tuesdays with morrie quotes

For a long time it had seemed to me that life was about to begin - real life. But there was always some obstacle in the way. Something to be got through first, some unfinished business, time still to be served, a debt to be paid. Then life would begin. At last it dawned on me that these obstacles were my life. ~Fr. Alfred D'Souza



Backdraft has the right-of-way. ~Author Unknown



I'd rather kiss a mad cow on the muzzle than a smoker on the mouth. ~Paul Carvel



The universal joy of Christmas is certainly wonderful. We ring the bells when princes are born, or toll a mournful dirge when great men pass away. Nations have their red-letter days, their carnivals and festivals, but once in the year and only once, the whole world stands still to celebrate the advent of a life. ~Author Unknown



Our flag means all that our fathers meant in the Revolutionary War. It means all that the Declaration of Independence meant. It means justice. It means liberty. It means happiness.... Every color means liberty. Every thread means liberty. Every star and stripe means liberty. ~Henry Ward Beecher



An older sister helps one remain half child, half woman. ~Author Unknown



Everyone's a pacifist between wars. It's like being a vegetarian between meals. ~Colman McCarthy



Toss your dashed hopes not into a trash bin but into a drawer where you are likely to rummage some bright morning. ~Robert Brault, www.robertbrault.com



Often the hands will solve a mystery that the intellect has struggled with in vain. ~Carl G. Jung



Ah, the things we would do if we could - especially in the secure knowledge that we can't. ~Robert Brault, www.robertbrault.com



I would never use a long word where a short one would answer the purpose. I know there are professors in this country who 'ligate' arteries. Other surgeons only tie them, and it stops the bleeding just as well. ~Oliver Wendell Holmes



It's so great to find that one special person you want to annoy for the rest of your life. ~Rita Rudner



The amount of sleep required by the average person is five minutes more. ~Wilson Mizener



If something smells fishy, the neurotic knows everything is going just right. ~Terri Guillemets



It is wise to keep in mind that no success or failure is necessarily final. ~Author Unknown



The deep pain that is felt at the death of every friendly soul arises from the feeling that there is in every individual something which is inexpressible, peculiar to him alone, and is, therefore, absolutely and irretrievably lost. ~Arthur Schopenhauer



Always code as if the guy who ends up maintaining your code will be a violent psychopath who knows where you live. ~Martin Golding



The truth is, I was afraid the day I walked into Stanford. And I was afraid the day I walked out. ~Carly Fiorina



The best way to remember your wife's birthday is to forget it once. ~H.V. Prochnow



It would be nice if the poor were to get even half of the money that is spent in studying them. ~Bill Vaughan