quote tattoos on shoulder blade

First you forget names; then you forget faces; then you forget to zip up your fly; and then you forget to unzip your fly. ~Branch Rickey



Books are the bees which carry the quickening pollen from one to another mind. ~James Russell Lowell



I do not value any view of the universe into which man and the institutions of man enter very largely and absorb much of the attention. Man is but the place where I stand, and the prospect hence is infinite. ~Henry David Thoreau, journal, 2 April 1852



We've arranged a civilization in which most crucial elements profoundly depend on science and technology. We have also arranged things so that almost no one understands science and technology. This is a prescription for disaster. We might get away with it for a while, but sooner or later this combustible mixture of ignorance and power is going to blow up in our faces. ~Carl Sagan



The alternative to a vacation is to stay home and tip every third person you see. ~Author Unknown



The thing I am most aware of is my limits. And this is natural; for I never, or almost never, occupy the middle of my cage; my whole being surges toward the bars. ~Andre Gide, Journals, 4 August 1930



There must be quite a few things a hot bath won't cure, but I don't know many of them. ~Sylvia Plath, The Bell Jar, Chapter 2



The life of every man is a diary in which he means to write one story, and writes another. ~James Matthew Barrie



Tea is drunk to forget the din of the world. ~T'ien Yiheng



We could have saved the Earth but we were too damned cheap. ~Kurt Vonnegut, Jr.



Golf is like an 18-year-old girl with big boobs. You know it's wrong but you can't keep away from her. ~Val Doonican



Nothing weights lighter than a promise. ~German Proverb



As a man, I've learned that there is nothing easier in married life than pleasing your wife with your cooking. ~Robert Brault, www.robertbrault.com



For disappearing acts, it's hard to beat what happens to the eight hours supposedly left after eight of sleep and eight of work. ~Doug Larson



Convert difficulties into opportunities, for difficulties are divine surgeries to make you better. ~Author Unknown



Over second and third cups flow matters of high finance, high state, common gossip and low comedy. Coffee is a social binder, a warmer of tongues, a soberer of minds, a stimulant of wit, a foiler of sleep if you want it so. From roadside mugs to the classic demi-tasse, it is the perfect democrat. ~Author Unknown



It is one of life's bitterest truths that bedtime so often arrives just when things are really getting interesting. ~Lemony Snicket



Only from the heart can you touch the sky. ~Rumi



When you're a young man, Macbeth is a character part. When you're older, it's a straight part. ~Laurence Olivier



Boy, n.: a noise with dirt on it. ~Not Your Average Dictionary