If one synchronized swimmer drowns, do the rest have to drown too? George Carlin If you ate pasta and antipasti, would you still be hungry? George Carlin If love is blind, why is lingerie so popular? George Carlin Why is the man who invests all your money called a broker? George Carlin Everything should be made as simple as possible, but not simpler. (Albert Einstein) The secret to creativity is knowing how to hide your sources. (Albert Einstein) Float like a butterfly, sting like a bee. (Muhammad Ali) If you are going through hell, keep going. (Winston Churchill) Everything comes to him who hustles while he waits. Thomas A. Edison Faith, as well intentioned as it may be, must be built on facts, not fiction--faith in fiction is a damnable false hope. Thomas A. Edison Hell, there are no rules here-- we're trying to accomplish something. Thomas A. Edison I never did a day's work in my life. It was all fun. Thomas A. Edison Just because something doesn't do what you planned it to do doesn't mean it's useless. Thomas A. Edison Many of life's failures are people who did not realize how close they were to success when they gave up. Thomas A. Edison Opportunity is missed by most people because it is dressed in overalls and looks like work. Thomas A. Edison Results! Why, man, I have gotten a lot of results. I know several thousand things that won't work. Thomas A. Edison The doctor of the future will give no medicine, but will interest her or his patients in the care of the human frame, in a proper diet, and in the cause and prevention of disease. Thomas A. Edison There is no expedient to which a man will not go to avoid the labor of thinking. Thomas A. Edison To invent, you need a good imagination and a pile of junk. Thomas A. Edison We don't know a millionth of one percent about anything. Thomas A. Edison I have not failed. I've just found 10,000 ways that won't work. Thomas A. Edison Genius is one per cent inspiration, ninety-nine per cent perspiration. Thomas A. Edison Before God we are all equally wise - and equally foolish. Albert Einstein Do not worry about your difficulties in Mathematics. I can assure you mine are still greater. Albert Einstein Ethical axioms are found and tested not very differently from the axioms of science. Truth is what stands the test of experience. Albert Einstein Few people are capable of expressing with equanimity opinions which differ from the prejudices of their social environment. Most people are even incapable of forming such opinions. Albert Einstein Gravitation cannot be held responsible for people falling in love. How on earth can you explain in terms of chemistry and physics so important a biological phenomenon as first love? Put your hand on a stove for a minute and it seems like an hour. Sit with that special girl for an hour and it seems like a minute. That's relativity. Albert Einstein I know not with what weapons World War III will be fought, but World War IV will be fought with sticks and stones. Albert Einstein 640K ought to be enough for anybody. Bill Gates, 1981 Friends may come and go, but enemies accumulate. Tom Jones Monopoly? No, we just don't want competition. What I think of Western civilisation? I think it would be a wonderful idea. Mahatma Gandhi Winning isn't everything, but losing isn't anything. Charlie Brown Humor is just another defense against the universe. Mel Brooks In three words I can sum up everything I've learned about life: it goes on. Robert Frost Madness in great ones must not unwatch'd go. William Shakespeare Truly great madness can not be achieved without significant intelligence. Henrik Tikkanen I'm still trying to figure out why kamikaze pilots wore helmets. Jerry Seinfeld I've always wanted to be somebody, but I should have been more specific. Jerry Seinfeld Did you ever notice when you blow in a dog's face he gets mad at you? But when you take him in a car he sticks his head out the window. Jerry Seinfeld Have you ever noticed? Anybody going slower than you is an idiot, and anyone going faster than you is a maniac. Jerry Seinfeld I never think of the future - it comes soon enough. Albert Einstein If I had only known, I would have been a locksmith. Albert Einstein If you are out to describe the truth, leave elegance to the tailor. Albert Einstein Imagination is more important than knowledge... Albert Einstein It is a miracle that curiosity survives formal education. Albert Einstein Laws alone can not secure freedom of expression; in order that every man present his views without penalty there must be spirit of tolerance in the entire population. Albert Einstein My religion consists of a humble admiration of the illimitable superior spirit who reveals himself in the slight details we are able to perceive with our frail and feeble mind. Albert Einstein Nothing will benefit human health and increase the chances for survival of life on Earth as much as the evolution to a vegetarian diet. Albert Einstein Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I'm not sure about the former. Albert Einstein Reading, after a certain age, diverts the mind too much from its creative pursuits. Any man who reads too much and uses his own brain too little falls into lazy habits of thinking. Albert Einstein The important thing is not to stop questioning. Albert Einstein The important thing is not to stop questioning. Curiosity has its own reason for existing. One cannot help but be in awe when he contemplates the mysteries of eternity, of life, of the marvelous structure of reality. It is enough if one tries merely to comprehend a little of this mystery every day. Never lose a holy curiosity. Albert Einstein The most beautiful experience we can have is the mysterious. Albert Einstein The most beautiful thing we can experience is the mysterious. It is the source of all true art and science. Albert Einstein The most incomprehensible thing about the world is that it is at all comprehensible. Albert Einstein The release of atomic energy has not created a new problem. It has merely made more urgent the necessity of solving an existing one. Albert Einstein The secret to creativity is knowing how to hide your sources. Albert Einstein To punish me for my contempt for authority, fate made me an authority myself. Albert Einstein Too many of us look upon Americans as dollar chasers. This is a cruel libel, even if it is reiterated thoughtlessly by the Americans themselves. Albert Einstein Truth is what stands the test of experience. Albert Einstein Try not to become a man of success but rather to become a man of value. Albert Einstein We should take care not to make the intellect our god; it has, of course, powerful muscles, but no personality. Albert Einstein I have a problem with too much money. I can't reinvest it fast enough, and because I reinvest it, more money comes in. Yes, the rich do get richer. Robert Kiyosaki A lot of people are afraid to tell the truth, to say no. That's where toughness comes into play. Toughness is not being a bully. It's having backbone. Robert Kiyosaki Academic qualifications are important and so is financial education. They're both important and schools are forgetting one of them. Robert Kiyosaki Money is kind of a base subject. Like water, food, air and housing, it affects everything yet for some reason the world of academics thinks it's a subject below their social standing. Robert Kiyosaki We go to school to learn to work hard for money. I write books and create products that teach people how to have money work hard for them. Robert Kiyosaki An idealist is a person who helps other people to be prosperous. Henry Ford History is more or less bunk. Henry Ford I am looking for a lot of men who have an infinite capacity to not know what can't be done. Henry Ford Nothing is particularly hard if you divide it into small jobs. Henry Ford People can have the Model T in any colour--so long as it's black. Henry Ford There is one rule for the industrialist and that is: Make the best quality of goods possible at the lowest cost possible, paying the highest wages possible. Henry Ford You can't build a reputation on what you are going to do. Henry Ford If you think you can do a thing or think you can't do a thing, you're right. Henry Ford I've found that luck is quite predictable. If you want more luck, take more chances. Be more active. Show up more often Brian Tracy You have to put in many, many, many tiny efforts that nobody sees or appreciates before you achieve anything worthwhile Brian Tracy Perhaps the very best question that you can memorize and repeat, over and over, is, “what is the most valuable use of my time right now? Brian Tracy A major stimulant to creative thinking is focused questions. There is something about a well-worded question that often penetrates to the heart of the matter and triggers new ideas and insights Brian Tracy Practice Golden-Rule 1 of Management in everything you do. Manage others the way you would like to be managed Brian Tracy A clear vision, backed by definite plans, gives you a tremendous feeling of confidence and personal power Brian Tracy People with clear, written goals, accomplish far more in a shorter period of time than people without them could ever imagine Brian Tracy If what you are doing is not moving you towards your goals, then it's moving you away from your goals Brian Tracy I believe through learning and application of what you learn, you can solve any problem, overcome any obstacle and achieve any goal that you can set for yourself Brian Tracy Wherever you see a successful business, someone once made a courageous decision. Peter F. Drucker Lots of folks confuse bad management with destiny. Elbert Hubbard It is awfully important to know what is and what is not your business. Gertrude Stein Nothing focuses the mind better than the constant sight of a competitor who wants to wipe you off the map. Wayne Calloway Our favourite holding period is forever. Warren Buffet If everyone is thinking alike, then somebody isn't thinking. General George S. Patton A market is never saturated with a good product, but it is very quickly saturated with a bad one. Henry Ford The purpose of a business is to create and keep customers. Theodore Levitt Failing organizations are usually over-managed and under-led. Warren G. Bennis Whenever an individual or a business decides that success has been attained, progress stops. Thomas J. Watson Jr Know your value proposition cold. Don't reinvent what you and your company do to help clients every time you're in front of a new prospect. Get it nailed down, persuasively and colorfully, once and for all. Never interrupt your prospects or clients. Let them talk, even about the mundane stuff. Sell the 'big picture', not your products features. And make sure you're talking to decision-makers who value that big picture…not the person who's going to have to run it by the decision-maker. Follow-up, follow-up, follow-up. Never assume clients know you're on top of things. Nobody wants to talk to someone who makes them feel lousy, but everyone wants a shot at someone who makes them feel good. — Warren Greshes. Every sales rep thinks they're memorable because they're funny or friendly. Those are likely not your differentiators, so you've got to bring more to the table than that. You'll hear, "if it ain't broke, don't fix it" all the time. But what about, "If it could be better, at least take a look." Not as a catchy, but it may cause a prospect to think. How you sell isn't nearly as important as why you sell. — Ron Willingham. Focus on things you can control. Things are never as bad as they seem. (Nor as perfect.) Don't overly worry about being the nice salesperson. Be approachable, be on top of things, be respectful, be trustworthy. Respect your competition. Position them, but don't badmouth them. Work via calendar, not drop-ins. Real appointments take place within the next 21 days. Anything beyond that isn't really a scheduled appointment. It's a hope. Play to your strengths. Be careful about taking on sales prospects where you're going out on a shaky limb. Honesty earns respect. Timing alone will win you deals. Make enough contacts through cold calls, marketing, and networking to ensure you win those. Screen prospects out, don't screen them in. Find reasons why a prospect would cause problems for your organization — don't just chase the revenue potential. When you sell price you rent the business. When you sell value you own it. — Tim Connor. Listen to people with the purpose of understanding fully, not to create a response. Your comfort zone is your biggest obstacle and objection. Keep your sales manager up to date. Don't be the one person on the team who's not calling or checking in. Thousands of salespeople are going to sell more this year than they ever have before. Why not you Circumstances? What circumstances? I make circumstances. - Napoleon Keep away from people who try to belittle your ambitions. Small people always do that, but the really great make you feel that you, too, can become great. How do you create value? Increase someone else’s pleasure, or decrease their pain. The difference between a successful person and others is not a lack of strength, not a lack of knowledge, but rather a lack of will.. Unless you try to do something beyond what you have already mastered, you will never grow. Warriors take chances. Use what talents you possess; the woods would be very silent if no birds sang there except those that sang best. We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit. What counts is not necessarily the size of the dog in the fight - it's the size of the fight in the dog. Never mistake motion for action. Never tell people how to do things. Tell them what to do and they will surprise you with their ingenuity. No dreamer is ever too small; no dream is ever too big. No one can defeat us unless we first defeat ourselves. No one can defeat us unless we first defeat ourselves. No one can defeat us unless we first defeat ourselves. No one can defeat us unless we first defeat ourselves. No rules for success will work if you don't. No rules for success will work if you don't. The only way to know how customers see your business is to look at it through their eyes. The price of success is hard work, dedication to the job at hand, and the determination that whether we win or lose, we have applied the best of ourselves to the task at hand. The reward of a thing well done is to have done it. The saddest failures in life are those that come from not putting forth the power and will to succeed. The secret of getting ahead is getting started. The spirit, the will to win, and the will to excel are the things that endure. These qualities are so much more important than the events that occur. The starting point of all achievement is desire. Keep this constantly in mind. Weak desires bring weak results, just as a small amount of fire makes a small amount of heat. The strongest oak tree of the forest is not the one that is protected from the storm and hidden from the sun. It's the one that stands in the open where it is compelled to struggle for its existence against the winds and rains and the scorching sun. The successful person has the habit of doing the things failures don't like to do. They don't like doing them either necessarily. But their disliking is subordinated to the strength of their purpose. The successful warrior is the average man, with laser-like focus. - Bruce Lee The superior man is distressed by the limitations of his ability; he is not distressed by the fact that men do not recognize the ability that he has. The three great essentials to achieving anything worthwhile are; first, hard work, second, stick-to-it-iveness, and third, common sense. The time is always right to do what is right. The unexamined life is not worth living The way to get started is to quit talking and begin doing. The will to win, the desire to succeed, the urge to reach your full potential... these are the keys that will unlock the door to personal excellence. There are admirable potentialities in every human being. Believe in your strength and your truth. Learn to repeat endlessly to yourself. "It all depends on me." Nobody ever drowned in his own sweat. Nobody trips over mountains. It is the small pebble that causes you to stumble. Pass all the pebbles in your path and you will find that you have crossed the mountain. None climbs so high as he who knows not whither he is going. Nothing builds self-esteem and self-confidence like accomplishment. Nothing splendid has ever been achieved except by those who dared believe that something inside them was superior to circumstances. Obstacles are like wild animals. They are cowards but they will bluff you if they can. If they see you are afraid of them, they are liable to spring upon you; but if you look them squarely in the eye, they will slink out of sight. Obstacles don't have to stop you. If you run into a wall, don't turn around and give up. Figure out how to climb it, go through it, or work around it. One man with courage makes a majority. One player practicing sportsmanship is far better than 50 preaching it. One's best success comes after their greatest disappointments. Only those who will risk going too far can possibly find out how far one can go. Opportunity is missed by most people because it is dressed in overalls and looks like work. Our energy is in proportion to the resistance it meets. Outstanding leaders go out of their way to boost the self-esteem of their personnel. If people believe in themselves, it's amazing what they can accomplish. Peace and friendship with all mankind is our wisest policy, and I wish we may be permitted to pursue it. Pearls lie not on the seashore. If thou desirest one thou must dive for it. People begin to become successful the minute they decide to be. People who produce good results feel good about themselves. Pessimism never won any battle. The man who can drive himself further once the effort gets painful is the man who will win. The man who does not work for the love of work but only for money is not likely to make money nor find much fun in life. The man who removes a mountain begins by carrying away small stones. The mediocre teacher tells. The good teacher explains. The superior teacher demonstrates. The great teacher inspires. Dont be stupid get to work The most important question to ask on the job is not "what am I getting?" The most important question to ask is "What am I becoming?" Man was designed for accomplishment, engineered for success, and endowed with the seeds of greatness. Many individuals have, like uncut diamonds, shining qualities beneath a rough exterior. Most of the important things in the world have been accomplished by people who have kept on trying when there seemed to be no hope at all. Most of the things worth doing in the world had been declared impossible before they were done. Most people achieved their greatest success one step beyond what looked like their greatest failure. Motivation is like food for the brain. You cannot get enough in one sitting. It needs continual and regular top up's Motivation is the art of getting people to do what you want them to do because they want to do it. My advice is to go into something and stay with it until you like it. You can't like it until you obtain expertise in that work. And once you are an expert, it's a pleasure. My father always told me, "Find a job you love and you'll never have to work a day in your life. My father said: "You must never try to make all the money that's in a deal. Let the other fellow make some money too, because if you have a reputation for always making all the money, you won't have many deals. My great concern is not whether you have failed, but whether you are content with your failure. My interest is in the future; as I'm going to be spending the rest of my life there. Natural ability without education has more often raised a man to glory and virtue than education without natural ability. Never become so much of an expert that you stop gaining expertise. View life as a continuous learning experience. Never confuse a single defeat with a final defeat. Keep away from people who try to belittle your ambitions. Small people always do that, but the really great ones make you feel that you too, can become great. Keep your feet on the ground and keep reaching for the stars. Kites rise highest against the wind-not with it. Lack of direction, not lack of time, is the problem. We all have twenty-four hour days. Laziness may appear attractive, but work gives satisfaction. Lead me, follow me, or get out of my way. Leadership is action, not position. Leadership is based on a spiritual quality; the power to inspire the power to inspire others to follow. Leadership is practiced not so much in words as in attitude and in actions. Leadership is the ability of a single individual through his or her actions to motivate others to higher levels of achievement. A billion Chinese can't be wrong: eat rice. It's not true that life is one damn thing after another. It's the same damn thing over and over. An open mind sees the world reflected within them, but a closed mind looks for the world to be their reflection. - Brian Winkler Dream as if you'll live forever; Live as if you'll die today. - James Dean Everyday above ground is a good day. The man who strikes first admits that his ideas have given out. - Chinese Proverb Always be sincere, even if you don't mean it. - Benny Hill (As far as I know) Attempting to debate with a person who has abandoned reason is like giving medicine to the dead. - Thomas Paine 'Conformity is the jailer of freedom and the enemy of growth.' - John F. Kennedy 'Driving on the highway is not a competition. It is a cooperation, the sharing of a limited resource.' - Matt Reed 'Experience is a hard teacher because she gives the test first, the lesson afterward.' --Vernon Law 'Good manners will open doors that the best education cannot.' -- Clarence Thomas, U.S. Supreme Court Justice 'I don't want to believe, I want to know.' -Carl Sagan 'Prejudice can save lots of time, because you can form an opinion without any facts.' - Anonymous 'Reason and free inquiry are the only effectual agents against error.' -Thomas Jefferson 'Talk sense to a fool and he calls you foolish.' - Euripides 'The art of free and critical thought is not easily learned. It must be nurtured.' 'The common people like to be deceived. Deceived let them be.' -Roman Proverb 'The shepherd always tries to persuade the sheep that their interests and his own are the same.' - Stendhal A clear conscience is usually the sign of a bad memory. A closed mouth gathers no feet. A comfortable falsehood will always win out over an uncomfortable truth. A drunk mans' words are a sober mans' thoughts. A hair in the head is worth two in the brush. A halo has to fall only a few inches to become a noose. A little bit of pain never hurt anyone. A man who lives in a glass house should change in the basement. A man who throws dirt loses ground. A man with a watch knows what time it is. A man with two watches is never sure. A pat on the back is only a few inches from a kick in the ass. A person that learns from their mistakes is smart. A person that learns from other people's mistakes is smarter. A person whose heart is not content is like a snake which tries to swallow an elephant. -Chinese proverb A proverb is a short sentence based on long experience. A proverb is the wisdom of many and the wit of one. A real leader faces the music, even when he doesn't like the tune. A ton of regret never made an ounce of difference. A true friend walks in when the world walks out. A truly wise man never plays leapfrog with a Unicorn. A waist is a terrible thing to mind. A wise man can see more from the bottom of a well than a fool can from a mountain top. A wise man gets more use from his enemies than a fool from his friends. Add life to your years, instead of years to your life. Against stupidity, the Gods themselves contend in vain! Always drink upstream from the herd. Always remember you're unique, just like everyone else. Always try to be the best, but don't ever think you are the best. An agreeable person is someone who agrees with you. Anyone can hold the helm when the sea is calm. Anything worth fighting for is worth fighting dirty for. Anything you lose automatically doubles in value. Artificial intelligence is no match for natural stupidity. At the feast of ego, everyone leaves hungry. Bad liars need a good memory Be bold in what you stand for and careful what you fall for. Be careful of your thoughts, they may become words at any moment. Be careful whose toes you step on today, they might be attached to the ass you have to kiss tomorrow. Be exceedingly humble, for the fate of man is but the worm. Believe those who are seeking truth, doubt those who find it. - Andre Gide Believe your beliefs and doubt your doubts. Boys will be boys... and so will a lot of middle aged men! Carpe diem - Seize the day. Carp in denim - There's a fish in my pants! Change is inevitable, except from a vending machine. Character is what you are. Reputation is what people think you are. Character, like good soup, is made at home. Common Sense is very Uncommon. Conventional wisdom says to know your limits. To know your limits you need to find them first. Finding you limits generally involves getting in over your head and hoping you live long enough to benefit from the experience. That's the fun part. Conversation enriches understanding, but solitude is the soul of genius. Defeat isn't bitter if you don't swallow it. Depression is merely anger without enthusiasm. Do not seek to follow in the footsteps of the men of old. Seek what they sought. Do not waste today regretting yesterday. Don't make waves and you won't drown. You won't reach land either... Eagles may soar, but weasels don't get sucked into jet engines. Early to rise, and early to bed, makes a man healthy but socially dead. Earn cash in your spare time - blackmail friends. Eat right. Stay fit. Die anyway. Even the boldest zebra fears the hungry lion. Even the smallest candle burns brighter in the dark. Everything should be made as simple as possible, but no simpler. Excuses are the easiest things to manufacture, and the hardest things to sell. Experience is something you don't get until just after you need it. Fool me once, shame on you. Fool me twice, shame on me. Forgiveness is like the fragrance a flower gives after it's been stepped on. Friends are chocolate chips in the cookie of life. Give a man a fish and you feed him for a day. Teach him to use the Net and he won't bother you for weeks. God gave us two ears and one mouth so we can listen twice as much as we talk. Great minds discuss ideas. Average minds discuss events. Small minds discuss people. He who bites his own dog barks last. He who laughs last didn't get the joke. Honesty is always the best policy... As long as you're not dealing with women. Honesty is the best policy, but insanity is a better defense. Idiocy is just a stroke of brilliance that normal people don't understand. - Kimber If at first you don't succeed, failure may be your style. If the shoe fits, get another one just like it. If you do what you've always done, you'll get what you've always gotten. If you can't learn to do something well, learn to enjoy doing it poorly. If you have much, give of your wealth. If you have little, give of your heart. In the land of the blind, the one eyed man is king. In the winds of change, keep the fire within. ntelligence is like a river. The deeper it is, the less noise it makes. Intelligence is like underwear, everyone should have it, but we shouldn't show it off. - Gene Petret It is best not to swap horses while crossing the river. - Lincoln It is better to regret something you did, rather than to regret something you didn't do. It is better to sleep on what you intend doing than to stay awake over what you've done. It is easy to be flexible when one is spineless. It is far more impressive when others discover your good qualities without your help. It is hard to stumble when you're on your knees. It is important to stay cool, but be sure to not get frostbite. It is nice to be important, but it's more important to be nice. It takes one tree to make 10,000 matches, but one match to burn 10,000 trees. It's lonely at the top, but you eat better. It's only premarital sex if you're going to get married. Laugh alone and the world thinks you're an idiot. Life is like a hot bath, the longer you stay the more wrinkled you get. Live dangerously and you live right. Live such that when you die, even the undertaker will be sorry. Love conquers all, unless of course you're playing tennis. Mental Floss prevents Moral Decay. Never argue with an idiot. They drag you down to their level then beat you with experience. Never clean your room while your plane ticket is in it. Never do card tricks for the group you play poker with. Never let a computer know you're in a hurry. Never practice proctology on a porcupine. Never put your finger where you wouldn't put your nose. Never test the depth of the water with both feet. Never try to leap a chasm in two jumps. No matter where you are, that's where your at. No one can make you feel inferior without your consent. - Eleanor Roosevelt Nostalgia isn't what it used to be. Not one shred of evidence supports the notion that life is serious. Nothing has value but that which you grant it. Nothing in life is to be feared. It is only to be understood. - Marie Curie Nothing makes your clothes go out of fashion faster than getting a raise. On the road of life, there are windshields and there are bug splats. One of the few things that rivals a sore loser is an arrogant winner. Only dead fish go with the flow. Only the weak are cruel. Gentleness can only be expected from the strong. - Leo Buscaglia People in glass houses should always wear clothes. People in glass houses shouldn't throw stones. Neither should they nail up pictures. People who are wrapped up in themselves make very small packages. Pray to God but row for the shore. -Russian proverb Procrastination: The art of keeping up with yesterday. Shoot for the moon. Even if you miss, you'll land among the stars. Silence is wise if we are foolish, but foolish if we are wise. Simplicity of character is the result of profound thought. Some people wish to get what they deserve, while others fear the same. Sometimes it's easier to beg for forgiveness than ask for permission. Success consists of getting up one more time than you have fallen down. Success is never final. Failure is never fatal. It is courage that counts. - Winston Churchill Suicide is the most sincere form of self criticism. Take as much as you want, put back more than you take. The best things in life aren't things. The early bird gets the worm, but the early worm gets eaten. The facts, although interesting, are irrelevant. The most beautiful sunsets are made by cloudy skies. The only difference between a rut and a grave is the depth. The only substitute for good manners is fast reflexes. The same fire that melts iron forges steel. The things that come to those who wait may be the things left by those that got there first. The true test of a man's character is what he would do if he knew he would never be caught. The weak can never forgive. Forgiveness is the attribute of the strong. The wonder of a single snowflake outweighs the wisdom of a million meteorologists. The word listen contains the same letters as the word silent. There are no passengers on spaceship Earth - we are all the crew. There are no strangers in this world, just friends we've never met. There are two kinds of people in the world, those that think there are two kinds of people in the world, and those that know better. There is always one more imbecile than you counted on. There is no such thing as a problem without a gift for you in its hands. You seek such problems because you need their gifts. - Richard Bach, "Illusions..." Think twice before you speak, especially if you intend to say what you think. Time is the best teacher. Unfortunately it kills all its students. Time is what keeps everything from happening at once. To meet an old friend in a distant land is like refreshing rain after a long drought. Too much sunshine makes a desert. Truth is that which, when ignored, does not go away. Two things that are essential to life are WD 40 and duct tape. If it moves and it isn't supposed to, use the duct tape. If it doesn't move and it's supposed to use the WD 40. Understanding is a three edged sword: Your side, their side, and the truth. - Kosh, Babylon 5 Water which is too pure has no fish. We don't stop playing because we grow old, we grow old because we stop playing. We must pave our road to experience with regret. - Alyssa Bethancourt We occasionally stumble over the truth, but most of us pick ourselves up and hurry on as if nothing happened. When ideas fail, words become very handy. When picking between two evils, choose the one you've never tried before -Jay Chan When someone points skyward, it's the fool that looks at the finger. When tempted to fight fire with fire, remember that the Fire Department usually uses water. When the pupil is ready, the teacher will come. When you fall off a horse don't get back on because the horse probably doesn't like you. Who gossips to you will gossip of you. Why survive when you can live? Wise men make proverbs but fools repeat them. With lies you may get ahead in life but you can never turn back. - Old Russian proverb. You always find something in the last place you look. You can't help the poor man by destroying the rich. You can't strengthen the weak by weakening the strong. You cannot tell which way the train went by looking at the track.