quotations on life

I don't know that there are real ghosts and goblins, but there are always more trick-or-treaters than neighborhood kids. ~Robert Brault, www.robertbrault.com



I'll quit coffee. It won't be easy drinking my Bailey's straight, but I'll get used to it. It'll still be the best part of waking up. ~From the television show Will and Grace



For the scripture saith, Thou shalt not muzzle the ox that treadeth out the corn. And, The labourer is worthy of his reward. ~I Timothy 5:18



I disapprove of what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it. ~Voltaire



People pay for what they do, and still more, for what they have allowed themselves to become. And they pay for it simply: by the lives they lead. ~Edith Wharton People say that life is the thing, but I prefer reading. ~Logan Pearsall Smith, Trivia, 1917



Improvement begins with I. ~Arnold Glasow



Breastmilk: the gift that keeps on giving. ~Author Unknown



When I learned to sew, I forgot how to cook. ~Author Unknown



Love is like a puzzle. When you're in love, all the pieces fit but when your heart gets broken, it takes a while to get everything back together. ~Author Unknown



The answer to old age is to keep one's mind busy and to go on with one's life as if it were interminable. I always admired Chekhov for building a new house when he was dying of tuberculosis. ~Leon Edel



Happiness is beneficial for the body but it is grief that develops the powers of the mind. ~Marcel Proust, The Past Recaptured, Remembrance of Things Past



There is no strong performance without a little fanaticism in the performer. ~Ralph Waldo Emerson



Most mothers are instinctive philosophers. ~Harriet Beecher Stowe



Tattooing is about personalizing the body, making it a true home and fit temple for the spirit that dwells inside it.... Tattooing therefore, is a way of keeping the spiritual and material needs of my body in balance. ~Michelle Delio



Don't be dismayed at goodbyes. A farewell is necessary before you can meet again. And meeting again, after moments or lifetime, is certain for those who are friends. ~Richard Bach



The eskimos had fifty-two names for snow because it was important to them: there ought to be as many for love. ~Margaret Atwood



Nonviolence doesn't always work - but violence never does. ~Madge Micheels-Cyrus



I believe in the Church of Baseball. I tried all the major religions and most of the minor ones. I've worshipped Buddha, Allah, Brahma, Vishnu, Siva, trees, mushrooms and Isadora Duncan. I know things. For instance, there are 108 beads in a Catholic rosary and there are 108 stitches in a baseball. When I learned that, I gave Jesus a chance. ~Ron Shelton, Bull Durham, 1988



When one tugs at a single thing in nature, he finds it attached to the rest of the world. ~John Muir



Guys are like roses. You've got to watch out for the pricks. ~Author Unknown