Striving for excellence motivates you; striving for perfection is demoralizing. ~Harriet Braiker
A woman wears her tears like jewelry. ~Author Unknown
"You're more trouble than the children are" is the greatest compliment a grandparent can receive. ~Gene Perret
Wisdom is knowing what to do next; virtue is doing it. ~David Star Jordan, The Philosophy of Despair
Crocus. ~Lilja Rogers
I went to a fight the other night and a hockey game broke out. ~Rodney Dangerfield
In itself, homosexuality is as limiting as heterosexuality: the ideal should be to be capable of loving a woman or a man; either, a human being, without feeling fear, restraint, or obligation. ~Simone de Beauvoir
Why try to explain miracles to your kids when you can just have them plant a garden. ~Robert Brault, www.robertbrault.com
He is a wise man who does not grieve for the things which he has not, but rejoices for those which he has. ~Epictetus
No man is quick enough to enjoy life to the full. ~Spanish Proverb
Science fiction does not remain fiction for long. And certainly not on the Internet. ~Vinton Cerf
The PC political correctness movement exists not in order to improve the well-being of those whose oppression it purports to combat. Rather, its purpose is to wrap its proponents in a kind of verbal comfort-blanket. ~Erik Kowal, as posted on wordwizard.com
Meditate. Live purely. Be quiet. Do your work with mastery. Like the moon, come out from behind the clouds! Shine. ~Buddha
For what is history, but... huge libel on human nature, to which we industriously add page after page, volume after volume, as if we were holding up a monument to the honor, rather than the infamy of our species. ~Washington Irving, History of New York
Complaint is the largest tribute heaven receives and the sincerest part of our devotion. ~Jonathan Swift
Science is the record of dead religions. ~The Oscariana of Oscar Fingall O'Flaherty Will Wilde 1856-1900 for George Bernard Shaw
There is no faith which has never yet been broken, except that of a truly faithful dog. ~Konrad Lorenz
There's a lot of people who, a cigarette is about the only vacation they have. ~Trey Parker, mini-commentary on DVD South Park episode "Butt Out"
Patience is the ability to count down before you blast off. ~Author Unknown
Anything is good if it's made of chocolate. ~Jo Brand
A gold medal is a nice thing - but if you're not enough without it, you'll never be enough with it. ~From Cool Runnings
Coffee, n. break fluid. ~Author Unknown
Water flows uphill towards money. ~Anonymous, saying in the American West, quoted by Ivan Doig in Marc Reisner, Cadillac Desert, 1986
The wise man in the storm prays God, not for safety from danger, but for deliverance from fear. ~Ralph Waldo Emerson, Journals, 1833