poems for sisters birthday

Unless we all conform, unless we follow our leaders blindly, there is no possible way we can remain free. ~Frank, "Novocaine Mutiny," original airdate 27 January 1976, written by Burt Prelutsky, directed by Harry Morgan Unless we change direction, we are likely to end up where we are going. ~Author Unknown



Take therefore no thought for the morrow: for the morrow shall take thought for the things of itself. Sufficient unto the day is the evil thereof. ~Matthew 6:34



If you want to understand democracy, spend less time in the library with Plato, and more time in the buses with people. ~Simeon Strunsky



There are people who are always anticipating trouble, and in this way they manage to enjoy many sorrows that never really happen to them. ~Josh Billings



Hearing protection is a sound investment. ~Author Unknown



It's the only job I can think of where I get to be both an engineer and an artist. There's an incredible, rigorous, technical element to it, which I like because you have to do very precise thinking. On the other hand, it has a wildly creative side where the boundaries of imagination are the only real limitation. ~Andy Hertzfeld, about programming



Sisters are different flowers from the same garden. ~Author Unknown



How can one conceive of a one-party system in a country that has over two hundred varieties of cheese? ~Charles de Gaulle, about France



A goodbye isn't painful unless you're never going to say hello again. ~Author Unknown



Weekends are a bit like rainbows; they look good from a distance but disappear when you get up close to them. ~John Shirley



True love comes quietly, without banners or flashing lights. If you hear bells, get your ears checked. ~Erich Segal



We'd all like to vote for the best man, but he's never a candidate. ~Frank McKinney "Kin" Hubbard



It's a great thing when you realize you still have the ability to surprise yourself. Makes you wonder what else you can do that you've forgotten about. ~Alan Ball, American Beauty, 1999



The Present is a Point just passed. ~David Russell



I have found no greater satisfaction than achieving success through honest dealing and strict adherence to the view that, for you to gain, those you deal with should gain as well. ~Alan Greenspan



Time, the cradle of hope.... Wisdom walks before it, opportunity with it, and repentance behind it: he that has made it his friend will have little to fear from his enemies, but he that has made it his enemy will have little to hope from his friends. ~Charles Caleb Colton



You can teach a student a lesson for a day; but if you can teach him to learn by creating curiosity, he will continue the learning process as long as he lives. ~Clay P. Bedford



Optimist: someone who isn't sure whether life is a tragedy or a comedy but is tickled silly just to be in the play. ~Robert Brault, www.robertbrault.com



Bigger snacks mean bigger slacks. ~Author Unknown



Love requires a willingness to die; marriage, a willingness to live. ~Mignon McLaughlin, The Second Neurotic's Notebook, 1966