Quote of the day

[hasben]

Paraphrase: "A mind stretched to it's farthest extent will never snap back to original shape". Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.

[wrench]

"I have never learned anything while I was talking"

Me to Mrs. Me


"Ouch"

Me upon reply by Mrs. Me

[frybaby]

Never wrestle with a pig. You will both get dirty but the pig will like it.

[tovo]

"I cried because I had no shoes...until I saw a man who had no feet"

I've always liked that. Trying to avoid self absorption is a very worthwhile pursuit I think.

[jim56]

Nobody owes you crap!

Anon

or the PC version;

Give a man a fish, he eats for one day,
teach a man to fish he eats for a lifetime.

Anon

[dennisg]

Give a man a fish, he eats for one day,
teach a man to fish he eats for a lifetime.

Anon

Give a man a gift certificate for Whole Foods,
and he can eat something other than fish.
Maybe a nice brisket ... a little soup.

- DennisG, 2010

[frybaby]

tovo wrote:

"I cried because I had no shoes...until I saw a man who had no feet"

I've always liked that. Trying to avoid self absorption is a very worthwhile pursuit I think.

I cried because I the man had no shoes untill I realized he was at the beach.

[Chasplaya]

People who have no weaknesses are terrible; there is no way of taking advantage of them.

Anatole France (1844 - 1924),

[Chasplaya]

Punctuality is the virtue of the bored.

Evelyn Waugh

[Chasplaya]

Art is a collaboration between God and the artist, and the less the artist does the better.

Andre Gide (1869 - 1951)