i miss you dad poems

A book is the only place in which you can examine a fragile thought without breaking it, or explore an explosive idea without fear it will go off in your face. It is one of the few havens remaining where a man's mind can get both provocation and privacy. ~Edward P. Morgan



Happiness is like the penny candy of our youth: we got a lot more for our money back when we had no money. ~Mignon McLaughlin, The Neurotic's Notebook, 1960



The sport of choice for the urban poor is basketball. The sport of choice for maintenance level employees is bowling. The sport of choice for front-line workers is football. The sport of choice for supervisors is baseball. The sport of choice for middle management is tennis. The sport of choice for corporate officers is golf. Conclusion: The higher you are in the corporate structure, the smaller your balls become. ~Author Unknown



There are 5,000 great people for every jerk on Usenet. But that still is a lot of jerks. Proceed with caution and eyes wide open. ~Don Rittner



I will lift mine eyes unto the pills. Almost everyone takes them, from the humble aspirin to the multi-coloured, king-sized three deckers, which put you to sleep, wake you up, stimulate and soothe you all in one. It is an age of pills. ~Malcolm Muggeridge, 1962



One hates an author that's all author. ~George Gordon, Lord Byron, "Beppo"



Nowadays most men lead lives of noisy desperation. ~James Thurber



Labradors are lousy watchdogs. They usually bark when there is a stranger about, but it is an expression of unmitigated joy at the chance to meet somebody new, not a warning. ~Norman Strung



Human beings, for all their pretensions, have a remarkable propensity for lending themselves to classification somewhere within neatly labeled categories. Even the outrageous exceptions may be classified as outrageous exceptions! ~W.J. Reichmann



It was times like these when I thought my father, who hated guns and had never been to any wars, was the bravest man who ever lived. ~Harper Lee, To Kill a Mockingbird, Chapter 11



I don't suffer from insanity. I enjoy every minute of it. ~Author Unknown



Why is it that only girls stand on the sides of their feet? As if they're afraid to plant themselves? ~Barbara Kingsolver, Animal Dreams, 1990



To a man with an empty stomach food is God. ~Gandhi



Your lean process should be a lean process. ~Author Unknown



She was part of that generation who grew up during the Depression. But the Depression to her was like a trip to Six Flags. ~David Chase, The Sopranos, "The Sopranos," original airdate 10 January 1999, spoken by the character Tony Soprano



Tact is the art of making a point without making an enemy. ~Howard W. Newton



History is the story of events, with praise or blame. ~Cotton Mather



Temperance and labor are the two true physicians of man. ~Jean Jacques Rousseau



When I have a terrible need of - shall I say the word - religion. Then I go out and paint the stars. ~Vincent Van Gogh



A person given to barefaced flattery, will usually balance the account with interest in your absence. ~Augustus William Hare and Julius Charles Hare, Guesses at Truth, by Two Brothers, 1827