"...thought Alice, and she went on "Would you tell me, please, which way I ought to go from here ? "That depends a good deal on where you want to get to, "said the Cat. "I don't much care where__ said Alice, "Then it doesn't matter which way you go, said the Cat"__ so long as I get SOMEWHERE, "Alice added as an explanation. "Oh, you're sure to do that, " said the Cat, " if you only walk long enough." Source(s): From American Mc Gee's Alice
Albert Einstein 1879-1955 " A man should look for what is, and not for what he thinks should be." Isaac Newton 1643-1727 " To myself I am only a child playing on the beach, while vast oceans of truth lie undiscovered before me. " Charles Darwin 1809-1882 " I love fools' experiments. I am always making them. "
I had a rose named after me and I was very flattered. But I was not pleased to read the description in the catalogue: - "No good in a bed, but fine against a wall." - Eleanor Roosevelt The secret of a good sermon is to have a good beginning and a good ending; and to have the two as close together as possible - George Burns Santa Claus has the right idea. Visit people only once a year. - Victor Borge Be careful about reading health books. You may die of a misprint. - Mark Twain I have never hated a man enough to give his diamonds back. - Zsa Zsa Gabor Only Irish coffee provides in a single glass all four essential food groups: alcohol, caffeine, sugar and fat. - Alex Levine My luck is so bad that if I bought a cemetery, people would stop dying. - Rodney Dangerfield We could certainly slow the aging process down if it had to work its way through Congress. - Will Rogers Don't worry about avoiding temptation. As you grow older, it will avoid you. - Winston Churchill By the time a man is wise enough to watch his step, he's too old to go anywhere. - Billy Crystal If it tastes good, spit it out. - The cardiologist's diet.
We must become the change we wish to see in the world. - Mohandas (Mahatma) Gandhi If we don't change, we don't grow. If we don't grow, we aren't really living. - Gail Sheehy Procrastination is, hands down, our favorite form of self-sabotage. ~ Alyce P. Cornyn-Selby* Prepare for the unknown by studying how others in the past have coped with the unforeseeable and the unpredictable. - George S. Patton*
I don't understand how come you're gone, man. I don't understand why half the world is still crying, man, when the other half of the world is still crying too, man, I can't get it together. I mean, if you got a cat for one day, man — I mean, if you, say, say, if you want a cat for 365 days, right — You ain't got him for 365 days, you got him for one day, man. Well I tell you that one day, man, better be your life, man. Because, you know, you can say, oh man, you can cry about the other 364, man, but you're gonna lose that one day, man, and that's all you've got. You gotta call that love, man. That's what it is, man. If you got it today you don't want it tomorrow, man, 'cause you don't need it, 'cause as a matter of fact, as we discovered in the train, tomorrow never happens, man. It's all the same fucking day, man. So you gotta, when you wanna hold a sigh, You gotta hold him like it's the last minute in your life, baby. You gotta hold, whoa, whoa, hold him 'Cause someday some weight's gonna come on your shoulders, babe, It's gonna feel too heavy, it's gonna weigh on you, It's gonna feel just like a ball, ball, ball, oh daddy, And a chain. Janis Joplin Ball and Chain
one of my favorites, While I am standing still, I prefer the stillness here. I am tired of earth, these people, I'm tired of being caught in the tangle of their lives -Dr. Manhattan
America has a debt problem and a failure of leadership. Barack Obama, 2006 FDR-> let me assert my firm belief that the only thing we have to fear is fear itself -- nameless, unreasoning, unjustified terror which paralyzes needed efforts to convert retreat into advance. In every dark hour of our national life, a leadership of frankness and of vigor has met with that understanding and support of the people themselves which is essential to victory. And I am convinced that you will again give that support to leadership in these critical days. http://www.americanrhetoric.com/speeches/fdrfirstinaugural.html
Said the man who allowed the antisemites in his government to block the immigration of hundreds of thousands of European Jews even though the quotas went unfilled. And the same man who threw thousands of American citizens of Japanese origin and ancestry into prison camps without due process. I spit on his grave.
What a great year 2012 was! Michigan teacher Terry List does not recommend that her pupils plan to become teachers in that state. A proposed pension reform would delay her retirement past age 47. In that same state, all the teachers in Hazel Park High School were given the top rating of "highly qualified," even though the school itself earned a grade of F for student achievement. Angela Francis of Chester Township, Pennsylvania, was threatened with a $600 fine for giving sandwiches to hungry children. She was told that she might get permission after a hearing. The hearing would cost $1,000. Florence Green, the last World War I veteran in the world, died in England two weeks before her 111th birthday. A reusable grocery bag was blamed for an outbreak of nonovirus-caused diarrhea and nausea. In a year when many people couldn't afford enough food for their families, world corn ("maize") prices surged 25%. The USA, the world's largest corn producer, converted 40% of its crop to ethanol for motor vehicle fuel. The Obama administration claimed the creation of 2.7 million green jobs. This includes antique dealers, since they qualify as "recyclers." Houston, Texas, enacted a pole tax (yes, "pole," not "poll") of $5 per customer at strip clubs. The money will be used to fund rape investigations, on the premise that these clubs promote unhealthy attitudes toward women. North Haven, Connecticut, ordered a family to stop keeping livestock on its property. The animal in question is a pet rabbit. Literature flourished this year, as sales of the "50 Shades" trilogy passed 40 million. France's new Socialist government proposed banning homework. The reasoning was that it gives an unfair advantage to students in homes that provide an environment conducive to study. Amtrak (the U.S. government-run passenger rail system) spends $16.15 to make a hamburger it sells for $9.50. Los Angeles's billion-dollar pornographic movie business may relocate to a more libertarian jurisdiction, now that voters passed a measure requiring performers to use condoms. Las Vegas, Nevada, hard-hit by the recession, is eagerly courting the industry. (Las Vegas is the center of the U.S. gambling industry. Nevada is the only state with legal, well-regulated prostitution in its rural counties--but not in Las Vegas.) Ready for something more upbeat? Megan Ryan, who has Down Syndrome, was chosen as Homecoming Queen by her fellow students at Bishop Hartley High School in Columbus, Ohio.
If you possess something but you can't give it away, then you don't possess it... it possesses you. Tom Dreesen via Frank Sinatra, 2009
“Once you figured out what a joke everything is, being The Comedian is the only thing that makes sense”-Edward Blake, Watchmen
“When you swear that you will protect someone, it is not a question of whether you willing to give your life for them. No, the real question is what is it that you would be willing to gain from protecting them and what you are truly willing to give up for them.”-Unknown.
"We spent our first ten years enjoying life and the next ten years wishing we were adults. Then we spend our first ten years as adults fucking up, and the rest of our lives trying to fix the things we fucked up. If you are incredibly lucky or didn't fuck up too much, you might be able to enjoy life again before you die". - unk writer
when you are ready to surrender yourself shuddering and sighing, and he swears he's yours, his love never dying, know this, one of you is lying. -unknown. women are never in more danger of being made slaves as when they have a man at their feet. -unknown
The best kind of friend is the kind you can sit on a porch swing with, never say a word, and then walk away feeling like it was the best conversation you’ve ever had. It’s true that we don’t know what we’ve got until we lose it, but it’s also true that we don’t know what we’ve been missing until it arrives. It takes only a minute to get a crush on someone, an hour to like someone, and a day to love someone-but it takes a lifetime to forget someone. A careless word may kindle strife. A cruel word may wreck a life. A timely word may level stress. But a loving word may heal and bless. Don’t go for looks, they can deceive. Don’t go for wealth, even that fades away. Go for someone who makes you smile because it takes only a smile to make a dark day seem bright.
