Most men are more capable of great actions than of good ones. ~Montesquieu, Varietes
The season starts too early and finishes too late and there are too many games in between. ~Bill Veeck
We must embrace pain and burn it as fuel for our journey. ~Kenji Miyazawa
Luck never gives; it only lends. ~Swedish Proverb
Sleep is a symptom of caffeine deprivation. ~Author Unknown
I have never let my schooling interfere with my education. ~Mark Twain
Television is now so desperately hungry for material that they're scraping the top of the barrel. ~Gore Vidal
Human beings invent just as many ways to sabotage their lives as to improve them. ~Mark Goulston, Get Out of Your Own Way: Overcoming Self-Defeating Behavior, 1996
Would you kill your pet dog or cat to eat it? How about an animal you're not emotionally attached to? Is the thought of slaughtering a cow or chicken or pig with your own hands too much to handle? Instead, would hiring a hit-man to do the job give you enough distance from the emotional discomfort? What animal did you put a contract out on for your supper last night? Did you at least make sure that none went to waste and to take a moment to be grateful for its sacrifice? ~Anonymous Would you touch a nettle without being stung by it? take hold of it stoutly. Do the same to other annoyances, and hardly will any thing annoy you. ~Augustus William Hare and Julius Charles Hare, Guesses at Truth, by Two Brothers, 1827
Because the heart beats under a covering of hair, of fur, feathers, or wings, it is, for that reason, to be of no account? ~Jean Paul Richter
Men should keep their eyes wide open before marriage, and half-shut afterwards. ~Madeleine de Scudery
The hardest arithmetic to master is that which enables us to count our blessings. ~Eric Hoffer, Reflections On The Human Condition
Hope never abandons you, you abandon it. ~George Weinberg
Reason is the shepherd trying to corral life's vast flock of wild irrationalities. ~Paul Eldridge, Maxims for a Modern Man
You don't get to choose how you're going to die. Or when. You can only decide how you're going to live. Now. ~Joan Baez
A son is a son till he takes him a wife, a daughter is a daughter all of her life. ~Irish Saying
The uglier a man's legs are, the better he plays golf. It's almost a law. ~H.G. Wells, Bealby, 1915
I like mathematics because it is not human and has nothing particular to do with this planet or with the whole accidental universe - because like Spinoza's God, it won't love us in return. ~Bertrand Russell, 1912
Gravity is love and every turn is a leap of faith. ~Author Unknown
A cat is the only domestic animal I know who toilet trains itself and does a damned impressive job of it. ~Joseph Epstein
Four wheels move the body. Two wheels move the soul. ~Author Unknown
Always carry with you a little reasonable doubt, should you meet someone who needs to be found innocent. ~Robert Brault, www.robertbrault.com
A man is two people, himself and his cock. A man always takes his friend to the party. Of the two, the friend is the nicer, being more able to show his feelings. ~Beryl Bainbridge
Go and wake up your luck. Persian Saying