Wednesday, September 30, 2009
Keep your options open
In making theories, always keep a window open so that you can throw one out if necessary.
Bela Schick
Labels:
Philosophy,
Science
Tuesday, September 29, 2009
Monday, September 28, 2009
I hate to advocate....
...drugs, alcohol, violence, or insanity to anyone, but they've always worked for me.
Hunter S. Thompson
Hunter S. Thompson
Labels:
Adages and Advice,
Pastimes
Sunday, September 27, 2009
Saturday, September 26, 2009
Do as I say?
Old people are fond of giving good advice; it consoles them for no longer being capable of setting a bad example.
Francois De La Rochefoucauld
Labels:
Adages and Advice,
Age
Friday, September 25, 2009
Enjoy your stay
Tact is the ability to tell someone to go to hell in such a way that they look forward to the trip.
Winston S. Churchill
Labels:
Manners
Thursday, September 24, 2009
Wednesday, September 23, 2009
Tuesday, September 22, 2009
Abstract thinking?
Before I got married I had six theories about bringing up children; now I have six children and no theories.
John Wilmot
John Wilmot
Labels:
Family,
Philosophy
Monday, September 21, 2009
Sunday, September 20, 2009
A woman's preogative
I refuse to admit I'm more than fifty-two, even if that does make my sons illegitimate.
Lady Nancy Astor
Labels:
Age,
Sex and Gender
Saturday, September 19, 2009
So be it
I refuse to spend my life worrying about what I eat. There is no pleasure worth forgoing just for an extra three years in the geriatric ward.
John Mortimer
Labels:
Mental Hygiene,
Philosophy
Friday, September 18, 2009
Thursday, September 17, 2009
Wednesday, September 16, 2009
Tuesday, September 15, 2009
The joy of travel
I did not fully understand the dread term 'terminal illness' until I saw Heathrow for myself.
Dennis Potter
Labels:
Travel
Monday, September 14, 2009
Start the day right
If you have not slept, or if you have slept, or if you have headache, or sciatica, or leprosy, or thunder-stroke, I beseech you, by all angels, to hold your peace, and not pollute the morning.
Ralph Waldo Emerson
Ralph Waldo Emerson
Sunday, September 13, 2009
Petition the Lord with prayer?
Pray, v. To ask that the laws of the universe be annulled in behalf of a single petitioner confessedly unworthy.
Ambrose Bierce.
Labels:
Beliefs
Saturday, September 12, 2009
Friday, September 11, 2009
Hard at work
A bus station is where a bus stops. A train station is where a train stops. On my desk, I have a work station….
William Faulkner
William Faulkner
Labels:
Literature,
Vocations
Thursday, September 10, 2009
Wednesday, September 9, 2009
It is immoral to get drunk...
...because the headache comes after the drinking, but if the headache came first and the drunkenness afterwards, it would be moral to get drunk.
Samuel Butler
Samuel Butler
Labels:
Vices
Tuesday, September 8, 2009
Monday, September 7, 2009
Holiday escape?
If all the cars in the United States were placed end to end, it would probably be Labor Day Weekend.
Doug Larson
Sunday, September 6, 2009
Saturday, September 5, 2009
Man's best friend?
I loathe people who keep dogs. They are cowards who haven't got the guts to bite people themselves.
August Strindberg.
Labels:
Pets
Friday, September 4, 2009
Thursday, September 3, 2009
Wednesday, September 2, 2009
Your date for the atomic prom
Labels:
Fashion,
Technology
Tuesday, September 1, 2009
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