It is an incredible con job when you think of it, to believe something now in exchange for life after death. Even corporations with all their reward systems don't try to make it posthumous. ~Gloria Steinem
The world we have created is a product of our thinking; it cannot be changed without changing our thinking. ~Albert Einstein
Language forces us to perceive the world as man presents it to us. ~Julia Penelope
The words that a father speaks to his children in the privacy of home are not heard by the world, but, as in whispering-galleries, they are clearly heard at the end and by posterity. ~Jean Paul Richter
Middle age is when you choose your cereal for the fiber, not the toy. ~Author Unknown
Some men so dislike the dust kicked up by the generation they belong to, that, being unable to pass, they lag behind it. ~Augustus William Hare and Julius Charles Hare, Guesses at Truth, by Two Brothers, 1827

Golf is so popular simply because it is the best game in the world at which to be bad. ~A.A. Milne
Nowhere is there an account or portrait of Christ laughing... he is always stern, serious and as gloomy as a prison guard. Never does one see him laughing until tears appear in his eyes like the roly-poly squint-eyed Buddha guffawing with arms upraised. ~Author Unknown
Physick, for the most part, is nothing else but the Substitute of Exercise or Temperance. ~Joseph Addison
Courage doesn't always roar. Sometimes courage is the little voice at the end of the day that says I'll try again tomorrow. ~Mary Anne Radmacher
Your safety gears are between your ears. ~Author Unknown
If your horse says no, you either asked the wrong question, or asked the question wrong. ~Pat Parelli
May the road rise up to meet you, may the wind be ever at your back. May the sun shine warm upon your face and the rain fall softly on your fields. And until we meet again, may God hold you in the hollow of his hand. ~Irish Blessing
If Galileo had said in verse that the world moved, the inquisition might have let him alone. ~Thomas Hardy

Some people come into our lives and quickly go. Some stay for a while, leave footprints on our hearts, and we are never, ever the same. ~Flavia Weedn, Forever, � Flavia.com
You'll never find a better sparring partner than adversity. ~Walt Schmidt

There are things I have wanted so long that I would only consent to have them if I could keep wanting them. ~Robert Brault, www.robertbrault.com
Fiction reveals truths that reality obscures. ~Jessamyn West
Did you ever notice that when you put the words "The" and "IRS" together, it spells "THEIRS?" ~Author Unknown
You're an old-timer if you can remember when setting the world on fire was a figure of speech. ~Franklin P. Jones, referring to the atomic bomb You're booty-blinded. You know what that is? It's like being snow-blinded only it ain't no snow, it's a cute little piece of ass. ~From the movie I Spy
What is told in the ear of a man is often heard 100 miles away. ~Chinese Proverb
Growing old is mandatory; growing up is optional. ~Chili Davis
I love my mother as the trees love water and sunshine - she helps me grow, prosper, and reach great heights. ~Terri Guillemets
Genuine ignorance is... profitable because it is likely to be accompanied by humility, curiosity, and open mindedness; whereas ability to repeat catch-phrases, cant terms, familiar propositions, gives the conceit of learning and coats the mind with varnish waterproof to new ideas. ~John Dewey