Quotes

[JoAnn L.]

We can't have everything, where would you put it. Steven Wright

 

[vitauta]

so long as you have food in your mouth, you have solved all questions for the time being.

franz kafka


if you have melted chocolate on your hands, you are eating it too slowly.

 

[vitauta]

if barack obama cured cancer, (opponents) would attack him for putting oncologists out of work.

paul bagala

 

[JoAnn L.]

Courage is what it takes to stand up and speak; courage is also what it takes to sit down and listen.~ Winston Churchill

 

[cave76]

“In the beginning there was nothing, which exploded.” Terry Pratchett

 

[taxlady]

“In the beginning there was nothing, which exploded.” Terry Pratchett

Love it. I don't remember which book that is from.

 

[cave76]

Taxy---- it's from Lords and Ladies

Another quote of his----(yeah, I was surfing) is:

“In ancient times cats were worshiped as gods; they have not forgotten this.”

 

[cave76]

" " please take care of our planet. It's the only one with chocolate. ""

I can't give a source----- it was on Twitter and repeated somewhere else.

 

[JoAnn L.]

To me a lush carpet of pine needles or spongy grass is more welcome that the most luxurious Persian rug.~ Helen Keller

 

[GotGarlic]

Everyone confesses that exertion which brings out all the powers of body and mind is the best thing for us; but most people do all they can to get rid of it, and as a general rule nobody does much more than circumstances drive them to do.

- Harriet Beecher Stowe - "The Lady Who Does Her Own Work" in The Atlantic Monthly (1864)

 

[JoAnn L.]

I come from a family where gravy is considered a vegetable. ~ Erma Bombeck

 

[TATTRAT]

“If you're not living on the edge you're taking up too much space.”


― Stephen Hunt

 

[JoAnn L.]

The only time to eat diet food is while you're waiting for your steak to cook.~Julia Child

 

[PrincessFiona60]

I believe the only reality is how we treat each other. The
morality comes from the absence of any grander scheme, not from the
presence of any grander scheme.
--Joss Whedon

 

[JoAnn L.]

All you need is love. But a little chocolate now and then doesn't hurt.~ Charles Schulz

 

[tinlizzie]

A man can but do his best. Sir Walter Scott - Ivanhoe

 

[PrincessFiona60]

I haven't read Ivanhoe in ages!

 

[cave76]

On being told by Bessie Braddock MP: "Winston, you are drunk, and what's more you are disgustingly drunk" he replied "Bessie, my dear, you're ugly, and what's more you are disgustingly ugly. But tomorrow I shall be sober and you will still be disgustingly ugly."

No source can validate the truth of that quote----- but it DOES sound like Winnie!

 

[cave76]

Never argue with stupid people, they will drag you down to their level and then beat you with experience. - Mark Twain

 

[PrincessFiona60]

To love is not to look at one another: it is to look, together,
in the same direction.
--Antoine de Saint Exupéry