QUOTATIONS BY SUBJECT : DRINKING

Electricity is actually made up of extremely tiny particles called electrons, that you cannot see with the naked eye unless you have been drinking.
~ Dave Barry

If you drink, don't drive. Don't even putt.
~ Dean Martin

Bacchus hath drowned more men than Neptune.
~ Dr. Thomas Fuller

Always do sober what you said you'd do drunk. That will teach you to keep your mouth shut.
~ Ernest Hemingway

My Grandmother is over eighty and still doesn't need glasses. Drinks right out of the bottle.
~ Henny Youngman

When I read about the evils of drinking, I gave up reading.
~ Henny Youngman

The wine urges me on, the bewitching wine, which sets even a wise man to singing and to laughing gently and rouses him up to dance and brings forth words which were better unspoken.
~ Homer, The Odyssey

The trouble with jogging is that the ice falls out of your glass.
~ Martin Mull

GRACE

I have made this present for my son's partner - its a framed fairy puzzle (she loves fairies)


LONG STORY ----- I was doing it when she came and when she said how much she loved it even suggested what background colour to use (which I have already done)

She's going to kill me tomorrow when she finds out this was her 21st pressie ------- i know sshe will love it.



The question I have to ask can I get away with buying her a Teddy Bear Fairy, wrap it up an then ASK (have you guest what your pressie is YET(type written message neatly folded))


YES it does look beautiful ------ would hang it in my own house ------- the opportunity WILL NOT arise............

Its a beautiful poem, Vronie, congrats

Grace

BTW, did you drink something?

Yes I had a few it was lovely to party with my son and his partner seeing the new year in with a little too much bourbon.

Had another today but it was alittle too stiff after last nights efforts, so we went swimming at friends. It was a beaut relaxing day.

They say what you do on New Years day you follow through and do that constantly through out the year. Does this mean that I will be drinking one can of bourbon by the poolside getting sunburnt each and every day this year. Must be a myth.

We went to bed early New Years Eve, then spent (and here I really hope you're not right) New Years Day with G's brother and sister-in-law (who I have to admit was unexpectedly pleasant for the day).

I could live with the kite flying and reading in the park while the kids played on the playgym though. We did this on the way home.

Quote which most touched me this week -

'I thought how strange it is that when we have suffered loss, we believe that we are the only person ever to have experienced it, that no on else will understand.'

(Spoken by Isabella in 'Isabella' by Fiona Mountain)

Kylie

Here is a different version of the song "Do-Re-Mi".

DO(s) - A beer, a Mexican beer.
RE - The guy behind the bar.
MI - The guy I buy beer for.
FA - A long way to get beer.
So - Let's go have a beer.
LA - La la la la la la.
TI - No thanks I'll have a beer.
That will bring us back to DO(s).

(don't know the author)

Kylie

The trouble with loss KJR is everybody experiences it BUT it how they experience it is different.....

Some people are absolutely devistated and then you have the life will go ones and the one that appear to feel nothing......

This is why you can never go to someone go up to someone and say 'I know how You feel?' that's bulldust because you don't .........


I honestly believe if you have experienced a simular loss - say to the person ---- well so long ago I had this (similar experience) that gives you similarity not continuty.

When the Gular job fell through there was a friend of mine that said to PetAL that she had not been in contact with me because she didn't (1) know how I felt (2) she didn't know what to say to me & (3) she was scared of ALL the emotions I was feeling..... (((((( I still wish she had come to me not my daughter (she knew petal would come to me) the appreciation would have been even stronger if it had been direct.

Well I couldn't have said it better myself soooooooooo I contacted her and said to her if she could totally relate how I was feeling she was a total B/S artist but please bare with me beacuse I would get over it in time and I hoped she would be there in the end.

Don't dilly dally around about what you should do when someone suffers loss that you care about just be there, don't pretend that you understand if you don't ---- IT IS IN TIMES OF NEED YOU FIND OUT WHO YOUR FRIENDS REALLY ARE.

You can have alot of FAIRY friends around when times are good it is only your real friends that are game enough to come out in the hours of darkness.

Ruth's cherish song I found great! Lol

Vroni, especially your last quote pleases me well, how true it is....

Here are a few quotes I found during my surfing on the net.

"I know nothing about sex because I was always married."
~ Zsa Zsa Gabor

"Man is the Only Animal that Blushes. Or needs to."
~ Mark Twain

"Male and female represent the two sides of the great radical dualism. But in fact they are perpetually passing into one another. Fluid hardens to solid, solid rushes to fluid. There is no wholly masculine man, no purely feminine woman."
~ Margaret Fuller

"What is most beautiful in virite men is something feminine; what is most beautiful in feminine women is something masculine."
~ Susan Sontag

"A great marriage is not when the perfect couple comes together. It is when an imperfect couple learns to enjoy their differences."
~ Dave Meurer

"He deserves Paradise who makes his companions laugh."
~ Koran

"Always laugh when you can. It is cheap medicine."
~ Lord Byron

"The human race has one really effective weapon, and that is laughter."
~ Mark Twain

"He who laughts, lasts!"
~ Mary Pettibone Poole

"You don't stop laughing because you grow old. You grow old because you stop laughing."
~Michael Pritchard

"Laughter is inner jogging."
~ Norman Cousins

"You can't deny laughter; when it comes, it plops down in your favorite chair and stays as long as it wants."
~ Stephen King

"Laughter is the closest distance between two people."
~ Victor Borge

Cheers

GRACE

"Don't walk behind me, I may not lead.
Don't walk in front of me, I may not follow.
Just walk beside me and be my friend!"
~ Albert Camus

"Nothing changes your opinion of a friend so surely as success - yours or his."
~ Franklin P. Jones

"The shifts of Fortune test the reliability of friends."
~ Cicero


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"Art is the thrilling spark that beats death - thats all."

"Everyone reaches a point in their life where they must either change or cease."

"The fine art of painting, which is the bastard of alchemy, always has been, always will be, a game. The rules of the game are quite simple: in a given arena, on as many psychic fronts as the talent allows, one must visually describe, the centre of the meaning of existence."

BRETT WHITELEY


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"All the world's a stage.
And all the men and women merely players.
They have their exits and their entrances,
And one man in his time plays many parts..."

~ From "As You Like It"


"A horse! A horse! My Kingdom for a horse!"

~ From "King Richard III"


"What a piece of work is man!
How noble in reason!
How infinite in faculties!
In form and moving,
How express and admirable!
In action, how like an angel!
In apprehension, how like a god!
The beauty of the world!"

~ From "Hamlet"

"Think you I am no stronger than my sex,
Being so father'd and so husbanded?"

~ From "Julius Cesar"

"Oft expectation fails, and most of there
Where most it promises; and oft it hits
Where hope is coldest, and despair most fits."

~ From "All's Well That Ends Well"


"We that are true lovers run intostrange capers;
But as all is mortal in nature, so is all nature
In love mortal in folly."

~ From "As You Like It"


"The course of true love never did run smooth."

~ From "Midsummer Night's Dream"


"O, what men dare do!
What men may do!
What men daily do,
Not knowing what they do!"

~ From "Much Ado About Nothing"


"The man that hath no music in himself,
Nor is not mov'd with concord of sweet sounds,
Is fit for treasons, stratagenus, and spoils."

~ From "The Merchant Of Venice"


"O, beware, my lord of jealousy,
It is the green-ey'd monster,
Which doth mock the meat it feeds on."

~ From "Otello"


"My only love sprung from my only hate!
Too early seen unknown, and known too late!"

~ From "Romeo And Juliet"


"Whenn beggars die, there are no comets seen;
The heavens themselves blaze forth the death of princes."

~ From "Julius Cesar"


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"Good night, good night!
Partying is such sweet sorrow."

~ From "Romeo And Juliet"


"Give me my robe, put on my crown;
I have immortal longings in me."

~ From "Antony And Cleopatra"


"We are such stuff as dreams made on,
And our little life is rounded with a sleep..."

~ From "The Tempest"


"My words fly up, my thoughts remain below.
Words without thoughts never to heaven go."

~ From "Hamlet"


"What's in a name? That which we call a rose?
By any other word would smell as sweet."

~ From "Romeo And Juliet"


"If music be the food of love, play on."

~ From "Twelfth Night"


"All that glisters is not gold."

~ From "The Merchant Of Venice"


"Nothing can come of nothing."

~ From "King Lear"


"I am constant as the northern star,
Of whose true-fix'd and resting quality,
There is no fellow in the firmament."

~ From "Julius Cesar"


"Eye of newt, and toe of frog,
Wool of bat, and tonque of dog,
Adder's fork, and blind-worm's sting,
Lizard's leg, and howlet's wing -
For a charm of powerful trouble,
Like a hell - broth boil and bubble."

~ From "Mackbeth"


"What's gone and what's past help
Should be past grief."

~ From "The Winter's Tale"


"When you do dance,
I wish you a wave on th'sea,
That you might ever do
Nothing but that."

~ From "The Winter's Tale"


GRACE

The following 'quote' is one I know by heart, because it is just so wonderous in its power.

"O, pardon me, though bleeding piece of earth,
That I am meek and gentle with these butchers!
Thou art the ruins of the noblest man
That ever lived in the tide of times.
Woe to the hand that shed this costly blood!
Over thy wounds now do I prophesy,
--Which, like dumb mouths do ope their ruby lips,
To beg the voice and utterance of my tongue--
A curse shall light upon the limbs of men;
Domestic fury and fierce civil strife
Shall cumber all the parts of Italy;
Blood and destruction shall be so in use
And dreadful objects so familiar
That mothers shall but smile when they behold
Their infants quater'd with the hands of war;
All pity choked from custom of fell deeds:
And Caesar's spirit, ranging for revenge,
With Ate by his side come hot from hell,
Shall in these confines with a monarch's voice
Cry 'Havoc,' and let slip the dogs of war;
That this foul deed shall smell above the earth
With carrion men, groaning for burial."

Oh! Just so beautiful.

From: 'Julius Caesar'
--The speech of Mark Antony to Caesar's corpse.

Thx for sharing it, it's really beautiful. Dale, many of the quotes I knew before, but I don't knew that these come from Shakespeare!He, he, he, so a gap in education !

Full cup must be carried steadily.

Don't fall before you're pushed.

Faint heart never won fair maiden.

Use soft words and hard arguments.

Write down the advice of him who loves you, though you like it not at present.


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"Imagination is more important than knowledge....."

"Everything that is really great and inspiring is created by the individual who can labor in freedom."

"It is the duty of every citizen according to his best capacities to give validity to his convictions in political affairs."

"Common sense is the collection of prejudices acquired by age eighteen."

"Everything should be made as simple as possible, but not one bit simpler."

"If the fact don't fit the theory, change the facts."

"Insanity: doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results."

"Not everything that can be counted counts, and not everything that counts can be counted."

"The hardest thing in the world to understand is the income tax."

"The secret to creativity is knowing how to hide your sources."

"To punish me for my contempt for authority, fate made me an authority myself."

"Try not to become a man of success but rather to become a man of value."


GRACE

The following is the philosophy of Charles Schultz, the creator of the
"Peanuts" comic strip.

You don't actually have to answer the questions. Just read the e-mail
straight through, and you'll get the point.

1. Name the five wealthiest people in the world.

2. Name the last five Heisman trophy winners.

3. Name the last five winners of the Miss America contest.

4. Name ten people who have won the Nobel or Pulitzer Prize.

5. Name the last half dozen Academy Award winner for best actor and
actress.
6. Name the last decade's worth of World Series winners.

How did you do?

The point is, none of us remember the headliners of yesterday.

These are no second-rate achievers. They are the best in their fields. Yet the applause dies. Awards tarnish. Achievements are forgotten. Accolades and certificates are buried with their owners.


Here's another quiz. See how you do on this one:

1. List a few teachers who aided your journey through school.

2. Name three friends who have helped you through a difficult time.

3. Name five people who have taught you something worthwhile.

4. Think of a few people who have made you feel appreciated and special.

5. Think of five people you enjoy spending time with.

6. Name half a dozen heroes whose stories have inspired you.


Easier??


The lesson:

The people who make a difference in your life are not the ones with the most credentials, the most money, or the most awards.

Exactly!!!!!

You right, Ruth.....but I always knew that.......

Luv

GRACE

Why do the elements of the popution live as if .............l live Money, power, etc mean sooooooo much than mmmaaaayyyybbbbeeee they don't know that people, loved ones, the kid next door have so much to offer ---- without them all the money in the would not have provided what was important .......... all the Heros in every novel IS the every day Jo .......... someone the novelist has known ....... OR ....... been impired by or just appreciated lead them to where they are today.


Why is it those with the loudest voice have so little to say when the important stuff gets drownd out in the choir

Kinda taking over the Quotes page but oh well.....

Veronica, I think it is because a majority of people need that person with the big voice to lead them. I am always surprised when I talk to people, because most of them have no clue as to what is really going on, and tend not to have their own opinions about the issues - some (to my bubbling fury) believe that those with the loud voices know best, and that they don't need to worry about it. They are who I define as "sheeple" (some very nice people, but often no clue).

To add to Albert's quotes:
"Great spirits have always found violent opposition from mediocre minds. The latter cannot understand it when a [person] does not thoughtlessly submit to hereditary prejudices but honestly and courageously uses their intelligence."
--Albert Einstein

AMEN DALE

"I can only say that whatever my life and work have been, I'm not envious of anyone - and this is my biggest satisfaction."

"I don't really know what is shocking. When you tell the story of a man who is beheaded, you have to show how they cut off his head. If you don't, it's like telling a dirty joke and leaving out the punch line."

"I never made a film which fully satisfied me."

"I want people to go to the movies. I am the man of the spectacle. I'm playing."

"If you have a great passion it seems that the logical thing is to see the fruit of it, and the fruit are children."

"My films are the expression of momentary desires. I follow my instincts, but in a disciplined way."

"Normal love isn't interesting. I assure you that it's incredibly boring."

"Whenever I get happy, I always have a terrible feeling."

"Why did Erich von Stronheim leave Germany? Why did Hitchcock leave England? If you were a director you'd like to work in Hollywood too. Now go ahead and ask me if I'm still Polish. You people keep asking me this question. You want Polish artists to make it in the world, but when they do, you accuse them of treason."

"You have to show violence the way it is. If you don't show it realistically, then that's immoral and harmful. If you don't upset people, then that's obscenity."


GRACE

"People always call it luck when you've acted more sensibly than they have."
~ Anne Tyler

"We must believe in luck. For how else can we explain the success of those we don't like?"
~ Jean Cocteau

"I'm a great believer in luck, and I find the harder I work the more I have of it."
~ Thomas Jefferson

"Pleasure's a sin,
And sometimes sin's pleasure."

~ Lord Byron


GRACE

"There was a warrior who had a fine stallion. Everyone said how lucky he was to have such a horse.

"Maybe," he said.

One day the stallion ran off. The people said the warrior was unlucky.

"Maybe," he said.

The next day the stallion returned, leading a string of fine ponies. The people said it was very lucky.

"Maybe," the warrior said.

Later, the warrior's son was thrown from one of the ponies and broke his leg. The people said it was unlucky.

"Maybe," the warrior said.

The next week, the chief lead a war party against another tribe. Many young men were killed. But, because of his broken leg, the warrior's son was left behind, and so was spared."

~ Jeff Melvoin, Northern Exposure, Bolt from the Blue, 1994


GRACE