The lust of avarice as so totally seized upon mankind that their wealth seems rather to possess them than they possess their wealth. - Pliny the Elder (23-79 A. D.)

The economy depends about as much on economists as the weather does on weather forecasters. - Jean Paul Kauffmann

An eye for an eye only makes the world more blind: Mahatma Ghandi.

a tooth for a tooth makes the dentists rich.

When you get something free, it has no value. If you have a hard time in trying to get it, then it becomes valuable.
___Financial Analyst

...like Guyana guava. Selling for $7 in Queens.
We used to get it free in Guyana

Thwe worms in the guave are for free.

i will eat more banana chips as a snack.

People always say the early bird gets the worm to encourage an early start but isn't it an early start that gets the early worm eaten?

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isn't it an early start that gets the early worm eaten

You win some and you loose some.

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Originally posted by bird:

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isn't it an early start that gets the early worm eaten

You win some and you loose some.

would you say we have ourselves a conundrum?

Selfless service is the greatest purifying force on earth - Hindu saying

Service to mankind is thy duty; reward not thy concern.

What do we live for, if it is not to make life less difficult for each other?
__ George Eliot

We hold on so tightly that our hands are unavailable to reach out for the happiness we could gain by letting go.
__M.J. Ryan

We kill our self making a living. ME..

A gentle wave is a tsunami to a sandcastle...even a minute betrayal has the same effect on trust.
__Me, Coco

To understand the heart and mind of a person, look not at what he has already achieved, but at what he aspires to.
Kahlil Gibran

Too often we underestimate the power of a touch, a smile, a kind word, a listening ear, an honest compliment, or the smallest act of caring, all of which have the potential to turn a life around.
__Leo Buscaglia

"O lovers! Be careful in those dangerous first days! Once you've brought breakfast in bed you'll have to bring it forever, unless you want to be accused of lovelessness and betrayal."
__Milan Kundera

Breakfast in bed everyday will make one fat and lazy. ME.

It is the lives we encounter that make life worth living.
Guy de Maupassant

A legal kiss is never as good as a stolen one
Guy de Maupassant

Your children are your children. Treat them with love and care.(Alex)

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Originally posted by Alexander:
Your children are your children. Treat them with love and care.(Alex)

Alex, to add to your quote... Dorothy Nolte said:


Children Learn What They Live
By Dorothy Law Nolte


If children live with criticism,
They learn to condemn.
If children live with hostility,
They learn to fight.
If children live with ridicule,
They learn to be shy.
If children live with shame,
They learn to feel guilty.
If children live with encouragement,
They learn confidence.
If children live with tolerance,
They learn to be patient.
If children live with praise,
They learn to appreciate.
If children live with acceptance,
They learn to love.
If children live with approval,
They learn to like themselves.
If children live with honesty,
They learn truthfulness.
If children live with security,
They learn to have faith in themselves and others.
If children live with friendliness,
They learn the world is a nice place in which to live.

Copyright © 1972/1975 by Dorothy Law Nolte

Dorothy Law Nolte, Ph.D.
This is the author-approved short version.

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Originally posted by antabanta:
The things that will destroy America are prosperity at any price, peace at any price, safety first instead of duty first and love of soft living and the get rich quick theory of life". - Theodore Roosevelt

America , when it's right needs to be acknowledged and when it's wrong it needs to be put right by the power's that be ! Sam Top from USVI Talk Show " Top Talk !God bless America !

Coco, thanks for a most worthwhile addition to the family. It makes a lot of sense.

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Originally posted by antabanta:
The economy depends about as much on economists as the weather does on weather forecasters. - Jean Paul Kauffmann

doan tell bonus duh, the man gun get really really mad that he spent 7 years studying de ting and is all fu nutin

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Originally posted by chameli:
The most powerful and profound aspect of relationship is emotion. If we learn to shift emotions we can change all of our relationships.

dunno who wrote it....but i like it!

Aye Cham, I like quotes on relationships. Thanks for sharing this one. Maybe others will share as well.

Present your family and friends with their eulogies now - they won't be able to hear how much you love them and appreciate them from inside the coffin. ~Anonymous

Give me your gift of flowers now, while I am alive. For it is now that they delight my senses and bring a smile to my lips; not when I'm dead.

Some people come into our lives and quickly go. Some stay for a while, leave footprints on our hearts, and we are never, ever the same. ~Flavia Weedn

The greatest gift of human beings is that we have the gift of empathy.
__Meryl Streep

All our dreams can come true if we have the courage to pursue them.
~~ Walt Disney

All?

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Originally posted by Terry Ishmael:
All?

Mr. Disney did not say WILL come true, de bannas said CAN
I'll answer your question with a question:
Do you have the courage?

Great question.
Desperate people have more courage than complacent people. I have to figure where I am on that axis.

teach a man to fish and u feed him for life
teach a man to invest on wall street, he will buy a boat and hire another man to do his fishing - Bert Desai

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Originally posted by Terry Ishmael:
Great question.
Desperate people have more courage than complacent people. I have to figure where I am on that axis.

Complaceny is not a good thing. We start to take things for granted when we become complacent.

... a mouth is always muzzled by the food it eats to live - Carter.