Wit & Wisdom

Post by **noreply66** » Sat Jan 13, 2007 8:10 am

A page of history is worth a volume of logic.

Oliver Wendall Holmes,quoted in the Portland Oregonian

Focused · Post by **Focused** » Sat Jan 13, 2007 3:59 pm

Smart is when you believe one half of what you hear. Brilliant is when you know which half to believe.

BubbleGumTiger · Post by **BubbleGumTiger** » Sat Jan 13, 2007 11:54 pm

"According to a new survey, women say they feel more comfortable undressing in front of men than they do undressing in front of other women. They say that women are too judgmental, where, of course, men are just grateful."

Robert De Niro

BubbleGumTiger · Post by **BubbleGumTiger** » Sun Jan 14, 2007 7:00 am

Anger is a condition where the tongue works faster than the mind.......

Post by **noreply66** » Sun Jan 14, 2007 8:27 am

The trouble with having an open mind,of course,is that people will insist on coming along and trying to put things in it.

Author Terry pratchett,quoted in The Kansas City Star

BubbleGumTiger · Post by **BubbleGumTiger** » Mon Jan 15, 2007 7:15 am

"The whole world is our dining room, but be careful: it is also our garbage can."

Ashleigh Brilliant

Post by **noreply66** » Mon Jan 15, 2007 7:16 am

The price one pays for pursuing and profession,or calling,is an intimate knowledge of its ugly side.

James Baldwin,quoted in the Charleston,W.Va. Gazette

Focused · Post by **Focused** » Mon Jan 15, 2007 9:59 am

You don't have to see the whole staircase, just the first step.

BubbleGumTiger · Post by **BubbleGumTiger** » Tue Jan 16, 2007 8:49 am

"Food is to eat, not to frame and hang on the wall."

William Denton

Post by **noreply66** » Wed Jan 17, 2007 7:46 am

If you would persuade,you must appeal to interest rather than intellect.

Benjamin Franklin,quoted in Hong Kong's Japan Today

BubbleGumTiger · Post by **BubbleGumTiger** » Wed Jan 17, 2007 8:12 am

Don't take yourself so seriously. No one else does.

Post by **noreply66** » Thu Jan 18, 2007 8:11 am

When you are lying in the gutter,you see people a little clearer.

Bette Davis,quoted in the Lexington,Ky,Herald-Leader

Focused · Post by **Focused** » Thu Jan 18, 2007 12:42 pm

Setting a goal is not the main thing. It is deciding how you will go about acheiving it and staying with that plan.

Post by **noreply66** » Fri Jan 19, 2007 8:03 am

The most incomprehensible thing about the universe is that it is comprehensible.

Albert Einstein,quoted in The New York Times

BubbleGumTiger · Post by **BubbleGumTiger** » Fri Jan 19, 2007 8:29 am

The real art of conversation is not only to say the right thing at the right time, but also to leave unsaid the wrong thing at the tempting moment.......

Post by **noreply66** » Fri Jan 19, 2007 6:40 pm

I am old enough to know that a red carpet is just a rug.

Al Gore,quoted in the Melbourne Herald Sun

Post by **noreply66** » Sat Jan 20, 2007 10:38 am

Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter.

Martin Kuther King Jr.,quoted in The Atlantic Journal-Constitution.

BubbleGumTiger · Post by **BubbleGumTiger** » Sun Jan 21, 2007 8:11 am

"Manhattan is a narrow island off the coast of New Jersey devoted to the pursuit of lunch."

Focused · Post by **Focused** » Sun Jan 21, 2007 4:49 pm

The great use of life is to spend it for something that will outlast it.

BubbleGumTiger · Post by **BubbleGumTiger** » Sun Jan 21, 2007 8:02 pm

"Show me a nation whose national beverage is beer, and I'll show you an advanced toilet technology."

Paul Hawkins