funny george bush quotes

The world is round and the place which may seem like the end may also be only the beginning. ~Ivy Baker Priest



Some women love only what they can hold in their arms; others, only what they can't. ~Mignon McLaughlin, The Second Neurotic's Notebook, 1966



A man marries to have a home, but also because he doesn't want to be bothered with sex and all that sort of thing. ~W. Somerset Maugham



Blushing is the color of virtue. ~Diogenes



Each patient ought to feel somewhat the better after the physician's visit, irrespective of the nature of the illness. ~Warfield Theobald Longcope



Thus so wretched is man that he would weary even without any cause for weariness... and so frivolous is he that, though full of a thousand reasons for weariness, the least thing, such as playing billiards or hitting a ball, is sufficient enough to amuse him. ~Blaise Pascal



Bound as our lives are to the tyranny of time, it is through what we know of history that we are delivered from our bonds and escape - into time. ~A.L. Rowse, The Use of History



Apart from yoga, meditation, reading, it has to be one of the most serene things to do (don't lose your needles though, that can create a severe lack of serenity). ~Carole Berman and Jennifer Lazarus, about needlepoint



The quoting of an aphorism, like the angry barking of a dog or the smell of overcooked broccoli, rarely indicates that something helpful is about to happen. ~Lemony Snicket



Patriotism... is not short, frenzied outbursts of emotion, but the tranquil and steady dedication of a lifetime. ~Adlai Stevenson



No one can understand the truth until he drinks of coffee's frothy goodness. ~Sheik Abd-al-Kadir



There is something in sickness that breaks down the pride of manhood. ~Charles Dickens



They cannot take away our self-respect if we do not give it to them. ~Mahatma Gandhi



People who don't cherish their elderly have forgotten whence they came and whither they go. ~Ramsey Clark



Happiness and sadness run parallel to each other. When one takes a rest, the other one tends to take up the slack. ~Hazelmarie Elliott (�Mattie�)



The healthy being craves an occasional wildness, a jolt from normality, a sharpening of the edge of appetite, his own little festival of the Saturnalia, a brief excursion from his way of life. ~Robert MacIver



The three horrors of modern life - talk without meaning, desire without love, work without satisfaction. ~Mignon McLaughlin, The Neurotic's Notebook, 1960



Success without honor is an unseasoned dish; it will satisfy your hunger, but it won't taste good. ~Joe Paterno



Readjusting is a painful process, but most of us need it at one time or another. ~Arthur Christopher Benson



When grace is joined with wrinkles, it is adorable. There is an unspeakable dawn in happy old age. ~Victor Hugo