I think in terms of the day's resolutions, not the year's. ~Henry Moore
For several moments both of us were the unconscious and cosmic toys of our own deception. ~"The Mission," Chapter 4
The caterpillar does all the work but the butterfly gets all the publicity. ~Attributed to George Carlin
Now every field is clothed with grass, and every tree with leaves; now the woods put forth their blossoms, and the year assumes its gay attire. ~Virgil
A miracle drug is any drug that will do what the label says it will do. ~Eric Hodgins
In three words I can sum up everything I've learned about life. It goes on. ~Robert Frost
What a sense of security in an old book which time has criticized for us! ~James Russell Lowell
By daily dying I have come to be. ~Theodore Roethke
It is not necessary to change. Survival is not mandatory. ~W. Edwards Deming (Thank you, Michelle.)
The sense of smell can be extraordinarily evocative, bringing back pictures as sharp as photographs of scenes that had left the conscious mind. ~Thalassa Cruso, To Everything There is a Season, 1973
Everyone who has run knows that its most important value is in removing tension and allowing a release from whatever other cares the day may bring. ~Jimmy Carter
A minority group has "arrived" only when it has the right to produce some fools and scoundrels without the entire group paying for it. ~Carl T. Rowan
We have enjoyed so much freedom for so long that we are perhaps in danger of forgetting how much blood it cost to establish the Bill of Rights. ~Felix Frankfurter
Sometimes, to pursue a new idea, the artist must forfeit his deposit on an old idea. ~Robert Brault, www.robertbrault.com
All sorrows are less with bread. ~Miguel de Cervantes, Don Quixote
Teaching should be full of ideas instead of stuffed with facts. ~Author Unknown
Anger and folly walk cheek by jole. ~Benjamin Franklin
Labor was the first price, the original purchase-money that was paid for all things. It was not by gold or by silver, but by labor, that all wealth of the world was originally purchased. ~Adam Smith
Never tell people how to do things. Tell them what to do and they will surprise you with their ingenuity. ~George Smith Patton, War as I Knew It, 1947
God, that dumping ground of our dreams. ~Jean Rostand, Carnets d'un Biologiste, 1962
The preservation of the means of knowledge among the lowest ranks is of more importance to the public than all the property of all the rich men in the country. ~John Adams
All fishermen are liars; it's an occupational disease with them like housemaid's knee or editor's ulcers. ~Beatrice Cook, Till Fish Do Us Part, 1949
When people say to me: "How do you do so many things?" I often answer them, without meaning to be cruel: "How do you do so little?" It seems to me that people have vast potential. Most people can do extraordinary things if they have the confidence or take the risks. Yet most people don't. They sit in front of the telly and treat life as if it goes on forever. ~Philip Adams
Give me the life of the boy whose mother is nurse, seamstress, washerwoman, cook, teacher, angel, and saint, all in one, and whose father is guide, exemplar, and friend. No servants to come between. These are the boys who are born to the best fortune. ~Andrew Carnegie
