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Tuesday, June 21, 2011

Quotes I Like

I first saw this poster years ago 
in the waiting room of my 
son's pediatric neurologist's office.  
Good advice to kids, I thought.
There is a thin line that separates laughter and pain, comedy and tragedy, humor and hurt.
~ Erma Bombeck

In summer, the song sings itself.  
~ William Carlos Williams

Sometimes, I guess there just aren't enough rocks. 
~ Forrest Gump

People don’t notice you as much as you notice you.
~ H. Peterson (my grandfather, said to my mother when she was a young girl)

The only constant in life is change. 
~ François de la Rochefoucauld

Courage is being afraid but going on anyhow.  
~ Dan Rather

Wherever you go, go with all your heart. 
~ Confucius

I keep my ideals, because in spite of everything, I still believe that people are really good at heart.
~ Anne Frank

I saw the angel in the marble and carved until I set him free.  
~ Michelangelo

I'm creative - you can't expect me to be neat too.  
~ Unknown

Go for it.  Life is not a dress rehearsal.
~ This was on a sweatshirt that I used to wear when cleaning the house.

Wise men talk because they have something to say; fools talk because they have to say something.
~ Plato

A man paints with his brains and not with his hands.
~ Michelangelo

It’s not that I’m afraid to die. I just don’t want to be there when it happens.
~ Woody Allen

I get by with a little help from my friends. 
~ John Lennon and Paul McCartney

Science without religion is lame, religion without science is blind.
~ Albert Einstein

Seize the moment. Remember all those women on the "Titanic" who waved off the dessert cart. 
~ Erma Bombeck

3 comments:

  1. Hi Lin. I think my favorites are the dessert cart on Titanic one and the one you had on your sweatshirt. I love quotes! thanks. love al

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  2. Linda,I to get by with alot of help from my friends.Some of these quotes were great.
    See you soon.
    Love You,Aunt Ann

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  3. Thanks, family.
    Alice, I did think of you and the desert cart one, although most of us can relate to it. Aunt Ann, so glad you have good friends. Love, your friend, niece and cousin...Linda

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