Wit & Wisdom

BubbleGumTiger · Post by **BubbleGumTiger** » Thu Nov 22, 2007 8:30 pm

Pentiums melt in your PC, not in your hand.

Post by **noreply66** » Thu Nov 22, 2007 9:41 pm

What people say behind your back is your standing in the community.

Journalist Edgar Watson Howe, quoted in the Orange County, California, Register

Post by **noreply66** » Sat Nov 24, 2007 9:41 am

A bank is a place where they lend you an umbrella in fair weather and ask for it back when it begins to rain.

Robert Frost,quoted in The Economist

BubbleGumTiger · Post by **BubbleGumTiger** » Sun Nov 25, 2007 7:45 am

Out of my mind. Back in five minutes.

Post by **noreply66** » Sun Nov 25, 2007 8:20 am

generosity lies less in giving much than in giving at the right moment

French writer Jean De La Brutere,quoted in the Charlotte, N.C. Observer

Post by **noreply66** » Mon Nov 26, 2007 9:40 am

Success is a public affair. failure is a private funeral.

Actress Rosalind Russell, quoted in the Richmond Times Dispatch.

Focused · Post by **Focused** » Mon Nov 26, 2007 10:18 am

To make a speech immortal, you don't have to make it everlasting.

Post by **noreply66** » Mon Nov 26, 2007 8:24 pm

You meet your destiny on the road you take to avoid it.

psychiatrist Carl Jung, quoted in the Fort Worth Star Telegram

Post by **noreply66** » Tue Nov 27, 2007 8:29 am

The only reason some poeple get lost in thought is because it's unfamiliar territory.

Actor Paul Fix, quoted in the Sioux Falls S.D. Argus leader

Post by **noreply66** » Tue Nov 27, 2007 9:15 am

A neurosis is a secret that you don't know you are keeping.

Critic kenneth Tynan, quoted in Vanity Fair

Post by **noreply66** » Tue Nov 27, 2007 7:42 pm

Democracy consists of choosing your dictators, after they've told you what you think it is you want to hear.

British humorist Alan Coren, quoted in the London Independent

Focused · Post by **Focused** » Tue Nov 27, 2007 7:58 pm

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

BubbleGumTiger · Post by **BubbleGumTiger** » Wed Nov 28, 2007 7:01 am

On the other hand, you have different fingers.

Post by **noreply66** » Wed Nov 28, 2007 8:13 am

Life is pleasant. Death is peaceful. It's the transition that's troublesome.

Isaac Asimov,quoted in the Lancaster, Pa., Intelligencer Journal

BubbleGumTiger · Post by **BubbleGumTiger** » Thu Nov 29, 2007 6:48 am

Okay, who put a stop payment on my reality check?

Post by **noreply66** » Thu Nov 29, 2007 8:24 am

Men are not against you; they are merely for themselves.

Journalist Gene Fowler, quoted in the Buffalo News

Post by **noreply66** » Fri Nov 30, 2007 9:03 am

He who seeks rest finds boredom. He who seeks work finds rest.

Dylan Thomas, quoted in the Newark, N.J., Starp-Ledger

BubbleGumTiger · Post by **BubbleGumTiger** » Sat Dec 01, 2007 6:40 am

Oh Lord, give me patience, and GIVE IT TO ME NOW!

Post by **noreply66** » Sat Dec 01, 2007 7:50 am

Love,I find, is likke singing. Everybody can do enough to satisfy themselvesthough it may not impress the neighbors.

Novelist Zora Neate Hurston,quoted in the Port St.Lucie, Florida News

BubbleGumTiger · Post by **BubbleGumTiger** » Sun Dec 02, 2007 8:43 am

No one is listening until you make a mistake.