These blessed candles of the night. ~William Shakespeare, referring to stars, Merchant of Venice
What a folly to dread the thought of throwing away life at once, and yet have no regard to throwing it away by parcels and piecemeal. ~John Howe
Actually, all education is self-education. A teacher is only a guide, to point out the way, and no school, no matter how excellent, can give you education. What you receive is like the outlines in a child's coloring book. You must fill in the colors yourself. ~Louis L'Amour
I've spent most of my life walking under that hovering cloud, jealousy, whose acid raindrops blurred my vision and burned holes in my heart. Once I learned to use the umbrella of confidence, the skies cleared up for me and the sunshine called joy became my faithful companion. ~Astrid Alauda
If you aren't fired with enthusiasm, you will be fired with enthusiasm. ~Vince Lombardi
The shortest distance between two people is a smile. ~Author Unknown
Never trust a skinny ice cream man. ~Ben Cohen
A cat pours his body on the floor like water. ~William Lyon Phelps
The secret of teaching is to appear to have known all your life what you just learned this morning. ~Author Unknown
We are the heirs of a past of rope, fire, and murder. I for one am not ashamed of this past. My shame is for those who became so inhuman that they could inflict this torture upon us. ~Martin Luther King, Jr.
When I learned to sew, I forgot how to cook. ~Author Unknown
The object of a New Year is not that we should have a new year. It is that we should have a new soul and a new nose; new feet, a new backbone, new ears, and new eyes. Unless a particular man made New Year resolutions, he would make no resolutions. Unless a man starts afresh about things, he will certainly do nothing effective. ~G.K. Chesterton
A politician should have three hats. One for throwing into the ring, one for talking through, and one for pulling rabbits out of if elected. ~Carl Sandburg
For many are called, but few are chosen. ~Matthew 22:14
To know the road ahead, ask those coming back. ~Chinese Proverb
My spelling is Wobbly. It's good spelling but it Wobbles, and the letters get in the wrong places. ~A.A. Milne
Each season of adventure reality television gets more and more challenging. I'm waiting for them to come out with a Survivor: Phoenix in July edition. ~Linda Solegato
It is not hard to learn more. What is hard is to unlearn when you discover yourself wrong. ~Martin H. Fischer
Freedom is the oxygen of the soul. ~Moshe Dayan
Obesity is really widespread. ~Joseph O. Kern II
The chief reason for drinking is the desire to behave in a certain way, and to be able to blame it on alcohol. ~Mignon McLaughlin, The Neurotic's Notebook, 1960
Persons with weight of character carry, like planets, their atmospheres along with them in their orbits. ~Thomas Hardy
I figure that the degree of difficulty in combining two lives ranks somewhere between rerouting a hurricane and finding a parking place in downtown Manhattan. ~Claire Cloninger, "When the Glass Slipper Doesn't Fit and the Silver Spoon is in Someone Else's Mouth"
A gentleman need not know Latin, but he should at least have forgotten it. ~Brander Matthews
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