Favorite Quotes Part II
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"Beware of the Half Truth ~ You may have gotten hold of the wrong half"
Tidy
Agust 
Lori...since '73 
The Man You can fool some of the people some of the time....but you can't fool all of the people all of the time.
Joyful Disobedience is the true foundation of liberty, it is the obedient who are the slaves
Shaman "You can't polish a turd" - from the movie Christine!
Adapt & Overcome
The Best Thing You Can Spend On Your Children is Time!
Curious G 
JessM. 
alpha1beta The Man, I'll admit to being a 'grammar police', but in this case the quote doesn't read right unless you pause (comma or period), and don't speed read the whole thing together. That's all. It lost something for me when I had to read it twice :(
No, I didn't forget "load". I wasn't correcting spelling, just trying to correct the quote. But since you're pointing out spelling now, you should know that it's grammAr, not grammer...
"I know what you're thinking. "Did he fire six shots or only five?" Well, to tell you the truth, in all this excitement I kind of lost track myself. But being as this is a .44 Magnum, the most powerful handgun in the world, and would blow your head clean off, you've got to ask yourself one question: Do I feel lucky? Well, do ya, punk?"
- Harry Callahan
DB 
Firefly "Hope in reality is the worst of all evils because it prolongs the torments of man."
Friedrich Nietzsche
Yeah, its a little dark but I like it.
gpg "I'll breackck your necckck likeke a toothpickckc"
Edward James Olmos in Stand and Deliver
CBGB When you have the choice to be right or be kind, always choose being kind.
.. 101 Ways to Transform Your Life by Dr. Wayne Dyer
Bessie If you don't have a solution, then you really don't have a problem
(forgot where I heard it)
Stan If you can't get where you want to go the way you originally planned, there are always other options
Goldie Cohen (mom) :)
"A House Divided Cannot Stand" -- Abraham Lincoln
"Choose a job you love, and you'll never work a day in your life" -- Confucius
Computer Sharp Love is that condition in which the happiness of another person is essential to your own... Jealousy is a disease, love is a healthy condition. The immature mind often mistakes one for the other, or assumes that the greater the love, the greater the jealousy. - Robert Heinlein
iPhone-imal 
Bonk 
darlughh The two most important days in your LIFE
are the day you were BORN,
and the day you you find out WHY
- Mark Twain
Skipper 
Lady Jayne To my mind the life of a lamb is no less precious than that of a human being. I should be unwilling to take the life of a lamb for the sake of the human body. I hold that the more helpless a creature, the more entitled it is to protection by man from the cruelty of man.
-Mahatma Gandhi
Rebecka Whatever the mind can conceive and believe, the mind can achieve.
Our motto.
Activate Fitness It's easy to grin when your ship comes in and you've got the stock market beat,
But the man worthwhile is the man who can smile when his pants are too tight in the seat.
TU If you say "beer can" with a Brittish accent, You're also saying "bacon" with a Jamacian accent!
Not exactly a quote, but funny none the less! =-)
EG1982 “Start using your head. That's the lump that's three feet above you’re a*s.”
“It's supposed to be hard. If it wasn't hard, everyone would do it. The hard...is what makes it great.”
Jimmy Dugan - A League of Their Own
There are only two ways to live your life....
One is as though nothing is a miracle and the other is as though everything is a miracle. Albert Einstien
Tommy James ... "The 60s was the party. The 70s was the hangover after the party."
Andy Loigu 
MikeGuida Here are some from the baseball world that are NOT from Yogi Berra ..."If at first you don't succeed, try the outfield," Curt Blefary. "I spent 90 percent of my money on women and whiskey. The other 10 percent I wasted," Tug McGraw. "The fans here in Anaheim are great. They wave at you with all five fingers." Former Met Alex Ochoa.
If you have time to whine and complain about something....then you have the time to do something about it.
Treat your friends and your money the same.
They are both hard to make and easy to lose.
All cruel people describe themselves as paragons of frankness...Tennessee Williams
Kind words can be short and easy to speak but their echoes are truly endless --
Mother Teresa
Andy: I love your last two quotes...especially the first one.
My thing is that we're all entitled to our opinions, but some are best not expressed, which kind of relates to your second quote.
cbel We are entitled to our own opinions, but not to our own facts.
Daniel Patrick Moynihan
God gave us two ears we can't close and a mouth that we can.
That should tell us something.
I was an honor student. I was always saying, "yes, your honor," "no, your honor."
Rodney Dangerfield
It would take an awful lot of mustard to cover that hot dog.
Oakland relief pitcher Darold Knowles about Reggie Jackson
trekster3 The best way to catch the knuckleball is to wait until it stops rolling and then pick it up.
Bob Uecker
"I predict future happiness for Americans if they can prevent the government from wasting the labors of the people under the pretense of taking care of them".
- Thomas Jefferson
hjc 
Jules “We don't stop playing because we grow old; we grow old because we stop playing.” ~ George Bernard Shaw
" The natural enemies between mother and grandmother; are the kids"!
" You can pick your friends; but, not your relatives ".
oldsoldier Half of the American people have never read a newspaper. Half never voted for President. One hopes it is the same half.
Gore Vidal
The good news is, there are two ways to hit a knuckleball.
The bad news is, they don't work.
Former Kansas City Royals batting coach Charlie Lau.
In three words I can sum up everything I have learned about life.....it goes on. Robert Frost
It took me 20 years to get 3,000 hits in baseball.
I did it in one day on the golf course.
Henry Aaron
The human body is like a bar of soap. It wears down with repeated use.
Former Philadelphia Phillie Richie Allen in 1968.
If a cow can't eat it, I don't want to play on it.
Allen, commenting on the Astroturf field in Houston.
She's not what you would call refined..she's not what you would call unrefined..she's the kind of woman who owns a parrot...Mark Twain ( i own 2)LOL
Ginger With all the sports quotes I've been throwing in here, I'll include one of my own from 1973 that the New York fans would enjoy...
"With 20 straight losses and the worst NBA record in history, while wearing their star spangled red, white and blue uniforms, the 76ERS disgraced the flag this winter.
This follows a summer in which the Phillies disgraced the national pastime and a fall in which the Eagles disgraced the national bird."
Ocean County Daily Times Sports Editor Andy Loigu in 1973
I'm an excellent housekeeper.
Every time I get a divorce, I keep the house.
Zsa Zsa Gabor
A couple of my favorites from Confucius
Man who walk through airport door sideways is going to Bangkok.
It takes many nails to build crib, but only one screw to fill it.
Crowded elevator always smell different to midget.
Man who goes to bed with itchy a%%, wakes up with stinky finger.
M & K In the end, it doesn't even matter.
and
Surround yourself with those who bring forth your best.
There is nothing in a caterpillar that tells you it is going to be a butterfly.
R. Buckminster Fuller
It takes a great deal of courage to stand up to your enemies.
It takes even more to stand up to your friends.
J.K. Rowling
Life is a tragedy for those who feel and a comedy for those who think.
Last nights fortune cookie
I never heard of Gehrig until I came here and I thought Babe Ruth was a cartoon character. I mean, I wasn't born until 1961 and I grew up in Indiana.
Yankees fan favorite Don Mattingly
mrs.brown All we have of Freedom-all we use or know
This our Fathers bought for us long, long ago: Rudyard Kipling
The Fourth of July is just like getting a divorce.
Lots of fireworks.
Rodney Dangerfield
"I'm saving that rocking chair for that day when I feel as old as I really am!"
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Andy might like this one:
Some people are born on third base and go through life thinking they hit a triple.
Barry Switzer
Yes, I like it because it is so true.
Here's another one from a baseball guy which applies to all of us, whatever our field..."It's what you learn after you know it all, that really counts."
Earl Weaver
RJ Give me the liberty to know, to utter and to argue freely according to conscience, above all liberties.
John Milton in 1644
"Truth is like the sun. You can shut it out for a time, but it ain't going away".
Elvis Presley
"Humanity is the keystone that holds nations and men together. When that collapses the whole structure crumbles."
Connie Mack
Health nuts are going to feel stupid someday, lying in the hospital...about to die from nothing. Redd Foxx
If I had known I was going to live this long, I'd have taken better care of myself.
George Burns
When dealing with people let us remember, we are not dealing with creatures of logic. We are dealing with creatures of emotion, bustling with prejudices, motivated by pride and vanity.
Dale Carnegie
I don't remember where I read this or to whom to give credit. Hope it wasn't here!!
"You can't force a person to respect you, but you CAN refuse to be disrespected".
Tanya "If I need a brain transplant, I'll get one from a sportswriter, because I'd be getting one that's never been used."
Joe Paterno
P.S. ... who's laughing now, Joe?
Taking your Ex back is like going to a yard sale and buying back your own "crap".
Author unknown
Thought it was time for some favorite "Bridesmaids" quotes!
Kristen Wiig as Annie: You read my journal?
Annie's Roommate: At first I did not know it was your diary. I thought it was a very sad handwritten book.
All I remember about my wedding day is that the Cubs lost a doubleheader.
George Will
Be a bump on a log. It takes plenty of stolid sitting to withstand times of national stress like these. You need not apologize for inaction.
James Thurber
Easier to ask for forgiveness than permission.
Favorite Confucious quote: 'Woman who keeps man in doghouse soon find him in cathouse'.
Andy, I think the quote: 'If I'd know I was going to live this long. I'd have taken better care of myself' is a Mantle quote, not George Burns, and it originated from a gentleman named Hubie Blake.
MeisterNJ “We shall not cease from exploration and the end of all our exploring we be to arrive where we started and know the place for the first time.” T.S. Eliot
“Everything happens to everybody sooner or later if there is time enough.”
George Bernard Shaw
“It is the tremendous experience of becoming conscious, which nature has laid upon mankind, which unites the most diverse cultures in a common task.” CG Jung
“Let him who would enjoy a good future waste none of his present.”
Roger Babson
“The winds of Grace blow all of the time. All we need to do is set our sails.” Ramakrishna
“Music is everybody’s possession. It’s only publishers who think that people own it”.
John Lennon
“People today are still living off the table scraps of the sixties.”
Bob Dylan
“I wanted to create music that was so different that my mother could tell me from anyone else.”
Les Paul
“Time goes, you say? Ah, no! alas, time stays, we go.”
Henry Austin Dobson
“I am a success today because I had a friend who believed in me and I didn’t have the heart to let him down.”
Abe Lincoln
“Whenever society gets too stifling and the rules get too complex, there’s some sort of musical explosion.”
Slash
“Time is the coin of your life. It is the only coin you have, and only you can determine how it will be spent. Be careful lest you let other people spend it for you.”
Carl Sandburg
“Drugs are merely the most obvious form of addiction in our society. Drug addiction is one of the things that undermines traditional values.”
Christopher Lasch
“Nothing in this world can take the place of persistence. Talent will not; nothing is more common than unsuccessful people with talent. Genius will not; unrewarded genius is almost a proverb. Education will not; the world is full of educated derelicts. Persistence and determination alone are omnipotent. The slogan “press on” has solved and always will solve the problems of the human race”
Calvin Coolidge
“Time is but the stream I go a-fishing in.”
Henry David Thoreau
“But I think that your entire life is a process of sorting out some of those early messages that you got.”
Bruce Springsteen
“To live a creative life, we must lose our fear of being wrong.”
J.Chilton Pierce
blacktieantiques To Meister ... I've heard George Burns say it on TV ... so I know he said it ... I'm sure Mantle would have said it, too ... he had a good sense of humor and a lot of remorse regarding his lifestyle ... he'd often said he didn't think he'd live to see 50 because of his family history.
Anyway, here's one from the Mick ...
A team is where a boy can prove his courage on his own. A gang is where a coward goes to hide.
Do unto others as you would have others do unto you. [Matthew 7:12]
You are what you do, not what you say you'll do.” C.G. Jung
"Do as I say, not as I do" Socrates
"Do the right thing. It will gratify some people and astonish the rest" Mark Twain
"You can't build a reputation on what you are going to do." Henry Ford
"Just do it" Nike
"doo-be-doo-be-doo" Frank Sinatra
mistergoogle Here's one my Grandfather always said. "If you don't see what you're lookin for, want it." (Laughing) 2nd one: After doing something he would say to you," Just like you knew what you were doin."
Len "The only difference between the Taxman and a Taxidermist is that the Taxidermist leaves the skin". " You dont really know your family until you have to share an inheritance". Mark Twain
oldman 
JudeKS 
" A woman drove me to drink and I did not have the decency to thank her". W.C. Fields
This is the quote of the month at work:
In order to be effective truth must penetrate like an arrow —and that is likely to hurt. – Wei Wu Wei
SueR A diplomat is a man who says you have a open mind instead of telling you that you have a hole in the head.
My new favorite saying:
Be the kind of woman that when your feet hit the ground each morning , the *Devil* says,
"OH CRAP, SHE'S UP"!
It puzzles me how they know what corners to put gas stations on, how do they know there's oil under there?
Dizzy Dean
Many people have too much Willpower....It's "won't" power that they lack...
John Shedd
This is my favorite:
"Things turn out best for people who make the best of the way things turn out."
Posted on the nurses station in Princess Alexandra Hospital, Australia.
another caring mom 
colleen26 Ben Stein says:
"Fathom the hypocrisy of a government that requires every citizen to prove they are insured... but not everyone must prove they are a citizen."
and......
"Many of those who refuse, or are unable, to prove they are citizens will receive free insurance paid for by those who are forced to buy insurance because they are citizens."
You gotta love Ben..... :)
I don't know who is responsible for this one, but
A sorrow shared is halved; a joy shared is doubled.
The most dangerous of all falsehoods is a slightly distorted truth.
Georg Christoph Lichtenberg - German scientist (1742-1799)
I have two weapons: my arm, my legs, and my brains. -- Michael Vick
Football combines two of the worst things about American life, violence and committee meetings. -- George F. Will
The fans booed me, but I know deep down they weren't booing me, they were booing their own disallowed wishes.
Former Phillie Steve Fireovid
I got fined $5O for being drunk and disorderly and $75 for being a Phillie.
Bob Uecker in 1967
QUOTE OF THE DAY:
Logic will get you from A to B. Imagination will take you everywhere.
- Albert Einstein, German physicist
Cliff R "The autumn wind is a pirate, blustering in from sea" -- Steve Sabol (R.I.P) immortalized by the "Voice of God" John Facenda on NFL Films.
Also in honor of the day:
"Me? I’m dishonest, and a dishonest man you can always trust to be dishonest. Honestly. It’s the honest ones you want to watch out for, because you can never predict when they’re going to do something incredibly… stupid. "
Captain Jack Sparrow, Pirates of the Caribbean
Just read this and have to share!
“As I give thought to the matter, I find four causes for the apparent misery of old age; first, it withdraws us from active accomplishments; second, it renders the body less powerful; third, it deprives us of almost all forms of enjoyment; fourth, it stands not far from death.”
Cicero
If Columbus had a Advisory Committee he would probably still be at the dock:
Arthur J Goldberg
Sorry, cbel. Is this better?
“There are only two ways to live your life. One is as though nothing is a miracle. The other is as though everything is a miracle.”
¯ Albert Einstein
Oh, yes, Lady Jayne. This one is much better. The other one hit way too close to home. :)
Lady Jayne...Now I know why I like you....like minds think alike.....Check my quote above for May 12th....!!!
Quote of the year...
People like me who made all the right decisions and invested in themselves are being forced to bail out all the people who did'nt.
David Seigel...Owner of Westgate Resorts
PREDATOR I shall pass through this world but once, if, therefore, there be any kindness I can show, or any good thing I can do, let me do it now: let me not defer or neglect it, for I shall not pass this way again: Gillet
Not to know is bad.
Not to want to know is worse.
Not to hope is unthinkable.
Not to care is unforgivable.
You can't live in fear. You just have to be peaceful and believe.
Baseball triple crown winner Miguel Cabrera.
Frankly, my dear, I don't give a damn.
Rhett Butler in Gone With The Wind.
Still seems fitting for HL.
"Nobody can be exactly like me". "Sometimes even I have trouble doing it." : Tallulah Bankhead
CPCP In our progress toward a resumption of work we require two safeguards against a return of the evils of the old order; there must be a strict supervision of all banking and credits and investments; there must be an end to speculation with other people's money, and there must be provision for an adequate but sound currency.
Franklin D. Roosevelt in 1933
Bob Gibson must be the luckiest man in baseball. The other team never scores on the days he pitches.
Tim McCarver
Getting older comes down to mind over matter. If you don't mind, it don't matter.
Also, avoid late nights, the social ramble ain't restful. Go easy on red meats, they anger up the blood, and never look back, something might be gaining on you.
Satchel Paige
Some people succeed because they are destined.........but most because they are determined.
"Let everyone sweep in front of his own door and the whole world will be clean"....Goethe
I'm a believer in execution, and when I watch my team miss so many free throws, I want to execute them.
Basketball coach Rick Pitino
Stengle Line up alphabetically by height.
Casey Stengel at the Mets very first spring training practice.
Our first pick was a catcher, because if you don't have a catcher then you have all passed balls.
Who else? Ol' Casey
"We are told that people stay in love because of chemistry, or because they remain intrigued with each other, because of many kindnesses, because of luck. But part of it has got to be forgiveness and gratefulness." — Ellen Goodman
Rope burns the Flesh,
Cold Steel chills to the Bone,
Leather Binds as it Comforts the Soul/
By CA
I walk in the shadows as the silver shard of moon llight fall from the sky, Fear not the darkness for I am there in the shadows watching over you . In the moon light you will hear the call , the call of the wolf and that is where you will find me.
Caged Animal You have enemies? Good. That means you've stood up for something, sometime in your life.
Winston Churchill
I am one of those who in expressing opinions confines themselves to facts: Mark Twain
Yep, the SEC domination continues ... don't think even the return of Joe Montana would have helped tonight.
Should be discussing this on a football thread, eh?
Here's a ND related quote -- win one for the gipper.
Didn't happen tonight.
It should rank with other great contests of history as the St. Valentine's Day Massacre, the yellow fever epidemic, the bombing of Rotterdam. To enjoy it, you'd have to be the kind of person who goes to orphanage fires or waits at washed-out railroad bridges with a camera.
Columnist Jim Murray expecting the Orioles to breeze through the 71 World Series.
Roberto Clemente and the Pirates had other ideas.
Back to Favorite Quotes:
"Judge a man by his questions rather than by his answers." Voltaire
“The secret of life is honesty and fair dealing. If you can fake that, you've got it made.”
¯ Groucho Marx
yankeefan "No matter how many mistakes you make or how slow your progress...you are still way ahead of everyone who isn't trying.": Author unknown
The only way to never make a mistake, is to do nothing.
A teacher from junior high.
"When a man opens a car door for his wife-- it is either a new car or a new wife".:
Prince Philip
My Chinese Statics professor, Dr. Paul Chan, when a student requested partial credit on an exam problem:
"You build bridge. It fall down. You want partial credit?"
Fear Less..Hope more
Talk Less..Chew more
Hate Less..Love more: Pauline Phillips (Dear Abby)
There ain't enough acid in the whole town of Berkeley to make the Grateful Dead interesting.
Some dude on The Layover with Tony Bourdain
You have enemies? Good..That means that you've stood up for something, sometime in your life............Winston Churchill
Never ignore a person who loves you, cares for you, and misses you because one day you might wake up and realize you lost the moon while counting the stars: Author unknown
50 percent of us feel the nation is divided and the other 50 percent disagree.
Charles Osgood
Humility is hard to achieve. The moment you think you have it, you've lost it.
Forget just where I heard that, but it has stayed with me for many years.
I just read this..it's a copy of the text from a wedding blessing ceremony and I had to share it. Sorry if it's long:
“In the film ‘Captain Corelli’s Mandolin,’ Captain Corelli and a Greek girl, Pelagia, have, as Americans might put it, ‘made out,’ and Pelagia’s father says this to her: ‘When you fall in love, it is a temporary madness. It erupts like an earthquake, and then it subsides. And when it subsides, you have to make a decision. You have to work out whether your roles have been so entwined that it’s inconceivable you should ever part. Because this is what love is. Love is not breathlessness, not excitement, not a desire to mate every second of the day; it is not lying awake at night imagining that he is kissing every part of your body. That is just being in love, which any of us can convince ourselves we are. Love itself is what is left when being in love has burned away.’
“He’s talking sense. The reality is that love burns like a furnace for a while, but then settles, and then it has to be worked at. The romantic and sexual love described in The Song of Solomon has to grow up, to be adult. There is no future in being ‘in love.’ You have to learn to love. And unfortunately, our cultures seem to have not the slightest shred of maturity when it comes to that. Love in the media is all the burning fire, when what is needed are the strength and wisdom to go beyond being in love to loving.”
An old Cherokee told his grandson "My son, there is a battle between two wolves inside us all. One is Evil. It is anger, jealousy, greed, resentment, inferiority, lies, and ego. The other is Good. It is joy, peace, love, hope, kindness, empathy, and truth."
The boy thought about it and asked "Grandfather, which wolf wins?"
The old man quietly replied "The one you feed."
It is the dull man who is always sure, and the sure man who is always dull: H.L. Merken
Never do something permanently foolish just because you are temporarily upset: Unknown
Many of today's sports superstars have displayed morally inept conduct. Try to pattern yourselves after the other guys.
Olympic speed skater Eric Flaim
You can't stay in your corner of the forest waiting for others to come to you. You have to go to them sometimes. :
A.A. Milne- Winnie the Pooh
"Give a man a fish and you feed him for a day. Teach a man to fish and you feed him for a lifetime"
Don't ever say you can't do something. You just can't do it right now. Keep trying.
Florence Griffith Joyner
Smart is when you believe half of what you hear - brilliant is when you know which half.
Greg 1. "You'll have NOTHING and you'll like it!"
Ted Knight as Judge Smails - Caddyshack
2. "Be the ball, NaNaNaNaNaNa..."
Chevy Chase as Ty Webb - Caddyshack
CARNi Curious that we spend more time congratulating people who have succeeded than encouraging people who have not.....:Neil deGrasse Tyson
Being powerful is like being a lady...if you have to tell people you are, you aren't...
Margaret Thatcher: RIP
Don't be afraid of your fears. They're not there to scare you. They're there to let you know something is worth it.
L. JoyBell
Go confidently in the direction of your dreams, Live the life you have imagined.
Henry David Thoreau
IAMREALITY "To each their own path... To walk down in their own way, in their own time and for their own reasons...":
"Life is merely breathing in and breathing out. Everything else is just perception"
"Take the richest man in the world with the best luck, and the poorest man in the world with the worst luck, put them in the same bed, watch them sleep, and tell me the difference..."
A couple of days ago we told you the Mets looked dead.
We regret to announce at this time that their condition has deteriorated.
Trying to be positive, I can say that since so few Mets bats have seen any use, they should be acclaimed by the National Forestry Division as the club which has done the most to conserve wood, one of our most precious natural resources.
Dick Young in 1966
5catmom The opera isn't over until the fat lady sings.
Dick Motta
The ballgame isn't over until the fat man swings.
Harry Kalas after John Kruk hit a walk-off homer for the Phillies.
White trash lady to a drunk John Kruk at a bowling alley somewhere in South Jersey: "Look at you. You're a mess. Is that any way for an athlete to act?"
Drunk John Kruk to white trash lady: "Look, lady... I'm not an athlete, I'm a ball player. "
John Kruk is good for baseball. He's brought the hillbillies into the game.
Barry Bonds
John Kruk is everyman's dream, the beer truck driver who somehow got a uniform.
Andy VanSlyke
I don't care what John Kruk looks like, the guy can hit.
Reggie Jackson
Rooting for Baltimore is like a wink at a homely girl.
Mark Kram in Sports Illustrated
If you want to be the man........ All you have to do is beat the man.........
The Nature Boy Ric Flair
singlemaleinnj "At the end of your life, you will never regret having one more test, not winning one more verdict, or not closing on one more deal. You will regret time not spent with a husband, a friend, a child or a parent.": Barbara Bush
“The truth is, everyone is going to hurt you. You just got to find the ones worth suffering for.”
¯ Bob Marley
DTM "Speak when you are angry....and you will make the best speech you'll ever regret.":
Lawrence J. Peter
"What a wonderful thought it is that some of the best days of our lives haven't happened yet."
Half of all doctors finished in the bottom half of their class.
My RU stats professor on day 1.
What do you call the guy who finished dead last in his med school class? Doctor.
My Statics professor, Paul Chan, when someone asked about partial credit on an exam question:
"You build bridge. It fall down. You want partial credit?"
Then... there was this tidbit of advice (which has served me well) from my foundation design professor:
"Never trust an architect."
Remember that an overnight success usually takes about 15 years.
Live life so your epitaph reads "no regrets."
Just some words of advice I got from high school coaches over four decades ago ... advice I'd give to high school kids today.
"Your mind will answer the question if you learn to relax and wait for the answer".:
William S. Burroughs
I always thought about this quote when I thought of my old friend Coach Vic Paternostro from Pope John Football fame
"Anything will give up its secrets if you love it enough." George Washington Carver
positive The two most important days in your life--the day you were born and the day you find out why. Mark Twain
"Laziness is nothing more than the habit of resting before you get tired.": Jules Renard
I have been accused of this!
"Tact is the ability to tell someone to go to hell in such a way that they look forward to the trip." Winston Churchill
That's funny...Lady Jayne! ....My friends tell me I have the ability to do that as well! Come to think of it...My Mother could do this too!
"There's no crying in baseball"
"When you come to the fork in the road take it"
"It ain't over till the fat lady sings'
sam When the power of love overcomes the love of power, the world will know peace.....Jimi Hendrix
GC I like the Jimi Hendrix quote. That really says it all .. that's something Jesus would say if he was here walking among us.
In life you will realize that there is a role for everyone you meet
Some will test you, some will use you, some will love you and some will teach you.
But the ones that are truly important are the ones that bring out the best in you. They are the rare and amazing people who remind you why it's worth it. - Unknown
JrzyGirl88 That's something Jesus would say if he were walking among us... and tripping his face off (-;
Sorry, iPhone-imal......Not a funny comment!
Kind words can be short and easy to speak, but their echoes are truly endless: Mother Teresa
If you ever spent any time at a Dead show, you might find it funny... because that's the occasional gem that falls out of the mouths of freaks from time to time. It was a Hendrix/LSD joke, not a Jesus joke... but that said, you're right... it wasn't exactly my best work, lol.
"The strongest people are not those who show strength in front of us but those who win battles we know nothing about." Unknown
“We could learn a lot from crayons; some are sharp, some are pretty, some are dull, while others bright, some have weird names, but they all have learned to live together in the same box.”
― Robert Fulghum
"The happiest of people don't necessarily have the best of everything. They just make the best of everything they have." : Author Unknown
Love those quotes joyful and 5catmom...so true!
I have two good ones about humor....
Common sense and a sense of humor are the same thing, moving at different speeds. A sense of humor is just common sense, dancing.
William James
Imagination was given to man to compensate for what he is not; a sense of humor to console him for what he is.
Francis Bacon
This quote seemed so appropriate for Mother's Day (today) even for those of us with our Mom's in Heaven:
"A Mom's hug lasts long after she lets go". : Author Anonymous
When the power of love
overcomes the love of power,
the world will know peace.----jimi hendrix
Aerodynamically, the bumble bee shouldn't be able to fly, but the bumble bee doesn't know it so it goes on flying anyway.
Mary Kay Ash
I just found this quote and love it so much:
Start where you are.
Use what you have.
Do what you can.
- Arthur Ashe
What wonderful words for when you're feeling overwhelmed by life or a big project!
Love the quote Rebecka..liked this one on my "Life's Little Instruction Calendar" today
Silence is often the best way to have the last word.
just got this one - think it says a lot
Our prime purpose in this life is to help others. And if you can't help them, at least don't hurt them.
Dalai Lama
"Apologizing does not always mean that you're wrong and the other person is right. It just means that you value your relationship more than your ego.": Author Unknown
I usually don't apologize when I know I'm right, I'll just say 'whatever.'
If I'm wrong, I'll say 'I stand corrected.' Guess it's a guy thing.
"I'm not the manager because I'm always right, I'm always right because I'm the manager."
-- Gene Mauch
"If it is true that you learn from your mistakes, I must be the smartest guy in the world."
-- Gene Mauch
"Anger is an acid that can do more harm to the vessel in which it is stored than to anything on which it is poured."
Mark Twain
"When you were born, you cried and the world rejoiced. Live your life in such a manner that when you die, the world cries and you rejoice." : Indian Proverb
" A married man should forget his mistakes". "There is no sense in two people remembering the same thing". : Author: Some man's wife...
ess "If professional journalism vanishes along with the newspapers, this thing we call a constitutional democracy becomes a banana republic."
Hal Crowther
"You become free when you stop letting things you can't control have the power to control you."
Anonymous
"A good leader inspires others with confidence in him; a great leader inspires them with confidence in themselves."- Author Unknown
My new favorite
"Everybody is a genius, but if you judge a fish by its ability to climb a tree it will live its whole life believing it is stupid."
Albert Einstein
"I was discomfited when I read that AT&T is laying off 40,000 workers just like that, and the fellow that did it makes $5 million a year, and AT&T stock soared as a consequence and his stock went up $5 million. I think our Republican Party better get back to worrying about working people losing their jobs from unfair trade deals that sent those jobs overseas."
Pat Buchanan
"Garland them with timeless lilies, although they are a bunch of dillies, who give honest men the willies. We still love them for their sillies. Hail, the Phillies."
James Michener
BrotherDog The Pat Buchanan quote is from 1996, in the Downsizing of America.
A good source to keep up with the impact of downsizing in this decade is the Bureau of Economic Analysis. Of course, these days, if anybody disagrees with anything, they just claim the source was "biased." There is no "truth" anywhere anymore, so I've given up the pursuit of it. LOL
The Michener quote is from 1985, in the Armchair Book of Baseball.
I've often found Pat Buchanan's economics to be quite sensible; almost as sensible as the rest of his 700 Club beliefs are nonsensical.
I took Buchanan's comment as a simple recognition of the fact that many, many people's lives are being hurt through no fault of their own, and his GOP has been standing by, letting it happen.
The situation has made many, who have been supportive of the GOP in the past, turn elsewhere in recent years. Why support someone who asks for campaign contributions from you, with no knowledge of your circumstances, and does not go to bat for you?
Just sayin.
From the wonderful book "Goodbye, Mr. Chips" by James Hilton:
"What a host of little incidents, all deep-buried in the past – problems that
had once been urgent, arguments that had once been keen, anecdotes that were
funny only because one remembered the fun. Did any emotion really matter
when the last trace of it had vanished from human memory; And if that were so,
what a crowd of emotions clung to him as to their last home before
annihilation! He must be kind to them, must treasure them in his mind before their long sleep."
"Sometimes we cast the elderly aside, but they are a precious treasure: to cast them aside is an injustice and an irreparable loss."
Pope Francis
"You can close your eyes to things you do not want to see, but you cannot close your heart to the things you do not want to feel."
"Once I was in Victoria, and I saw a very large house. They told me it was a bank and that the white men place their money there to be taken care of, and that by and by they got it back with interest. "We are Indians and we have no such bank; but when we have plenty of money or blankets, we give them away to other chiefs and people, and by and by they return them with interest, and our hearts feel good. Our way of giving is our bank."
-Chief Maquinna, Nootka
LeRoy Grimace "I'm thankful for my struggle because without it I wouldn't have stumbled across my strength."
Alex Elle
"Promise yourself to be as enthusiastic about the success of others as you are about your own." : Christian D. Larson
From my sports editor's notebook from 40 years ago ...
"You never know with psychosomatic injuries. You just have to take your time with them."
Jim Palmer
"That's the kind of shot that either goes in or misses."
Rick Barry
"Whenever one person steps up and says, Wait a minute this is wrong, it helps others to do the same."
Gloia Steinem
"Never be ashamed of a scar. It simply means you were stronger than whatever tried to hurt you."
"When you are a child, you hate those moments when there is absolutely nothing to do. As a adult you live for them."
I haven't read through any of the above quotes, but I have used this one A LOT lately!!!
"IT IS WHAT IT IS" works for pretty much any situation! lol!!!
JRT "If you're going to be weird, be confident about it."
-- Michelle Wie
"I am in charge of how I feel, and today I am choosing happiness."
-- Michelle Wie
"Feelings are like toes." "They have to breathe free or they'll stink to high heaven.":
Takayuki Ikkaku
Needed this today:
"It’s easy to feel uncared for when people aren’t able to communicate and connect with you in the way you need. And it’s so hard not to internalize that silence as a reflection on your worth. But the truth is that the way other people operate is not about you. Most people are so caught up in their own responsibilities, struggles, and anxiety that the thought of asking someone else how they’re doing doesn’t even cross their mind. They aren’t inherently bad or uncaring—they’re just busy and self-focused. And that’s okay. It’s not evidence of some fundamental failing on your part. It doesn’t make you unloveable or invisible. It just means that those people aren’t very good at looking beyond their own world. But the fact that you are—that despite the darkness you feel, you have the ability to share your love and light with others—is a strength. Your work isn’t to change who you are; it’s to find people who are able to give you the connection you need. Because despite what you feel, you are not too much. You are not too sensitive or too needy. You are thoughtful and empathetic. You are compassionate and kind. And with or without anyone’s acknowledgement or affection, you are enough."
- Daniell Koepke
Did y'all see the quotes in the Google opening featuring Nelson Mandela this morning? Words to live by, for sure.
"Some come and leave, fulfilling a single purpose; others, for a time or a season to teach us by sharing their experiences; and last, a select few who participate forever with relationships that endure through eternity." : Jareh L. Davis
God's last name is not Damn It.
Saw that on someone's t-shirt down in Baltimore recently.
"In the end only three things matter: how much you loved, how gently you lived, and how gracefully you let go of things not meant for you".: Buddha
"There are two kinds of people in this world: The Givers and the Takers.
The Takers may eat better, but the Givers sleep better." : Marlo Thomas
"I could never play in New York. The first time I came into a game there, I got into the bullpen cart and they told me to lock the doors."
Former Baltimore Orioles pitcher Mike Flanagan
"I don't talk about problems because 80 percent of the people don't care about other people's problems and 20 percent are happy you have them."
Tommy Lasorda
"The golf pro told me, since I hit the ball right handed, I should keep my left arm straight. I told him, if I could do that, I'd still be pitching."
Sandy Koufax
"When I die, God won't measure my head to see how cleaver I was. God will measure my heart to see how loving I was." : Anonymous
"Things that matter most must never be at the mercy of things that matter least."
Goethe
Democracy means that anyone can grow up to be president, and anyone who doesn't grow up can be vice president.
Johnny Carson
"I've learned that no matter what happens or how bad it seems today, life does go on, and it will be better tomorrow.": Maya Angelou
"When you find yourself in a position to help someone, be happy and feel blessed because God is answering that person's prayer through you. Remember: Our purpose on earth is not to get lost in the dark but to be a light to others, so they may find the way through us" :
Alberto Casing
When I'm low I put a spice in the rhythm
and I put a little sugar on the life that I'm living - Rebelution
Joyful..I wish I had a LOVE button for your last 2 quotes...
I know I've posted this before but one of my favorite quotes I have on my desk is
We could learn a lot from crayons; some are sharp, some are pretty, some are dull, while others bright, some have weird names, but they all have learned to live together in the same box. ~Robert Fulghum
MK "You can't expect people to look eye to eye with you if you are looking down on them".
"Fools take a knife and stab people in the back". "The wise take a knife, cut the cord, and free themselves from the fools".: Author Unknown
"The only real blind person at Christmastime is he who has not Christmas in his heart.": (Helen Keller)
"The greatness of a nation and its moral progress can be judged by the way its animals are treated."
~ Mahatma Gandhi
Bonv You can not act like flip-flops and expect to be treated like Louboutins. This is my new favorite saying!!
"Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that.": Martin Luther King, Jr.
"The beautiful thing about learning is that no one can take it away from you": B.B. King
R.I.P. B.B. King
Nice quotes, Joyful.
Now for a silly one about sports ---
"I didn't cheat when I pitched, well, maybe just a little."
Whitey Ford
"Baseball hasn't forgotten me. I still go to old timers' games, sit in the bullpen, and fans throw garbage at me. Just like old times."
Bob Uecker
** Words we all should live by:
"Be Modest; Be Respectful of others, Try to Understand": Lakhdar Brahimi
Be modest, but not at job interviews.
I just thought of that, if I was famous it would be a "great quotation." (-;
"Feeling unsure and lost is part of your path. Don't avoid it. See what those feelings are showing you and use it. Take a breath. You'll be okay. Even if you don't feel okay all the time." Louis C.K.
Andy...Or be a egomaniac and lose the job offer completely!
Lady Jayne: I think Andy would reword your quote to say: If all else fails "Punt"...
Yep, that's what I would say, alright.
I think it was Woody Allen who said, 90 percent of life is showing up.
I would never want to belong to a club that would have someone like me for a member.
We get too soon old and too late smart.
With age..everything either dries up or leaks.
What comes around, goes around.
Save up to %50 and more.
sallysimpson Aerodynamically, the bumble bee shouldn't be able to fly, but the bumble bee doesn't know it so it goes on flying anyway.
one more favorite:
We could learn a lot from crayons; some are sharp, some are pretty, some are dull, while others bright, some have weird names, but they all have learned to live together in the same box. ~Robert Fulghum
This one is going on my refrigerator!!!!:
"Smiling is definitely one of the best beauty remedies." "If you have a good sense of humor and a good approach to life, that's beautiful!" : Rashida Jones
"It has been said that time heals all wounds." "I do not agree". The wounds remain, and in time , the mind.. protecting it's sanity, covers them with scar tissue and the pain lessens, but it is never gone". : Rose Kennedy
"I have no right, by anything I do or say, to demean a human being in his own eyes". "What matters is not what I think of him; it is what he thinks of himself": Antione de Saint Exupery
"I don't know how people can get so anti-something." "Mind your own business, take care of your own affairs, and don't worry about other people so much!" : Betty White
Note: Good philosophy! Now I have a idea why my kids nicknamed me "Rose"...
Pete Franklin on his first radio job in Louisiana...
"I worked 70 hours a week, and my main job was to get to the station early and kill the snakes with a baseball bat. They came out of the swamp to the heat of the generator. And I read the farm news. The glamour of show business."
"Staying true to yourself despite the influence of others, that in itself is a great accomplishment."
By me, unless someone else said it? It just popped up in my head.
This one is for Andy:
" I have only one superstition; I touch all the bases when I hit a home run". : Babe Ruth
"You've gotta be careful with your body. It is like a bar of soap, the more you use it, the more it wears down."
-- Richie Allen, who also said,
"I'll play first, third, outfield, anywhere but Philadelphia."
-- and he also said, about artificial surfaces,
"If a cow can't eat it, I don't want to play on it."
matt "A successful man is one who can lay a firm foundation with bricks others have thrown at him".: David Brinkley
Mindless prayer is for the weak
Foolishly fasting is how the breadless save bread
Only the ill-intentioned make loud religious proclamations
Only those make pilgrimages to Mecca that want to avoid daily chores
You can do ritual a billion times
But that is not the way to the Beloved
Until your heart is pure
Your prostrations are useless
Until you give up idolatry
You will be a stranger to the Beloved
---Bulleh Shah---
"Doesn't matter how tough you are, if you're told you're not good enough long enough, even the strongest of men will eventually believe it, and self worth will be of less value than a penny."
Randall Combs
CBGB that is one of the best quotes I've heard in a long time. Hits close to home...
Justintime Two from Emanuel Swedenborg
Kindness is an inner desire that makes us want to do good things even if we do not get anything in return. It is the joy of our life to do them. When we do good things from this inner desire, there is kindness in everything we think, say, want, and do.
Worship does not consist in prayers and in external devotion, but in a life of kindness.
Fill with mingled cream and amber,
I will drain that glass again.
Such hilarious visions clamber
Through the chamber of my brain —
Quaintest thoughts — queerest fancies
Come to life and fade away;
What care I how time advances?
I am drinking ale today.
~~~Edgar Allan Poe~~~
waterslideguy "You can't compare life to a football game,
but you can compare a football game to life."
Gerald Ford
RAS 
auntiel "Living within one's means is hardly living at all, is it?"
- A wealthy woman at a Palm Beach dinner.
Got a good laugh out of it, and love the joie de vivre behind it, so her quip stuck with me. It's only money, after all!
“Never depend upon institutions or government to solve any problem. All social movements are founded by, guided by, motivated and seen through by the passion of individuals. ”
Margaret Mead
"Our armies do not come into your cities and lands as conquerors or enemies, but as liberators." — General Frederick Stanley Maude ( British Military )Baghdad, March, 1917
sounds familiar..................
Ring the bells that still can ring
Forget your perfect offering
There is crack in everything
That’s how the light gets in
Leonard Cohen
hktownie "See, in my line of work you got to keep repeating things over and over and over again for the truth to sink in, to kind of catapult the propaganda..."
The very quotable George W. Bush.
"Surround yourself with those that bring forth your best."
"Can't is not a word."
"Christmas is not your birthday."
"I made my money the old fashioned way. I was very nice to a wealthy relative before he died."
Malcom Forbes
The Geator with The Heater always says,
"you only rock once."
I think the reason people say "you only live once" is because none of us know how much time we've got ... many say "live each day as if it was your last" ...
but we'd never get any work done if we lived that way, oh well.
"live each day as if it was your last"
Most people die in bed. I've read that up to 95% die in bed. I will assume most from an illness of some kind.
So to "quote" "live each day as if it was your last" must mean you want to spend each day in your death bed.
Huh?
Whatever. Today is the day the Lord has made, let us rejoice in it.
That's for the lurkers who don't care about our picky arguments.
Just came across this one - seems really appropriate these days.
“Who are you to judge the life I live? I know I'm not perfect -and I don't live to be- but before you start pointing fingers... make sure you hands are clean!”
- Bob Marley
"You can't make a silk purse out of a sow's ear".
My Mom about my choice in men.
SingleJingle "More U.S. kids play soccer today than any other organized sport, including youth baseball. Perhaps the reason so many kids play soccer is so they won't have to watch it."
-- Steve Sabol
Civilization is built on a number of ultimate principles... respect for human life, the punishment of crimes against property and persons, the equality of all good citizens before the law... or, in a word justice.
~~~Max Nordau~~~
How America became the moral cesspool it is
As soon as you tolerate something, it becomes bearable, and before long it will become common.
~~~Israel Zangwill~~~
In 1949 Harry Caray (he's well-known in baseball) and his first wife Dorothy divorced.
Thirty years later Harry wrote to her ... "Dearest Dorothy, enclosed is my 360th alimony check. How much longer is this going to continue?"
Her reply:
"Dearest Harry, Til death do us part."
"For some reason we treat business owners like business people, but we treat employees and job-seekers like dirt. We expect them to beg to work for us, a very strange idea given that we are the ones who need their help."
Liz Ryan on Forbes.com
" A bad attitude can literally block love, blessings, and destiny from finding you. Don't be the reason you don't succeed." Jelly Wong
Patriotism cannot be our final spiritual shelter; my refuge is humanity. I will not buy glass for the price of diamonds, and I will never allow patriotism to triumph over humanity as long as I live.
-Rabindranath Tagore-
"Kindness is more important than wisdom and the recognition of this is the beginning of wisdom."
-- Theodore Rubin
"Everybody can be great because anybody can serve. You don't need to make your subject and verb agree to serve. You only need a heart full of grace. A soul generated by love."
-- Martin Luther King Jr.
I know this transformation is painful, but you're not falling apart; you're just falling into something different, with a new capacity to be beautiful.
~William C. Hannan
"Timeliness is next to Godliness" -- Sally
I think the correct phrase is "Cleanliness is next to Godliness" -- Charlie Brown
"What good does it do to be clean if you're late?" -- Sally
" The message is that there are known knowns. There are things we know that we know.
There are known unknowns. That is to say there are things that we now know we don't know.
But there are also unknown unknowns. There are things we don't know we don't know. "
Donald Rumsfeld
Not a fan if his though.
OnTheEdge Why did the atom cross the road?
It was time to split.
Two years after Leif Erikson went on his journey to the New World, his wife learned that his name had been removed from the Icelandic census.
In protest, she went to the census taker's office and asked,
"What's going on? Have you taken Leif off your census?"
No problem can be solved from the same level of consciousness that created it.
Albert Einstein
"You never know how strong you are, until being strong is your only choice."
-- Bob Marley
If people can use "LOL" without even laughing, surely they can use "I Love You" without even loving. So don't be fooled.
---Mufti Ismail Menk---
"Democracy, Republic: What do these words signify? What have they changed in the world? Have men become better, more loyal, kinder? Are the people happier? All goes on as before, as always. Illusions, illusions" - Haile Selassie
another from Haile Selassie , this quote was from a time before video games. I can only imagine what Jah Rastafari would think of today's youth
Our youth must be steadfast and take advantage of the benefits of modern civilization. Do not fall prey to idleness for it shall be a curse to you and to succeeding generations. You must set yourselves as examples of determination and hard work. Plan your time and use both your physical and mental powers purposefully and productively
~~~Haile Selassie~~~
“As democracy is perfected, the office of president represents, more and more closely, the inner soul of the people. On some great and glorious day the plain folks of the land will reach their heart's desire at last and the White House will be adorned by a downright moron.” ― H.L. Mencken
Interesting quote Bonv , the way I interpret it is not so much that the President is a moron but that the President is representative of the people who apparently are the morons.
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