Quote of the day

You may poke a man’s fire after you’ve known him for seven years. ~English Proverb

“Many people consider the things which government does for them to be social progress, but they consider the things government does for others as socialism.” ~Earl Warren

“We are often deterred from crime by the disgrace of others.” ~ Horace

“Suicide is a permanent solution to a temporary problem.” ~ Phil Donahue

“She is a tree of life to those who embrace her; those who lay hold of her will be blessed.” ~ King Solomon

Belladonna, n.: In Italian a beautiful lady; in English a deadly poison. A striking example of the essential identity of the two tongues. ~Ambrose Bierce

We’re all kissed by angels but some of us never think to pucker. ~Terri Guillemets

“People who are homeless are not social inadequates. They are people without homes.” ~ Sheila McKechnie

“There is an eagle in me that wants to soar, and there is a hippopotamus in me that wants to wallow in the mud.” ~Carl Sandburg

“I’ve been doing a lot of abstract painting lately, extremely abstract. No brush, no paint, no canvas, I just think about it.” ~Stephen Wright