Wit & Wisdom

Post by **noreply66** » Tue Sep 11, 2007 12:32 pm

A waist is a terrible thing to mind.

Cartoonist Jane Caminos,quoted in the Miami Herald

Focused · Post by **Focused** » Tue Sep 11, 2007 2:26 pm

Those who have not risen to the level of patriotism are not likely to rise to higher levels.

BubbleGumTiger · Post by **BubbleGumTiger** » Wed Sep 12, 2007 7:03 am

Sarchasm: The gulf between the author of sarcastic wit and the
person who doesn't get it.

BubbleGumTiger · Post by **BubbleGumTiger** » Wed Sep 12, 2007 11:57 am

Inoculatte: To take coffee intravenously when you are running late.

BubbleGumTiger · Post by **BubbleGumTiger** » Thu Sep 13, 2007 7:54 am

Hipatitis: Terminal coolness.

BubbleGumTiger · Post by **BubbleGumTiger** » Thu Sep 13, 2007 10:59 am

Osteopornosis: A degenerate disease

Post by **noreply66** » Fri Sep 14, 2007 1:09 pm

to be quite free one must be free to refuse

Robert Frost,quoted in the Los Angeles Times

Post by **noreply66** » Sat Sep 15, 2007 9:38 am

There is no sin except stupidity. Oscar Wilde,quoted in the Hamilton,Ontario,Spector

BubbleGumTiger · Post by **BubbleGumTiger** » Sat Sep 15, 2007 11:11 am

Don't let your worries get the best of you; remember, Moses started
out as a basket case.

1987chieftains · Post by **1987chieftains** » Sat Sep 15, 2007 2:33 pm

Post by **noreply66** » Sun Sep 16, 2007 10:09 am

Honesty may be the best policy,but it's important to remember that apparently,by elimination,dishonesty is the second-best policy.

George Carlin,quoted in BookReporter

Post by **noreply66** » Sun Sep 16, 2007 10:11 am

Fanaticism consists in redoubling your effort when you have forgotten your aim.

Philosopher George Santayana,quoted in the Financial Times

BubbleGumTiger · Post by **BubbleGumTiger** » Mon Sep 17, 2007 6:40 am

Decafalon (n.): The grueling event of getting through the day
consuming only things that are good for you.

Post by **noreply66** » Mon Sep 17, 2007 8:12 am

Being powerful is like being a lady.If you have to tell people you are,you aren't

margret Thatcher,quoted in Forbes

Post by **noreply66** » Tue Sep 18, 2007 8:12 am

A sad soul will kill you quicker,far quicker,than a germ.

John Steinbeck,quoted in Men's health

Post by **noreply66** » Wed Sep 19, 2007 8:46 am

Greatness of name in the father oftentimes overwhelms the son; they stand too near one another.The shadow kills the growth.

Ben Jonson,quoted in the Salt Lake City Desert Morning News

BubbleGumTiger · Post by **BubbleGumTiger** » Thu Sep 20, 2007 1:33 am

Caterpallor (n.): The color you turn after finding half a worm in
the fruit you're eating.

Post by **noreply66** » Thu Sep 20, 2007 7:13 am

The trouble with being poor is that it takes up all your time.

Willem de Kooning,quoted in the Richmond,Va Times-Dispatch

Post by **noreply66** » Fri Sep 21, 2007 8:20 am

God made the world round so we would never be able to see too far down the road.

Isak Dinesen,quoted in the Associated Press

BubbleGumTiger · Post by **BubbleGumTiger** » Sat Sep 22, 2007 7:16 am

Pride is what we have. Vanity is what others have.