A man is not old until regrets take the place of dreams. ~John Barrymore
The goalkeeper is the jewel in the crown and getting at him should be almost impossible. It's the biggest sin in football to make him do any work. ~George Graham, 1997
If you are ashamed to stand by your colors, you had better seek another flag. ~Author Unknown
A friend knows the song in my heart and sings it to me when my memory fails. ~Donna Roberts
Frugality is misery in disguise. ~Publilius Syrus
Men of lean habit of body are commonly a long time healthy, having good appetites and strong stomachs for digestion. ~Tobias Venner
More marriages might survive if the partners realized that sometimes the better comes after the worse. ~Doug Larson
Religion supports nobody. It has to be supported. It produces no wheat, no corn; it ploughs no land; it fells no forests. It is a perpetual mendicant. It lives on the labors of others, and then has the arrogance to pretend that it supports the giver. ~Robert G. Ingersoll
The highest virtue here may be least in another world. ~Kahlil Gibran
I was such a dangerous hitter I even got intentional walks in batting practice. ~Casey Stengel, 1967
Some men storm imaginary Alps all their lives, and die in the foothills cursing difficulties which do not exist. ~Edgar Watson Howe
Fear less, hope more; eat less, chew more; whine less, breathe more; talk less, say more; hate less, love more; and all good things are yours. ~Swedish Proverb
Sex is good, but not as good as fresh, sweet corn. ~Garrison Keillor
America is a place where Jewish merchants sell Zen love beads to agnostics for Christmas. ~John Burton Brimer
The time is ripe, and rotten-ripe, for change. ~Lowell
A leader leads by example, whether he intends to or not. ~Author Unknown
It takes a good deal of physical courage to ride a horse. This, however, I have. I get it at about forty cents a flask, and take it as required. ~Stephen Leacock
My theory on housework is, if the item doesn't multiply, smell, catch fire, or block the refrigerator door, let it be. No one else cares. Why should you? ~Erma Bombeck
Of all second-class citizens, neurotics are the only ones who are so by choice. ~Mignon McLaughlin, The Second Neurotic's Notebook, 1966
In youth we are plagued by desire; in later years, by the desire to feel desire. ~Mignon McLaughlin, The Neurotic's Notebook, 1960
God, that dumping ground of our dreams. ~Jean Rostand, Carnets d'un Biologiste, 1962
The teacher who is indeed wise does not bid you to enter the house of his wisdom but rather leads you to the threshold of your mind. ~Khalil Gibran
There are very few monsters who warrant the fear we have of them. ~Andre Gide
How the mother is to be pitied who hath handsome daughters! Locks, bolts, bars, and lectures of morality are nothing to them: they break through them all. They have as much pleasure in cheating a father and mother, as in cheating at cards. ~John Gay
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