Thought for the day...

Love don’t make the world go around, but it surely makes the ride smoother and more worthwhile.

The honey is sweet, but the bee has a sting. Ben Franklin

Love thou the rose, yet leave it on its stem.

The only regret I have about my past is the length of it. Talullah Bankhead.

Things always look better when you can’t see them.

I don’t believe in the afterlife, but I am taking along a change of underwear just in case. Woody Allen

 

If God wanted us to fly, he would have given us tickets. Mel Brooks

The hardest struggle of all is to be something different from what the average man is. Charles Schwab

The man who has no imagination has no wings. Muhammad Ali

The future lies before you, like paths of pure white snow.
Be careful how you tread it, for every step with show.

The really happy person is the one who can enjoy the scenery, even when he has to take a detour.

If you want a thing done well, do it yourself. Napoleon

The things taught us in school are not an education, but the means to an education.

 

A cynic is one who is prematurely disappointed in the future.

Question the wise, that wisdom might be gained.

It is hard to pay for bread that has been eaten.

Daniel Boone said he had never been lost, but one time he was bewildered for 3 days.

The popsicle’s slow fuse is lit by the imagination.

Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere. Martin Luther King

 

Justice, not the majority should rule.

A part of kindness consists in loving people more than they deserve.

Taxation: A system of revenue based on the principle that you can confiscate only once but you can tax perpetually.

The difference between a tax collector and a taxidermist is the taxidermist leaves the hide.

Death and taxes will always be with us, but at least death don’t get worse.

Few of us ever test our powers of deduction, except when filling out an income tax return.

 

It takes more brains and effort to make out the income tax forms than it does to make the income.

Income tax returns are the most imaginative fiction being written today.

The primary requisite for any new tax law is for it to exempt enough voters to win the next election.

Tax Collector: The man who always soaks the man who is saving up for a rainy day.

Truth never damages a cause that is just. Gandhi

A great secret of success is to go through life as a man who never gets used up. Albert Schweitzer

 

It is not length of life, but depth of life. Emerson

Life is a great big canvas, and you should throw all the paint on it you can. Danny Kaye

Don’t go through life, grow through life.

A long life may not be good enough, but a good life is long enough. Franklin

In every fat book, there is a thin book trying to get out.

All of us learn to write in the second grade. Most of us go on to greater things. Bobby Knight

 

Words are the most powerful drug used by mankind. Rudyard Kipling

Language is a city to the building of which every human being brought a stone. Mark Twain

Man invented language to satisfy his deep need to complain. Lily Tomlin

The strongest man in the world is he who stands alone.

Are you lonely? Pray that your loneliness may spur you into finding something to live for, great enough to die for.

Money is not required to buy one necessity of the soul. Thoreau

 

Music washes away from the soul the dust of everyday life.

Too many pieces of music finish too long after the end. Stravinsky

Love tells us many things that are not so. Ukrainian proverb

Love is like the measles, we all have to go through it.

Keep me away from the wisdom which does not cry, the philosophy which does not laugh, and the greatness which does not bow before children. Kahlil Gibran

A man has reached middle age when he is cautioned to slow down by his doctor instead of the police.

 

Middle age is having a choice of 2 temptations and choosing the one that will get you home quicker.

As for me, except for an occasional heart attack, I feel as young as I ever did. Robert Benchley

Doctor to patient: I have good news and bad news. The good news is that you are not a hypochondriac.

My last Will and Testament: Being of sound mind, I spent all my money.

People who are well always have advice for those who are ill.

Statisticians will testify for either side.

 

Stupidity has a talent for misconception. Edgar Allen Poe

Procrastination: Hardening of the oughteries.

There are possibilities and impossibilities. Stress the possibilities.

It has been said that if the world’s total land area were divided equally among the world’s people, each person would get about 8.5 acres and that is shrinking fast. If the population of the Earth continues to increase at its present rate, by 3530 the total mass of human flesh will equal the mass of the Earth.

If it is not alive, the praying mantis won’t eat it.

A giraffe cleans its ears with its tongue. I’ve known some people whose tongues are quite unruly, but gee whiz…