Archives - October 2019

It would have been more logical if silent pictures had grown out of the talkies instead of the other way around.

October sunshine bathed the park with such a melting light that it had the dimmed impressive look of a landscape by an old master. Leaves, one, two at a time, sidled down through the windless air.

The obstacles of your past can become the gateways that lead to new beginnings.

A great many people think that polysyllables are a sign of intelligence.

Life is what happens to us while we are making other plans.

A nightmare is only a dream that hits turbulence.

I suppose it is much more comfortable to be mad and know it, than to be sane and have one's doubts.

Wise are those who learn that the bottom line doesn’t always have to be their top priority.

If things go wrong, don't go with them.

I have woven a parachute out of everything broken.

One of my greatest pleasures is falling into a story someone else has written.

Since there is nothing so well worth having as friends, never lose a chance to make them.

You can tell the ideals of a nation by its advertisements.

I try to open up my heart as much as I can and keep a real keen eye out that I don't get sentimental. I think we're all afraid to reveal our hearts. It's not at all in fashion.

By prevailing over all obstacles and distractions, one may unfailingly arrive at his chosen goal or destination.

In creating the human brain, evolution has wildly overshot the mark.

If I had my way I'd make health catching instead of disease.

Health --- what my friends are always drinking to before they fall down.

In any family, measles are less contagious than bad habits.

What we call progress is the exchange of one nuisance for another nuisance.

If I had a single flower for every time I think of you, I could walk forever in my garden.

How little sleep one got at a slumber party is a matter of great pride and an index of the success of the party.

The three most important documents a free society gives are a birth certificate, a passport and a library card.

A little flattery, like a warm bath and soft towel, will let you get along with yourself, lie down with yourself, and sleep.

If you drink, don't drive. Don't even putt.

In memory's telephoto lens, far objects are magnified.

Self-confidence grows on trees, in other people's orchards.

Nothing takes the taste out of peanut butter quite like unrequited love.

There is more felicity on the far side of baldness than young men can possibly imagine.

I care not so much what I am to others as what I am to myself.  I will be rich by myself, and not by borrowing.

Though you lose all hope, there is still hope, and it loves to surprise.

Halloween is not only about putting on a costume, but it's about finding the imagination and costume within ourselves.