happy birthday in spanish quotes

People don't ever seem to relate that doing what's right is no guarantee against misfortune. ~William McFee, Casuals of the Sea, 1916



All our lives we are putting pennies - our most golden pennies - into penny-in-the-slot machines that are almost always empty. ~Logan Pearsall Smith



I think we are drawn to dogs because they are the uninhibited creatures we might be if we weren't certain we knew better. They fight for honor at the first challenge, make love with no moral restraint, and they do not for all their marvelous instincts appear to know about death. Being such wonderfully uncomplicated beings, they need us to do their worrying. ~George Bird Evans, Troubles with Bird Dogs



History is a symphony of echoes heard and unheard. It is a poem with events as verses. ~Charles Angoff



I value the friend who for me finds time on his calendar, but I cherish the friend who for me does not consult his calendar. ~Robert Brault, www.robertbrault.com



When you teach your son, you teach your son's son. ~The Talmud



They cannot take away our self-respect if we do not give it to them. ~Mahatma Gandhi



We sleep peacefully at night, cradled by the big strong hands of America. ~Val Saintsbury



Hobbes: Probably so we can think twice.



The way a team plays as a whole determines its success. You may have the greatest bunch of individual stars in the world, but if they don't play together, the club won't be worth a dime. ~Babe Ruth



The thing I'm most thankful for right now is elastic waistbands. ~Author Unknown



There are men that will make you books, and turn them loose into the world, with as much dispatch as they would do a dish of fritters. ~Miguel de Cervantes



It is better to know some of the questions than all of the answers. ~James Thurber



A day of worry is more exhausting than a day of work. ~John Lubbock



What do nudists wear on casual Fridays? ~Author Unknown



The expendability factor has increased by being transferred from the specialised, scarce and expensively trained military personnel to the amorphous civilian population. American strategists have calculated the proportion of civilians killed in this century's major wars. In the First World War 5 per cent of those killed were civilians, in the Second World War 48 per cent, while in a Third World War 90-95 per cent would be civilians. ~Colin Ward, Anarchy in Action



If Galileo had said in verse that the world moved, the inquisition might have let him alone. ~Thomas Hardy



Every man has his own courage, and is betrayed because he seeks in himself the courage of other persons. ~Ralph Waldo Emerson



We are adhering to life now with our last muscle - the heart. ~Djuna Barnes



Youth is like spring, an over praised season more remarkable for biting winds than genial breezes. Autumn is the mellower season, and what we lose in flowers we more than gain in fruits. ~Samuel Butler