To some, the cigarette is a portable therapist. ~Terri Guillemets
Problems are only opportunities with thorns on them. ~Hugh Miller, Snow on the Wind
An unfulfilled vocation drains the color from a man's entire existence. ~Honore de Balzac, "Scnes de la vie Parisienne," La Maison Nucingen, 1838
Decoration Day is the most beautiful of our national holidays.... The grim cannon have turned into palm branches, and the shell and shrapnel into peach blossoms. ~Thomas Bailey Aldrich
Tea is liquid wisdom. ~Anonymous
Happiness is a conscious choice, not an automatic response. ~Mildred Barthel
I don't do alcohol anymore - I get the same effect just standing up fast. ~Author Unknown
The problem with children is that you have to put up with their parents. ~Charles DeLint
Nobody realizes that some people expend tremendous energy merely to be normal. ~Albert Camus
The last birthday that's any good is 23. ~Andy Rooney
Nine-tenths of the people were created so you would want to be with the other tenth. ~Horace Walpole
Luck runs out but safety is good for life. ~Author Unknown
Faith is taking the first step even when you don't see the whole staircase. ~Martin Luther King, Jr.
Every day we slaughter our finest impulses. That is why we get a heart-ache when we read those lines written by the hand of a master and recognize them as our own, as the tender shoots which we stifled because we lacked the faith to believe in our own powers, our own criterion of truth and beauty. Every man, when he gets quiet, when he becomes desperately honest with himself, is capable of uttering profound truths. We all derive from the same source. There is no mystery about the origin of things. We are all part of creation, all kings, all poets, all musicians; we have only to open up, to discover what is already there. ~Henry Miller, Sexus
We confess to little faults only to persuade ourselves that we have no great ones. ~Francois, Duc de La Rochefoucauld, Maxims, 1665
There is a time for departure even when there's no certain place to go. ~Tennessee Williams (Thomas Lanier)
I have a warm feeling after playing with my grandchildren. It's the liniment working. ~Author Unknown
Does "anal-retentive" have a hyphen? ~Alison Bechdel, 1990 Dykes to Watch Out For calendar (Thanks, Chelsea)
If all else fails, immortality can always be assured by spectacular error. ~John Kenneth Galbraith, Money: Whence It Came, Where It Went
When the horse is dead, get off. ~Author Unknown
Columbus went around the world in 1492. That isn't a lot of strokes when you consider the course. ~Lee Trevino
I skip to the heartbeat of my angel. ~Astrid Alauda
The only thing worth stealing is a kiss from a sleeping child. ~Joe Houldsworth The only thing worth stealing is a kiss from a sleeping child. ~Joe Houldsworth
I try to leave out the parts that people skip. ~Elmore Leonard
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