the amorphophallus titanum

Even our misfortunes are a part of our belongings. ~Antoine de Saint-Exupery, Night Flight, 1931, translated from French by Stuart Gilbert



A woman needs a man like a fish needs a bicycle. ~Irina Dunn, 1970, commonly misattributed to Gloria Steinem who had quoted Dunn



Let America realize that self-scrutiny is not treason. Self-examination is not disloyalty. ~Richard Cardinal Cushing



There is nothing worse than a sharp image of a fuzzy concept. ~Ansel Adams



Almsgiving tends to perpetuate poverty; aid does away with it once and for all. ~Eva Peron



Learn to reverence night and to put away the vulgar fear of it, for, with the banishment of night from the experience of man, there vanishes as well a religious emotion, a poetic mood, which gives depth to the adventure of humanity. ~Henry Beston



Hope is the poor man's bread. ~Gary Herbert



Know thyself, or at least keep renewing the acquaintance. ~Robert Brault, www.robertbrault.com



Football is all very well as a game for rough girls, but is hardly suitable for delicate boys. ~Oscar Wilde



We all have big changes in our lives that are more or less a second chance. ~Harrison Ford



The animal shall not be measured by man. In a world older and more complete than ours, they move finished and complete, gifted with extension of the senses we have lost or never attained, living by voices we shall never hear. They are not brethren; they are not underlings; they are other nations, caught with ourselves in the net of life and time, fellow prisoners of the splendor and travail of the earth. ~Henry Beston, The Outermost House, 1928



Without love, the rich and poor live in the same house. ~Author Unknown



Heredity is what sets the parents of a teenager wondering about each other. ~Laurence J. Peter



Software is slowing faster than hardware is accelerating. ~Martin Reiser, quoted by Nicklaus Wirth, 1995, which spawned "Grove giveth, and Gates taketh away," author unknown, referring to CEOs of Intel and Microsoft



A user and his leisure time are soon parted. ~Author Unknown



The wise man's eyes are in his head; but the fool walketh in darkness: and I myself perceived also that one event happeneth to them all.... For there is no remembrance of the wise more than of the fool for ever; seeing that which now is in the days to come shall all be forgotten. And how dieth the wise man? as the fool. ~Ecclesiastes 2:14, 16



Reach high, for stars lie hidden in your soul. Dream deep, for every dream precedes the goal. ~Pamela Vaull Starr



An unwatched pot boils immediately. ~H.F. Ellis



Rich, fatty foods are like destiny: they too, shape our ends. ~Author Unknown



Poker is... a fascinating, wonderful, intricate adventure on the high seas of human nature. ~David A. Daniel