Wit & Wisdom

BubbleGumTiger · Post by **BubbleGumTiger** » Thu Feb 01, 2007 6:18 pm

"Before God we are all equally wiseâ€”and equally foolish."

Albert Einstein

PLAYFAIR · Post by **PLAYFAIR** » Thu Feb 01, 2007 6:58 pm

Dean Stanley:

The true call of a Christian is not to do extraordinary things, but to do ordinary things in an extraordinary way.

BubbleGumTiger · Post by **BubbleGumTiger** » Fri Feb 02, 2007 8:24 am

"Learning is not compulsory . . . neither is survival."

W. Edwards Deming

Post by **noreply66** » Fri Feb 02, 2007 9:26 am

Religion is for people who are afraid of hell,and spirituality is for people who have been in hell.

Liza Minnelli,quoted by columnist liz Smith

Focused · Post by **Focused** » Fri Feb 02, 2007 10:59 am

May there be just enough clouds in your life to make a beautiful sunset.

PLAYFAIR · Post by **PLAYFAIR** » Fri Feb 02, 2007 11:20 am

Earl Campbell:
(American Football Player)

Somebody will always break your records. It is how you live that counts.

BubbleGumTiger · Post by **BubbleGumTiger** » Sat Feb 03, 2007 9:18 am

"Nothing is more admirable than the fortitude with which millionaires tolerate the disadvantages of their wealth."

Rex Stout

Post by **noreply66** » Sat Feb 03, 2007 10:21 am

There is no worse lie than a truth misunderstood by those who hear it.

William James,quoted by United Press International

BubbleGumTiger · Post by **BubbleGumTiger** » Sat Feb 03, 2007 6:08 pm

Life isn't fair, but it's still good.

BubbleGumTiger · Post by **BubbleGumTiger** » Sun Feb 04, 2007 7:33 am

"Education is an admirable thing, but nothing that is worth knowing can be taught."

Oscar Wilde

Post by **noreply66** » Sun Feb 04, 2007 11:18 am

A proud man is seldom a grateful man,for he never thinks he gets as much as he deserves.

Henry Ward Beecher,quoted in the Charlotte,N.C. Observer

BubbleGumTiger · Post by **BubbleGumTiger** » Mon Feb 05, 2007 9:10 am

"I stopped believing in Santa Claus when I was six. Mother took me to see him in a department store and he asked for my autograph."

Shirley Temple

Post by **noreply66** » Mon Feb 05, 2007 11:22 am

The opposite of taling isn't listening.The opposite of talking is waiting.

Humorist Fran Lebowitz,quoted in the Passaic County,N.J. Herald News

Post by **noreply66** » Tue Feb 06, 2007 9:31 am

A fanatic is one who can't change his mind and won't change the subject.

Winston Churchill,quoted in the Washington Post.

Focused · Post by **Focused** » Tue Feb 06, 2007 10:42 am

The institution that belittles plumbing while exalting philosophy will neither have good plumbing or philosophy...Neither it's pipes or it's theories will hold water.

BubbleGumTiger · Post by **BubbleGumTiger** » Tue Feb 06, 2007 11:24 am

"You're not drunk if you can lie on the floor without holding on."

Dean Martin

BubbleGumTiger · Post by **BubbleGumTiger** » Wed Feb 07, 2007 7:46 am

Why do banks charge a fee on "insufficient funds" when they know there is not enough?

Post by **noreply66** » Wed Feb 07, 2007 10:14 am

The most people are reached by mass communication, the less they communicate with each other.

Journalist Marya Mannes,Quoted in the Monterey County,California,Herald

BubbleGumTiger · Post by **BubbleGumTiger** » Thu Feb 08, 2007 6:42 am

"Give me the luxuries of life and I will willingly do without the necessities."

Frank Lloyd Wright

Post by **noreply66** » Thu Feb 08, 2007 9:36 am

A tart temper never mellows with age,and a sharp tongue is the only edged tool that grows keener with constant use.

Washington Irving,quoted in the Montreal Gazette