Photo by Just a Slice The true sign of intelligence is not knowledge, but imagination. ~ Albert Einstein ~

Changes that can affect us can happen in our lifetime in our world--not just changes like wars but bigger and more sweeping events. I believ...

The great charm of cats is their rampant egotism, their devil-may-care attitude toward responsibility, their disinclination to earn an hones...

The greatest education in the world is watching the masters at work. ~ Michael Jackson ~ US Patent 5255452(A)

I never want to be thought of as pandering to a broad audience, but you can tweak a poem just slightly and broaden the audience very much. I...

Poison ivy is not, technically, an ivy. Poison oak is not an oak. Poison sumac has nothing to do with sumac trees. And by the way, none o...

I have always imagined that Paradise will be a kind of library. ~ Jorge Luis Borges ~

If the freedom of speech is taken away then dumb and silent we may be led, like sheep to the slaughter. ~ George Washington ~

A life without love is like a year without summer. ~ Swedish proverb ~ Photo by Jill Clardy

Photo by Tienzieyung The city of cats and the city of men exist one inside the other, but they are not the same city. ~ Italo Calvino ~

Photo by DeaPeaJay People from a planet without flowers would think we must be mad with joy the whole time to have such things about us. ~ ...

Naturally we would prefer seven epiphanies a day and an earth not so apparently devoid of angels. ~ Jim Harrison ~

The arts are not just instantaneous pleasure--if you don't like it, the artist is wrong. I belong to the generation which says if you do...

My greatest challenge has been to change the mindset of people. Mindsets play strange tricks on us. We see things the way our minds have ins...

Photo by Mary Hodder The world today doesn't make sense, so why should I paint pictures that do? ~ Pablo Picasso ~

There are good days and there are bad days, and this is one of them. ~ Lawrence Welk ~ Photo by Epiclectic

My cat speaks sign language with her tail. ~ Robert A. Stern ~ Photo by laihiu

There was a time when a fool and his money were soon parted, but now it happens to everybody. ~ Adlai E. Stevenson ~

You will find poetry nowhere unless you bring some of it with you. ~Joseph Joubert~

Did you know that the average food product travels about 1,500 miles to get to your grocery store? And that transporting food accounts for 3...

One fish two fish red fish blue fish. Black fish blue fish old fish new fish. This one has a little star. This one has a little car. Say! wh...

With a sweet tongue of kindness, you can drag an elephant by a hair. ~ Persian proverb ~

Photo by terrapin Friendship is like money, easier made than kept. ~ Samuel Butler ~

He who would climb the ladder must begin at the bottom. ~ German proverb ~ Unless you're a cat! --KK Photo by Kevin Steele

Part of the joy of dancing is conversation. Trouble is, some men can't talk and dance at the same time. ~ Ginger Rogers ~ Image by Zooom...

Let go of any preconceived ideas and simply do whatever brings you the most enjoyment. This is your life, the book you are writing. ~ Jane ...

One must ask children and birds how cherries and strawberries taste. ~ Johann Wolfgang von Goethe ~

I've been on a calendar, but I've never been on time. ~ Marilyn Monroe ~

Send me a postcard, drop me a line, Stating point of view. Indicate precisely what you mean to say. Yours sincerely, Wasting Away. ~ The Bea...

Music doesn't lie. If there is something to be changed in this world, then it can only happen through music. ~ Jimi Hendrix ~ Photo by C...

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 ~