Photo by Sindre Sorhus The cat is mighty dignified until the dog comes by. ~ Author Unknown ~

Money may be the husk of many things, but not the kernel. It brings you food, but not appetite; medicine, but not health; acquaintances, but...

Poetry is the opening and closing of a door, leaving those who look through to guess about what is seen during a moment. ~ Carl Sandburg ~

From The New Way Things Work I honestly think all of us would be better off if everyone took the time to draw, if for no other reason than t...

In the absence of clearly-defined goals, we become strangely loyal to performing daily trivia until ultimately we become enslaved by it. ~ R...

Social networking sites are the reality television of the Internet. The content is relatively inexpensive for publishers to produce, and soc...

Oh! you who sleep in Flanders Fields, Sleep sweet--to rise anew! We caught the torch you threw And holding high, we keep the Faith With All ...

Cats always know whether people like or dislike them. They do not always care enough to do anything about it. ~ Winifred Carriere ~ Photo by...

Photo by The Doors of Conception Ignorance is the curse of God; knowledge is the wing wherewith we fly to heaven. ~ William Shakespeare ~

The lines of the poem do not quite enter a clear space. There is something waiting for them. As their music and emphasis enters the strang...

When people laugh at Mickey Mouse, it's because he's so human; and that is the secret of his popularity. ~ Walt Disney ~ Photo by gw...

Photo by Zevotron It is perhaps a more fortunate destiny to have a taste for collecting shells than to be born a millionaire. ~ Robert Loui...

In all matters of opinion, our adversaries are insane. ~ Oscar Wilde ~

She started me out washing dishes when I was four years old and when I was six she was learning me how to cook. While the other hands was w...

Image by Migraine Chick Cats, like butterflies, need no excuse . ~ Robert A. Heinlein ~

He who sings scares away his woes. ~ Cervantes ~

Poetry comes in strange ways and never at the moment when one might think it should come. ~ Myra Cohn Livingston ~

When we read a story, we inhabit it. The covers of the book are like a roof and four walls. What is to happen next will take place within th...

The most familiar quotations are the most likely to be misquoted...Some have settled down to false versions that have obscured the true ones...

Tell the truth, and so puzzle and confound your adversaries. ~ Henry Wotton, Sr. ~ Image courtesy of the National Portrait Gallery , London

Our lifetime may be the last that will be lived out in a technological society. ~ Arthur C. Clarke ~

the farm cat makes Buddha's lap a pillow ~ Kobayashi Issa ~ Photo by Fran 53

I did not have three thousand pairs of shoes. I had one thousand and sixty. ~ Imelda Marcos ~ Photo by Gerry Balding

I see no reason for calling my work poetry except that there is no other category in which to put it. ~ Marianne Moore ~

The White Orchard, 1888, from the Van Gogh Museum . The more I am spent, ill, a broken pitcher, by so much more am I an artist--a creative a...

It is good to realize that if love and peace can prevail on earth, and if we can teach our children to honor nature's gifts, the joys an...

He who seeks vengeance must dig two graves: one for his enemy and one for himself. ~ Chinese proverb ~

Photo by Martin Burns Life expectancy would grow by leaps and bounds if green vegetables smelled as good as bacon. ~ Doug Larson ~ Yes, ther...

The reason cats climb is so that they can look down on almost every other animal-- it's also the reason they hate birds. ~ K.C. Buffingt...

A book is like a garden in the pocket. ~ Indian proverb ~

Celebrate yummy words! ~ April Pulley Sayre ~

The public puts its mold upon us, and we come out as nearly alike as peas...Mind, health, beauty and happiness are all sacrificed to the pro...

See you later, alligator. After a while, crocodile. ~ Bill Haley ~ Photo by turtlemom4bacon

Coarse rice for food, water to drink, and the bended arm for a pillow--happiness may be enjoyed even in these. ~ Confucius ~

Magnetism is one of the Six Fundamental Forces of the Universe, with the other five being Gravity, Duct Tape, Whining, Remote Control, and T...

Photo by Oolong A meow massages the heart. ~ Stuart McMillan ~

If this nation is to be wise as well as strong, if we are to achieve our destiny, then we need more new ideas for more wise men reading more...

The poet is in the end probably more afraid of the dogmatist who wants to extract the message from the poem and throw the poem away than he ...

Man has lost the basic skill of the ape, the ability to scratch its back. Which gave it extraordinary independence, and the liberty to assoc...

Image courtesy of Pip Wilson Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I'm not sure about the former. ~ Albert...

When one tugs at a single thing in nature, he finds it attached to the rest of the world. ~ John Muir ~

You will find truth more quickly through delight than gravity. Let out a little more string on your kite. ~ Alan Cohen ~ Look closely, those...

Photo by Groovnick A cat will be your friend, but never your slave. ~ Theophile Gautier ~

Don't throw away the old bucket until you know whether the new one holds water. ~ Swedish proverb ~

Art doesn't belong to collectors or museum docents or art historians, any more than stories belong to publishers or to those who teach l...

Photo by Kevin H. I fully appreciate the ability of trees to attract kites. They have special powers that way. ~ Charlie Dunton ~

Photo by watz Have you noticed since everyone has a camcorder these days no one talks about seeing UFOs like they used to. ~ Author unknown ...

Photo by woodleywonderworks It may be hard for an egg to turn into a bird: it would be a jolly sight harder for it to learn to fly while rem...

When I sing, I don't want them to see that my face is black; I don't want them to see that my face is white--I want them to see my s...

Photo by ~fb~ You'll wake up on Easter morning And you'll know that he was there When you find those chocolate bunnies That he's...

From birth to age eighteen, a girl needs good parents. From eighteen to thirty-five she needs good looks. From thirty-five to fifty-five, sh...

We write because we believe the human spirit cannot be tamed and should not be trained. ~ Nikki Giovanni ~

Who in the world am I? Ah, that's the great puzzle. ~ Lewis Carroll ~

I knew that by assembling seven different people and forcing them to live together, the show would have great philosophical implications. ~ ...

Flowers seem intended for the solace of ordinary humanity. ~ John Ruskin ~ Photo by John-Morgan

When I consider this carefully, I find not a single property which with certainty separates the waking state from the dream. How can you be ...

Photo by Joe Dunckley I care not for a man's religion whose dog and cat are not the better for it. ~ Abraham Lincoln ~

If thou tastest a crust of bread, thou tastest all the stars and all the heavens. ~ Robert Browning ~

Photo by Christian Watzke

If parents pass enthusiasm along to their children, they will leave them an estate of incalculable value... ~ Thomas Alva Edison ~