He who is not contented with what he has, would not be contented with what he would like to have. - Socrates

Trouble is part of your life, and if you don't share it, you don't give the person who loves you enough chance to love you enough. ~Dinah Shore

It is better to be bold than too circumspect.
~Machiavelli~

Why not go out on a limb? Isn't that where the fruit is? ~Frank Scully

...but sometimes if yu too bold, yu could get circumcized.....

sorry!

Lorena Bobbitt was one brave woman! I seem to recall that her husband was too "BOLD".

Anybody can become angry, that is easy; but to be angry with the right person, and to the right degree, and at the right time, and for the right purpose, and in the right way, that is not within everybody's power, that is not easy.
~Aristotle~

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Originally posted by coco:
Lorena Bobbitt was one brave woman! I seem to recall that her husband was too "BOLD".

EMS guy told me after the incident the man ran a mile. I guess the saying is true.
"Give a man a inch, he went a mile!"

"When fascism comes to America, it will be wrapped in a flag and carrying a cross." -- Sinclair Lewis, 1935

Never write a letter while you are angry. ~Chinese Proverb

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Originally posted by coco:
Never write a letter while you are angry. ~Chinese Proverb

This is true. Your hand tremble and your writing gets a bit scrawly!

Appreciation can make a day- even change a life. Your willingness to put it into words is all that is necessary.
~Margaret Cousins

I once had a rose named after me and I was very flattered. But I was not pleased to read the description in the catalogue: no good in a bed, but fine up against a wall.
~Eleanor Roosevelt~

Speculation is an effort, probably unsuccessful, to turn a little money into a lot. Investment is an effort, which should be successful, to prevent a lot of money from becoming a little. - Fred Schwed Jr., in 'Where Are The Customer's Yachts?' (1940)

"Prayer is not asking. It is a longing of the soul. It is daily admission of one's weakness. It is better in prayer to have a heart without words than words without a heart."
~ Mahatma Gandhi~

What a wonderful thing is the mail, capable of conveying across continents a warm human hand-clasp. ~Author Unknown

"Three generations of imbeciles is enough," remarked the late Justice Holmes in an oft-quoted decision of the Supreme Court which upheld the constitutionality of Virginia's sterilization law. [decision overturned]

If we're really honest with ourselves, there are probably times when we think, "What possible use can I be in this word? What need is there for somebody like me to fill?" That's one of the deeper mysteries. Then God's grace comes to us in the form of another person who tells us we have been of help, and what a blessing that is.

Excerpt from: Life's Journey according to Mister Rogers

Risk! Risk anything! Care no more for the opinions of others, for those voices. Do the hardest thing on earth for you. Act for yourself. Face the truth.

Katherine Mansfield (1888 - 1923)

The four most dangerous words in investing are, "It's different this time." - John Templeton

Life is very short ,so grow up!

"Investing is a strange business. It's the only one we know of where the more expensive the products get, the more customers want to buy them." - Anthony Gallea

If raising children was going to be easy, it never would have started with something called labor!

In the 60's, people took acid to make the world weird. Now the world is weird and people take Prozac to make it normal.

The best and most beautiful things in the world cannot be seen, nor touched ... but are felt in the heart.
~Hellen Keller

Don't judge folks by their relatives.

Second Presidential debate, 2008

"Gentlemen, I want to just remind you one more time about time. We're going to have a larger deficit than the federal government does if we don't get this under control here before too long".

Tom Brokaw

The stock market has forecast nine of the last five recessions -Paul A. Samuelson

Politics is supposed to be the second oldest profession. I have come to realize that it bears a very close resemblance to the first... PROSTITUTION!

The sun has finally come out in all its spendour.....the darkness has been pushed away.....the reflection creates a beautiful mosaic on the multi coloured leaves.....
~ Churchill, GNI

A candle loses nothing by lighting another candle.

The roots of education are bitter, but the fruit is sweet. ~Aristotle

Every life is a gift to be treasured.
~ Nippy, GNI

You're only young once, but you can be immature forever.

The most precious thing we have is life, yet it has absolutely no trade-in value.

Every time I walk into a singles bar I can hear Mom's wise words:

'Don't pick that up, you don't know where it's been.'

You can not help getting older.

But you don't hsve to get Old!

Common sense is never common.

Never mistake knowledge for wisdom. One helps you make a living; the other helps you make a life.
~ Sandra Carey

Never approach a bull from the front

Or a horse from the rear

Or a fool from any direction

"Sex without love is an empty experience, but as empty experiences go it's a pretty good one."
Woody Allen.