Days Go By

And maybe some people are like collages - no matter how broken or useless we felt, we were an essential part of the whole. We mattered.

- Heather Demetrios, I'll Meet You There

I believe, however, that impending events will call us and we must respond but where, with whom, and how?

- John Burns

Don't measure yourself by what you have accomplished, but by what you should have accomplished with your ability.

- John Wooden

There are more plastic flamingos in the USA than real real ones.

And I'm proud to be an American where at least I know I'm free
And I won't forget the men who died, who gave that right to me.

- Lee Greenwood, "God Bless The USA"

If everything was perfect, you would never learn and you would never grow.

- Beyonce Knowles

What I like about photographs is that they capture a moment that is gone forever, impossible to reproduce.

- Karl Lagerfeld

Plans are of little importance, but planning is essential.

- Winston Churchill

I'm forever blowing bubbles, pretty bubbles in the air.

- James Brockman

There's not a word yet, for old friends who've just met.

- Jim Henson

Wine is bottled poetry.

- Robert Louis Stevenson

Il y a des fleurs partout pour qui veut bien les voir. (There are flowers everywhere for those who really want to see them.)

- Henri Matisse

After all there is something about a wedding-gown prettier than in any other gown.

- Douglas William Jerrold

Blessed is the person who has earned the love of an old dog.

- Sydney Jeanne Seward

Must is a hard nut to crack, but it has a sweet kernel.

- Charles Spurgeon

Keep looking up! I learn from the past, dream about the future and look up. There's nothing like a beautiful sunset to end a healthy day.

- Rachel Boston

Almost everything will work again if you unplug it for a few minutes, including you.

- Anne Lamott

Don’t refuse to go on an occasional wild goose chase — that’s what wild geese are for.

- Author Unknown

Moss on a rock is just a mini forest on the side of a mini mountain.

- Reddit Showerthoughts

God made rainy days so gardeners could get the housework done.

- Author Unknown

A photograph keeps a moment from running away.

- Eudora Welty

That's the problem with drinking, I thought, as I poured myself a drink. If something bad happens you drink in an attempt to forget; if something good happens you drink in order to celebrate; and if nothing happens you drink to make something happen.

- Charles Bukowski

Safety never takes a holiday.

- Author Unknown

As soft wax is apt to take the stamp of the seal, so are the minds of young children to receive the instruction imprinted on them.

- Plutarch

No one saves us but ourselves. No one can and no one may. We ourselves must walk the path.

- Buddha

Perspective is the way we see things when we look at them from a certain distance, and it allows us to appreciate their true value.

- Rafael E. Pino

If you're going to plan a wedding, then a certain amount of suffering is not a choice.

- Ellie Kemper

There cannot be good living where there is not good drinking.

- Benjamin Franklin

Childhood smells of perfume and brownies.

- David Leavitt

An expert knows all the answers - if you ask the right questions.

- Levi Strauss

I'd rather have a hot dog than caviar.

- Juan Pablo Montoya

Weeds are flowers, too, once you get to know them.

- A.A. Milne

Terrance: I'm Terrance, I'm plowing.
Thomas: I'm Thomas, I'm pulling a train. What ugly wheels you've got.
Terrance: There's not ugly. They're caterpillars. I can go anywhere. I don't need rails.
Thomas: I don't want to go anywhere. I like my rails, thank you.

- Thomas the Tank Engine & Friends

Let us never know what old age is. Let us know the happiness time brings, not count the years.

- Ausonius

You have brains in your head. You have feet in your shoes. You can steer yourself in any direction you choose. You're on your own, and you know what you know. And you are the guy who'll decide where to go.

- Dr. Seuss

So, Peter, what's happening? Aahh, now, are you going to go ahead and have those TPS reports for us this afternoon?

- Bill Lumbergh, Office Space

Let's raise our glass and let the hammer fly, yeah, this is the long good-bye.

- Bruce Springsteen, "Long Goodbye"

If April showers bring May flowers what do Mayflowers bring?

- Childhood Riddle

If I saw you hitchhiking, I’d smile and return your thumb’s up, just for you doing such a great job of being a positive roadside influence.

- Jarod Kintz

Marriage is never just about two people falling in love, it is about families.

- Marina Lewycka

Sometimes it's not about the journey or the destination, but about the people you meet along the way.

- Nishan Panwar

Perspective alone can make an experience positive or negative, but regardless of which you let it become, it can only have as much power over your outlook on life as you give it.

- A.J. Darkholme, Rise of the Morningstar

First you take a drink, then the drink takes a drink, then the drink takes you.

- F. Scott Fitzgerald

It is important to experiment and endlessly seek after creating the best possible flavors when preparing foods. That means not being afraid to experiment with various ingredients.

- Rocco DiSpirito

Spring shows what God can do with a drab and dirty world.

- Virgil A. Kraft

The sky is an infinite movie to me. I never get tired of looking at what's happening up there.

- K. D. Lang

The sea does not reward those who are too anxious, too greedy, or too impatient. One should lie empty, open, choiceless as a beach - waiting for a gift from the sea.

- Anne Morrow Lindbergh

Instincts always outsmart brains.

- Terri Guillemets

Organizing is what you do before you do something, so that when you do it, it is not all mixed up.

- A.A. Milne

Reach for it. Push yourself as far as you can.

- Christa McAuliffe

Blog Archive