To me, being an American means feeling safe. ~Currielene Armstrong
Happiness: an agreeable sensation arising from contemplating the misery of another. ~Ambrose Bierce, The Devil's Dictionary Happiness? That's nothing more than health and a poor memory. ~Albert Schweitzer
Silence is a sounding thing, to one who listens hungrily. ~Gwendolyn Bennett
This country has come to feel the same when Congress is in session as when the baby gets hold of a hammer. ~Will Rogers
God speaks in the silence of the heart. Listening is the beginning of prayer. ~Mother Teresa
If you ever find happiness by hunting for it, you will find it, as the old woman did her lost spectacles, safe on her own nose all the time. ~Josh Billings
Humankind has not woven the web of life. We are but one thread within it. Whatever we do to the web, we do to ourselves. All things are bound together. All things connect. ~Chief Seattle, 1855
The enemy of your enemy is your friend. ~Proverb
Between saying and doing many a pair of shoes is worn out. ~Italian Proverb
When government accepts responsibility for people, then people no longer take responsibility for themselves. ~George Pataki
Rebooting is a wonder drug - it fixes almost everything. ~Garrett Hazel, "Help Desk Blues," 2002
When you have only two pennies left in the world, buy a loaf of bread with one, and a lily with the other. ~Chinese Proverb
One part of knowledge consists in being ignorant of such things as are not worthy to be known. ~Crates
Platitude: an idea (a) that is admitted to be true by everyone, and (b) that is not true. ~H.L. Mencken
At the base of it was the urge, if you wanted to play football, to knock someone down, that was what the sport was all about, the will to win closely linked with contact. ~George Plimpton
When some high-sounding institute states that a compound is harmless or a process free of risk, it is wise to know whence the institute or the scientists who work there obtain their financial support. ~Lancet, editorial on the "medical-industrial complex," 1973
The difference between a helping hand and an outstretched palm is a twist of the wrist. ~Laurence Leamer, King of the Night
We know we're getting old when the only thing we want for our birthday is not to be reminded of it. ~Author Unknown
If two or three persons should come with a high spiritual aim and with great powers, the world would fall into their hands like a ripe peach. ~Ralph Waldo Emerson
Spend the afternoon. You can't take it with you. ~Annie Dillard
Thanksgiving is so called because we are all so thankful that it only comes once a year. ~P. J. O'Rourke
Television has done much for psychiatry by spreading information about it, as well as contributing to the need for it. ~Alfred Hitchcock
A baby is a blank cheque made payable to the human race. ~Barbara Christine Seifert
To be without some of the things you want is an indispensable part of happiness. ~Bertrand Russell, The Conquest of Happiness
