June 20, 2012
It's the responsibility of the media to look at the president with a microscope, but they go too far when they use a proctoscope. ~ Richard Nixon
June 18, 2012
What happens if a big asteroid hits the earth? Judging from realistic simulations involving a sledge hammer common laboratory frog, we can assume it will be pretty bad. ~ Dave Barry
June 17, 2012
When I was growing up, there were two things that were unpopular in my house. One was me, and the other was my guitar. ~ Bruce Springsteen
June 15, 2012
I am convinced that most people do not grow up. We find parking spaces and honor our credit cards. We marry and dare to have children and call that growing up. I think what we do is mostly grow old. We carry accumulation of years in our bodies and on our faces, but generally our real selves, the children inside, are still innocent and shy as magnolias. ~ Maya Angelou (from "Letter to My Daughter")
June 14, 2012
The two most common elements in the universe are hydrogen and stupidity. ~ Harlan Ellison
June 12, 2012
No one wants advice -- only corroboration. ~ John Steinbeck (from "The Winter of Our Discontent")
June 11, 2012
There will be a time when loud-mouthed, incompetent people seem to be getting the best of you. When that happens, you only have to be patient and wait for them to self-destruct. It never fails. ~ Richard Rybolt
June 10, 2012
I wasn't brought up in any particular religion or spiritual tradition, and I believe this was an advantage in a certain way. I have always felt free to explore possibilities, without being too much encumbered by those terrible burdens of dogmatically informed fear and guilt that have so badly affected many people. ~ Annie Lennox
June 09, 2012
To err is human, but when the eraser wears out the head of the pencil, you're overdoing it. ~ Josh Jenkins
June 08, 2012
Having children makes you no more a parent then having a piano makes you a pianist. ~ Michael Levine (from "Lessons at the Halfway Point")
June 07, 2012
Chance is always powerful. Let your hook be always cast; in the pool where you least expect it, there will be a fish. ~ Ovid
June 06, 2012
A girl should not expect special privileges because of her sex but neither should she adjust to prejudice and discrimination. ~ Betty Friedan
June 05, 2012
Age is no guarantee of maturity. ~ Lawana Blackwell (from "The Courtship of the Vicar's Daughter")
June 04, 2012
Some women chose to follow men, and some women chose to follow their dreams. If you're wondering which way to go, remember that your career will never wake up and tell you that it doesn't love you any more. ~ Lady Gaga
June 03, 2012
Within the porticoes of the great churches of Mexico are signs reminding visitors to behave with dignity. The signs are in English. ~ Richard Rodriguez (from "Days of Obligation")
June 02, 2012
One may have a blazing hearth in one's soul and yet no one ever comes to sit by it. Passersby only see a wisp of smoke rising from the chimney and continue on their way. ~ Vincent van Gogh
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