per sempre amore mio

The inventor of soda crackers has a place in hell. ~Martin H. Fischer



Who makes your pastime his! I sit him now!



Let your humour always be good-humour, in the double sense of the phrase: if it comes from a bad humour, it is almost sure to be bad humour. ~Augustus William Hare and Julius Charles Hare, Guesses at Truth, by Two Brothers, 1827



Faith and joy are the ascensive forces of song. ~Edmund Clarence Stedman



We need to find God, and he cannot be found in noise and restlessness. God is the friend of silence. See how nature - trees, flowers, grass - grows in silence; see the stars, the moon and the sun, how they move in silence.... We need silence to be able to touch souls. ~Mother Teresa We need to restore the full meaning of that old word, duty. It is the other side of rights. ~Pearl Buck



Quilters know all the angles. ~Author Unknown



Death never takes the wise man by surprise; He is always ready to go. ~Jean de La Fontaine



In the right light, at the right time, everything is extraordinary. ~Aaron Rose



I like naked women. I'm a bloke. I'm supposed to like them. We're born like that. We like naked women as soon as we're pulled out of one. Halfway down the birth canal we're already enjoying the view. ~Coupling, "Inferno," original airdate 2 June 2000, written by Steven Moffat, spoken by the character Steve



Avoid all needle drugs - the only dope worth shooting is Richard Nixon. ~Abbie Hoffman



If I were to characterize George Washington's feelings toward his country, I should be less inclined than most people to stress what is called Washington's love of his country. What impresses me as far more important is what I should call Washington's respect for his country. ~Randolph G. Adams



If you want to understand democracy, spend less time in the library with Plato, and more time in the buses with people. ~Simeon Strunsky



If you wish to make an apple pie truly from scratch, you must first invent the universe. ~Carl Sagan



We are not accountable for the sins of Adam. ~Robert G. Ingersoll



Every man has three characters - that which he exhibits, that which he has, and that which he thinks he has. ~Alphonse Karr



I don't care if they call me "baldie" or "chrome dome." God took an eraser and brushed my head clean. I'd rather be bald on top than bald inside. ~Joe Garagiola, 1975



Morphine and state relief are the same. You go dopey, feel better and are worse off. ~Martin H. Fischer



The state calls its own violence law, but that of the individual crime. ~Max Stirner



It is a fact that in the right formation, the lifting power of many wings can achieve twice the distance of any bird flying alone. ~Author Unknown



I am in favor of preserving the French habit of kissing ladies' hands - after all, one must start somewhere. ~Sacha Guitry