before and after quotes

Kittens are angels with whiskers. ~Author Unknown



Never assume the obvious is true. ~William Safire, Sleeper Spy



God has given a great deal to man, but man would like something from man. ~Antonio Porchia, Voces, 1943, translated from Spanish by W.S. Merwin



When you retire, you switch bosses - from the one who hired you to the one who married you. ~Gene Perret



The Bible is literature, not dogma. ~George Santayana



Retirement: That's when you return from work one day and say, "Hi, Honey, I'm home - forever." ~Gene Perret Retreat, hell! We're just advancing in another direction. ~Oliver Prince Smith



Don't miss all the beautiful colors of the rainbow looking for that pot of gold. ~Author Unknown



The art of medicine consists in amusing the patient while nature cures the disease. ~Voltaire



If you want to be respected by others the great thing is to respect yourself. Only by that, only by self-respect will you compel others to respect you. ~Fyodor Dostoyevsky



I don't answer the phone. I get the feeling whenever I do that there will be someone on the other end. ~Fred Couples



God's promises are like the stars; the darker the night the brighter they shine. ~David Nicholas



Everybody is a genius. But, if you judge a fish by its ability to climb a tree, it will spend its whole life believing that it is stupid. ~Albert Einstein



Suffering is above, not below. And everyone thinks that suffering is below. And everyone wants to rise. ~Antonio Porchia, Voces, 1943, translated from Spanish by W.S. Merwin



Vote for the man who promises least; he'll be the least disappointing. ~Bernard M. Baruch



A man's wife has more power over him than the state has. ~Ralph Waldo Emerson, Journals



There are two means of refuge from the misery of life - music and cats. ~Albert Schweitzer



Admiration and familiarity are strangers. ~George Sand



Women are in league with each other, a secret conspiracy of hearts and pheromones. ~Camille Paglia



Man is the only creature that consumes without producing. He does not give milk, he does not lay eggs, he is too weak to pull the plough, he cannot run fast enough to catch rabbits. Yet he is lord of all the animals. ~George Orwell, Animal Farm



Drunkenness is temporary suicide. ~Bertrand Russell, The Conquest of Happiness