tattoo quote

When mom and dad don't understand, a sister always will. ~Author Unknown



Sweat cleanses from the inside. It comes from places a shower will never reach. ~George Sheehan



When we are afraid we ought not to occupy ourselves with endeavoring to prove that there is no danger, but in strengthening ourselves to go on in spite of the danger. ~Mark Rutherford



Racism is man's gravest threat to man - the maximum of hatred for a minimum of reason. ~Abraham Joshua Heschel



Books are the quietest and most constant of friends; they are the most accessible and wisest of counselors, and the most patient of teachers. ~Charles W. Eliot



Stan, don't you know the first law of physics? Anything that's fun costs at least eight dollars. ~Trey Parker, South Park, "Trapped in the Closet" Stan: "Dude, dolphins are intelligent and friendly."



God grant me the serenity to accept the people I cannot change, the courage to change the one I can, and the wisdom to know it's me. ~Author unknown, variation of an excerpt from "The Serenity Prayer" by Reinhold Neibuhr



Nicotine patches are great. Stick one over each eye and you can't find your cigarettes. ~Author Unknown



The way to love anything is to realize that it may be lost. ~G.K. Chesterton



If an historian were to relate truthfully all the crimes, weaknesses and disorders of mankind, his readers would take his work for satire rather than for history. ~Pierre Bayle, Historical and Critical Dictionary



If only I could leave everything as it is, without moving a single star or a single cloud. Oh, if only I could! ~Antonio Porchia, Voces, 1943, translated from Spanish by W.S. Merwin



When you lose, don't lose the lesson. ~Author Unknown



I like to see a man proud of the place in which he lives. I like to see a man live so that his place will be proud of him. ~Abraham Lincoln



Dancing can reveal all the mystery that music conceals. ~Charles Baudelaire



Willful waste brings woeful want. ~Thomas Fuller



Before marriage, a man declares that he would lay down his life to serve you; after marriage, he won't even lay down his newspaper to talk to you. ~Helen Rowland



As long as the world is turning and spinning, we're gonna be dizzy and we're gonna make mistakes. ~Mel Brooks



My advice to you is not to inquire why or whither, but just enjoy your ice cream while it's on your plate. That's my philosophy. ~Thornton Wilder



Asking a seamstress to mend is like asking Michelangelo to paint your garage. ~Author Unknown



We have, I fear, confused power with greatness. ~Stewart Udall