iKayaks thread about belatedly observing Stash's signature and wondering who's the quote was got me thinking that everybody has quotes we like or carry over time. I do. But a repository of those quotes or a "resting place" of old signatures could be interesting to build.

Found in one of "those" emails:


One I've carried over time

Republicans and Democrats don't "get" each other.

“If there is any one secret of success, it lies in the ability to get the other person's point of view and see things from that person's angle as well as from your own.”
Henry Ford

American's "get" it.

Which are you?

The clock is running. Make the most of today. Time waits for no man. Yesterday is history. Tomorrow is a mystery. Today is a gift. That's why it is called the present. Alice Morse Earle

A society without christianity is like a maniac without a gun.

Mum's the word, Thump. Your secret's safe.

I knew you would understand Stash!

'A room without books is as a body without a soul'.

--Cicero

“You know a real friend? Someone you know will look after your cat after you are gone.”

William S. Burroughs

As someone with six cats, I literally, and I mean literally (needing to grap a Kleenex and wipe off my hand and keyboard) did a spit take. Well done.

“We have a new type of rule now. Not one-man rule, or rule of aristocracy or plutocracy, but of small groups elevated to positions of absolute power by random pressures, and subject to political and economic factors that leave little room for decision. They are representatives of abstract forces who have reached power through surrender of self. The iron-willed dictator is a thing of the past. There will be no more Stalins, no more Hitlers. The rulers of this most insecure of all worlds are rulers by accident, inept, frightened pilots at the controls of a vast machine they cannot understand, calling in experts to tell them which buttons to push.” William S. Burroughs

Cue the frying pan...this is his brain on drugs.

You gotta love the guy.

“I am not one of those weak-spirited, sappy Americans who want to be liked by all the people around them. I don’t care if people hate my guts; I assume most of them do. The important question is whether they are in a position to do anything about it. My affections, being concentrated over a few people, are not spread all over Hell in a vile attempt to placate sulky, worthless shits.”
William S. Burroughs

Obviously one of his moments of clarity.
LOVE that quote!

You've apparently not been listening to Mitt Romney or Newt Gingrich.

You are correct. Except for those times I cannot change the channel quick enough, I have not.

However, those are not the people I had in mind.

'I think it is good that books still exist, but they make me sleepy'.

--Frank Zappa

Constantly choosing the lesser of two evils is still choosing evil. Jerry Garcia

this fear of being what they are:
dead.

at least they are not out on the street, they
are careful to stay indoors, those
pasty mad who sit alone before their tv sets,
their lives full of canned, mutilated laughter.

their ideal neighborhood
of parked cars
of little green lawns
of little homes
the little doors that open and close
as their relatives visit
throughout the holidays
the doors closing
behind the dying who die so slowly
behind the dead who are still alive
in your quiet average neighborhood
of winding streets
of agony
of confusion
of horror
of fear
of ignorance.

a dog standing behind a fence.

a man silent at the window.

--Charles Bukowski

Powefull quote, Beavis.

"If we are going to teach 'creation science' as an alternative to evolution, then we should also teach the stork theory as an alternative to biological reproduction." - Judith Hayes


I like ^this^ one even better.

On this one we can agree!

"When I think of all the arguments Marta and I have had, I realize how silly most of them were. And it makes me wonder why she wanted to argue over such stupid things. I think I'll go ask her." - Jack Handey

Gotta love Jack Handy! One of my favorites:

"The face of a child can say it all, especially the mouth part of the face."

“If a kid asks where rain comes from, I think a cute thing to tell him is ‘God is crying’. And if he asks why God is crying, another cute thing to tell him is ‘Probably because of something you did.” Jack Handey

My favorite:

“When I die, I want to go peacefully like my Grandfather did, in his sleep -- not screaming, like the passengers in his car.” Jack Handey

Let no one ever, EVER, question your work ethic.

"If we are going to teach 'creation science' as an alternative to evolution, then we should also teach the stork theory as an alternative to biological reproduction." - Judith Hayes

Want boring? Talk to someone enamored of his own certitude. Kathleen Parker

One of the great tragedies of mankind is that morality has been hijacked by religion. - Arthur C. Clarke