"I am glad that I am not a man, for if I were I should have to marry a woman."
Madame de Stael, French author (1766 - 1817)

"There are many methods for predicting the future. For example, you can read horoscopes, tea leaves, tarot cards, or crystal balls. Collectively, these methods are known as "nutty methods." Or you can put well-researched facts into sophisticated computer models, more commonly referred to as "a complete waste of time.""
Scott Adams, The Dilbert Future, US cartoonist (1957 - )

"A dog owns nothing, yet is seldom dissatisfied."
Irish Proverb

"During my second year of nursing school our professor gave us a quiz. I breezed through the questions until I read the last one: "What is the first name of the woman who cleans the school?" Surely this was a joke. I had seen the cleaning woman several times, but how would I know her name? I handed in my paper, leaving the last question blank. Before the class ended, one student asked if the last question would count toward our grade. "Absolutely," the professor said. "In your careers, you will meet many people. All are significant. They deserve your attention and care, even if all you do is smile and say hello." I've never forgotten that lesson. I also learned her name was Dorothy."
Joann C. Jones

"I soon realized that no journey carries one far unless, as it extends into the world around us, it goes an equal distance into the world within."
Lillian Smith

"The emotional, sexual, and psychological stereotyping of females begins when the doctor says, "It's a girl." "
Shirley Chisholm

"Comfort is the only thing our civilization can give us."
Oscar Wilde quotes (Irish Poet, Novelist, Dramatist and Critic, 1854-1900)

"A woman is a person who reaches for a chair when she answers the telephone."
Milton Wright

"The art of medicine consists in amusing the patient while nature cures the disease."
Voltaire (Fran'ois Marie Arouet)

"It's not that I'm so smart, it's just that I stay with problems longer."
Albert Einstein

"Happiness is never stopping to think if you are."
Palmer Sondreal

"Insomnia is a gross feeder. It will nourish itself on any kind of thinking, including thinking about not thinking."
Clifton Fadiman

"Always aim at complete harmony of thought and word and deed. Always aim at purifying your thoughts and everything will be well."
Mahatma Gandhi (1869 - 1948)

"What you are is a question only you can answer."
Lois McMaster Bujold, The Warrior's Apprentice, 1986

"The greatest discovery of my generation is that a human being can alter his life by altering his attitudes of mind."
William James (1842 - 1910)

"Is there life before death?"
Graffito, in Belfast

"The radical invents the views. When he has worn them out, the conservative adopts them."
Mark Twain (1835 - 1910), 'Notebook,' 1935

"Worry a little bit every day and in a lifetime you will lose a couple of years. If something is wrong, fix it if you can. But train yourself not to worry. Worry never fixes anything."
Mary Hemingway

"Change your thoughts and you change your world."
Norman Vincent Peale (1898 - 1993)