A Truce is better than Friction.

The only way to live is to accept each minute as an unrepeatable miracle, which is exactly what it is - a miracle and unrepeatable.

That it will never come again is what makes life so sweet.

- Emily Dickinson

Don't pet burning dogs.

Now and then it's good to pause in our pursuit of happiness and just be happy.

I have had some friction that was really good.

One thought driven home is better than three left on base.

Some drink from the fountain of wisdom, others just gargle.

Never fry bacon naked.

Here hold my beer...watch this....

Laughter can be heard farther than weeping.

Let it be.

John Lennon/Paul McCartney 1970

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If you're receiving flak, you're probably over the target.

Plan ahead - it wasn't raining when Noah built the ark.

Worry does not take the problems out of tomorrow, but it does take the strength out of today.

Sometime it's hard to discern which bridges to cross and which bridges to burn.

No matter what you have done in the past, you have a spotless future.

It is more important to be a human being, than it is to be a human doing.

Hal, in my classroom I have a poster that says:

Some people can swim around all day in the sea of knowledge and never get wet.

Donna,

Yours is much better put.
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I've always like this one, even though I wasn't always crazy about the authors books.

An age is called Dark, not because the light fails to shine, but because people refuse to see it.
-- James Michener)

People don't plan to fail - they simple fail to plan.

A flute without holes, is not a flute. A donut without a hole, is a Danish.

Ty Webb

Never kick a skunk.

A failure to plan on your part does not constitute an emergency on my part.

And my personal favorite:

Get a bigger hammer.

If you have a rose to give, give it today for tomorrow may be too late.

To paraphrase Vizzini from The Princess Bride:

1.) Never get involved in a land war in Asia.
2.) Never go in against a Sicilian when death is on the line.

-If we all threw our problems in a pile and saw everyone elses, we'd grab ours back.

-Don't take your self so seriously. No one else does!

-What other people think of you is none of your business.

- When it comes to chocolate, resistance is futile.

It's better to keep your mouth closed and be assumed an idiot than to open it and be confirmed.

Whenever you can, hang around the lucky.

Optimism: A cheerful frame of mind that enables a tea kettle to sing even though it's in hot water up to its nose.

Brian, if I remember correctly, Vizzini lost that contest.

True - but still a good piece of advice.

Don't cross the streams.

Dr. Egon Spengler

Try not. Do or do not, there is no try.

-- Yoda

Most of us believe everyone should work - especially those who have jobs.

Your problems only defeat you when you let them lean on you.

Age is not important unless you're a cheese.

Always try to drive so that your license will expire before you do.

Gentlemen, when the enemy is committed to a mistake
we must not interrupt him too soon."


Horatio Nelson

To jaw-jaw is always better than to war-war.

- Winston Churchill

Success is how high you bounce when you hit bottom.

Patton

"One can never know for sure what a deserted area looks like"

George Carlin

With proper care, the human body will last a lifetime.

The man who gets ahead is the one who does more than is necessary.

You're never too old to have a happy childhood. Ashley Montagu

The greater one's wealth, strength and influence,
The greater one's responsibility to lessen the sum of human suffering.

Some general of the Confederate States of America - (I wish I could remember his name and the exact quote, but even Google won't bring up anything on it).

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The penalty for bigamy is two mother-in-law.

http://wclathan.com/biogr...han_jr.htm

This might be what you're looking for, Steve.

Brian - Mr. Lathan definitely provides a treasure trove of quotable thoughts - but I'm afraid it's close but no cigar. The man I quoted (or close to it) above was definitely a CSA general. Just can't think of the name... It will come to me though - probably in the shower tomorrow morning.

Where are Elmer,Herman,Bert,Tom,and Charley.The week of will,the strong arm,the clown,the boozer,the fighter? All,all are sleeping on the hill.Masters Edgar Lee

To live in hearts we leave behind is not to die.

Girls who talk like a walking encyclopedia should remember that reference books rarely get taken out.

Speak for yourself, AJS. I like my women to have brains (and the courage to use them).

Part of the happiness of life consists not in fighting battles but in avoiding them.

Keep your friends close, but your enemies closer.

Michael Corleone

Suicide: a permanent solution to a temporary problem. Change is the only thing you can count on, so wait for it.

Great leaders are neither born nor made. They are hypothetical.

The only way to fail is to quit. So dont fail the last time you try.

Degererate sons and daughters life is to strong for you. It takes life to love life. The greatest is love,hope and joy.

I'd rather be honest than nice.

The difference between dogs and cats is that dogs come when they are called. Cats take a message and get back to you.

A nice old gray haired lady always told me.......

"Don't let the Sons a bitches keep you down.

Anticipating is even more fun than recollecting.

F**k 'em if they can't take a joke.

The entire sum of existence is the magic of being needed by just one person.

there's some good ones here too:

http://www.milescity.com/...fpid=15687

Do you realize we can no longer teach that what goes up must come down?

The trouble with making mental notes is that the ink fades so fast.

GOD doesn't have to put His name on a sign in the corner of a meadow because nobody else makes meadows.

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Man is the only species who plants a crop he can't eat but still has to mow every week.

To handle yourself, use your head;
To handle others, use your heart.

Eleanor Roosevelt

Put all hope out of your mind. And masturbate as little as possible, it drains the strength.

Warden Barrot, Papillon

GOD wisely designed the human body so that we can neither pat our own backs nor kick ourselves too easliy.

copy and paste:

http://susie1114.com/10percentisgoodenough.html

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WE THE WILLING LEAD BY THE UNKNOWING. DOIING THE IMPOSSIBLE FOR THE UNGREATFUL. WE HAVE DONE SO MUCH WITH SO LITTLE FOR SO LONG. WE ARE NOW QUALIFIED TO DO ANYTHING WITH NOTHING.

OUR LIVES ARE NOT MEASURED BY SIMPLE MOMENTS.BUT BY THE TIME BETWEEN THE MOMENTS THAT TAKE OUR BREATH AWAY.

I know you believe you understand what you think I said, but I'm not sure you realize that what you heard is not what I meant.

Most foreign countries, when they think of America, think of
Dough-nations.