"The people who cast the votes decide nothing. The people who count the votes decide everything" -- Joseph Stalin

Friendship often ends in love; but love in friendship, never. -- Charles Caleb Colton

It doesn't matter how nice you are if your ugly. -- Anonymous

How nice you are doesn't make up for your face. -- Anonymous

"There's one thing that keeps surprising you about stormy old friends after they die - their silence." -- Ben Hecht

"History is a combination of reality and lies. The reality of History becomes a lie. The unreality of the fable becomes the truth." -- Jean Cocteau

"Some days even my lucky rocket ship underpants won't help." -- Calvin and Hobbes

"Down time is for the next guy." -- Anonymous

Just because I'm an art major it doesn't mean I can't put one and one together. I used to be a csi major. -- Sean Andrade

There are no scientific tests for race... blood is blood, and bone is bone. Race is a con game. Don't play. -- Will Shetterly

"Quotes are all words of experience. If you listen, you wont make the same mistakes." -- Aratee

I have learned that success is to be measured not so much by the position that one has reached in life, as by the obstacles which he has had to overcome while trying to succeed. -- Booker T. Washington

It is cruel, you know, that music should be so beautiful. It has the beauty of loneliness & of pain: of strength & freedom. The beauty of disappointment & never-satisfied love. The cruel beauty of nature, & everlasting beauty of monotony. -- Benjamin Britten

Among those whom I like, I can find no common denominator, but among those whom I love, I can; all of them make me laugh. -- ?

"It makes no difference if I burn my bridges behind me - I never retreat." -- Fiorello LaGuardia (1882-1947), New York City mayor

It takes more courage for a man to show his emotions than to mask them with lies. -- Unknown, submitted by Sheila Mari Pabalan

Be the change you want to see in the world. -- Mahatma Ghandi

"At college age, you can tell who is best at taking tests and going to school, but you can't tell who the best people are. That worries the hell out of me." -- Barnaby C. Keeney

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"Let the world know you as you are, not as you think you should be, because sooner or later, if you are posing, you will forget the pose, and then where are you?" -- Fanny Brice

"Nothing is mine, I have only nothing but it is enough, it is beautiful and it is all mine." -- Katherine Anne Porter

"Man is born to live, not to prepare for life." -- Boris Pasternak

"Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn't do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover. " -- Mark Twain

"My friend, if I could give you one thing, I would wish for you the ability to see yourself as others see you. Then you would realize what a truly special person you are." -- B.A. Billingsly

"Why follow in someone's footsteps when you can create a path all your own?"

"What do you know? You know what THEY have decided to teach you..."

"Education, not assimilation."
"To pose is to let yourself decompose. Be who you are, not what others want you to be."
"We are the living proof of lies..."

-- Fernando Luciano

"We are living in a world today where lemonade is made from artificial flavors and furniture polish is made from real lemons..." -- Alfred E. Newman

"Advertising has done more to cause the social unrest of the 20th century than any other single factor." -- Clare Boothe Luce

"The only way to be pure is to be yourself. Decency is a relative thing. Guilt and self-laceration are indulgences. Moderation kills the spirit. Looking back is the first sign of aging and decay. Lack of charisma can be fatal. Enjoy yourself because you can't change anything anyway." -- Jenny Holzer

"There are two days in the week about which and upon which I never worry. Two carefree days, kept sacredly free from fear and apprehension. One of these days is Yesterday. ... And the other ... is Tomorrow." -- Robert Jones Burdette

"Politics is the art of preventing people from taking part in affairs which properly concern them." -- Paul Valery

"You can close your eyes to reality but not to memories." -- Stanislaw J. Lec

"I have never known a man who died from overwork, but many who died from doubt." -- Charles Horace Mayo

"No nation ever had an army large enough to guarantee it against attack in time of peace or insure it victory in time of war." -- President Calvin Coolidge

"No man knows his true character until he has run out of gas, purchased something on the installment plan and raised an adolescent." -- Marcelene Cox

"I am not sure that God always knows who are his great men; he is so very careless of what happens to them while they live." -- Mary Hunter Austin

"I have breasts, I can have anything I want." -- Anonymous

False friends are like our shadow, keeping close to us while we walk in the sunshine, but leaving us the instant we cross into the shade. -- Christian Nevell Bovee

Our paths were meant to cross
And I couldn't forget you
No matter what the cost
We both had to see this through

The look that's in your eyes
And your smile that sets me free
Has made me realize
All that you see in me
                                   -- ?

"Sex is like a game of cards, if you don't have a good partner you better hope you have a good hand." -- ?

"Men are like snowstorms, you don't know when they are coming, how many inches you'll get or how long they'll last." -- ?

"The ignorant are always content. It is the ones who recognize the world, how it works, and what it can do to people, that feel the most pain." -- ?

What we are today comes from our thoughts of yesterday, and our present thoughts build our life of tomorrow: our life is the creation of our mind. If a man speaks or acts on a pure mind, joy follows him as his own shadow. -- ?

At a certain point, the whole thing just becomes too much to process and your brain gets taken out of the loop, and all you have to rely on is your heart, your natural human instincts. Its liberating...at first, it is terrifying, like falling...but if we weren't so afraid to let go, we wouldn't feel so free when we finally did." -- ?

To dream of the person you would like to be is to waste the person you are. -- ?

"You never know how much you really believe in anything until it's truth or falsehood becomes a matter of life or death to you." -- ?

"We can't wait for the storm to blow over, we've got to learn to work in the rain." -- ?

"It is better to walk in the darkness with a friend than in the light alone." -- ?

Loving you is like breathing, how can I stop? -- ?

You can wonder what it is, but words can't explain the matters of the heart. -- Anonymous

"To change and to improve are two different things." -- German Proverb

"Modern man thinks he loses something - time - when he does not do things quickly. Yet he does not know what to do with the time he gains - except kill it." -- Erich Fromm

Oh, the comfort, the inexpressible comfort of feeling safe with a person, having neither to weigh thoughts nor measure words, but pouring them all out, just as they are, chaff and grain together, certain that a faithful hand will take and sift them, keep what is worth keeping, and with a breath of kindness blow the rest away. -- Dinah Craik

"Imagine life as a game in which you are juggling some five balls in the air. You name them work, family, health, friends and spirit, and you're keeping all of these in the air. You will soon understand that work is a rubber ball. If you drop it, it will bounce back. But the other four balls - family, health, friends and spirit are made of glass. If you drop one of these, they will be irrevocably scuffed, marked, nicked, damaged, or even shattered. They will never be the same. You must understand that and strive for balance in your life." How? Don't undermine your worth by comparing yourself with others. It is because we are different that each of us is special. Don't set your goals by what other people deem important. Only you know what is best for you. Don't take for granted the things closest to your heart. Cling to them as they would your life, for without them, life is meaningless. Don't let your life slip through your fingers by living in the past or for the future. By living your life one day at a time, you live ALL the days of your life. Don't give up when you still have something to give. Nothing is really over until the moment you stop trying. Don't be afraid to admit that you are less than perfect. It is this fragile thread that binds us to each together. Don't be afraid to encounter risks. It is by taking chances that we learn how to be brave. Don't shut love out of your life by saying it's impossible to find. The quickest way to receive love is to give it; the fastest way to lose love is to hold it too tightly; and the best way to keep love is to give it wings. Don't run through life so fast that you forget not only where you've been, but also where you are going. Don't forget, a person's greatest emotional need is to feel appreciated. Don't be afraid to learn. Knowledge is weightless, a treasure you can always carry easily. Don't use time or words carelessly. Neither can be retrieved. Life is not a race, but a journey to be savored each step of the way. Yesterday is history, Tomorrow is a Mystery and Today is a gift: that's why we call it The Present. -- Brian Dyson, Coca-Cola CEO

Love is like an hourglass; with the heart filling up as the brain empties. -- ?

What I don't understand is how women can pour hot wax on their bodies, let it dry, then rip out every single hair by its root and still be scared of spiders. -- Jerry Seinfield

The logic of worldly success rests on a fallacy: the strange error that our perfection depends on the thoughts and opinions and applause of other men! A weird life it is, indeed, to be living always in somebody else's imagination, as if that were the only place in which one could at last become real! -- Thomas Merton

To be nobody-but-yourself -- in a world which is doing its best, night and day, to make you everybody else -- means to fight the hardest battle which any human being can fight; and never stop fighting. -- E.E. Cummings

"All our young lives, we search for someone to love... someone who makes us complete. We choose partners and change partners. We dance to a song of heartbreak and hope... all the while wondering if somewhere, somehow, there's someone perfect who might be searching for us." -- ?, The Wonder Years

The truth is, there's no better time to be happy than right now. If not now, when? Your life will always be filled with challenges. It's best to admit this to yourself and decide to be happy anyway. Happiness is the way. So, treasure every moment that you have and treasure it more because you shared it with someone special, special enough to spend your time with... and remember that time waits for no one. -- ?

"In the book of life, the answers are not in the back" -- Charles Schultz

"Which is it, is man one of God's blunders or is God one of man's?" -- Johnny Q.

We run away all the time to avoid coming face to face with ourselves. -- ?

People are lonely because they build walls instead of bridges. -- Joseph F. Newton

I'll never find another friend to replace you. No one will ever touch my world exactly like you did. No one who is quite so thoughtful, no one I cherish so. No one will mean so much to me; I just wanted you to know. -- Anonymous

Love is the answer, but while you're looking for love, sex raises some pretty good questions. -- ?

"My whole problem is my lips move when I think." -- Calvin, p61 There's Treasure Everywhere

"I wish people were more like animals. Animals don't try to change you or make you fit in. They just enjoy the pleasure of your company." -- Calvin, p86 The Indispensable Calvin and Hobbes

"Well, they're wrong and I'm right, so my family can bite me." -- Anonymous

Old Glory (www.lovethissite.com/oldglory/)

I fly atop the world's tallest buildings. I stand watch in America's halls of justice. I stand side by side with the Maple Leaf on the world's longest undefended border. I fly majestically over institutions of learning. I stand guard with power in the world. Look up and see me. I stand for peace, honor, truth and justice. I stand for freedom. I am confident. I am arrogant. I am proud. When I am flown with my fellow banners, my head is a little higher, my colors a little truer. I bow to no one! I am recognized all over the world. I am honored - I am saluted. I am loved - I am revered. I am respected -- and I am feared.

I have fought in every battle of every war for more then 200 years. I was flown at Valley Forge, Gettysburg, Shiloh and Appomattox. I was there at San Juan Hill, the trenches of France, in the Argonne Forest, Anzio, Rome and the beaches of Normandy, Guam. Okinawa, Korea and KheSan, Saigon Vietnam. Know me, I was there. I led my troops, I was dirty, battle worn and tired, but my soldiers cheered me, and I was proud. I have been burned, torn and trampled on the streets of countries I have helped set free. It does not hurt, for I am invincible. I have been soiled upon, burned, torn and trampled on the streets of my country. And when it's by those whom I've served in battle -- it hurts. But I shall overcome -- for I am strong. I have slipped the bonds of Earth and stood watch over the uncharted frontiers of space from my vantage point on the moon. I have borne silent witness to all of America's finest hours. But my finest hours are yet to come. When I am torn into strips and used as bandages for my wounded comrades on the battlefield, when I am flown at half-mast to honor my soldier, or when I lie in the trembling arms of a grieving parent at the grave of their fallen son or daughter, I am proud. My name is Old Glory long may I wave.

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