quotes on life pics

History is the story of the magnificent rear-guard action fought during several thousand years by dogma against curiosity. ~Robert S. Lynd


My green thumb came only as a result of the mistakes I made while learning to see things from the plant's point of view. ~H. Fred Dale (Thanks, Anne)


The idea is not to block every shot. The idea is to make your opponent believe that you might block every shot. ~Bill Russell


In spite of all our speeding it's still the style to be late. ~Kin Hubbard


There is only one satisfying way to boot a computer. ~J.H. Goldfuss


Most grandmas have a touch of the scallywag. ~Helen Thomson


We hit the sunny beaches where we occupy ourselves keeping the sun off our skin, the saltwater off our bodies, and the sand out of our belongings. ~Erma Bombeck


Over second and third cups flow matters of high finance, high state, common gossip and low comedy. Coffee is a social binder, a warmer of tongues, a soberer of minds, a stimulant of wit, a foiler of sleep if you want it so. From roadside mugs to the classic demi-tasse, it is the perfect democrat. ~Author Unknown


As you climb the ladder of success, be sure it's leaning against the right building. ~Quoted in P.S. I Love You, compiled by H. Jackson Brown, Jr.


The magnitude of life is overwhelming. Angels are here to help us take it peace by peace. ~Levende Waters


Poker is as elaborate a waste of human intelligence as you could find outside an advertising agency. ~Raymond Chandler


I went to a general store but they wouldn't let me buy anything specific. ~Steven Wright


No man can cause more grief than that one clinging blindly to the vices of his ancestors. ~William Faulkner


We've had bad luck with our kids - they've all grown up. ~Christopher Morley


What are the proper proportions of a maxim? A minimum of sound to a maximum of sense. ~Mark Twain


It takes a good deal of physical courage to ride a horse. This, however, I have. I get it at about forty cents a flask, and take it as required. ~Stephen Leacock


Call it a clan, call it a network, call it a tribe, call it a family. Whatever you call it, whoever you are, you need one. ~Jane Howard


Patriotism is the willingness to kill and be killed for trivial reasons. ~Bertrand Russell


In solitude, where we are least alone. ~George Gordon, Lord Byron, Childe Harold's Pilgrimage


With this humble instrumentality did it please Providence to prepare the theatre for those events by which a new dispensation of liberty was to be communicated to man. ~Edward Everett