Friday, September 30, 2011



Plastic surgery is like a big elephant sitting
in the Hollywood living room.

-Patricia Heaton

Thursday, September 29, 2011



When a man knows he is to be executed
in a fortnight, it concentrates his mind
wonderfully.

-Samuel Johnson

Wednesday, September 28, 2011



Here are two stamps in a series of four that were released by the U. S. postal service today.  Romare Howard Bearden is especially famous for his pioneering use of collage. Stop by your post office and grab a sheet of 16 for just $7.04.  Click here to view all four designs.  Upgrade your mail, upgrade your life. 

Tuesday, September 27, 2011



8One third of all ice cream sold is
vanilla.
8James Buchanan was our only
bachelor president.
8Jupiter is bigger than all the other
planets put together.

Monday, September 26, 2011


beatrix potter

No day is so bad it can't
be fixed with a nap.

-Carrie P. Snow

Sunday, September 25, 2011

john william waterhouse

If I find in myself a desire which no experience
in this world can satisfy, the most probable
explanation is that I was made for another world.

-C. S. Lewis

Saturday, September 24, 2011



What if everything is an illusion and
nothing exists?  In that case, I definitely
overpaid for my carpet.

-Woody Allen

Friday, September 23, 2011



Democracy must be something more than
two wolves and one sheep voting on what
to have for dinner.

-James Bovard

Thursday, September 22, 2011



I love to go to Washington -
if only to be near my money.

-Bob Hope

Wednesday, September 21, 2011



I hope that when I die, people
say about me, "Boy, that guy
sure owed me a lot of money."

-Jack Handey

Tuesday, September 20, 2011



Include me out.

-Samuel Goldwyn

Monday, September 19, 2011



Classic: a book which people
praise and don't read.

-Mark Twain

Sunday, September 18, 2011



If you have been foolish,
exalting yourself, put your
hand on your mouth.

-Proverbs 30:32



Saturday, September 17, 2011

the sartorialist

Why do you have to be
a noncomformist like
everybody else?

-James Thurber

Friday, September 16, 2011



To be trusted is a greater compliment
than to be loved.

-George MacDonald

Thursday, September 15, 2011

andy goldsworthy

If you want to see what children can do,
you must stop giving them things.

-Norman Douglas

Wednesday, September 14, 2011



Beware of little expenses; a small
leak will sink a great ship.

-Benjamin Franklin

Tuesday, September 13, 2011

maxfield parrish

One golden day redeems
a weary year.

-Celia Thaxter

Monday, September 12, 2011


walt kendall, 1955 - 2011

Precious in the sight
of the Lord is the death
of his saints.

-Psalm 116:15


Public schools are the nurseries
of all vice and immorality.

-Henry Fielding

Sunday, September 11, 2011



A fool takes no pleasure in understanding, but only in
expressing his opinion.

-Proverbs 18:2

Saturday, September 10, 2011



No man can look at the sun
or his own death with a
steady eye.

-Martin Amis

Friday, September 09, 2011



The worst loneliness is not to be
comfortable with yourself.

-Mark Twain

Thursday, September 08, 2011



The worst enemy to creativity
is self doubt.

-Sylvia Plath

Wednesday, September 07, 2011



Patience is the companion
of wisdom.

-Augustine

Tuesday, September 06, 2011



I don't drink coffee, I take tea
my dear.

-Gordon Sumner (Sting), An Englishman in New York

Monday, September 05, 2011



The rich are the scum of the earth
in every country.

-G. K. Chesterton

Sunday, September 04, 2011



Not only is your home like a little
church, but your church is like a
big family.

-Micah Bickford

Saturday, September 03, 2011



It's only after we've lost everything
that we're free to do anything.

-Chuck Palahniuk, Fight Club

Friday, September 02, 2011




That's the way things come clear. 
All of a sudden.  And then you realize
how obvious they've been all along.

-Madeleine L'Engle

Thursday, September 01, 2011



We are all here for a spell; get all
the good laughs you can.

-Will Rogers