acrostic poems for names

Resentment is like taking poison and waiting for the other person to die. ~Malachy McCourt


Leisure only means a chance to do other jobs that demand attention. ~Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.


That which is striking and beautiful is not always good, but that which is good is always beautiful. ~Ninon de L'Enclos


We expect teachers to handle teenage pregnancy, substance abuse, and the failings of the family. Then we expect them to educate our children. ~John Sculley


I believe the future is only the past again, entered through another gate. ~Arthur Wing Pinero, The Second Mrs. Tanqueray, 1893


A man's country is not a certain area of land, of mountains, rivers, and woods, but it is a principle; and patriotism is loyalty to that principle. ~George William Curtis


It's sad to grow old, but nice to ripen. ~Brigitte Bardot


Wine is sure proof that God loves us and wants us to be happy. ~Benjamin Franklin


The important thing is not to stop questioning. ~Albert Einstein


Physics isn't a religion. If it were, we'd have a much easier time raising money. ~Leon Lederman


We were happily married for eight months. Unfortunately, we were married for four and a half years. ~Nick Faldo


Why get married? For human beings, marriage is such an unnatural state. If you want monogamy, it has been said, you should marry a swan. ~Quentin Crisp, "The Art of Celibacy"


The trouble with weather forecasting is that it's right too often for us to ignore it and wrong too often for us to rely on it. ~Patrick Young


I figure practice puts your brains in your muscles. ~Sam Snead, about golf


If your opponent is playing several shots in vain attempts to extricate himself from a bunker, do not stand near him and audibly count his strokes. It would be justifiable homicide if he wound up his pitiable exhibition by applying his niblick to your head. ~Harry Vardon


May I never be complete. May I never be content. May I never be perfect. Deliver me, Tyler, from being perfect and complete. ~Chuck Palahniuk, Fight Club, Chapter 5


Black people dominate sports in the United States - 20 percent of the population and 90 percent of the Final Four. We own this shit. Basketball, baseball, football, golf, tennis, and as soon as they make a heated hockey rink we'll take that shit too. ~Chris Rock


For me, yoga is not just a workout - it's about working on yourself. ~Mary Glover, "Health Profile: Yoga leaves aches and pains behind," Arizona Republic, 6 April 2004 (page E3, article by Connie Midey)


Nothing is really work unless you would rather be doing something else. ~James M. Barrie


I can't be a rose in any man's lapel. ~Margaret Trudeau