Wit & Wisdom

BubbleGumTiger · Post by **BubbleGumTiger** » Sun Mar 11, 2007 8:44 am

Golf was once a rich man's sport, but now it has millions of poor players.

Post by **noreply66** » Sun Mar 11, 2007 10:40 am

Hope is itself a species of happiness,and, perhaps,the chief happiness which this world affords

Samuel Johnson,quoted in City Journal

BubbleGumTiger · Post by **BubbleGumTiger** » Mon Mar 12, 2007 8:24 am

An amateur golfer is one who addresses the ball twice: once before swinging, and once again after swinging.

Post by **noreply66** » Mon Mar 12, 2007 10:41 pm

The best way to keep children home is to make the home atmosphere pleasant--and let the air out of the tires.

Dorothy Parker,quoted in the Charlotte,N.C. Observer

Post by **noreply66** » Tue Mar 13, 2007 8:03 am

Go to the edge of the cliff and jump off.Build your wings on the way down.

Ray Bradbury,quoted in The Sacramento Bee

BubbleGumTiger · Post by **BubbleGumTiger** » Tue Mar 13, 2007 10:30 pm

"Leaving sex to the feminists is like letting your dog vacation at the taxidermist."

Matt Barry

BubbleGumTiger · Post by **BubbleGumTiger** » Wed Mar 14, 2007 8:48 am

"Chicago is an October sort of city even in spring."

Post by **noreply66** » Wed Mar 14, 2007 9:40 am

One should never place one's trust in the future.It doesn't deserve it.

Andre Chamson,quoted in the Kitchener-Waterloo,Ontario,Record

BubbleGumTiger · Post by **BubbleGumTiger** » Wed Mar 14, 2007 7:50 pm

"A bad liver is to a Frenchman what a nervous breakdown is to an American. Everyone has had one and everyone wants to talk about it."

Art Buchwald

BubbleGumTiger · Post by **BubbleGumTiger** » Thu Mar 15, 2007 4:59 am

"A Chicago alderman once confessed he needed physical exercise but didn't like jogging, because in that sport you couldn't hit anyone."

Andrew H. Malcolm

Post by **noreply66** » Thu Mar 15, 2007 10:20 am

More tears have been shed over men's lack of manners than their lack of morals.

Writer Helen Hathaway,quoted in the Associated Press

BubbleGumTiger · Post by **BubbleGumTiger** » Sat Mar 17, 2007 8:30 am

"After all, what is a pedestrian? He is a man who has two carsâ€”one being driven by his wife, the other by one of his children."

Robert Bradbury,

Focused · Post by **Focused** » Sat Mar 17, 2007 6:21 pm

Worry does not empty tomorrow of its sorrows. It emptys today of its strength.

BubbleGumTiger · Post by **BubbleGumTiger** » Sun Mar 18, 2007 5:40 am

"He who hesitates is probably smart . . . or maybe stapled to the floor."

Dr. Squid

Focused · Post by **Focused** » Sun Mar 18, 2007 4:23 pm

To change and to improve are two different things!

BubbleGumTiger · Post by **BubbleGumTiger** » Sun Mar 18, 2007 6:50 pm

"I either want less corruption, or more chance to participate in it."

Ashleigh Brilliant

BubbleGumTiger · Post by **BubbleGumTiger** » Mon Mar 19, 2007 9:17 am

"If the Mafia exists in Montreal, it's probably like the Knights of Columbus."

Armand Courville

Post by **noreply66** » Mon Mar 19, 2007 3:54 pm

Drive thy business or it will drive thee.
Benjamin Franklin,quoted in the Montreal Gazette.

Focused · Post by **Focused** » Mon Mar 19, 2007 7:55 pm

If you pray for rain, don't grumble about the mud.

BubbleGumTiger · Post by **BubbleGumTiger** » Tue Mar 20, 2007 7:52 am

"I like pigs. Dogs look up to us. Cats look down on us. Pigs treat us as equals."

Winston Churchill