Archives - November 2007

All generalizations are dangerous, even this one.

Be as careful of the books you read, as of the company you keep; for your habits and character will be as much influenced by the former as by the latter.

Time does not change us. It just unfolds us.

Give what you have. To someone, it may be better than you dare to think.

You can tell whether a man is clever by his answers. You can tell whether a man is wise by his questions.

I've never quite believed that one chance is all I get.

If an idea's worth having once, it's worth having twice.

The deeper sorrow carves into your being the more joy you can contain.

All I can do is be me, whoever that is.

In war, there are no unwounded soldiers.

When in doubt, make a fool of yourself. There is a microscopically thin line between being brilliantly creative and acting like the most gigantic idiot on earth. So what the hell, leap.

Happiness makes up in height for what it lacks in length.

Simplicity is not the goal. It is the by --- product of a good idea and modest expectations.

You can't test courage cautiously.

Honest differences are often a healthy sign of progress.

Books are not made for furniture, but there is nothing else that so beautifully furnishes a house.

The trouble with weather forecasting is that it's right too often for us to ignore it and wrong too often for us to rely on it.

Give a man a fire and he's warm for the day. But set fire to him and he's warm for the rest of his life.

We have so much time and so little to do. Strike that, reverse it.

Those who believe in telekinetics, raise my hand.

There is one day that is ours. ;There is one day when all we Americans who are not self-made go back to the old home to eat saleratus biscuits and marvel how much nearer to the porch the old pump looks than it used to. ;Thanksgiving Day is the one day that is purely American.

Most turkeys taste better the day after; my mother's tasted better the day before.

And though I ebb in worth, I'll flow in thanks.

The best way to cheer yourself is to try to cheer someone else up.

You never really understand a person until you consider things from his point of view.

I have always been a huge admirer of my own work. I'm one of the funniest and most entertaining writers I know.

That is what learning is. You suddenly understand something you've understood all your life, but in a new way.

The second fiddle. I can get plenty of first violinists, but to find someone who can play the second fiddle with enthusiasm --- that's a problem. And if we have no second fiddle, we have no harmony.

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