poems for grandpa

Time is a physician that heals every grief. ~Diphilus



The difference between perseverance and obstinacy is that one comes from a strong will, and the other from a strong won't. ~Henry Ward Beecher



There is no such thing as justice - in or out of court. ~Clarence Darrow, 1936



There ought to be some other means of reckoning quality in this the best and loveliest of games; the scoreboard is an ass. ~Neville Cardus, A Fourth Innings with Cardus, 1981



Another possible source of guidance for teenagers is television, but television's message has always been that the need for truth, wisdom and world peace pales by comparison with the need for a toothpaste that offers whiter teeth and fresher breath. ~Dave Barry



Our passions shape our books; repose writes them in the intervals. ~Proust, The Past Recaptured, 1927



I have measured out my life with coffee spoons. ~T.S. Eliot



Let your speech be always with grace, seasoned with salt, that ye may know how ye ought to answer every man. ~Colossians 4:6



My mother made me a scientist without ever intending to. Every other Jewish mother in Brooklyn would ask her child after school, "So? Did you learn anything today?" But not my mother. "Izzy," she would say, "did you ask a good question today?" That difference - asking good questions - made me become a scientist. ~Isidor Isaac Rabi



Golf is an awkward set of bodily contortions designed to produce a graceful result. ~Tommy Armour



No man needs a vacation so much as the person who has just had one. ~Elbert Hubbard



I expect Woman will be the last thing civilized by Man. ~George Meredith



I could eat alphabet soup and shit better lyrics. ~Johnny Mercer, on a British musical



Every wrong seems possible today, and is accepted. I don't accept it. ~Pablo Casals



Spring is nature's way of saying, "Let's party!" ~Robin Williams



Easy is an adjective used to describe a woman who has the sexual morals of a man. ~Nancy Linn-Desmond



Every mother hopes that her daughter will marry a better man than she did, and is convinced that her son will never find a wife as good as his father did. ~Martin Andersen-Nex�



It finally happened. I got the GPS lady so confused, she said, "In one-quarter mile, make a legal stop and ask directions." ~Robert Brault, www.robertbrault.com



If you don't believe in ghosts, you've never been to a family reunion. ~Ashleigh Brilliant



Education is the ability to listen to almost anything without losing your temper or your self-confidence. ~Robert Frost