Looking Stupid

"There are worse things than looking stupid. Sleeping through life is one of them."

--Laura Preble

The Little Things

"The human tendency to regard little things as important has produced very many great things."

--Georg Christoph Lichtenberg

No Children?

"If your parents never had children, chances are you won't, either."

--Dick Cavett

Good Laughs

"We are all here for a spell; get all the good laughs you can."

--Will Rogers

Perfection vs. Excellence

"I am careful not to confuse excellence with perfection. Excellence, I can reach for; perfection is God's business."

--Michael J. Fox

Spreading Light

"There are two ways of spreading light: to be the candle or the mirror that reflects it."

--Edith Wharton

Safe Ships

"A ship in port is safe, but that's not what ships are built for."

--Grace Murray Hopper

A Mere Child

"I must take issue with the term 'a mere child,' for it has been my invariable experience that the company of a mere child is infinitely preferable to that of a mere adult."

--Fran Lebowitz

Certainties

"If a man will begin with certainties, he shall end in doubts; but if he will be content to begin with doubts he shall end in certainties."

--Sir Francis Bacon

Decide What You Want

"The first step to getting the things you want out of life is this: Decide what you want."

--Ben Stein

Life's Scars

"It's a shallow life that doesn't give a person a few scars."

--Garrison Keillor

Who We Become

"I know for sure that what we dwell on is who we become."

--Oprah Winfrey

The Big Joke

"I hope life isn't a big joke, because I don't get it."

--Jack Handey

First Rate Work

"You cannot be really first-rate at your work if your work is all you are."

--Anna Quindlen

Most Important Thing

"The most important thing in life is to learn how to give out love, and to let it come in."

--Mitch Albom