"When I do good, I feel good; when I do bad, I feel bad, and that is my religion".
-- Abraham Lincoln



Image from All Posters .

"If you were going to die soon and had only one phone call you could make, who would you call and what would you say? And why are you waiting?"
-- Stephen Levine



Image from Kösel-Verlag

"Use everything to your advantage".
-- Muktananda

"The return of my birthday, if I remember it, fills me with thoughts which it seems to be the general care of humanity to escape".
-- Samuel Johnson

The real voyage of discovery consists not in seeking new landscapes, but in having new eyes.

-- Marcel Proust

"The female singer who wants to be gruff and convincing, she will tend to go ahead and do that quicker than a male singer will soften up and become sensitive. That's society, that's rearing, that's the package. I refuse to buy into that."

-- Luther Vandross, (1951-2005), as told to Richard Harrington , The Washington Post.


Image from NNDB.

"Remember, we all stumble, every one of us. That's why it's a comfort to go hand in hand".
-- Emily Kimbrough

"Live life so completely that when death comes to you like a thief in the night, there will be nothing left for him to steal."
-- Anonymous

"What is your core unmet need? Maybe when you were young you needed someone to tell you that you were special, smart or lovable, and you're still looking for that today. Maybe you need to be validated; to be told that "you did it right". (Just think of the amount of time many of us spend trying to be right. And when they don't acknowledge that we're right, we're hurt and angry.) Perhaps you need to know that you belong, that you're important, or that you're good enough. For some of us, it is the need to be heard or seen.

"Although there is a fine line distinguishing the subtle differences between some of our needs, the particularities and specific nuances are significant in getting to the core of what your wounded self is asking for. Look with total honesty and sincerity for the unmet need that drives you, and then turn your attention fully toward that - giving that to yourself with a whole new level of passion and commitment. After all, we are designed to meet our own needs. And when we finally begin to meet them ourselves, we are free to interact with the world without hidden agendas.

"Take Action Now!

"Once you distinguish your core unmet need, look through the lens of 100% responsibility - "I'm responsible for fulfilling this need. Not God. Not my parents. Not my spouse. Not my children." From this place of honesty and empowerment, ask yourself the following questions:

- What do I need on a daily basis to meet this need? What would I need to know? What would I need to say to myself?
- What are the boundaries I need to put in place - internally or externally?
- Are there certain people I feel better around than others?
- What kind of support do I need?
- What kind of compassion and understanding do I need?

"Give yourself whole-heartedly to the fulfillment of your core need over the next 30 days, and watch your world transform."

-- Debbie Ford, DebbieFord.com

Never give a party if you will be the most interesting person there.
-- Mickey Friedman

"I'm not busy. A woman with three children under the age of 10 wouldn't think my schedule looked busy".
-- Garrison Keillor


Image from UALR.

"I'll have to get back to you on that..."
-- Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg, when asked by a reporter if he would like to be "gay for a day", as he had served as an honorary "Puerto Rican for a Day" during the NYC's recent National Puerto Rican Day festivities. Carefully Studying Politics of Supporting Gay Rights, The New York Times.


Image from Columbia University.

"Ventriloquism today is in a slump. Children today haven't been exposed to it... Edgar Bergen was an enormous hit in radio. But I think television defeats ventriloquism. Children are so used to seeing puppets that when they see a real ventriloquist they don't understand it. On television, everyone talks and they don't care about the mechanics."
-- Paul Winchell, 1922-2005, as told to the AP in 1988.


Image from PaulWinchell.com

"It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it".
-- Aristotle, QuotationsPage.com

"There are those who believe that the best idea is to give everyone one big refund on their government - divvy it up into individual portions, hand it out, and encourage everyone to use their share to go buy their own health care, their own retirement plan, their own child care, education and so forth. In Washington, they call this the Ownership Society. But in our past there has been another term for it - Social Darwinism, every man and woman for him or herself. ... This isn't us. This isn't how our story ends - not in this country. America is a land of big dreamers and big hopes. ... So let's dream. Let's imagine what we can do to give every American a fighting chance in the 21st century. ... Every one of us will have to work more, read more, train more, think more. We will have to slough off bad habits - like driving gas guzzlers that weaken our economy and feed our enemies abroad. Our kids will have to turn off the TV sets and put away the video games and start hitting the books. We will have to reform institutions, like our public schools, that were designed for an earlier time. Republicans will have to recognize our collective responsibilities, even as Democrats recognize that we have to do more than just defend the old programs. "
-- Barack Obama, United States Senator from Illinois, Commencement Address at Knox College, as quoted in The New York Times.

"My work is the result of a need to follow my creative spirit, to develop it and use it, fearlessly at times, to bring a sense of energy, depth and joy to my life and to those around me. In doing so I am constantly finding the same need in others. That is why I do what I do, and love what I do. I invite you to join me in this great adventure called life...squeeze the juice out of it!"
-- Violette Clark, ViolettesFolkArtcom.

"Imagine waking up each day knowing that you are standing on a clean slate. Your past is behind you, your tasks are up to date and your projects are complete. What could you create if there were no unresolved issues, projects or relationships to divert your attention?

"In order to create the best year of your life - one that will inspire you to create each year as your very finest - it is essential to take some time to clean your slate by bringing completion to the past before trying to move ahead. Many of us skip this step because we are anxious to get on to the next idea, goal or project. But there is great value and insight to be extracted from the process of honestly reflecting on where we've been, where we are now, and where we hope to go. By honestly examining the areas where we've fallen short, we can avoid similar pitfalls in the future. And by wholeheartedly acknowledging ourselves for what we've done well, we build our confidence and set the stage for even greater success and fulfillment".

-- Debbie Ford, DebbieFord.com

"Only as high as I reach can I grow. Only as far as I seek can I go. Only as deep as I look can I see. Only as much as I dream can I be".
-- Anonymous

"Nothing is real to us unless we make it real. Nothing can touch us unless we let it touch us."
-- The Science of Mind, pg 307.

"We must not be lukewarm in our conviction. We must know that we know".
-- The Science of Mind, p 159.

"When you judge another, you do not define them, you define yourself".
-- Wayne Dyer

"Be humble in your perpetual uncertainty".
-- Paul Pearsall

"Pay attention to the truth. It's not an intellectual thing. It's a gut thing. My truth is that I love real, honest, passionate, intense experiences. Experiences that don't apologize for themselves or claim to be something they aren't. ... You want a recipe? Boil some spaghetti in well-salted water. While you're doing that, heat up some good extra-virgin olive oil in a skillet and throw in some thin slices of garlic and some red pepper flakes. When the pasta's cooked, toss it in the skillet. Throw in some chopped parsley and a little of the pasta water. Toss it around. Put it on a plate. Grate some Parmigiano Reggiano on top. Congratulations, dude. You've just made spaghetti all'aglio e olio. One of the greatest simple truths of humankind - and a damn good emergency dinner. That's a recipe. It's an idea. It's a dish. It's an icon. It's an experience. It's not rules. And as you cook up your life, I hope you never let anyone else's recipe for success intimidate you or get in your way. Rules are overrated. "

-- Mario Batali, Chef, Commencement Address, Rutgers College, as quoted in The New York Times.

"And here we see the invisible boy
In his lovely invisible house
Feeding a piece of invisible cheese
To a little invisible mouse.
Oh, what a beautiful picture to see!
Will you draw an invisible picture for me?"

-- Shel Silverstein, as quoted on Dharmabums.net.

"The only thing that was a little distracting was that I walked through the door and there was applause, you know. So that was a little distracting. Other than that, the work is still the work. Don't try to be fierce now, just do what you were doing. Don't try to start acting all of a sudden."
-- Adrianne Lenox, on performing on Broadway after winning the Tony Award for her role in Doubt. In New York Magazine, June 20, 2005.


Image from DoubtOnBroadway.com.

"If you want to see the brave, look at those who can forgive. If you want to see the heroic, look at those who can love in return for hatred."
-- The Bhagavad Gita

"Life is a teacher to the wise man and an enemy to the fool".
-- Anonymous

"One has to be grown up enough to realize that life is not fair. You just have to do the best you can in the situation you're in".
-- Stephen Hawking

"I am not bound to win, but I am bound to be true. I am not bound to succees, but I am bound to live up to whatever light I have."
-- Abraham Lincoln


Image from Photomosaic.com

"The U.S. continues to suffer terrible embarrassment and a blow to our reputation because of reports concerning abuses of prisoners in Iraq, Afghanistan and Guantanamo."
-- Jimmy Carter


Image from Al-Jazeera.

"Film critics said I gave a voice to the fear we all have: that we'll reach a certain point in our lives, look around and realize that all the things we said we'd do and become will never come to be, and that we're ordinary."
-- Anne Bancroft, 1931-2005


Image from Iris Illustration.

"If you don't have the wound of a broken heart, how can you know you're alive? If you have no broken heart, how do you know who you are?"
-- Edward Albee


Image from Northeastern Illinois University.

"I feel like crying... Because there's no way in the world that a guy with my name from South St. Louis, Missouri, ends up in Radio City holding one of these without some divine intervention."
-- Norbert Leo Butz, at last night's Tony Awards.


Image from Broadway World.

"I've never been proposed to or engaged. Never, never, never. Not even close. I've never been an active partner seeker".
-- Renee Zellweger


Image from American Photo.

"Change the way you look at things and the things you look at will change..."
-- Dr. Wayne Dyer, The Power of Intention.


Image from the NAEB.

"Insanity is doing the same things over and over again and expecting different results."
-- Rollo May

"We can't relate to the rest of the world only through a negative prism, and only through telling them to do things. Why? Because if you live in a world where you can't kill, jail or occupy all your enemies, security will never be enough. You've got to make a world where you've got more friends and fewer enemies, where you make partners."

-- Bill Clinton, as quoted by The Washington Post.


Image from DHM.

"Discontent occurs when our outer experiences aren't matching our inner desires. It usually begins as a subtle awareness - a gnawing feeling that we are capable of something more than we are actually creating in some key area of our lives or we are tolerating circumstances that are below our standards. In its early stages, discontent is fairly easy to overlook or conceal from ourselves. But like a glowing ember, the heat of discontent builds slowly over time until it becomes a blazing fire that can no longer be ignored. By then our discontent captures our full attention and, hopefully, we are motivated into action...

"Whether it shows up in the area of our jobs, our bodies, or our relationships with our spouse or our kids, the sensation of discontent blows past our egos and our logic, insisting that we are destined for much, much more than we are currently living. The natural human reaction when faced with such a powerful and uncomfortable emotion is to blame it on someone or something else in order to ease our own pain... But I'd like to offer you another, more empowering way to perceive it: Your discontent is a tap on the shoulder from your most magnificent self, awakening you to your true potential and revealing a part of yourself that is ready to be expressed. In fact, discontent may be your most powerful ally on your journey to a life of greater fulfillment.

"What if you listened to the subtle urgings of your discontent, rather than making it someone else's fault or keeping it at bay? What if you could penetrate the denial of your own actions and choices and took radical responsibility for where you are right now? What if you not only listened to your discontent, but courted it, took it to lunch or out for an afternoon stroll and received full-heartedly the messages it is trying to convey? What you will inevitably find is that your discontent is ushering in a more expanded, more powerful version of yourself that is wanting and waiting to be born. It is the proverbial messenger whispering in your ear...

"Once we crack the code of our discontent and receive the message it has been trying to send us, we can embrace it, and move in the direction it is guiding us...

"This week, look to see in what area(s) of your life your discontent is trying to get your attention, and create a structure that will enable you to grow with it, rather than fight against it..."

-- Debbie Ford, DebbieFord.com

"Failure is not a single cataclysmic event. We do not fail overnight. Failure is the inevitable result of an accumulation of poor thinking and poor choices. To put it more simply, failure is nothing more than a few errors in judgement repeated every day."
-- Jim Rohn, Five Major Pieces to the Life Puzzle.

"The purpose of all war is peace".
-- St. Augustine.

"For many, negative thinking is a habit, which over time, becomes an addiction. A lot of people suffer from this disease because negative thinking is addictive to each of the Big Three: the Mind, the Body, and the Emotions. If one doesn't get you, the others are waiting in the wings."
-- Peter McWilliams

"I don't really care how I am remembered as long as I bring happiness and joy to people."
-- Eddie Albert, 1906*-2005.


Image from RonsThings.com).

(*Although some sources give the year as 1908, Mr. Albert's mother, who was unmarried at his birth, later altered the birth certificate for propriety's sake, Edward Albert Jr. told The Associated Press.According to The New York Times.)

"The boy you trained, gone he is, consumed by Darth Vader."
-- Yoda, Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith

"Look, you're either loved or hated. Which is a good thing, as Bette Davis used to say. Because if they just like you, you're f*cked."
-- Mario Cantone, in New York Magazine, May 30, 2005.


Image from Streicher Photo.

"I believe we should all curse as much as possible in these repressive times."
-- Everett Quinton, at the Lucille Lortel Awards, earlier this month.


Image from Out Smart Magazine.

"If you can't think anything nice, don't think anything at all..."
-- Caeriel

"The spiritual path is not a matter of growing more metaphysically complicated; it's a process where we actually grow simpler and simpler, as we apply certain basic principles to everything we go through. We don't learn love, which is already etched on our hearts; we do, however, begin to unlearn fear. And with every change we make from blame to blessing, we pierce the veil of illusion that separates us from the world we want."
-- Marianne Williamson, The Gift of Change.


Image from Road and Travel.

"Ozone and friendship will be our stimulants - let the drugs, tobacco, and strong drink go forever. Natural joy brings no headaches or heartaches."
-- Elbert Hubbard

"Some people strengthen society just by being the people they are."
-- John Gardner.

"I believe spirit and energy are fraternal twins, born of the same egg."
-- Pearl Hoffman

"I've never died on screen, but I like the idea. Then I'd just have to lie down and do nothing."
-- Will Smith

"[The Riddler] really was a catalyst for me... I was nobody. I had done some guest shots here and there. But after I did that, I became a headliner in Vegas, so I can't put it down."
-- Frank Gorshin, 1934-2005



Image from the Lawrenceville Historical Society.

"You kind of know it's coming, but it's bittersweet because when you love a character you want it to keep living on. I think George [Lucas] will do that... I have a feeling with George, you know...Yoda's such a popular character he'll probably do more things with him in the future, he just needs to settle back and relax a bit first... We haven't talked about it. But, whatever it is, if he wants me, I'm there."

-- Frank Oz, on the release of the final motion picture in the Star Wars saga. To Campbell Robertson, in the New York Times, May 17, 2005.


Image from University of California at Santa Barbara).

"Winners do what losers don't want to."
-- Dr. Phil McGraw

"When I dare to be powerful, to use my strength in the service of my vision, then it becomes less and less important whether I am afraid."
-- Audre Lorde


Image from NNDB.

"I'm a study of a man in chaos in search of frenzy."
-- Oscar Levant.

"In the depth of winter, I finally learned that within me there lay an invincible summer."
-- Albert Camus

"Another thing that we must eliminate is talking about limitation; we must not even think of it or read about, or have any connection with it in any of our thinking, for we get only that which we think, no more and no less. This will be a hard thing to do. But if we remember that we are working out the science of being, though it nay seem long and hard at times, we sooner or later do it, and once it is done forever..."
-- Ernest Holmes, Creative Mind and Success.

"Michelangelo's nose was broken by another artist. People do that to me, but in a different way"

"I am Peter Pan in my heart."

"Didn't Jesus say, 'bring on the children?'... If it wasn't for children, I'd throw in the towel. I'd feel I don't have any reason to live."

-- Michael Jackson, Living with Michael Jackson, tv special.


Image from Ananova.

"It's the Fertile Inquiry time of year for you, Cancerian. The more questions you ask yourself, the better you'll feel. Here are a few to get you started. What do you want to be when you grow up? Are you prepared to start nurturing yourself as well as you nurture others? When will you dismantle the barriers within you that prevent those who love you from loving you with all their power? Are you finally ready to act on the understanding that home is not just a building, but a state of mind, and that you need to work harder to foster that state?"
-- Rob Brezsny, Free Will Astrology

"We signal each other, we set each other off, we wake up each other's inborn talent for luminosity."
-- Marc Ian Barasch, Field Notes on the Compassionate Life: A Search for the Soul of Kindness."



Image from SunMagazine.org

Most people go through life dreading they'll have a traumatic
experience. Freaks were born with their trauma. They've already passed
their test in life. They're aristocrats.
-- Diane Arbus

"How can we resent the life we've created for ourselves?"
-- Richard Bach

"When you have the media coverage and the fan base that the New York teams have, and when you don't meet expectations, New Yorkers aren't exactly known for holding their tongues anyway, and that can make for some tough times."
-- Mike Stanton, Yankees pitcher, on the abysmal season the highest paid team in Baseball is having so far, as quoted by The New York Times.


Image from Home Run Cards.

"Ladies and gentlemen, I've been attending these dinners for years and just quietly sitting there. Well, I've got a few things I want to say for a change.

"This is going to be fun because he really doesn't have a clue about what I'm gonna' to say next.

"George always says he's delighted to come to these press dinners. Baloney. He's usually in bed by now.

"I'm not kidding.

"I said to him the other day, "George, if you really want to end tyranny in the world, you're going to have to stay up later."

"I am married to the president of the United States, and here's our typical evening: Nine o'clock, Mr. Excitement here is sound asleep, and I'm watching Desperate Housewives— with Lynne Cheney. Ladies and gentlemen, I am a desperate housewife. I mean, if those women on that show think they're desperate, they oughta be with George.

"One night, after George went to bed, Lynne Cheney, Condi Rice, Karen Hughes and I went to Chippendale's. I wouldn't even mention it except Ruth Ginsberg and Sandra Day O'Connor saw us there. I won't tell you what happened, but Lynne's Secret Service codename is now "Dollar Bill."

"But George and I are complete opposites — I'm quiet, he's talkative, I'm introverted, he's extroverted, I can pronounce nuclear —

"The amazing thing, however, is that George and I were just meant to be. I was the librarian who speant 12 hours a day in the library, yet somehow I met George.

"We met, and married, and I became one of the regulars up at Kennebunkport. All the Bushes love Kennebunkport, which is like Crawford, but without the nightlife. People ask me what it's like to be up there with the whole Bush clan. Lemme put it this way: First prize — three-day vacation with the Bush family. Second prize — 10 days.

"Speaking of prizes brings me to my mother-in-law. So many mothers today are just not involved in their children's lives — Not a problem with Barbara Bush. People often wonder what my mother-in-law's really like. People think she's a sweet, grandmotherly, Aunt Bea type. She's actually more like, mmm, Don Corleone.

"Cedric, am I doing all right?

"I saw my in-laws down at the ranch over Easter. We like it down there. George didn't know much about ranches when we bought the place. Andover and Yale don't have a real strong ranching program. But I'm proud of George. He's learned a lot about ranching since that first year when he tried to milk the horse. What's worse, it was a male horse.

"Now, of course, he spends his days clearing brush, cutting trails, taking down trees, or, as the girls call it, The Texas Chainsaw Massacre. George's answer to any problem at the ranch is to cut it down with a chainsaw — which I think is why he and Cheney and Rumsfeld get along so well.

"It's always very interesting to see how the ranch air invigorates people when they come down from Washington. Recently, when Vice President Cheney was down, he got up early one morning, he put on his hiking boots, and he went on a brisk, 20- to 30-foot walk..."

-- Laura Bush, at the 2005 White House Correspondents' Dinner.


Image from Fedpac.org.

"How would you like it, as women, to have testosterone running through your body every day?"
-- Goldie Hawn on The View, discussing whether she monitors the fidelty of Kurt Russell.


Image from Daily Times Pakistan.

"Take your work seriously, but never yourself."
-- Dame Margot Fonteyn.


Image from Safka-Bareis.

"The way into this new world can be so simple - and so sweet. When you're willing to listen to your own voice and trust yourself enough to follow your heart, you encounter your true power - a power marked by courage and vulnerability. Any moment you offer a whole-hearted 'Yes!' to your own truth, you are infused with the power, self-worth, self-respect, self-esteem and confidence that will give wings to the best year of your life."
-- Debbie Ford, The Best Year of Your Life.

"Brain: an apparatus with which we think we think.
-- Ambrose Bierce


Image from Science Bob.

"For an actor or a playwright, even a critic one must always believe that what one does is important."

-- Mel Gussow, 1933-2005

"I'm a study of a man in chaos in search of frenzy."
-- Oscar Levant.

"Could have, should have, and a shovel will dig you a hole."
--Old Yiddish Expression

"...You can also resolve to steer clear of people who always go on about your faults and failings simply because it makes it easier for them to keep you under their thumb. Make the break today."
-- Sally Brompton

"It's the friends that you can call at 4 a.m. that matter."
-- Marlene Dietrich


Image from VNN.

"You give but little when you give of your possessions. It is when you give of yourself that you truly give."
-- Kahlil Gibran


Image from University of Oklahoma.

"No one wants to die who can live."
-- Phivos Kitromelides, on the day of his death, last week.


(Image from Namasthenri).

“If you want to look young and thin, hang around old fat people.”
-- Jim Eason

“I honestly think it is better to be a failure at something you love than to be a success at something you hate.”
-- George Burns


Image from ZY World

"If you want to empower women in America, give 'em a gun."

- Tom DeLay, addressing the NRA, as quoted on Blog to Eleven

"I, 15 years ago, had a problem because I behaved inappropriately. The ethics committee stepped in. Newt Gingrich had a problem. He was reprimanded; the ethics committee stepped in. The difference between us and Mr. DeLay is, I think, we changed our behavior. Mr. DeLay changed the ethics committee."

-- Barney Frank, as quoted on Boozhy Blog.

"A person who is severely impaired never knows his hidden sources of strength until he is treated like a normal human being and encouraged to shape his own life."
-- Helen Keller


Image from Educational Synthesis.

"Got some room for improvement in the happiness department? These tips may come in handy:

* Realize that enduring happiness doesn't come from success as it's often defined.
* Take control of your time.
* Act happy.
* Seek work and leisure that engages your skills.
* Get aerobic exercise.
* Get enough sleep.
* Give priority to close relationships.
* Focus beyond yourself.
* Appreciate what you have. Try keeping a gratitude journal of what you're thankful for.
* Nurture your spiritual self.
* Tell positive stories about your life. Tell the truth, but look for the good.
* Live a multidimensional life.
* Focus on your choices and any power you have in your situation.
* Find and lead with your strengths."

-- David G. Myers, PhD, a psychology professor at Michigan's Hope College, and Dan Baker, PhD, a medical psychologist at Canyon Ranch. Myers' books include The Pursuit of Happiness; Baker wrote What Happy People Know, as quoted on WebMD.

"Everything has been said before. But because nobody listens we have to keep going back to the beginning and starting all over again."
-- Andre' Gide

"Cause you never can tell
what goes on down below!
This pool might be bigger
than you and I know."
-- Dr. Seuss, McElligott’s Pool



Image from Born-Today.

"You may feel like dwelling on your limits or your fears. Don't do it. A perfect prescription for a squandered, unfulfilled life is to accommodate self-defeating feelings while undercutting your finest, most productive ones".
-- Marsha Sinetar, To Build the Life You Want, Create the Work You Love

"Live as if you were to die tomorrow. Learn as if you were to live forever."
-- Mahatma Gandhi

"Real change of self isn't found in some new way to think about yourself, but in freedom from the need to think about yourself at all."
-- Guy Finley, The Secret of Letting Go.

"Imagine waking up each day knowing that you are standing on a clean slate. Your past is behind you, your tasks are up to date and your projects are complete. What could you create if there were no unresolved issues, projects or relationships to divert your attention?

"In order to create the best year of your life - one that will inspire you to create each year as your very finest - it is essential to take some time to clean your slate by bringing completion to the past before trying to move ahead. Many of us skip this step because we are anxious to get on to the next idea, goal or project. But there is great value and insight to be extracted from the process of honestly reflecting on where we've been, where we are now, and where we hope to go. By honestly examining the areas where we've fallen short, we can avoid similar pitfalls in the future. And by wholeheartedly acknowledging ourselves for what we've done well, we build our confidence and set the stage for even greater success and fulfillment.

"In the midst of this glorious spring season, I want to support you in taking a thorough inventory of where you currently stand. Look to see what is working in your life, what isn't, what you have accomplished so far in 2005 and what you would like to create as the year progresses.

"Claim the remaining days of April as a focused time for bringing renewed energy and intention to creating the life of your dreams. To help you get the energy moving, here is a process you can use to clean your slate and prepare for a phenomenal summer."

-- Debbie Ford, The Best Year of Your Life, debbieford.com.

"If you can’t change your fate, change your attitude".
-- Amy Tan

"It's only when we truly know and understand that we have a limited time on earth -- and that we have no way of knowing when our time is up, we will then begin to live each day to the fullest, as if it was the only one we had."
-- Elisabeth Kubler-Ross


Image from B.T.

"Between Terri Schiavo and the pope, we've feasted on decomposing bodies for almost a solid month now."

"What's disturbing about this spectacle is not so much its tastelessness; America will always have a fatal attraction to sideshows. What's unsettling is the nastier agenda that lies far less than six feet under the surface. Once the culture of death at its most virulent intersects with politicians in power, it starts to inflict damage on the living."

"We don't know the identity of the corpse that will follow the pope in riveting the nation's attention. What we do know is that the reality show we've made of death has jumped the shark, turning from a soporific television diversion into the cultural embodiment of the apocalyptic right's growing theocratic crusade."

-- Frank Rich, A Culture of Death, Not Life, The New York Times, today.

"Begin somewhere; you cannot build a reputation on what you intend to do."
-- Liz Smith


Image from Austin Chronicle.

"So be sure when you step.
Step with care and great tact
And remember that life’s a great balancing act.

"And will you succeed?
Yes! You will indeed!
(98 and ¾ percent guaranteed)

KID YOU’LL MOVE MOUNTAINS!"

-- Dr. Seuss, Oh the Places You’ll Go


Image from the NEA.

"You want to make a difference. You want to make the world a better place. But what can one person do? Quite a lot, as it happens, but perhaps not in the way that you imagine. The best way to change the world is to first change yourself. Like ripples on a pond, those changes will spread out to touch everyone who lives."
-- Sally Brompton, Astrologer

"Some of you have noticed in the last several days that I wasn't covering the pope. However, as some of you now know, I have learned that I have lung cancer. I was a smoker until about 20 years ago. …. I have been reminding my colleagues today who have been incredibly supportive that already 10 million Americans have been living with cancer, and I have a lot to learn from them. And living is the key word. We are survivors from the moments of diagnosis. I will continue to broadcast on good days. My voice will not always be like this. Certainly it's been a long time, and I hope it goes without saying that a journalist who doesn't deeply value the audiences is in the wrong work. Even I was taken aback by how far and fast news travels. Finally, I wonder if other men and women ask their doctors right away, okay, when does the hair go? At any rate, that's it for now. Have a good evening. Thanks and good night."


Image from Time.

"I have three precious things which I hold fast and prize. The first is gentleness; the second is frugality; the third is humility, which keeps me from putting myself before others. Be gentle and you can be bold; be frugal and you can be liberal; avoid putting yourself before others and you can become a leader among men."
-- Lao Tzu

"There are a few other weird things about this deal. The proposed 75,000-seat stadium - surrounded by the dense, traffic-jammed neighborhoods of Hell's Kitchen, Times Square and Chelsea - will be built with no new provisions made for parking. On game days, the entire West Side of Manhattan will be paralyzed. Fans driving to the stadium will be lucky to make it inside before the final gun."
-- Bob Herbert, The Billionaires' Club, in today's New York Times.

"Time's fun when you're having flies."
-- Kermit the Frog


Image from the BBC.

"It is legitimate and necessary to ask oneself if this [gay marriage issue] is not perhaps part of a new ideology of evil, perhaps more insidious and hidden, which attempts to pit human rights against the family and against man,"
-- Pope John Paul II, 1920-2005, Memory and Identity, his autobiography.


Image from Salon.

"It takes a tough man to raise a tender chicken."

"My chickens eat better than you do. A chicken is what it eats. If you want to start eating as good as my chickens, take a tip from me - eat my chickens."

"Freeze my chickens? I'd rather eat beef!"

"The president of the United States? What does he know about chickens?"

-- Frank Perdue, 1920-2005.


Image from Fortune.

"Researchers have discovered that chocolate produces some of the same reactions in the brain as marijuana. The researchers also discovered other similarities between the two, but can't remember what they are."
-- Matt Lauer, as quoted on Higher Powered.