Autumn
The foliage has been losing its freshness through the month of August, and here and there a yellow leaf shows itself like the first gray hair amidst the locks of…
A positive attitude may not solve all your problems, but it will annoy enough people to make it worth the effort. ~Herm Albright, quoted in Reader's Digest, June 1995 Attitudes…
Who needs astrology? The wise man gets by on fortune cookies. ~Edward Abbey We are born at a given moment, in a given place and, like vintage years of wine,…
Every artist dips his brush in his own soul, and paints his own nature into his pictures. ~Henry Ward Beecher Creativity is allowing yourself to make mistakes. Art is knowing…
The trip across Arizona is just one oasis after another. You can just throw anything out and it will grow there, I like Arizona. ~Will Rogers Desert rains are usually…
Appearances are not held to be a clue to the truth. But we seem to have no other. ~Ivy Compton-Burnett I have always a sacred veneration for anyone I observe…
In some families, please is described as the magic word. In our house, however, it was sorry. ~Margaret Laurence An apology is a good way to have the last word.…
Ask the experimenters why they experiment on animals, and the answer is: "Because the animals are like us." Ask the experimenters why it is morally okay to experiment on animals,…
The difference between friends and pets is that friends we allow into our company, pets we allow into our solitude. ~Robert Brault Ever consider what pets must think of us?…
If a small thing has the power to make you angry, does that not indicate something about your size? ~Sydney J. Harris There is nothing more galling to angry people…
The golden moments in the stream of life rush past us and we see nothing but sand; the angels come to visit us, and we only know them when they…
My dream is that as the years go on… that America will come into the full light of the day when all shall know that she puts human rights above…
Stay busy, get plenty of exercise, and don't drink too much. Then again, don't drink too little. ~Herman "Jackrabbit" Smith-Johannsen Always do sober what you said you'd do drunk. That…
The aging process has you firmly in its grasp if you never get the urge to throw a snowball. ~Doug Larson Age is an issue of mind over matter. If…
Advice is what we ask for when we already know the answer but wish we didn't. ~Erica Jong, How to Save Your Own Life, 1977 Some people like my advice…
Doing business without advertising is like winking at a girl in the dark. You know what you are doing, but nobody else does. ~Steuart Henderson Britt What is the difference…
If you break your neck, if you have nothing to eat, if your house is on fire, then you got a problem. Everything else is an inconvenience. ~Robert Fulghum Pain…
I have always thought the actions of men the best interpreters of their thoughts. ~John Locke Well done is better than well said. ~Benjamin Franklin Between saying and doing many…