quotes for life

Conservatism is the policy of make no change and consult your grandmother when in doubt. ~Woodrow Wilson



Always be a first-rate version of yourself, instead of a second-rate version of somebody else. ~Judy Garland



Everyone's a pacifist between wars. It's like being a vegetarian between meals. ~Colman McCarthy



The thing I am most aware of is my limits. And this is natural; for I never, or almost never, occupy the middle of my cage; my whole being surges toward the bars. ~Andre Gide, Journals, 4 August 1930



Language is by its very nature a communal thing; that is, it expresses never the exact thing but a compromise - that which is common to you, me, and everybody. ~Thomas Earnest Hulme, Speculations, 1923



If I were dropped out of a plane into the ocean and told the nearest land was a thousand miles away, I'd still swim. And I'd despise the one who gave up. ~Abraham Maslow



Formerly, when religion was strong and science weak, men mistook magic for medicine; now, when science is strong and religion weak, men mistake medicine for magic. ~Thomas Szasz, The Second Sin, 1973 Formerly, when religion was strong and science weak, men mistook magic for medicine; now, when science is strong and religion weak, men mistake medicine for magic. ~Thomas Szasz, The Second Sin, 1973



Most cats do not approach humans recklessly. The possibility of concealed weapons, clods or sticks, tend to make them reserved. Homeless cats in particular - with some justification, unfortunately - consider humans their natural enemies. Much ceremony must be observed, and a number of diplomatic feelers put out, before establishing a state of truce. ~Lloyd Alexander



When I die, I will not see myself die, for the first time. ~Antonio Porchia, Voces, 1943, translated from Spanish by W.S. Merwin



In a gathering of two or more people, when a lighted cigarette is placed in an ashtray, the smoke will waft into the face of the non-smoker. ~Author Unknown



Big sisters are the crab grass in the lawn of life. ~Charles M. Schulz



He that is born to be hanged shall never be drowned. ~Author Unknown



We never know the worth of water till the well is dry. ~Thomas Fuller



If you can't forgive and forget, pick one. ~Robert Brault, www.robertbrault.com



A liar is always lavish of oaths. ~Pierre Corneille



If we lose love and self respect for each other, this is how we finally die. ~Maya Angelou



There is little chance that meteorologists can solve the mysteries of weather until they gain an understanding of the mutual attraction of rain and weekends. ~Arnot Sheppard



I haven't got any special religion this morning. My God is the God of Walkers. If you walk hard enough, you probably don't need any other god. ~Bruce Chatwin, In Patagonia, 1977



There is no such thing as a little garlic. ~A. Baer



A useless life is an early death. ~Johann Wolfgang von Goethe