Thought for the Day - #8

"All life is an experiment." Ralph Waldo Emerson

Good one evelyn! : - )

"If you don't set goals for yourself, you are doomed to work to achieve the goals of someone else."
~Brian Tracy~

Couldn't pass sharing this one too! : - )

"You are not the only influence in your children's life...
That is why you must be the best influence in your children's life."
~Phillip McGraw~

WIB!
SW

"A best friend is someone who will give me a book I haven't read."
Abraham Lincoln (according to Barnes and Noble)

Mine for today:

Light travels faster than sound. This is why some people appear bright until you hear them speak.

that is a great one !!!!!!!

All good ones. I can just see old Abe Lincoln saying that. You can too read by firelight. : - )
weegy, I resemble that remark. : - )
At least, I compared the way I used to be before the accident, as being able to think at the speed of light and being reduced to operating at the speed of sound and how it was/is kind of frustrating for me.
My thought for the day.

"The only limits to the possibilities in your life tomorrow
are your 'buts' you use today."
~Les Brown~

WIB,
SW

LOL, SW!

"Rather fail with honor than succeed by fraud." ~ Sophocles

(I'm still on vacation....brought to you by wireless high-speed internet - which I do not have at home...LOL!)

~ Evelyn

Enjoy your vacation Evelyn. Thanks for remembering us home-cations. lol

Here goes "Everything has its wonders, even darkness & silence, and I learn, whatever state I may be in, therein to be content." ~Hellen Keller~

"People who want to share their religious views with you almost never want you to share yours with them" ~ Dave Barry

Beautiful butterfly, Lily! (Got any more?? I just love them!)

"Laughter is the shortest distance between two people." - Victor Borge

A friend of mine gave this quote to me when we reunited after two long years. "The best and most beautiful things in the world cannot be seen, or even touched, they must be felt with the heart." by (once again) Helen Keller.

Evelyn, this time of year. Monarch butterflies are migrating, and they pass through here, not in numbers but enough to keep me busy watching. Here was one visiting our garden, earlier today.

A smile is the invisible bridge to friendship. (My own ^_^ )

I love seeing the b.flys too, Lily_Love. : - )
Not to mention the Helen Keller quotes. Very apt.
Also like your own quote. : - )
Glad I could make you laugh, weegy! : - )
Good of you to check in evelyn, some great quotes. : - )
I hope you didn't have to pay for the internet!
My thought for today is,

"Friendship is precious, not only in the shade, but in the sunshine of life. And thanks to a benevolent arrangement of things, the greater part of life is sunshine."
~Thomas Jefferson~

WIB,
SW

Swiped this one from an email someone sent me. : - )

"Life
may not be the party we hoped for, but while we
are here we might as well dance."
~Unknown~

WIB!
SW

That reminds me of a line in a song that goes like this, "if your not with the one you love, love the one you're with"....what is the name of that song?

"You cannot simultaneously prevent and prepare for war." ~ Albert Einstein

"Shoot for the moon. Even if you miss, you'll land among the stars." ~ Les Brown

"What luck for rulers that men do not think." ~ Aldolph Hitler

Now that one is profound!

"When you are content to be simply yourself and don't compare or compete, everybody will respect you." Lao-Tzu

"The best way to have a good idea is to have lots of ideas." ~ Linus Pauling

"I love mankind - it's people I can't stand." ~ Linus Pauling

I am trying to catch up as I am still on vacation. I found a good source for quotes, so I thought to share them with all of you.

~ Evelyn

Here's the song: http://www.sing365.com/music/Lyric.nsf/Love-the-One-You're-With-lyrics-Stephen-Stills/212D283B321BA5C748256D59002A77C1 (Googlemobile)

My contribution for the day...

We never really grow up; we only learn how to act in public.

(Hmmm, I guess I haven't really grown up then!!)

One more!

How is it one careless match can start a forest fire, but it takes a whole box to start a campfire?!!?

Aw, Margaret,
You went and beat me to it. It's one of my favorite songs by Stephen Stills, it's called (surprise!)
'Love the one you're with". What's spooky is it was stuck in my head yesterday. : - )
Loved all the quotes, guess you are having fun with the wi-fi internet! LOL! : - )
Lao-Tzu has a lot of great quotes, that one will become one of my faves. : - )
I can really relate to Linus Pauling. The Hitler quote is scary and too true!
Albert Einstein was right. But I'm going with Les Brown's quote, right now. I'm shooting for the moon! LOL! I probably won't make it to the stratosphere, but you got to try! LOL!

Here's one from one of my favorite author's.

" Humor is emotional chaos remembered in tranquility."
~James Thurber~

WIB,
SW

Case in point, tarantula story is funny now, but wasn't when it was happening. : - )

weegy,
Let me guess, it's a guy holding the match?
Sorry, I just couldn't resist! : - )

Got another one,

"Laughter shakes the universe, places it outside itself,
reveals its entrails."
~Octavio Paz~

Or this one, by an actor. I've never been able to figure his humor.

"Why does man kill? He kills for food. And not only food: frequently, there must be a beverage."
~Woody Allen~

See what I mean? LOL!
WIB,
SW

Sounds like you're in a good mood today Jules! LOL!

Okay, weegy,
This one is for you, and I've been reading too many Dean Koontz novels. LOL!

"In the end, everything is a gag."
~Charlie Chaplin~

(Snicker!)
WIB~
SW

Oh so true Jules!

LOL Good one today.

I saw this under someone's name at the 'other' site.

"I'm not getting old, I'm maturing."

Not being morbid but here's a cute one...

I want to die peacefully in my sleep, like my grandfather. Not screaming and yelling like the passengers in his car.

I don't know weegy, I'm morbid enough to have laughed at it. : - 0
My Dad, laughed at death, after he'd been admitted to the hospital, while the Dr. & Sis, were quietly discussing Dad's prognosis, he said, "You mean I'm gonna kick the bucket?! Can I go home now?". Surprised everyone in the room because they thought he was asleep, and he was profoundly deaf, it's not like they were whispering but talking softly. Go figure. Once when Dad was asked what kind of ceremony he wanted when he died. He claimed he had no plans on dying. God Laughed. : - |
So who was it that said, that people plan, and God laughs?

Getting back to the lighter side of life. : - )

"Funny had better be sad somewhere."
~Jerry Lewis~

And,

"Unextinguished laughter shakes the skies."
~Homer, The Iliad

I'd like to think my Dad is still making others laugh, you can't extinguish his laughter. : - )

WIB,
SW

Your dad was a jewel, Jules. That's such a cute story...sounds like his humor for sure. I never want to extinguish his laughter. What a lucky daughter you are.

: - )
WIB~
SW~

Loving (and collecting for posterity) all the quotes. I also do not 'get' Woody Allen. weegy-that was not morbid, but a LMAO!


A sigh is an emotional fart!
-Faywray-

...emotional fart!!! Too funny!
I'm glad you got a chuckle from grandpa! (No, not my grandpa!)

One I swiped from an email.

"We do not stop playing because we grow old;
we grow old because we stop playing.
Never Be The First To Get Old!!!!!"
~Unknown~

WIB~
SW

weegy said I should post this here. Since it's been a long day, I'll be lazy and follow her advice.

Truths For Mature Humans

1. I think part of a best friend's job should be to immediately clear your computer history if you die.

2. Nothing sucks more than that moment during an argument when you realize you're wrong.

3. I totally take back all those times I didn't want to nap when I was younger.

4. There is great need for a sarcasm font.

5. How are you supposed to fold a fitted sheet?

6. Was learning cursive really necessary?

7. Map Quest really needs to start their directions on # 5. I'm pretty sure I know how to get out of my neighborhood.

8. Obituaries would be a lot more interesting if they told you how the person died.

9. I can't remember the last time I wasn't at least kind of tired.

10. Bad decisions make good stories.

11. You never know when it will strike, but there comes a moment at work when you know that you just aren't going to do anything productive for the rest of the day.

12. Can we all just agree to ignore whatever comes after Blue Ray? I don't want to have to restart my collection...again.

13. I'm always slightly terrified when I exit out of Word and it asks me if I want to save any changes to my ten-page technical report that I swear I did not make any changes to.

14. I keep some people's phone numbers in my phone just so I know not to answer when they call.

15. I think the freezer deserves a light as well.

16. I disagree with Kay Jewelers. I would bet on any given Friday or Saturday night more kisses begin with Miller Lite than Kay.

17. I wish Google Maps had an "Avoid Ghetto" routing option.

18. I have a hard time deciphering the fine line between boredom and hunger.

19. How many times is it appropriate to say "What?" before you just nod and smile because you still didn't hear or understand a word they said?

20. I love the sense of camaraderie when an entire line of cars team up to prevent a jerk from cutting in at the front. Stay strong, brothers and sisters!

21. Shirts get dirty. Underwear gets dirty. Pants? Pants never get dirty, and you can wear them forever.

22. Sometimes I'll look down at my watch 3 consecutive times and still not know what time it is.

23. Even under ideal conditions people have trouble locating their car keys in a pocket, finding their cell phone, and Pinning the Tail on the Donkey - but I'd bet everyone can find and push the snooze button from 3 feet away, in about 1.7 seconds, eyes closed, first time, every time!

24. The first testicular guard, the "Cup," was used in Hockey in 1874 and the first helmet was used in 1974. That means it only took 100 years for men to realize that their brain is also important.

This was copied from an email that is making the round, but with the exceptions of #18, (I don't get hungry, and have to remind myself to eat.) and #22, (I don't wear a watch), I really relate to all the rest. LOL! ; - )
Enjoy. I'll be starting a new page for this thread tomorrow unless someone else wants to. : - )
WIB,
SW

Singing wolf, that's fantastic. Yes, I can relate to so many, but particularly #13

My freezers have lights.