birthday quotes for mom
Every nation ridicules other nations, and all are right. ~Arthur Schopenhauer
George Washington is the only president who didn't blame the previous administration for his troubles. ~Author Unknown
If dogs could talk, it would take a lot of the fun out of owning one. ~Andy Rooney
To live remains an art which everyone must learn, and which no one can teach. ~Havelock Ellis
This psychiatry shit, apparently what you're feeling is not what you're feeling and what you're not feeling is your real agenda. ~Frank Renzulli, The Sopranos, "Pax Soprana," original airdate 14 February 1999, spoken by the character Tony Soprano
What is all wisdom save a collection of platitudes? Take fifty of our current proverbial sayings - they are so trite, so threadbare, that we can hardly bring our lips to utter them. Nonetheless they embody the concentrated experience of the race. ~Norman Douglas
Fathers represent another way of looking at life - the possibility of an alternative dialogue. ~Louise J. Kaplan, Oneness and Separateness: From Infant to Individual, 1978
All normal people love meat. If I went to a barbeque and there was no meat, I would say, "Yo Goober! Where's the meat?" I'm trying to impress people here, Lisa. You don't win friends with salad. ~Matt Groening, The Simpsons, spoken by the character Homer Simpson
That in man which cannot be domesticated is not his evil but his goodness. ~Antonio Porchia, Voces, 1943, translated from Spanish by W.S. Merwin
Flaming enthusiasm, backed up by horse sense and persistence, is the quality that most frequently makes for success. ~Dale Carnegie
A conservative is a man who believes that nothing should be done for the first time. ~Alfred E. Wiggam
What I don't like about office Christmas parties is looking for a job the next day. ~Phyllis Diller
Life is a shit sandwich. But if you've got enough bread, you don't taste the shit. ~Jonathan Winters
Sudden resolutions, like the sudden rise of the mercury in the barometer, indicates nothing but the changeableness of the weather. ~Augustus William Hare and Julius Charles Hare, Guesses at Truth, by Two Brothers, 1827
Finding the occasional straw of truth awash in a great ocean of confusion and bamboozle requires intelligence, vigilance, dedication and courage. But if we don't practice these tough habits of thought, we cannot hope to solve the truly serious problems that face us - and we risk becoming a nation of suckers, up for grabs by the next charlatan who comes along. ~Carl Sagan, The Fine Art of Baloney Detection
Always eat grapes downward - that is eat the best grapes first; in this way there will be none better left on the bunch, and each grape will seem good down to the last. If you eat the other way, you will not have a good grape in the lot. ~Samuel Butler
No man who is occupied in doing a very difficult thing, and doing it very well, ever loses his self-respect. ~George Bernard Shaw
A pessimist sees only the dark side of the clouds, and mopes; a philosopher sees both sides, and shrugs; an optimist doesn't see the clouds at all - he's walking on them. ~Leonard Louis Levinson
Always walk through life as if you have something new to learn and you will. ~Vernon Howard
An unattempted woman cannot boast of her chastity. ~Michel de Montaigne