"Our separation from each other is an optical illusion of consciousness"   ~Albert Einstein~

"What are words for, when no one listens anymore?" ~Missing Persons' lyrics~

"Don't Let your Will roar when your Power only whispers" ~Thomas Fuller~

Vi Veri Veniversum Vivus Vici            ("By the power of Truth, I, while living, have conquered the universe" – Faust) (Used in the Movie V for Vendetta)

"Many people, who wonder why they don't amount to more than they do, have good stuff in them, and are energetic, persevering, and have ample opportunities.  It is a case of trimming the useless branches and throwing the whole force of power into the development of something that counts." --- Walter J. Johnston "The hardest arithmetic to master is that which enables us to count our blessings."                              --- Eric Hoffer “Minds are like parachutes – they only function when open.”                              --- Thomas Dewar “The opportunity for brotherhood presents itself every time you meet a human being.”                              --- Jane Wyman “Nobody will believe in you unless you believe in yourself.”                              --- Liberace “Worry is a misuse of the imagination.”                              --- Dan Zadra

Physician:  “A person who gets no pleasure out of the health of his friends.”  -- Michel de Montaigne If going to church makes you a Christian, does going to the garage make you a car?  -- Bumper Sticker   Don’t steal.  The government’s tired of the competition.  – Bumper Sticker   Is it 2008 yet? – Bumper Sticker   Oh look, Honey.  Another Pro-Lifer for War.  – Bumper Sticker Before you criticize someone, walk a mile in his shoes.  That way, if he gets angry, he’ll be a mile away and barefoot.  – Bumper Sticker I think, therefore I’m a Liberal.  – Bumper Sticker   Blind faith in bad leaders is not Patriotism.  – Bumper Sticker Ahhh.  I see the Screw-Up Fairy has visited us again.  – Bumper Sticker Boldly going nowhere. – Bumper Sticker

Do what you feel in your heart to be right - for you'll be criticized anyway. You'll be damned if you do, and damned if you don't. --Eleanor Roosevelt Some Adult Thinking "Having sex is like playing bridge. If you don't have a good partner, you'd better have a good hand."   -- Woody Allen "Bisexuality immediately doubles your chances for a date on Saturday night." -- Rodney Dangerfield "There are a number of mechanical devices which increase sexual arousal, particularly in women. Chief among these is the Mercedes-Benz 380SL." -- Lynn Lavner "Sex at age 90 is like trying to shoot pool with a rope."  -- Camille Paglia "Sex is one of the nine reasons for incarnation. The other eight are unimportant." -- George Burns "Women might be able to fake orgasms. But men can fake a whole relationship." -- Sharon Stone "Hockey is a sport for white men. Basketball is a sport for black men. Golf is a sport for white men dressed like black pimps."  -- Tiger Woods "My mother never saw the irony in calling me a son-of-a-bitch." – Jack Nicholson “Clinton lied. A man might forget where he parks or where he lives, but he never forgets oral sex, no matter how bad it is." -- Barbara Bush (Former US First Lady, and you didn't think Barbara had a sense of humor) "Ah, yes, divorce, from the Latin word meaning to rip out a man's genitals through his wallet." -- Robin Williams "Women need a reason to have sex. Men just need a place."  -- Billy Crystal "According to a new survey, women say they feel more comfortable undressing in front of men than they do undressing in front of other women. They say that women are too judgmental, where, of course, men are just grateful." -- Robert DeNiro “There’s a new medical crisis. Doctors are reporting that many men are having allergic reactions to latex condoms. They say they cause severe swelling. So what's the problem?" -- Dustin Hoffman "There's very little advice in men's magazines, because men think, 'I know what I'm doing. Just show me somebody naked'." -- Jerry Seinfeld "See, the problem is that God gives men a brain and a penis, and only enough blood to run one at a time." -- Robin Williams "It's been so long since I've had sex, I've forgotten who ties up whom." -- Joan Rivers "Sex is one of the most wholesome, beautiful and natural experiences money can buy." -- Steve Martin “You don't appreciate a lot of stuff in school until you get older. Little things like being spanked every day by a middle-aged woman. Stuff you pay good money for in later life." -- Elmo Phillips "Bigamy is having one wife too many. Monogamy is the same." -- Oscar Wilde “It isn't premarital sex if you have no intention of getting married." -- George Burns

GOT TO BE HONEST WITH YOURSELF OR TELL ME WHO'S KIDDING WHOM (from a circulating email) Saddam was a good guy when Reagan armed him, a bad guy when Bush's daddy made war on him, a good guy when Cheney did business with him and a bad guy when Bush needed a "we can't find Bin Laden" diversion. Trade with Cuba is wrong because the country is communist, but trade with China and Vietnam is vital to a spirit of international harmony. A woman can't be trusted with decisions about her own body, but multinational corporations can make decisions affecting all mankind without regulation. Jesus loves you, and shares your hatred of homosexuals and Hillary Clinton. The best way to improve military morale is to praise the troops in speeches while slashing veterans' benefits and combat pay. If condoms are kept out of schools, adolescents won't have sex. Providing health care to all Iraqis is sound policy. Providing health care to all Americans is socialism. HMOs and insurance companies have the best interests of the public at heart. Global warming and tobacco's link to cancer are junk science, but creationism should be taught in schools. A president lying about an extramarital affair is an impeachable offense. A president lying to enlist support for a war in which thousands die is solid defense policy. Government should limit itself to the powers named in the Constitution, which include banning gay marriages and censoring the Internet. The public has a right to know about Hillary's cattle trades, but George Bush's cocaine conviction is none of our business. Being a drug addict is a moral failing and a crime, unless you're a conservative radio host. Then it's an illness, and you need our prayers for your recovery. You support states’ rights, which means Attorney General Gonzalez can tell states what local voter initiatives they have the right to adopt. What Bill Clinton did in the 1960’s is of vital national interest, but what Bush did in the '80’s is irrelevant. (When Clinton lied, no one died!) ******** A motto to live by: Life should not be a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in an attractive and well-preserved body; but rather it should be a skid in sideways, chocolate in one hand, wine in the other, body thoroughly used up and totally worn out, screaming, "WOO HOO what a ride!"  -- Author Unknown High Society, according to F.W. Nietzsche – “A pyramid: it can stand only on a broad base; its primary prerequisite is a strong and soundly consolidated mediocrity.” History:  “Lies agreed upon.”  -- Author Unknown Despair:  “The conclusion of fools.”  – Benjamin Disraeli

Letters to God from Man’s Best Friend Dear God:  Why do humans smell the flowers, but seldom, if ever, smell one another? Dear God:  When we get to heaven, can we sit on your couch, or is it still the same old story? Dear God:  Why are there cars named after the jaguar, the cougar, the mustang, the colt, the stingray, and the rabbit, but not ONE named for a dog?  How often do you see a cougar riding around?  We do love a nice ride!  Would it be so hard to rename the "Chrysler Eagle" the “Chrysler Beagle"? Dear God:  If a dog barks his head off in the forest and no human hears him, is he still a bad dog? Dear God:  We dogs understand human verbal instructions, hand signals, whistles, horns, clickers, beepers, scent ID's, electromagnetic energy fields, & Frisbee flight paths.  What do humans understand? Dear God:  More meatballs, less spaghetti, please. Dear God:  Are there mailmen in Heaven? If there are, will I have to apologize? Dear God:  Let me give you a list of just some of the things I must remember to be a good dog:       1.  I will not eat the cats’ food before they eat it or after they throw it up.       2.  I will not roll on dead seagulls, fish, crabs, etc., just because I like the way they smell.       3   I will not munch on "leftovers" in the kitty litter box, although they are tasty.       4.  The diaper pail is not a cookie jar.       5.  The sofa is not a face towel.  Neither are Mom and Dad's laps.       6.  The garbage collector is not stealing our stuff.       7.  My head does not belong in the refrigerator.       8.  I will not bite the officer’s hand when he reaches in for Mom's driver's license and registration.       9.  I will not play tug-of-war with Dad's underwear when he's on the toilet.       10.  Sticking my nose into someone’s crotch is an unacceptable way of saying "hello".       11.  I don't need to suddenly stand straight up when I'm under the coffee table.       12.  I must shake the rainwater out of my fur before entering the house - not after.       13.  I will not throw up in the car       14.  I will not come in from outside and immediately drag my butt across the carpet.       15.  I will not sit in the middle of the living room and lick my crotch when we have company.       16.  The cat is not a squeaky toy, so when I play with him and he makes that noise, it's usually not a good thing. Dear God:  Why do humans only have 10 Commandments and dogs have 16? Dear God:  When I get to Heaven may I have my testicles back?

10 Thoughts for 2006  (from a circulating email): 10 - Life is sexually transmitted. 9 - Good health is merely the slowest possible rate at which one can die.  8 - Men have two emotions: Hungry and Horny. If you see him without an   erection, make him a sandwich. 7 - Give a person a fish and you feed them for a day; teach a person to use the Internet and he or she won't bother you for weeks. 6 - Some people are like a Slinky...not really good for anything, but you still can't help but smile when you see one tumble down the stairs. 5 - Health nuts are going to feel stupid someday, lying in hospitals dying of nothing. 4 - All of us could take a lesson from the weather. It pays no attention to criticism. 3 - Why does a slight tax increase cost you two hundred dollars and a substantial tax cut saves you thirty cents? 2 - In the 60's, people took acid to make the world weird. Now the world is weird and people take Prozac to make it normal.   AND THE NUMBER 1 THOUGHT FOR 2006: We know exactly where one cow with mad-cow-disease is located among the millions and millions of cows in America but we haven't got a clue as to where the terrorists are. Maybe we should put the Department of Agriculture in charge of homeland security.   From a Circulating E-Mail: A very self-important college freshman at a recent football game took it upon himself to explain to a senior citizen sitting next to him why it was impossible for the older generation to understand his own. "You grew up in a different, actually almost primitive, world," the student said, loudly enough for the whole crowd to hear. "We young people today grew up with television, jet planes, space travel, man walking on the moon, and our spaceships have visited Mars. We even have nuclear energy, electric and hydrogen cars, computers with light-speed processing . . .and uh . . ." Taking advantage of a pause for breath in the student's litany, the wizened one said, "You're right, son.  We didn't have those things when we were young, so we invented them, you arrogant little shit head! Now, what are you doing for the next generation?"   My child is an honor student; my president is a moron!  -- Bumper Sticker   By the way, did you hear what Rep. Charles Rangel said when asked what he thought about Bush?  "Well," he said, "I really think he shatters the myth of white supremacy once and for all."    “As nightfall does not come all at once, neither does oppression. In both instances, there is a twilight when everything remains seemingly unchanged. And it is in such twilight that we all must be aware of change in the air, however slight, lest we become unwitting victims of the darkness.”  -- Justice William O. Douglas   "Everyone is entitled to be stupid, but some abuse the privilege"  -- Author Unknown

Back to the top     “Income tax returns are the most imaginative fiction being written today.”                         -- Herman Wouk   “Be thankful we’re not getting all the government we’re paying for.”                         -- Will Rogers   “Trust [wo]men and they will be true to you, threat them gently and they will show themselves great.”                         -- Ralph Waldo Emerson   “Any powerful idea is absolutely fascinating – and absolutely useless unless we choose to use it.”                         -- Richard Bach   “After all, it’s what we do that makes us what we are.”                         -- Jim Croce (lyrics from “One Less Set of Footsteps”)   “Really great men have a curious feeling that the greatness is not in them, but through them.  And they see something divine in every other man.”                         -- John Ruskin   “Treat people as if they were what they ought to be and you help them to become what they are capable of being.”                         -- Johan Wolfgang von Goethe

Back to the top     "Each difficult moment has the potential to open my eyes and open my heart." -- Myla Kabat-Zinn “Even the most daring and accomplished people have undergone tremendous difficulty. In fact, the more successful they became, the more they attributed their success to the lessons learned during their most difficult times. Adversity is our teacher. When we view adversity as a guide towards greater inner growth, we will then learn to accept the wisdom our soul came into this life to learn.” -- Barbara Rose “No matter what difficulty you are facing, it is coming from Divine Light to bring you to a higher place within. Write down every conceivable reason that this situation can contribute towards your growth. Write down every way this experience can possibly set the stage for serving to uplift others. When you are complete, and have come to the other side of this experience, you will then know 'why' it happened.” -- Barbara Rose “The period of greatest gain in knowledge and experience is the most difficult period in one’s life.” -- Dalai Lama  “There are times when we may fool ourselves. There are times when we can fool others. But we can never fool our body. It is the most sensitive barometer of our inner world.” -- Sherrill Sellman “Instead of frittering away your vibrancy with worry or distraction, realize your mind and body are inextricably united. What calms and tones up one, soothes and improves the other.” -- Marsha Sinetar "When you are saying that you are happy and you are not, there will be a disturbance in your breathing. Your breathing cannot be natural. It is impossible." -- Osho "Your body is the ground and metaphor of your life, the expression of your existence. It is your Bible, your encyclopedia, your life story. Everything that happens to you is stored and reflected in your body. In the marriage of flesh and spirit divorce is impossible." -- Gabrielle Roth "If you don't take care of your body, where will you live?" -- Unknown source For attractive lips, speak words of kindness. For lovely eyes, seek out the good in people. For a slim figure, share your food with the hungry. For beautiful hair, let a child run his/her fingers through it once a day. For poise, walk with the knowledge that you never walk alone.  People, even more than things, have to be restored, renewed, revived, reclaimed, and redeemed; never throw out anyone. Remember, if you ever need a helping hand, you  will find one at the end of each of your arms. As you grow older, you will discover that you have two hands, one for helping yourself and the other for helping others. -- Audrey Hepburn

Back to the top     The only thing that stands between a man/woman and what he wants from life is often merely the will to try it and the faith to believe that it is possible.”  ~~ Richard M. DeVos “Never argue with an idiot.  They will bring you down to their level and then beat you with experience.”    ~~ Author Unknown “As long as anyone believes that his ideal and purpose is outside him, that it is above the clouds, in the past or in the future, he will go outside himself and seek fulfillment where it cannot be found. He will look for solutions and answers at every point except where they can be found – in himself.”   ~~ Erich Frohm “All the wonders you seek are within yourself.”  ~~ Sir Thomas Browne "We can never obtain peace in the world if we neglect the inner world and don't make peace with ourselves. Without inner peace, it is impossible to achieve world peace, external peace."  ~~ The Dalai Lama “Only those who dare to fail greatly can ever achieve greatly.”  ~~ Robert F. Kennedy “If you cannot mould yourself entirely as you would wish, how can you expect other people to be entirely to your liking?”  ~~ Thomas á Kempis “People take different roads seeking fulfillment and happiness. Just because they're not on your road doesn't mean they've gotten lost.”  ~~ H. Jackson Browne “Deep listening is miraculous for both listener and speaker. When someone receives us with open-hearted, non-judging, intensely interested listening, our spirits expand.” ~~ Sue Patton Thoele

Back to the top     “The reason a dog has so many friends is that he wags his tail instead of his tongue.” -Anonymous   “Don't accept your dog's admiration as conclusive evidence that you are wonderful.” -Ann Landers   “If there are no dogs in Heaven, then when I die I want to go where they went.” -Will Rogers   “The average dog is a nicer person than the average person.” -Andy Rooney   “A dog teaches a boy fidelity, perseverance, and to turn around three times before lying down.” -Robert Benchley   “Women and cats will do as they please, and men and dogs should relax and get used to the idea.” -Robert A. Heinlein   If you pick up a starving dog and make him prosperous, he will not bite you; that is the principal difference between a dog and a man. -Mark Twain   “You can say any foolish thing to a dog, and the dog will give you a look that says, 'Wow, you're right! I never would've thought of that!'” - Dave Barry   “My goal in life is to be as good a person as my dog thinks I am.” -Author Unknown    "One of the hardest things in life to learn is which bridge to cross and which bridge to burn."  -Author Unknown     Back to the top       “Don'

Back to the top   “If people let the government decide what foods they eat and what medicines they take, their bodies will soon be in as sorry a state as are the souls who live under tyranny.”  ~~Thomas Jefferson   “All that we are is a result of what we have thought.”  ~~Buddha   “The imagination is everything.  It’s the preview of life’s coming attractions.”  ~~Albert Einstein   “Where words fail, music speaks.”  ~~Hans Christian Anderson   “Everything in the universe has rhythm.  Everything dances.”  ~~Maya Angelou   “Good art is not what it looks like, but what it does to us.”  ~~Roy Adzak Back to the top

Back to the top "Destiny is not a matter of chance, it is a matter of choice;   Back to the top ~~William Jennings Bryan   “We are now leaving Disneyland to go back home to Dismal-land, The Tragic Kingdom, The Crappiest Place on Earth.”  ~~Author Unknown    "Mistakes are the portals of discovery."  ~~ James Joyce Back to the top

Back to the top "What you leave behind is not what is engraved in stone monuments, but what is woven into the lives of others."  ~~ Pericles     “A quiet conscience sleeps in thunder”  ~~English Proverb   “Failure is the only opportunity to begin again more intelligently.”  ~~Henry Ford   “Nothing happens . . . but first dream.” ~~Carl Sandburg   “The quality of a person’s life is in direct proportion to their commitment to excellence, regardless of their chosen field of endeavor.”  ~~Vince Lombardi     "It is inevitable that some defeat will enter even the most victorious life. The human spirit is never finished when it is defeated . . . it is finished when it surrenders." ~~Ben Stein   Back to the top

Back to the top "You can't win unless you learn how to lose." ~~Kareem Abdul-Jabbar   “Outside of a dog, a book is man's best friend. Inside of a dog it's too dark to read.” ~~Groucho Marx Back to the top

Back to the top “War does not make one great.” ~~Yoda “Do or do not.  There is no try.” ~~Yoda   “I don’t believe it.” ~~Luke Skywalker “That is why you failed.”  ~~Yoda   “Creativity is allowing yourself to make mistakes.   Art is knowing which ones to keep.”  ~~Scott Adams   “Where words fail, music speaks.” ~~Hans Christian Andersen Back to the top