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While don't necessarily agree entirely with all of these sentiments, many of them stimulate thought--whether because they are profound, provocative, insightful, sentimental, funny, inspiring, perspective enhancing, or just or ingeniously written (or some combination hereof). And some of these thoughts, of course, touch the heart. I have attempted to keep editorial comments to a minimum. Enjoy!
"When you get on the whiskey, let somebody else drive." Public service announcement "I didn't become a psychologist to study people acting rationally." Anonymous. "If [my dream] gets me nowhere, I'll go there proud." Jim Croce "Relationships need verbs!" Lorelai Gilmore "People who think they know everything really annoy those of us who do." Bumper sticker "It's not the odds that kill us; it's losing the willingness to fight them." Alexander Addington "The only thing you have to lose by being yourself is an ex-husband." Elisabeth Haug
"Experience is something you don't get until just after you need it."
Source unknown.
"Love may be blind but marriage is a real eye-opener." Source (and experience of the latter) unknown to me. "Keep an open mind and people will fill it with garbage." Bumper sticker "I have an ability to condense countless pages into very small thoughts." Abraham Lincoln "A clear conscience is usually the sign of a bad memory." Source unknown. "I think television makes rock 'n' roll smaller than life." Don Henley. "You're casting your pearls without even getting a pork chop in return." Frank O'Conner to his wife, the novelist Ayn Rand. "The one who dies with the most toys still dies." Source unknown. "It took me sooo long to find out, but I found out." John Lennon "Even if it looks like a duck, walks like a duck, and quacks like a duck, you should still try to make a greater profit than you would ordinarily make on a duck." Lars Perner "Two wrongs are only the beginning." Source unknown. "Tables are meant for turning and people are bound to change." Jim Croce "... facing the holiday season is a bit analogous to running out of gas in the middle of nowhere at night--in a thunderstorm." Liane Holliday Willey, Ed.D., author of Pretending to be Normal. "Nothing is fool-proof to a talented fool." Source unknown.
"Show me someone who knows what is funny and I will show you someone who
knows what is not." Mark Twain
"Love's a slice of Heaven--and a little hell." Dann Rogers
"We stand in a house of mirrors and think we are looking out." Fritz Pearls "When you were born, you were crying and everyone around you was smiling. Live your life so that when you die, you're the one who is smiling and everyone around you is crying." Source unknown--more Thoughts for Today. "Some people say I'm arrogant, but I know better than that." Michael Dukakis "Being a little bit crazy has kept me from going insane." Waylon Jennings
"People who want to share their religious views with you almost never
want you to share yours with them." Source unknown.
"Our single parent in heaven..." Non Sequitor cartoon reflecting a politically correct prayer "I don't do drugs--I'm naturally high!" Tall club t-shirt slogan contest entry
"A person who is nice to you, but rude to the waiter, is not a nice
person." Source unknown.
"Denial is not a river in Egypt." Anonymous "In the end, only kindness matters." Jewell "There is no human problem that can't possibly be made worse by alcohol." Anonymous "If you heart and mind conflict, follow your mind." Hugh Atkinson BUT:
"It's gotta
come from the heart if you want it to work." Susanna Clark &
Richard Leigh in the song "Come From the Heart" (recorded separately
by Don Williams and Kathy Mattea)
"Don't use time or words carelessly. Neither can be retrieved." Brian Dyson, CEO of Coca Cola Enterprises "There weren't any other reasons to make them." Actor Michael Caine, responding to criticism that he has acted in certain films only for the money "I've looked at life from both sides now/From win and lose and still somehow/It's life's illusions I recall/I really don't know life at all." Joni Mitchell "If your spouse can't trust you, how can I?" H. Ross Perot "There are only three answers to that question: 'Yes,' 'no,' or 'I'm not telling.'" Justice Anthony Scalia "Love when you can; cry when you have to." Dan Fogelberg--read the rest of the lyrics from "Part of the Plan" "I'd rather laugh with the sinners than cry with the saints." Billy Joel "Market share, unlike body weight, is very easy to lose and very difficult to gain." Lars Perner (Check out the rest of the Twelve Undeniable Truths of Marketing) "Be careful whose advice you buy, but be patient with those who supply it." Read the rest of Mary Schmich's "graduation" address "Today is the first day in the rest of your life." Anthony Robbins "Honest men know that revenge brings nothing sweet." Robert Palmer "There but for the grace of God I go." Justice Clarence Thomas, relating his thoughts as he watched from his office a group of prisoners being led into court--something we should all think about! "No amount of reasoning is going to provide a definitive answer to an empirical question. " Lars Perner "People who read the tabloids deserve to be lied to." Jerry Seinfeld "Money solves 90% of your problems and gives you time to work on the other 10%." Source unknown "Crime wouldn't pay if the Government ran it." Bumper sticker "People who think I'm dumb because of the color of my hair are even dumber than they think I am." Dolly Parton Thoughts for Today. Someone forwarded these amazing sentiments through e-mail. I have no idea who deserves credit, but they are too good not to pass on! Dr. Jill Purdy's business quotes--maintained by a management professor at the University of Washington at Tacoma
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