I hope everyone had a good day. Mine was pretty good, all things considered. Today is all about quotes, another favorite past time of mine. In fact, I want to take one moment to really praise one of my favorite websites EVER--especially if you want a quote for a specific purpose. It's found in my list of links to the right: The Quote Garden. This website is conveniently organized by topic, and they are also updated occasionally, so even your favorite page may change if you haven't looked at it in a little while. I can waste so much time just reading there.
But anyway, enough of my pimping of TQG. I wish to share some quotes with you, and so share I shall! I'll just explain the topic, and any thoughts I have in regards to the quotes.
On weather/snow:
"When snow falls, nature listens." ~Antoinette van Kleeff
"The first fall of snow is not only an event, it is a magical event. You go to bed in one kind of a world and wake up in another quite different, and if this is not enchantment then where is it to be found?" ~J.B. Priestley
"The snow doesn't give a soft white damn whom it touches." ~e.e. cummings
(I laughed out loud at reading that one.)
"When it snows, you have two choices: shovel or make snow angels." ~Author Unknown
"There's one good thing about snow: it makes your lawn look as nice as your neighbor's." ~Clyde Moore
"Winter came down to our home one night
Quietly pirouetting in on silvery-toed slippers of snow,
And we, we were children once again." ~Billl Morgan, Jr.
(That's almost poetry, but man is it pretty!)
I'm a fan of snow, so long as it doesn't totally trap me from the world for more than a couple of days. And we are, due to get a system that could bring quite a bit of snow next week. Could be interesting...
These are some quotes that make you go "Hmmmm...":
"We are never prepared for what we expect." ~James A. Michener, Caravans
"We shall not cease from exploration
And the end of all our exploring
Will be to arrive where we started
And know the place for the first time." ~T.S. Eliot, 1943
"The only interesting answers are those which destroy the questions." ~Susan Sontag
"If you come to a fork in the road, take it." ~Yogi Berra
Let's see, now for some quotes on politics (always a safe topic, eh? Play nice!):
"Politics, it seems to me, for years, or all to long, has been concerned with right or left instead of right or wrong." ~Richard Armour
"Those who are too smart to engage in politics are punished by being governed by those who are dumber." ~Plato
"Politics, n: [Poly "many" + tics "blood-sucking parasites"]" ~Larry Hardiman
And last for today, let's read some thoughts on perspective:
"If you do not raise your eyes, you will think that you are the highest point." ~Antonio Porchia, Voces, 1943, translated from Spanish by W.S. Merwin
"I think in terms of the day's resolutions, not the years'." ~Henry Moore
"A real patriot is the fellow who gets a parking ticket and rejoices that the system works." ~Bill Vaughan
"There's no such thing as bragging. You're either lying or telling the truth." ~Al Oliver
"When a man sits with a pretty girl for an hour, it seems like a minute. But let him sit on a hot stove for a minute - and it's longer than any hour. That's relativity." ~Albert Einstein
Well, there you have it for today. Hopefully a quote or two resonated with you and made you smile, laugh, or even better--think! Feel free to share a great quote that you love in the comments section and check back tomorrow for something humorous to making your Friday Fun!
Happy almost weekend!
♥ Marlee
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