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Once a woman has forgiven her man, she must not reheat his sins for breakfast.

  ~ Marlene Dietrich


Poets say science takes away from the beauty of the stars - mere globs of gas atoms. I, too, can see the stars on a desert night, and feel them. But do I see less or more?

~ Richard Feynman


I don't think necessity is the mother of invention - invention, in my opinion, arises directly from idleness, possibly also from laziness. To save oneself trouble.

~ Agatha Christie


Once you've gotten the meaning, you can forget the words.

~ Chuang Tzu


The place to improve the world is first in one's own heart and head and
hands.

~ Robert M. Pirsig, American Author, Zen and the Art of Motorcycle
Maintenance


There are only two ways to live your life. One is as though nothing is a miracle. The other is as though everything is a miracle.

~ Albert Einstein


When called by a panther — don't anther

~ Ogden Nash


I haven’t understood a bar of music in my life, but I have felt it.

~ Igor Stravinsky


You must stick to your convictions, but be ready to abandon your assumptions.

 ~ Denis Waitley


Friendship consists in forgetting what one gives, and remembering what one receives. 

~ Alexandre Dumas


Procrastination is my sin.
It brings me naught but sorrow.
I know that I should stop it.
In fact, I will - tomorrow!
   
  - Gloria Pitzer


Life is short, stay awake!

 ~T-shirt of the Barista 


In all science error precedes the truth, and it is better it should go first than last. 

~ Horace Walpole 


A ship in port is safe, but that's not what ships are built for. Sail out to sea and do new things. 

~ Grace Murray Hopper


I am one of those who never knows the direction of my journey until I have almost arrived.

~ Anna Louise Strong


If I'm not for myself, then who am I for?

But if I'm only for myself, then who am I?

And if not now, when?

~ Hillel - 1st century Jewish scholar and teacher


A person’s a person, no matter how small. 

~ Dr. Seuss, Horton Hears a Who


Every day look at a beautiful picture, read a beautiful poem, listen to some beautiful music, and, if possible, say some reasonable thing.

~ Goethe


Elegance does not consist in putting on a new dress.

~  Coco Chanel


One of the greatest necessities in America is to discover creative solitude.

~  Carl Sandburg


Let your speech be always with grace, seasoned with salt.


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