Thought for the day or Something to think about.

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"I never married because there was no need. I have three pets at home which answer the same purpose as a husband. I have a dog that growls every morning, a parrot that swears all afternoon, and a cat that comes home late at night." ~ Marie Corelli

"The clever cat eats cheese and breathes down rat holes with baited breath." ~ W.C. Fields

"My people and I have come to an agreement which satisfies us both. They are to say what they please, and I am to do what I please." ~ Frederick the Great

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"Patience is passion tamed." ~ Lyman Abbott

"Victory is sweetest when you've known defeat." ~ Malcolm Forbes

"Want the rainbow? Put up with the rain." ~ Dolly Parton

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We must respect the other fellow's religion,but only in the sense and to the extent that we respect his theory that his wife is beautiful and his children smart." ~ H. L. Mencken

"I had lunch with a chess champion the other day. I knew he was a chess champion because it took him 20 minutes to pass the salt." ~ Eric Sykes

"The most beautiful invention of man is bicarbonate of soda." ~ Francis Picabia

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"Travel light and you can sing in the robber's face." ~ Juvenal

"We are so fond of one another, because our ailments are the same." ~ Jonathan Swift

"But in the mud and scum of things, there always, always something sings." ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson

[SmokeyBob]

A philosophy professor stood before his class and had some items in front of him. When the class began, wordlessly he picked up a large empty mayonnaise jar and proceeded to fill it with rocks, rocks about 2" in diameter.

He then asked the students if the jar was full? They agreed that it was. So the professor then picked up a box of pebbles and poured them into the jar.

He shook the jar lightly. The pebbles, of course, rolled into the open areas between the rocks. He then asked the students again if the jar was full.

They agreed it was. The students laughed.

The professor picked up a box of sand and poured it into the jar. Of course, the sand filled up everything else.

"Now," said the professor, "I want you to recognise that this is your life. The rocks are the important things - your family, your partner, your health, your children - things that if everything else was lost and only they remained, your life would still be full. The pebbles are the other things that matter like your job, your house, your car. The sand is everything else, the small stuff. If you put the sand into the jar first, there is no room for the pebbles or the rocks. The same goes for your life. If you spend all your time and energy on the small stuff, you will never have room for the things that are important to you. Pay attention to the things that are critical to your happiness. Play with your children. Take time to get medical checkups. Take your partner out dancing. There will always be time to go to work, clean the house, give a dinner party and fix the disposal. Take care of the rocks first - the things that really matter. Set your priorities. The rest is just sand."

[SmokeyBob]

"Angry people are not always wise.” ~ Jane Austen

“When angry, count four. When very angry, swear.” ~ Mark Twain

“It is wise to direct your anger towards problems -- not people; to focus your energies on answers -- not excuses.” ~ William Arthur Ward

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Education is the kindling of a flame, not the filling of a vessel. ~ Socrates

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"Football incorporates the two worst elements of American society: violence punctuated by committee meetings." ~ George F. Will

"Football is an honest game. It's true to life. It's a game about sharing. Football is a team game. So is life." ~ Joe Namath

"Being in politics is like being a football coach. You have to be smart enough to understand the game, and dumb enough to think it's important." ~ Eugene J. McCarthy.

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"I pretty much try to stay in a constant state of confusion just because of the expression it leaves on my face." ~ Johnny Depp

"Change your opinions, keep to your principles; change your leaves, keep intact your roots." ~ Victor Hugo

"No man goes before his time - unless the boss leaves early." ~ Groucho Marx

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"A computer once beat me at chess, but it was no match for me at kick boxing." ~ Emo Philips

"If GM had kept up with technology like the computer industry has, we would all be driving $25 cars that got 1,000 MPG."
~ Bill Gates
"Man is still the most extraordinary computer of all." ~ John F. Kennedy

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"I think we have the attention span of a gnat. You know, with cell phones and Twitter." ~ Jeff Daniels

“Right, my phone. When these things first appeared, they were so cool. Only when it was too late did people realize they are as cool as electronic tags on remand prisoners.” ~ David Mitchell

"Don't write anything you can phone. Don't phone anything you can talk. Don't talk anything you can whisper. Don't whisper anything you can smile. Don't smile anything you can nod. Don't nod anything you can wink." ~ Earl Long

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We must have a pie. Stress cannot exist in the presence of a pie.” ~ David Mamet

“There are two kinds of people in the world: those who love chocolate, and communists.” ~ Leslie Moak Murray

“I am starting to think that maybe memories are like this dessert. I eat it, and it becomes a part of me, whether I remember it later or not.”
―~Erica Bauermeister,

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"Farming looks mighty easy when your plow is a pencil and you're a thousand miles from the corn field." ~ Dwight D. Eisenhower

"Farmers only worry during the growing season, but townspeople worry all the time." ~ E. W. Howe

"I never want to feel like I've achieved my goal. It's like Chinese farmers. They never admit that it's a good season. They feel like they'll be punished." ~ Heath Ledger

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"My formula for living is quite simple. I get up in the morning and I go to bed at night. In between, I occupy myself as best I can." ~Cary Grant

"Being the richest man in the cemetery doesn't matter to me. Going to bed at night saying we've done something wonderful, that's what matters to me." ~ Steve Jobs

"A good husband is never the first to go to sleep at night or the last to awake in the morning." ~ Honore de Balzac

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The difference between stumbling blocks and stepping stones is how we use them. ~ Unknown