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The best thing to spend on your children is your time.
If there is anything better than to be loved, it is loving!!!!
I once had a rose named after me and I was very flattered. But I was not pleased to read the description in the catalogue: "No good in a bed, but fine up against a wall". ~Eleanor Roosevelt
Last week I stated this woman was the ugliest woman I had ever seen. I have since been visited by her sister . and now wish to withdraw that statement. ~Mark Twain
The secret of a good sermon is to have a good beginning and a good ending; and have the two placed as close together as possible. ~George Burns
Santa Claus has the right idea ... visit people only once a year. ~Victor Borge
Be careful about reading health books. You may die of a misprint. ~Mark Twain
What would men be without women? Scarce, sir ... mighty scarce. ~Mark Twain
My wife is a sex object. Every time I ask for sex, she objects. ~Les Dawson
By all means marry. If you get a good wife, you'll become happy; if you get a bad one, you'll become a philosopher. ~Socrates
I was married by a judge. I should have asked for a jury. ~Groucho Marx
My wife has a slight impediment in her speech. Every now and then she stops to breathe. ~Jimmy Durante
The male is a domestic animal which, if treated with firmness and kindness, can be trained to do most things. ~Jilly Cooper
I never hated a man enough to give his diamonds back. ~Zsa Zsa Gabor
Only Irish coffee provides in a single glass all four essential food groups:
alcohol, caffeine, sugar and fat.
~Alex Levine
Don't go around saying the world owes you a living. The world owes you nothing. It was here first. ~Mark Twain
My luck is so bad that if I bought a cemetery, people would stop dying. ~Ed Furgol
Money can't buy you happiness, but it does bring you a more pleasant form of misery. ~Spike Milligan
What's the use of happiness? It can't buy you money. ~Henny Youngman
I am opposed to millionaires, but it would be dangerous to offer me the position. ~Mark Twain
Until I was thirteen, I thought my name was 'shut up'. ~Joe Namath
Youth would be an ideal state if it came a little later in life. ~Herbert Henry Asquith
I don't feel old. I don't feel anything until noon. Then it's time for my nap. ~Bob Hope
A woman drove me to drink ... and I hadn't even the courtesy to thank her. ~W.C. Fields
I never drink water because of the disgusting things that fish do in it. ~W.C. Fields
It takes only one drink to get me drunk. The trouble is, I can't remember if it's the thirteenth or the fourteenth. ~George Burns
We could certainly slow aging process down if it had to work its way through Congress. ~Unknown
Don't worry about avoiding temptation... As you grow older, it will avoid you. ~Unknown
Maybe it's true that life begins at fifty. But . everything else starts to wear out, fall out, or spread out. ~Unknown
Doctor to patient: I have good news and bad news. The good news is that you are not a hypochondriac. ~Unknown
The cardiologist's diet: If it tastes good ... spit it out. ~Unknown
By the time a man is wise enough to watch his step, he's too old to go anywhere. ~Unknown
It's hard to be nostalgic when you can't remember anything. ~Unknown
Success without honor is an unseasoned dish; it will satisfy your hunger, but it won't taste good. ~ Joe Paterno
Success consists of going from failure to failure without loss of enthusiasm. ~ Winston Churchill
The closer one gets to the top, the more one finds there is no "top." ~ Nancy Barcus
Success seems to be largely a matter of hanging on after others have let go. ~ William Feather
Flaming enthusiasm, backed up by horse sense and persistence, is the quality that most frequently makes for success. ~ Dale Carnegie
Always bear in mind that your own resolution to success is more important than any other one thing. ~ Abraham Lincoln
The man who has done his level best... is a success, even though the world may write him down a failure. ~ B.C. Forbes
Doubt whomever you will, but never yourself: Christine Bonee
Glutton is not secret vice: Orson Welles
Buy on rumour; Sell on news
Order is the shape upon which beauty depends
Frugality without creativity is deprivation.
-- Amy Dacyzcn
All progress is based upon a universal innate desire on the part of every organism to live beyond its income.
-- Samuel Butler
I believe that friends are quiet angels who lift us to our feet when our wings have trouble remembering how to fly.
-- Henry David Thoreau
The talent for being happy is appreciating and liking what you have, instead of what you don't have.
--Unknown
Quote: A musician for whom a young Elvis Presley auditioned advised him to "Stick to driving a truck, because you'll never make it as a singer."
We all admire the prescient individual who can spot a diamond in the rough; who has the vision to see great value in someone or something that everyone else has overlooked. Conversely, we love to jeer the fool who lets a valuable gem slip through his fingers, even if nobody else realized its worth at the time either.
So it was with Elvis Presley. It was far from apparent during Elvis' early adulthood that he was destined to become one of the most popular entertainers the world had ever seen. The day after Elvis graduated high school in 1953, he started work at M.B. Parker Machinists' Shop for $33 a week. When Elvis stopped by the studios of Sam Phillips' Memphis Recording Service sometime that summer (obstensibly to make a personal record "to surprise his mother"), he was, in the words of Marion Keisker, Phillips' partner and receptionist, "shy, a little woebegone, cradling his battered, beat-up child's guitar." While Elvis waited to record a couple of tunes ("My Happiness" and "That's When Your Heartaches Begin"), he asked Miss Keisker if she knew of any groups looking for a singer. She didn't.
Elvis knew he wanted to be a singer, but he didn't know how to go about becoming one. He hung around the Memphis Recording Service studios for the next several months and cut another personal record in January 1954, but he accomplished little else in the way of becoming a professional artist. The most notable "professional" event of these early years was Elvis' switching jobs (because his previous employer had made him get a haircuit), taking a job driving a truck for Crown Electric driving at the princely sum of $40 per week in April 1954.
A month later, Elvis was excited that the big break he had been seeking might finally be at hand. Ronnie Smith, a fellow music enthusiast with whom Elvis had played a few little gigs was, at 16, a member of a real professional band. This band was led by Eddie Bond, a 21-year-old "veteran" musician who had been performing in Memphis since he was 15 and was seeking to re-establish himself after having finished a stint in the navy. Ronnie and Elvis ran into each other, and Ronnie mentioned that Eddie was looking for a singer for their band. Maybe Elvis could try auditioning for the spot, Ronnie suggested.
Elvis duly showed up at a club called the Hi Hat shortly thereafter, where he met Eddie Bond and nervously performed a couple of songs onstage. Bond turned him down. The reasons why Bond turned him down have become confused over the years (Bond later claimed it was the club's owners who forced him reject Elvis), but according to a mutual friend, Bond told Elvis to stick with driving a truck "because you're never going to make it as a singer."
Within a few months Elvis Presley would record "That's All Right (Mama)" for Sam Phillips' Sun Records label. After the disc proved to be a hit in Memphis, Eddie Bond had Ronnie Smith ask Elvis if he'd like to sing with them now. Elvis politely declined the invitation.
source: http://www.snopes.com/
-- Bob Dylan
- Gilda Radner -
A person's mind stretched by a new idea can never go back to its original dimensions." ----Robert Hutchins
"If you truly love nature you will find beauty everywhere." ----Vincent Van Gogh
"Painting is silent poetry, and poetry painting that speaks." ----Simonides
A luxury is something you don't really need and can't do without.
The reward of a thing well done is to have done it.
A smile always adds to your "face" value.
Didja Know...
The saying 'a picture is worth a thousand words' is not an old proverb but was invented in 1921 by an advertising executive named Fred R. Barnard? (Source: about.com)
"Life is an opportunity, benefit from it.
Life is a beauty, admire it.
Life is a dream, realize it.
Life is a challenge, meet it.
Life is a duty, complete it.
Life is a game, play it.
Life is a promise, fulfill it.
Life is sorrow, overcome it.
Life is a song, sing it.
Life is a struggle, accept it.
Life is a tragedy, confront it.
Life is an adventure, dare it.
Life is luck, make it.
Life is life, fight for it."
Author: Mother Teresa (1910 - 1997)
sites for quotes and word of the day. A couple will email directly to you daily.
http://www.qotd.org/
http://www.quotes2u.com/
http://www.wordsmith.org/words/today.html
http://www.brainemail.com/
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“A ball is a circle. No beginning, no end.
It keeps us together, like our Circle of Friends;
but, the treasure inside, for you to see
is the treasure of friendship you've granted to me.
Today I pass the friendship ball to you. Pass it on to someone who is a friend to you.”
and so is a friend who cares,
so with this token
and no words spoken
I offer my friendship to share
- By Tammy Pottruff!
I sat in my room and talked to my friends!
And this is where my day begins
We talked about crafting, recipes too,
About how were happy, sad or feeling blue
We give each other hugs, we smile and we cry
Show our photos of family here and gone by
We answer questions on this and on that
And it doesn’t matter where each of us sat
For were all in the same room
Huddled together
And for this we’ll remain friends forever
So when your alone wondering what you can do
Come to our room, meet friends like me and you
The WWWCOF are waiting, come join us we say
Then you too can answer What did I do today?
~~written by Pat Broatch & dedicated to the WWWCOF~~
A warm welcome from Sharon,
founder of the Worldwide Circle of Friends
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