"What if there were no hypothetical questions?"
-George Carlin

"Men are from Earth, women are from Earth. Deal with it."
-George Carlin

"There is no reason, at all, to believe that the flow of our country's history will always be in the direction of more and greater democracy." ~Another Editorial Cartoon

"We do not grow absolutely, chronologically. We grow sometimes in one dimension, and not in another, unevenly. We grow partially. We are relative. We are mature in one realm, childish in another. The past, present and future mingle and pull us backward, forward or fix us in the present. We are made up of layers, cells and constellations."

-- Anais Nin

Pretty is as pretty does - My Mother

Or, the grown up version:

... If you want self esteem, do esteemable acts

"Clocks slay time... time is dead as long as it is being clicked off by little wheels; only when the clock stops does time come to life. "

William Faulkner

Did I mention I'm going through one of my "no watch" phases again?

Here's quote wherein is contained a short, short story, in its entirety:

A RADICALLY CONDENSED HISTORY OF POSTINDUSTRIAL LIFE

David Foster Wallace
Ploughshares, Spring 1998

When they were introduced, he made a witticism, hoping to be liked. She
laughed very hard, hoping to be liked. Then each drove home alone,
staring straight ahead, with the very same twist to their faces.

The man who'd introduced them didn't much like either of them, though he
acted as if he did, anxious as he was to preserve good relations at all
times. One never knew, after all, now did one.

"I have learned silence from the talkative, tolerance from the intolerant, and kindness from the the unkind; yet strangely, I am ungrateful to these teachers."

-- Kahlil Gibran

"Human beings are the only creatures that allow their children to come back home."

--- Bill Cosby

"I'm gonna soak up the sun
I'm gonna tell everyone
To lighten up (I'm gonna tell 'em that)
I've got no one to blame
For every time I feel lame
I'm looking up" ~Sheryl Crow