He was a bold man that

first ate an oyster.

*

-Jonathan Swift

I couldn’t wait for success,

so I went ahead without it.

*

-Jonathan Winters

judi bagnato

One of the disadvantages

of wine is that it can

make a man mistake words

for thoughts.

*

-Samuel Johnson

Skiing combines outdoor fun

with knocking down trees

with your face.

*

-Dave Barry

photo by ashley wingo

I tell you the truth, anyone

who will not receive the

kingdom of God like a little child

will never enter it.

-Mark 10:15

I believe in an open mind,

but not so open that your

brains fall out.
*

–Arthur Sulzberger

I'm an excellent driver.

*

-Rainman

A yawn is a silent shout.

*

-G. K. Chesterton

Never eat more than you

can lift.

*

-Miss Piggy

It's very good to

shut up sometimes.

*

-Marcel Marceau

We all may have come

on different ships, but

we’re in the same boat now.

*

-Martin Luther King, Jr.

Then Jesus told his disciples

a parable to show them that

they should always pray and

not lose heart.

*

-Luke 18:1

annie huntington

The most beautiful thing

we can experience is the

mysterious. It is the source

of all true art and science.

*

-Albert Einstein

Happy Chinese New Year!

Look what just appeared in your local post office. I beg you not to use boring generic postage stamps when stimulating choices like this are available. There's only 12 stamps on a whole sheet so these are very affordable (less than $5 per sheet). Get going.

Speech is conveniently
located midway between
thought and action, where
it often substitutes for both.
*
–John Andrew Holmes

The most dangerous

strategy is to jump

a chasm in two leaps.

*

-Benjamin Disraeli

Too often we enjoy the

comfort of opinion without

the discomfort of thought.

*

-John F. Kennedy

Eat before shopping.

If you go to the store

hungry, you are likely

to make unnecessary

purchases.

*

–American Heart Association Cookbook

Whoever finds his life

will lose it, and whoever

loses his life for my sake

will find it.

*

-Matthew 11:39

Never play leapfrog with

a unicorn.

*

-Irish proverb

There is no great

concurrence between

learning and wisdom.

*

-Francis Bacon

Do what you can, with what

you have, where you are.

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-Theodore Roosevelt

annie huntington

If more of us valued food and
cheer and song above hoarded gold,
it would be a merrier world.
*
-J. R. R. Tolkien

I have never met a man

so ignorant that I couldn’t

learn something from him.

*

-Galileo

Let us be grateful to people

who make us happy. They are

the charming gardeners who

make our souls blossom.

*

-Marcel Proust

painting by duane keiser

Bear fruit in keeping with

repentance.

*

-Matthew 3:8

There is no sincerer love
than the love of food.
*
-George Bernard Shaw

william bouguereau

Beauty is not in the face;

beauty is a light in the heart.

*

-Kahlil Gibran

When things are at their

worst I find something

always happens.

*

-W. Somerset Maugham

You can’t wait for

inspiration. You have

to go after it with

a club.

*

-Jack London

photo by brae

Gratitude is happiness

doubled by wonder.

*

-G. K. Chesterton