"Insanity: doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results." "Like I always say, there's no 'I' in "team". There is a 'me', though, if you jumble it up." We would worry less about what others think of us if we realized how seldom they do. Wisdom - that part of knowledge that isn't only true, but also happens to be helpful. Wisdom speaks softly... Thereafter the volume increases proportionate to the level of ignorance A punctured bicycle
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Will nature make a man of me yet? All designed objects are propaganda for a certain way of life. Sometimes we need to stop analysing the past, stop planning the future, stop figuring out precisely how we feel, stop deciding exactly what we want, and just see what happens. We are not the same persons this year as last; nor are those we love. It is a happy chance if we, changing, continue to love a changed person. "Never ascribe to malice that which can be explained by incompetence." --Napoleon Bonaparte The best designed clothes: invite being removed but reward being kept on. It's that you just can't take the effect and make it the cause | How to polish shoes; 12 steps to heaven Wipe off dust with a damp cloth. Better to run them under a tap of running water (warm is good). Use either a soft cotton cloth or a fine natural bristle brush, whose hairs are tightly packed to the handle, to put on the polish. Apply polish to shoe in a small circular movement (magic finger); wrap cloth around finger, or evenly cover shoe with polish using the brush. (The key is not to put too much polish on the shoe–but build the polish and shine up in thin layers–”Fat on Lean” [ continue reading never imagine people don’t notice your shoes need a polish ] These seem similar to the cakes that, in Britain, they call ‘Maids of Honour’ and some months ago, spotting them in a favourite tea-shop, they set me off wondering about the potential for double-entendre and vulgarity in many food names. Maids of Honour cakes were apparantly named by Henry VIII. Without a shred of embarrassment we buy Bloody Marys to wash down our Stinky Bishop cheese and so on, and in return lots of things and body-parts get given food names – I am sure there are lots more … Clever use of the apostrophe, worth mulling I looked at [ continue reading Maids of Honour by another name? ] We are not the same persons this year as last; nor are those we love. It is a happy chance if we, changing, continue to love a changed person. Who Moved My Cheese View more presentations from pamwattie. we are in this together Almost cut my hair It happened just the other day It’s gettin’ kind of long I could’ve said it was in my way But I didn’t and I wonder why I feel like letting my freak flag fly And I feel like I owe it, to someone Must be because I had the flu for Christmas And I’m not feeling up to par It increases my paranoia Like looking in my mirror and seeing a police car But I’m not giving in an inch to fear çause I’ve promised myself this year I [ continue reading did I forget to thank Steve? – he might be Steve but he’s our Steve ] “Bicycles are almost as good as guitars for meeting girls” (Bob Weir, Grateful Dead) Milton Glaser – 10 things I have learned. You know it’s funny what a young man recollects? ‘Cause I don’t remember bein’ born. I don’t recall what I got for my first Christmas and I don’t know when I went on my first outdoor picnic. But I do remember the first time I heard the sweetest voice in the wide world. “You’ll get over it, I did” was what the voice said to me. “‘The secret of happiness is to make others believe they are the cause of it.’” (Via Motivational Quotes of the Day Al Batt: .) | Shirdi Sai Baba: "Before you speak, ask yourself: Is it kind, is it true, is it necessary, does it improve upon the silence?" Well known fact that any kiss where one or other party is in control of heavy machinery doesn't count for quality assessment purposes. There is no nonsense so arrant that it cannot be made the creed of the vast majority by adequate governmental action. The honest heart that's free frae a' intended fraud or guile. However fortune kick the ba', Has ay some cause to smile. Life consists in replacing one worry with another, and one desire with the next, what the Buddhists call ‘grasping’ or upādāna in Sanskrit "Every saint has a past. Every sinner has a future." "Resentment is like drinking poison and waiting for the other person to die." A wrong decision isn't forever; it can be reversed. The losses from a delayed decision are forever; they can never be retrieved. heavy words thrown lightly And the day came when the risk to remain tight in a bud was more painful than the risk it took to blossom. Whenever you commend, add your reasons for doing so; it is this which distinguishes the approbation of a man of sense from the flattery of sycophants and admiration of fools “The truth is, everyone is going to hurt you. You just got to find the ones worth suffering for.” |
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