funny quotes about change

Bodies devoid of mind are as statues in the market place. ~Euripides



Hot Topic Quotations: August 2002



Though of all poses a moral pose is the most offensive, still to have a pose at all is something. ~Oscar Wilde, The Critic as Artist, 1890



The celestial bodies are the cause of all that takes place in the sublunar world. ~Thomas Aquinas



The teacher who is indeed wise does not bid you to enter the house of his wisdom but rather leads you to the threshold of your mind. ~Kahlil Gibran The teacher who is indeed wise does not bid you to enter the house of his wisdom but rather leads you to the threshold of your mind. ~Kahlil Gibran



Don't ask yourself what the world needs; ask yourself what makes you come alive. And then go and do that. Because what the world needs is people who have come alive. ~Attributed to Howard Thurman



A kiss is just a pleasant reminder that two heads are better than one. ~Author Unknown



I would be most content if my children grew up to be the kind of people who think decorating consists mostly of building enough bookshelves. ~Anna Quindlen, "Enough Bookshelves," New York Times, 7 August 1991



Sleeplessness is a desert without vegetation or inhabitants. ~Jessamyn West



Antanaclasis: repeating a single word but with a different meaning each time. This is a common type of pun and is often found in slogans. Example: "If you aren't fired with enthusiasm, you will be fired with enthusiasm." ~Vince Lombardi



Law is nothing unless close behind it stands a warm living public opinion. ~Wendell Phillips



Hope deferred maketh the heart sick: but when the desire cometh, it is a tree of life. ~Proverbs 13:12



There are plenty of ways to get ahead. The first is so basic I'm almost embarrassed to say it: spend less than you earn. ~Paul Clitheroe



Until you know that life is interesting - and find it so - you haven't found your soul. ~Geoffrey Fisher



Sisters annoy, interfere, criticize. Indulge in monumental sulks, in huffs, in snide remarks. Borrow. Break. Monopolize the bathroom. Are always underfoot. But if catastrophe should strike, sisters are there. Defending you against all comers. ~Pam Brown



For the first time in history, sex is more dangerous than the cigarette afterward. ~Jay Leno



You keep your past by having sisters. As you get older, they're the only ones who don't get bored if you talk about your memories. ~Deborah Moggach



If you reject the food, ignore the customs, fear the religion and avoid the people, you might better stay home. ~James Michener



To Crystal, hair was the most important thing on earth. She would never get married because you couldn't wear curlers in bed. ~Edna O'Brien



Life moves pretty fast. If you don't stop to look around once in a while you could miss it. ~From the movie Ferris Bueller's Day Off Life moves pretty fast. If you don't stop to look around once in a while you could miss it. ~From the movie Ferris Bueller's Day Off