Material blessings, when they pay beyond the category of need, are weirdly fruitful of headache. ~Philip Wylie
My handicap? Woods and irons. ~Chris Codiroli
Yoga is the perfect opportunity to be curious about who you are. ~Jason Crandell, quoted in Yoga Journal, November 2005
Conservatives define themselves in terms of what they oppose. ~George Will
A teacher who is attempting to teach without inspiring the pupil with a desire to learn is hammering on cold iron. ~Horace Mann
Chiasmus: figure of speech in which two clauses are related to each other through a reversal of structures in order to make a larger point; the two clauses display inverted parallelism. The elements of a simple chiasmus are often labelled in the form A B B A, where the letters correspond to grammar, words, or meaning. In modern day, chiasmus is often used synonymously with antimetabole but in the classical sense of the word, chiasmus does not repeat the same words. Example: "By day the frolic, and the dance by night." ~Samuel Johnson
The best way to get something done is to begin. ~Author Unknown
Art is... a question mark in the minds of those who want to know what's happening. ~Aaron Howard
Uneven numbers are the gods' delight. ~Virgil, The Eclogues
Man never made any material as resilient as the human spirit. ~Bern Williams
It's always the badly dressed people who are the most interesting. ~Jean Paul Gaultier
Either way, things are a lot better - either a lot better than they were or a lot better than they're going to be. ~Robert Brault, www.robertbrault.com
Breastfeeding is a mother's gift to herself, her baby and the earth. ~Pamela K. Wiggins
May the holes in your net be no larger than the fish in it. ~Irish Blessing
In the ideal sense nothing is uninteresting; there are only uninterested people. ~Brooks Atkinson
A woman wears her tears like jewelry. ~Author Unknown
If you are going to throw a club, it is important to throw it ahead of you, down the fairway, so you don't have to waste energy going back to pick it up. ~Tommy Bolt
Death is a delightful hiding place for weary men. ~Herodotus
Reality is the leading cause of stress amongst those in touch with it. ~Jane Wagner
Never cry over spilt milk. It could've been whiskey. ~"Pappy" Maverick, in Maverick Never do anything against conscience even if the state demands it. ~Albert Einstein
More grievous than tears is the sight of them. ~Antonio Porchia, Voces, 1943, translated from Spanish by W.S. Merwin
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
Other people's opinion of you does not have to become your reality. ~Les Brown
A pure hand needs no glove to cover it. ~Nathaniel Hawthorne, The Scarlet Letter
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