life poems for teenagers

That's the true harbinger of spring, not crocuses or swallows returning to Capistrano, but the sound of a bat on a ball. ~Bill Veeck, 1976



A man's growth is seen in the successive choirs of his friends. ~Ralph Waldo Emerson



If addiction is judged by how long a dumb animal will sit pressing a lever to get a "fix" of something, to its own detriment, then I would conclude that netnews is far more addictive than cocaine. ~Rob Stampfli



A rich man is nothing but a poor man with money. ~W.C. Fields



In an underdeveloped country, don't drink the water; in a developed country, don't breathe the air. ~Changing Times magazine



Getting married is a lot like getting into a tub of hot water. After you get used to it, it ain't so hot. ~Minnie Pearl



True love comes quietly, without banners or flashing lights. If you hear bells, get your ears checked. ~Erich Segal



I was surprised just now at seeing a cobweb around a knocker; for it was not on the door of heaven. ~Augustus William Hare and Julius Charles Hare, Guesses at Truth, by Two Brothers, 1827



What is a weed? I have heard it said that there are sixty definitions. For me, a weed is a plant out of place. ~Donald Culross Peattie



Law of the Alibi: If you tell the boss you were late for work because you had a flat tire, the very next morning you will have a flat tire. ~Author Unknown



The trouble with learning from experience is that you never graduate. ~Doug Larson



The serve was invented so that the net could play. ~Bill Cosby



I've just arrived in New York City. What a place! Just smell those skyscrapers. Had breakfast at a little deli on Ninth Avenue. Cheese Danish and a cup of coffee, black as a moonless night. Hit the spot. ~From the television show Twin Peaks by David Lynch (Thanks, Rachel)



Never miss a good chance to shut up. ~Will Rogers (verification of author per The Estate of Will Rogers, CMG Worldwide)



A journey is best measured in friends, rather than miles. ~Tim Cahill



You don't take a photograph, you make it. ~Ansel Adams



There are two types of fisherman - those who fish for sport and those who fish for fish. ~Author Unknown



Curiosity will conquer fear even more than bravery will. ~James Stephens, The Crock of Gold



People tell me that the countryside must always be stupid and backward, and I get angry, as if it were said that only townspeople had immortal souls, and that it was only in the city that the flame of divinity breathed into the first men had an unobscured glow. ~George William Russell



It would be far easier to lose weight permanently if replacement parts weren't so handy in the refrigerator. ~Hugh Allen