Archives - October 2020

All happiness depends on a leisurely breakfast.

How pleasant is Saturday night,
When I've tried all the week to be good,
And not spoke a word that was bad,
And obliged everyone that I could.

Reason: The arithmetic of the emotions.

Sometimes it pays to stay in bed on Monday, rather than spending the rest of the week debugging Monday's code.

Fun is about as good a habit as there is.

Whether it's the best of times or the worst of times, it's the only time we've got.

Take your needle, my child, and work at your pattern; it will come out a rose by and by. Life is like that --- one stitch at a time taken patiently and the pattern will come out all right like the embroidery.

Politeness is the art of choosing among one's real thoughts.

I long for typical days, but rarely get them any more.

I never said I wanted a "happy" life but an interesting one. From separation and loss, I have learned a lot. I have become strong and resilient, as is the case of almost every human being exposed to life and to the world. We don't even know how strong we are until we are forced to bring that hidden strength forward.

In all parts of the Old World, as well as of the New, it was evident that Columbus had kindled a fire in every mariner's heart. That fire was the harbinger of a new era, for it was not to be extinguished.

It used to be that people needed products to survive. Now products need people to survive.

The soul would have no rainbow had the eyes no tears.

Because we don't think about future generations, they will never forget us.

We are not hypocrites in our sleep.

Skepticism is history's bedfellow.

Life is like a dog sled team. If you ain't the lead dog, the scenery never changes.

A retired husband is often a wife's full-time job.

Talk about dance? Dance is not something to talk about. Dance is to dance.

In general, my children refused to eat anything that hadn’t danced on TV.

Having is not so pleasing a thing as wanting, it may not be logical but it is often true.

It is strange and wonderful what changes may be wrought by a few fleeting months, on the human frame, and the human heart.

Your most important work is always ahead of you, never behind you.

I prefer an ugly truth to a pretty lie. If someone is telling me the truth that is when I will give my heart.

Outcomes rarely turn on grand gestures or the art of the deal, but on whether you've sent someone a thank-you note.

How strange to use "You only live once" as an excuse to throw it away.

You don't have to cook fancy or complicated masterpieces --- just good from fresh ingredients.

The Internet is a telephone system that's gotten uppity.

When you re-read a classic you do not see in the book more than you did before. You see more in you than there was before.

If human beings had genuine courage, they'd wear their costumes every day of the year, not just on Halloween.