quotes for january

A morning without coffee is like sleep. ~Author Unknown



Bad is never good until worse happens. ~Danish Proverb



If we are ever in doubt about what to do, it is a good rule to ask ourselves what we shall wish on the morrow that we had done. ~John Lubbock



There are no accidents in my philosophy. Every effect must have its cause. The past is the cause of the present, and the present will be the cause of the future. All these are links in the endless chain stretching from the finite to the infinite. ~Abraham Lincoln



When eating bamboo sprouts, remember the man who planted them. ~Chinese Proverb



If I ever marry, it will be on a sudden impulse - as a man shoots himself. ~H.L. Mencken



Patriotism is easy to understand in America - it means looking out for yourself by looking out for your country. ~Calvin Coolidge



The naive follow their hearts. The wise lead with their hearts. ~Author Unknown



Middle age is the time when a man is always thinking that in a week or two he will feel as good as ever. ~Don Marquis



The Supreme Court has ruled that they cannot have a nativity scene in Washington, D.C. This wasn't for any religious reasons. They couldn't find three wise men and a virgin. ~Jay Leno



No human being believes that any other human being has a right to be in bed when he himself is up. ~Robert Lynd



Academe, n.: An ancient school where morality and philosophy were taught. Academy, n.: A modern school where football is taught. ~Ambrose Bierce, The Devil's Dictionary



There are only two ways of telling the complete truth - anonymously and posthumously. ~Thomas Sowell



The speedway ends at the cemetery. ~Author Unknown



Leash: n, a means by which animals, formerly running wild, are prevented from running tame, also. ~Robert Brault, www.robertbrault.com



The United States is a nation of laws: badly written and randomly enforced. ~Frank Zappa



Happiness is a matter of one's most ordinary and everyday mode of consciousness being busy and lively and unconcerned with self. ~Iris Murdoch



It's such a pleasure to write down splendid words - almost as though one were inventing them. ~Rupert Hart-Davis



Music produces a kind of pleasure which human nature cannot do without. ~Confucius



Passion is universal humanity. Without it religion, history, romance and art would be useless. ~Honore de Balzac