I always have liked this quote from Carl Sagan, "For me, it is far better to grasp the Universe as it really is than to persist in delusion, however satisfying and reassuring."

I also have thought that to be a memorable quote, but the current climate has kept me from adding anything more profound than the wisdom of Groucho Marx. I’m going out on a limb and try something from Will Rogers. ;)

“A difference of opinion is what makes horse racing and missionaries.”

"I am the bad thing that happens to good people!!!"

"You're never alone with paranoia or multiple personalities!!!"

"In space, noone can hear you fart!!!"

Never give a sucker an even break....W.C.Fields.... Only fools are positive....Moe Howard..... He who hesitates is a damn fool...Mae West.. COITAINLY........Curley Howard......

When my daughter was a bit younger and people would say she was spoiled, I taught her to say " I'm not spoiled, I'm loved"

Throughout a day (any day) of total frustration...ergo my sig! "You can't rollerskate in a buffalo herd".

"Ours is not to reason (or is it "wonder"?) why...Ours is but to live (or is it "do"?) and (or is it "or"?) die! (<---dunno who said it...but I can fuck it up better than anyone I know!)

The game of life is the game of boomerangs. Our thoughts, deeds, and words return to us sooner or later, with astounding accuracy! ~Florence Shinn (1871-1940) Writer~

Flexible people never get bent out of shape!

Tending The Lawn
"The grass is not, in fact, always greener on the other side of the fence. Fences have nothing to do with it. The grass is greenest where it is watered. When crossing over fences, carry water with you and tend the grass wherever you may be." ~Robert Fulghum~

Our remedies oft in ourselves do lie. ~William Shakespeare~

I have never seen a monument erected to a pessimist. ~Paul Harvey...Radio Commentator~

Truce is better than Friction. ~Charles Herguth~

We cannot direct the wind, but we can adjust the sails. ~Bertha Calloway~

Some think it's holding on that makes one strong; sometimes it's letting go. ~Sylvia Robinson~

There are spaces between our fingers so that another person's fingers can fill them in!

While we have the gift of life, it seems to me that the only tragedy is to allow part of us to die - whether it is our spirit, our creativity, or our glorious uniqueness. ~Gilda Radner~

Belief Is All You Need
A man was lost while driving through the countryside. As he tried to read a map, he accidently drove off the road into a ditch. Though he wasn't injured, his car was stuck deep in the mud. So the man walked to a nearby farm to ask for help.

"Warwick can get you out of that ditch," said the farmer, pointing to an old mule standing in a field. The man looked at the haggardly mule and looked at the farmer who just stood there repeating, "Yep, old Warwick can do the job." The man figured he had nothing to lose. The two men and Warwick made their way back to the ditch.

The farmer hitched the mule to the car. With a snap of the reins he shouted, "Pull, Fred! Pull, Jack! Pull, Ted! Pull, Warwick!" And the mule pulled the car from the ditch with very little effort.

The man was amazed! He thanked the farmer, patted the mule and asked, "Why did you call out all of those other names before you called Warwick?" The farmer grinned and said, "Old Warwick is just about blind. As long as he believes he's part of a team, he doesn't mind pulling." ~Adapted from Some Folks Feel the Rain - Others Just Get Wet...James W. Moore...Dimensions

^^^personal thoughts on that story^^^
Would Terrel Owens get the gist?

Ahem...so anyway....

Just a tiny bit of my personal faves in contribution!

"To harbor resentment, bitterness or 'unforgiveness' is not only to imprison others but it is also to imprison ourselves. The world will only become truly free when humankind learns reconciliation and forgiveness. It is forgiveness that will break down the walls of division and separation that prevent us from seeing the dignity of ourselves and each other." ~ Patrick J. Burke

It's a near-quote of a excerpt from the poem "The Charge of the Light Brigade" by Alfred, Lord Tennyson:

Their's not to make reply,
Their's not to reason why,
Their's but to do and die:

The poem recounts the cavalry charge by the 15th Hussars-part of the British Light Cavalry Brigade at Balaclava during the Crimean War. Stupid fucks in command seemingly did all they could to ensure that the brigade woudl be slaughtered in attack a fortified Russian artillery position. There's an account of the background (and a link to the full poem) on the web here:

http://www.uea.ac.uk/edu/learn/braysher/charge.htm

My contribution is an old one, I have no idea of the originator:

Never criticize a man until you've walked a mile in his shoes. Then he's a mile away, and barefoot.


Currently, I'm getting a lot of use of a quote from the character Jayne in the series "Firefly" and the movie "Serenity":

Sure would be good to have some grenades right about now.