quotes for family

Every human being has a right to hear what other wise human beings have spoken to him. It is one of the Rights of Men; a very cruel injustice if you deny it to a man! ~Thomas Carlyle



The assumption that animals are without rights and the illusion that our treatment of them has no moral significance is a positively outrageous example of Western crudity and barbarity. Universal compassion is the only guarantee of morality. ~Schopenhauer



God always answers our prayers, but sometimes the answer is no. ~Author Unknown



My theory on housework is, if the item doesn't multiply, smell, catch fire, or block the refrigerator door, let it be. No one else cares. Why should you? ~Erma Bombeck



About the only time losing is more fun than winning is when you're fighting temptation. ~Tom Wilson



The world we have created is a product of our thinking; it cannot be changed without changing our thinking. ~Albert Einstein



Without evil there could be no good, so it must be good to be evil sometimes. ~Satan, South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut, 1999, written by Trey Parker, Matt Stone, & Pam Brady



...And great cloud-continents of sunset-seas. ~Thomas Bailey Aldrich, "Miracles"



There is plenty of law at the end of a nightstick. ~Grover Whalen



The object of war is not to die for your country, but to make the other bastard die for his. ~George Patton



The best way to accelerate a Macintosh is at 9.8m/sec/sec. ~Marcus Dolengo



There are several differences between a football game and a revolution. For one thing, a football game usually lasts longer and the participants wear uniforms. Also, there are usually more casualties in a football game. The object of the game is to move a ball past the other team's goal line. This counts as six points. No points are given for lacerations, contusions, or abrasions, but then no points are deducted, either. Kicking is very important in football. In fact, some of the more enthusiastic players even kick the ball, occasionally. ~Alfred Hitchcock



The best vitamin to be a happy person is B1. ~Author Unknown



I am not interested in picking up crumbs of compassion thrown from the table of someone who considers himself my master. I want the full menu of rights. ~Bishop Desmond Tutu, quoted in You Said a Mouthful edited by Ronald D. Fuchs



Entire new continents can emerge from the ocean in the time it takes for a Web page to show up on your screen. Contrary to what you may have heard, the Internet does not operate at the speed of light; it operates at the speed of the Department of Motor Vehicles. ~Dave Barry, Dave Barry in Cyberspace



The easier it is to do, the harder it is to change. ~Eng's Principle



Money isn't the most important thing in life, but it's reasonably close to oxygen on the "gotta have it" scale. ~Zig Ziglar



Take from the altars of the past the fire - not the ashes. ~Jean Jaures



Flowers really do intoxicate me. ~Vita Sackville-West



There are always too many Democratic congressmen, too many Republican congressmen, and never enough U.S. congressmen. ~Author Unknown