband, 1899
The man who has seen the rising moon break out of the clouds at midnight has been present like an archangel at the creation of light and of the world. ~Ralph Waldo Emerson
See, the human mind is kind of like... a pinata. When it breaks open, there's a lot of surprises inside. Once you get the pinata perspective, you see that losing your mind can be a peak experience. ~Jane Wagner
Envy is a symptom of lack of appreciation of our own uniqueness and self worth. Each of us has something to give that no one else has. ~Elizabeth O'Connor
A great war leaves the country with three armies - an army of cripples, an army of mourners, and an army of thieves. ~German Proverb
The world is not divided into sheeps and goats. Not all things are black nor all things white. It is a fundamental of taxonomy that nature rarely deals with discrete categories. Only the human mind invents categories and tries to force facts into separated pigeon-holes. The living world is a continuum in each and every one of its aspects. The sooner we learn this concerning sexual behavior the sooner we shall reach a sound understanding of the realities of sex. ~Alfred Kinsey, Sexual Behavior in the Human Male, 1948
The simplest toy, one which even the youngest child can operate, is called a grandparent. The simplest toy, one which even the youngest child can operate, is called a grandparent. ~Sam Levenson, You Don't Have to Be in "Who's Who" to Know What's What
The mildest, drowsiest sister has been known to turn tiger if her sibling is in trouble. ~Clara Ortega
Example is not the main thing in influencing others. It is the only thing. ~Albert Schweitzer
Never trust a man who, when left alone in a room with a tea cozy, doesn't try it on. ~Billy Connolly
In the happiest of our childhood memories, our parents were happy, too. ~Robert Brault, www.robertbrault.com
History is a tool used by politicians to justify their intentions. ~Ted Koppel
The radical right is so homophobic that they're blaming global warming on the AIDS quilt. ~Dennis Miller
"Therefore" is a word the poet must not know. ~Andre Gide
You think you are killing me. I think you are committing suicide. ~Antonio Porchia, Voces, 1943, translated from Spanish by W.S. Merwin
There is a great deal of difference between an eager man who wants to read a book and a tired man who wants a book to read. ~G.K. Chesterton
Nowhere can man find a quieter or more untroubled retreat than in his own soul. ~Marcus Aurelius, Meditations
You've got to do your own growing, no matter how tall your grandfather was. ~Irish Proverb
The ski bum trades security for face shots, the future for the moment. Considering how hollow the promise of a corporate career has become, who can say the ski bum is not the wiser investor in his or her youth? ~Author Unknown
We live in a very tense society. We are pulled apart... and we all need to learn how to pull ourselves together.... I think that at least part of the answer lies in solitude. ~Helen Hayes