Wit & Wisdom

Post by **noreply66** » Thu Jun 29, 2006 8:46 am

A belief is not merely an idea the mind possesses;it is an idea that possesses the mind.

Author Robert Bolton,quoted in the London Guardian

BubbleGumTiger · Post by **BubbleGumTiger** » Thu Jun 29, 2006 10:15 am

If you get to thinkin' you're a person of some influence, try orderin' somebody else's dog around.

Focused · Post by **Focused** » Thu Jun 29, 2006 6:23 pm

An apology is the super glue of life. It can repair just about anything.

Focused · Post by **Focused** » Thu Jun 29, 2006 11:07 pm

Live simply...Love generously.
Care deeply...Speak kindly.
Leave the rest to God.

Post by **noreply66** » Fri Jun 30, 2006 8:21 am

The art of taxation consists in so plucking the goose as to obtain the largest amonut of feathers with the least possible amount of hissing.

Jean-Baptiste Colbert,Louis XIV's finance minister,quoted in The Christan Science Monitor

Focused · Post by **Focused** » Fri Jun 30, 2006 9:18 am

The person with the smallest mind is usually the one most willing to give someone else a piece of it.

BubbleGumTiger · Post by **BubbleGumTiger** » Fri Jun 30, 2006 1:48 pm

The biggest troublemaker you'll probably ever have to deal with watches you shave his face in the mirror every mornin.'

Post by **noreply66** » Fri Jun 30, 2006 10:17 pm

No one wants advice--only corroboration.

John Steinback, quoted in Me's Health

Focused · Post by **Focused** » Fri Jun 30, 2006 11:46 pm

A flow of words does not mean a flow of wisdom.

Post by **noreply66** » Sat Jul 01, 2006 5:25 pm

People with courage and character always seem sinister to the rest.Herman Hesse, quoted in BBC.co.uk

BubbleGumTiger · Post by **BubbleGumTiger** » Sun Jul 02, 2006 9:02 am

It doesn't take a genius to spot a goat in a flock of sheep.

Focused · Post by **Focused** » Sun Jul 02, 2006 4:21 pm

The prime of life is that fleeting time between green and overripe.

Post by **noreply66** » Sun Jul 02, 2006 4:22 pm

Every nation ridicules other nations,and all are right

Arthur Schopenbauer,quoted in the Lansing,michigan State Journal

Post by **noreply66** » Sun Jul 02, 2006 11:12 pm

Youth is when you blame your troubles on your parents;maturity is when you learn that everything is the fault of the younger generation.

Bertolt Brecht,quoted in the London Guardian

Post by **noreply66** » Mon Jul 03, 2006 5:52 pm

Remember not only to say the right thing in the right place,but far more difficult still,to leave unsaid the wrong things at the tempting moment.

Benjamin Franklin,quoted in The San Diego Union-Tribune

BubbleGumTiger · Post by **BubbleGumTiger** » Tue Jul 04, 2006 9:59 am

Never fry bacon naked.....

Post by **noreply66** » Wed Jul 05, 2006 9:05 am

Post by **noreply66** » Wed Jul 05, 2006 9:09 am

There is no such thing as bad publicity except your own obituary.

Irish author Brendan Behan,quoted in the Enid,Okla., News & Eagle

Post by **noreply66** » Thu Jul 06, 2006 7:39 am

Count on Americans to do the right thing,after they've tried everything else.

Winston Churchill, quoted in the Wilington,Del.,News Journal