amor de cosmos

Consciousness: that annoying time between naps. ~Author Unknown



Darwin has interested us in the history of nature's technology. ~Karl Marx, Capital, 1867



Civilization is a stream with banks. The stream is sometimes filled with blood from people killing, stealing, shouting and doing the things historians usually record, while on the banks, unnoticed, people build homes, make love, raise children, sing songs, write poetry and even whittle statues. The story of civilization is the story of what happened on the banks. Historians are pessimists because they ignore the banks for the river. ~Will Durant



Those playful fancies of the mighty sky. ~Albert Smith (clouds)



Television! Teacher, mother, secret lover. ~Homer Simpson, The Simpsons



America did not invent human rights. In a very real sense... human rights invented America. ~Jimmy Carter



I'm so poor I can't even pay attention. ~Ron Kittle



A blogger is constantly looking over his shoulder, for fear that he is not being followed. ~Robert Brault, www.robertbrault.com



The trouble with living alone is that it's always your turn to do the dishes. ~Author Unknown



Golf is a fascinating game. It has taken me nearly forty years to discover that I can't play it. ~Ted Ray, Golf - My Slice of Life, 1972



The great pleasure of a dog is that you may make a fool of yourself with him and not only will he not scold you, but he will make a fool of himself too. ~Samuel Butler, Notebooks, 1912



Do not seek to follow in the footsteps of the wise. Seek what they sought. ~Matsuo Basho Do not take life too seriously. You will never get out of it alive. ~Elbert Hubbard



Before me, even as behind, God is, and all is well. ~John Greenleaf Whittier



I still say a church steeple with a lightning rod on top shows a lack of confidence. ~Doug McLeod



I believe cats to be spirits come to earth. A cat, I am sure, could walk on a cloud without coming through. ~Jules Verne



Most teachers have little control over school policy or curriculum or choice of texts or special placement of students, but most have a great deal of autonomy inside the classroom. To a degree shared by only a few other occupations, such as police work, public education rests precariously on the skill and virtue of the people at the bottom of the institutional pyramid. ~Tracy Kidder



Convert difficulties into opportunities, for difficulties are divine surgeries to make you better. ~Author Unknown



We're fools whether we dance or not, so we might as well dance. ~Japanese Proverb



Some people have cats and go on to lead normal lives. ~Author Unknown



The breakfast of champions is not cereal, it's the opposition. ~Nick Seitz