I have the simplest tastes.

I am always satisfied with

the best.

-Oscar Wilde

My life has no purpose, no direction,

no aim, no meaning, and yet I'm happy.

I can't figure it out. What am I doing right?

-Charles M. Schulz

I call architecture

frozen music.

-Goethe (1749-1832)

If you haven't already, check out this site that

lets you create like Jackson Pollock. I did this

one myself. Just move the cursor around to drip

paint. The color changes everytime you click.

I've put a link over on the right under FUN if you

ever get the urge.

Many of life's failures are

experienced by people who did

not realize how close they were

to success when they gave up.

-Thomas Edison

photograph by Richard Avedon

The thing that impresses
me the most about America
is the way parents obey
their children.
-Edward VIII (1894-1972)

Thy life to mend,
this book attend.
-The New England Primer, 1690

In art as in love,

instinct is enough.

-Anatole France

photo by annie huntington

A photograph is a secret

about a secret.

-Diane Arbus

Here's the actual woman who posed for

this famous WW2 poster. Fondly known

as Rosie the riveter, her real name is

Betty Gore. She's 88 and looking great

(wouldn't you say?).

HT: Kate Miner

The doing of theology is

the making of many

distinctions.

-R. C. Sproul

Life is like a ten speed

bicycle. Most of us have

gears we never use.

-Charlie Brown

Before you criticize someone you

should walk a mile in their shoes.

That way, when you criticize them,

you’re a mile away and you have

their shoes.

-Jack Handey

new american standard bible

Anything that is too
stupid to be spoken
is sung.
-Voltaire (1694-1778)

for sienna who's coming home from norway.

To infinity, and

beyond!

-Buzz Lightyear, Toy Story

Whenever I’m asked why Southern

writers particularly have a penchant

for writing about freaks, I say

it is because we are still able

to recognize one.

-Flannery O'Connor

Raphael, detail from The School of Athens

Character is destiny.
-Heraclitus (535-475 BC)

Nine tenths of

education is

encouragement.

-Anatole France

8We blink about 17,000 times a day.

8Dreamt is the only English word ending in mt.

8More than a million Earths could fit inside the Sun.

The first to present

his case seems right,

until another comes

forward to question him.

-Proverbs 18:17

photograph by annie huntington

Photography helps people

to see.

-Berenice Abbott

The seed of every sin

is in my breast.

-Robert Murray McCheyne (1813 -1843)

Two things doth prolong thy life:

A quiet heart and a loving wife.

-Proverb (17th century)

This is the man behind the music. You've probably heard

his lilting ukulele version of Somewhere Over The

Rainbow. It's featured in the Free Hugs campaign of

YouTube fame. His name is Israel Kamakawiwo'ole or "Iz"

for short. He was universally known and loved in his native

Hawaii. I say "was" because he died in 1997 at the age of

38. Can you picture a tiny ukulele lovingly and expertly

played by a 700 pound man with a beautiful voice?

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(click on highlighted words for YouTube and Wikipedia links)

People fail forward

to success.

-Mary Kay Ash

It's a dangerous business

going out your front door.

-J. R. R. Tolkien

Watch the way you talk.

Let nothing foul or dirty

come out of your mouth.

Say only what helps,

each word a gift.

-Ephesians 4:29 (The Message)

Frisbeetarianism is the

belief that when you die,

your soul goes up on the

roof and gets stuck.

–George Carlin

Albrecht Durer, Self-Portrait

The treasure secretly

gathered in your heart

will become evident through

your creative work.

-Albrecht Durer (1471-1528)