love poems about him

Every creature is better alive than dead, men and moose and pine trees, and he who understands it aright will rather preserve its life than destroy it. ~Henry David Thoreau, "Chesuncook," The Maine Woods, 1848



All television is educational television. The question is: what is it teaching? ~Nicholas Johnson



A smile costs nothing but gives much. It enriches those who receive without making poorer those who give. It takes but a moment, but the memory of it sometimes lasts forever. None is so rich or mighty that he cannot get along without it and none is so poor that he cannot be made rich by it. Yet a smile cannot be bought, begged, borrowed, or stolen, for it is something that is of no value to anyone until it is given away. Some people are too tired to give you a smile. Give them one of yours, as none needs a smile so much as he who has no more to give. ~Author Unknown



The difference between the right word and the almost right word is the difference between lightning and a lightning bug. ~Mark Twain



I can forgive, but I cannot forget, is only another way of saying, I will not forgive. Forgiveness ought to be like a cancelled note - torn in two, and burned up, so that it never can be shown against one. ~Henry Ward Beecher



Beer is proof that God loves us and wants us to be happy. ~Author unknown, commonly attributed to Benjamin Franklin



A dog is not "almost human" and I know of no greater insult to the canine race than to describe it as such. ~John Holmes



One minute was enough, Tyler said, a person had to work hard for it, but a minute of perfection was worth the effort. A moment was the most you could ever expect from perfection. ~Chuck Palahniuk, Fight Club, Chapter 3



To exaggerate is to weaken. ~Jean Francois de La Harpe, Melanie, 1770



We cannot do everything at once, but we can do something at once. ~Calvin Coolidge We cannot do everything at once, but we can do something at once. ~Calvin Coolidge



Not one great country can be named, from the polar regions in the north to New Zealand in the south, in which the aborigines do not tattoo themselves. ~Charles Darwin, The Descent of Man



Never is a long, long word, but it's less frustrating than "God knows when." ~Mignon McLaughlin, The Second Neurotic's Notebook, 1966



When our vices desert us, we flatter ourselves that we are deserting our vices. ~Francois Duc de La Rochefoucauld



My mom is literally a part of me. You can't say that about many people except relatives, and organ donors. ~Carrie Latet



Life is about using the whole box of crayons. ~RuPaul



Mothers, tell your children: be quick, you must be strong. Life is full of wonder, love is never wrong. Remember how they taught you, how much of it was fear. Refuse to hand it down - the legacy stops here. ~Melissa Etheridge, "Silent Legacy," Yes I Am, 1993



It is never too late to have a happy childhood. ~Tom Robbins



I never worry about diets. The only carrots that interest me are the number you get in a diamond. ~Mae West



Keep a diary and one day it'll keep you. ~Mae West



We picture love as heart-shaped because we do not know the shape of the soul. ~Robert Brault, www.robertbrault.com