amor sincero

Praise the bridge that carried you over. ~George Colman



Impartial observers from other planets would consider ours an utterly bizarre enclave if it were populated by birds, defined as flying animals, that nevertheless rarely or never actually flew. They would also be perplexed if they encountered in our seas, lakes, rivers, and ponds, creatures defined as swimmers that never did any swimming. But they would be even more surprised to encounter a species defined as a thinking animal if, in fact, the creature very rarely indulged in actual thinking. ~Steve Allen



The Lord's Prayer may be committed to memory quickly, but it is slowly learnt by heart. ~Frederick Denison Maurice



The best place to be when you're sad is Grandpa's lap. ~Author Unknown



Chili represents your three stages of matter: solid, liquid, and eventually gas. ~Roseanne, "Don't Make Me Over," May 1992, spoken by character Dan Conner



To know what is right and not do it is the worst cowardice. ~Confucius



Marriage isn't all that it's cracked up to be. Let me tell you, honestly. Marriage is probably the chief cause of divorce. ~Larry Gelbart, M*A*S*H, "Bulletin Board," original airdate 14 January 1975, spoken by the character Frank Burns



I did not become a vegetarian for my health, I did it for the health of the chickens. ~Isaac Bashevis Singer, quoted in You Said a Mouthful edited by Ronald D. Fuchs



Poets are mysterious, but a poet when all is said is not much more mysterious than a banker. ~Allen Tate



Truly it may be said that the outside of a mountain is good for the inside of a man. ~George Wherry, Alpine Notes and the Climbing Foot, 1896



October: This is one of the peculiarly dangerous months to speculate in stocks in. The others are July, January, September, April, November, May, March, June, December, August and February. ~Mark Twain, Pudd'nhead Wilson's Calendar for 1894



Hope comes in many forms. ~David Chase, The Sopranos, "The Sopranos," original airdate 10 January 1999, spoken by the character Jennifer Melfi



I think that people want peace so much that one of these days government had better get out of their way and let them have it. ~Dwight Eisenhower



The highest virtue here may be least in another world. ~Kahlil Gibran



Yes, I will try to be. Because I believe that not being is arrogant. ~Antonio Porchia, Voces, 1943, translated from Spanish by W.S. Merwin



Much may be done in those little shreds and patches of time which every day produces, and which most men throw away. ~Charles Caleb Colton



There is an objective reality out there, but we view it through the spectacles of our beliefs, attitudes, and values. ~David G. Myers, Social Psychology



Your soul is all that you possess. Take it in hand and make something of it! ~Martin H. Fischer



Remedy it, or welcome it: a wise man's only two choices. ~Terri Guillemets



A house that does not have one worn, comfy chair in it is soulless. ~May Sarton