poems for guys

Life only starts when love comes. ~From the movie Bill of Divorcement, 1932



Opera is where a guy gets stabbed in the back, and instead of dying, he sings. ~Robert Benchley



Life's not always fair. Sometimes you can get a splinter even sliding down a rainbow. ~Terri Guillemets



You found God? If nobody claims him in thirty days, he's yours! ~Author Unknown



A man may be a fool and not know it, but not if he is married. ~H.L. Mencken



My great-grandfather used to say to his wife, my great-grandmother, who in turn told her daughter, my grandmother, who repeated it to her daughter, my mother, who used to remind her daughter, my own sister, that to talk well and eloquently was a very great art, but that an equally great one was to know the right moment to stop. ~Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart



Age is a high price to pay for maturity. ~Tom Stoppard



Having imagination, it takes you an hour to write a paragraph that, if you were unimaginative, would take you only a minute. Or you might not write the paragraph at all. ~Franklin P. Adams, Half a Loaf, 1927



The most difficult part of attaining perfection is finding something to do for an encore. ~Author Unknown



A man might pass for insane who should see things as they are. ~William Ellery Channing



Man was predestined to have free will. ~Hal Lee Luyah



At the end of the day, a loving family should find everything forgivable. ~Mark V. Olsen and Will Sheffer, Big Love, "Easter"



It is literally true, as the thankless say, that they have nothing to be thankful for. He who sits by the fire, thankless for the fire, is just as if he had no fire. Nothing is possessed save in appreciation, of which thankfulness is the indispensable ingredient. But a thankful heart hath a continual feast. ~W.J. Cameron



Diogenes struck the father when the son swore. ~Robert Burton, "Anatomy of Melancholy," Democritus to the Reader, 1621



The one way to get thin is to re-establish a purpose in life. ~Cyril Connolly, The Unquiet Grave



The Life and Soul, the man who will never go home while there is one man, woman or glass of anything not yet drunk. ~Katherine Whitehorn



The time to enjoy a European trip is about three weeks after unpacking. ~George Ade, Forty Modern Fables



One looks back with appreciation to the brilliant teachers, but with gratitude to those who touched our human feelings. The curriculum is so much necessary raw material, but warmth is the vital element for the growing plant and for the soul of the child. ~Carl Jung One looks back with appreciation to the brilliant teachers, but with gratitude to those who touched our human feelings. The curriculum is so much necessary raw material, but warmth is the vital element for the growing plant and for the soul of the child. ~Carl Jung



A pedestrian is someone who thought there were a couple of gallons left in the tank. ~Author Unknown



There is a purpose to our lives that each day tugs at our sleeve as an annoying distraction. ~Robert Brault, www.robertbrault.com