quotes about yourself for picnik

If our American way of life fails the child, it fails us all. ~Pearl S. Buck



Humor prevents one from becoming a tragic figure even though he/she is involved in tragic events. ~E.T. "Cy" Eberhart



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



Christmas is for children. But it is for grown-ups too. Even if it is a headache, a chore, and nightmare, it is a period of necessary defrosting of chill and hide-bound hearts. ~Lenora Mattingly Weber



Habits are safer than rules; you don't have to watch them. And you don't have to keep them, either. They keep you. ~Frank Crane



For centuries, man believed that the sun revolves around the earth. Centuries later, he still thinks that time moves clockwise. ~Robert Brault, www.robertbrault.com



The marvel of all history is the patience with which men and women submit to burdens unnecessarily laid upon them by their governments. ~William E. Borah



It is such a secret place, the land of tears. ~Antoine de Saint-Exupery, The Little Prince It is such a secret place, the land of tears. ~Antoine de Saint-Exupery, The Little Prince



The most affectionate creature in the world is a wet dog. ~Ambrose Bierce



If you add to the truth, you subtract from it. ~The Talmud



Our destiny hides among our free choices, disguised as the free-est of all. ~Robert Brault, www.robertbrault.com



Dramatic art in her opinion is knowing how to fill a sweater. ~Bette Davis, about Jayne Mansfield



Now and then it is a joy to have one's table red with wine and roses. ~Oscar Wilde



Vanity dies hard; in some obstinate cases it outlives the man. ~Robert Louis Stevenson



All men are tempted. There is no man that lives that can't be broken down, provided it is the right temptation, put in the right spot. ~Henry Ward Beecher, Proverbs from Plymouth Pulpit, 1887



If you treat every situation as a life and death matter, you'll die a lot of times. ~Dean Smith



Cleaning your house while your kids are still growing is like shoveling the walk before it stops snowing. ~Phyllis Diller, Phyllis Diller's Housekeeping Hints, 1966



America is another name for opportunity. Our whole history appears like a last effort of divine providence on behalf of the human race. ~Ralph Waldo Emerson



Our country is not the only thing to which we owe our allegiance. It is also owed to justice and to humanity. Patriotism consists not in waving the flag, but in striving that our country shall be righteous as well as strong. ~James Bryce



When prosperity comes, do not use all of it. ~Confucius