Words of Wisdom
...and other musings
THINGS YOUR MOTHER PROBABLY TOLD YOU
If a little is good, then a lot must be better.
There is more to driving than steering the car.
If I told you once, I told you a thousand times...
Don't eat yellow snow!
Don't say I didn't warn you!
I hope one day you have children just like you.
If you can't say anything nice, then don't say anything at all.
Just be yourself.
What goes around, comes around.
Wait til your father comes home.
Treat your family like guests and your guests like family.
SOME LITTLE KNOWN FACTS ABOUT WORDS
The shortest complete sentence in the English language is "I am."
Stewardesses is the longest word typed with only the left hand.
The words racecar and kayak are the same whether they are read
left to right or right to left.
Typewriter is the longest word that can be made using the letters only
on one row of the keyboard.
The only fifteen letter word that can be spelled without repeating a letter, is
uncopyrightable.
Facetious and absentemious contain all the vowels in the correct
order.
There is a seven letter word in the English language that contains ten words
without rearranging any of its letters: therein.
The words are: the, there, he, in, rein, her, here, ere, therein, herein.
A humorous look at the rules of writing
How's that again?
SOME OF MY FAVOURITE QUOTATIONS OF ALL
TIME
Life is easier than you think... all you have to do is: Accept the impossible,
do without the indispensable, bear the intolerable, and be able to smile at
anything.
It is better either to be silent, or to say things of more value than silence.
Sooner throw a pearl at hazard than an idle or useless word; and do not say a
little in many words, but a great deal in a few words. ~Pythagorius
The soul would have no rainbow if the eyes had no tears.
A bird does not sing because he has an answer, he sings because he has a song.
~Chinese proverb
The two most abundant elements in the universe are hydrogen and stupidity.
~ Robert Heinlein
Persistance will win over resistance.
It is better to regret something you have done, than to regret something you
haven't done.
It is the climbing of the mountain that makes the view from the top so
breathtaking. ~Richard C. Miller
Truth often hurts but its the lie that leaves the scars.
True friends are angels who lift us to our feet when our own wings have trouble
remembering how to fly.
Grab a chance and you won't be sorry for a might have been.
~Arthur Ransome
Music expresses that which cannot be put into words and cannot remain silent.
~Victor Hugo
All that we see, or seem, is but a dream within a dream. ~Poe
Everywhere I go, I find a poet has been there before me. ~Freud
Our life is frittered away by detail. Simplify, simplify.
~Henry David Thoreau
We are, each of us, angels with one wing and we can only fly by embracing one
another. ~Lucian de Creszenza
Senility Prayer: God grant me the senility to forget the people I never liked
anyway, the good fortune to run into the ones I do, and the eyesight to tell the
difference. Amen.
We don't need more to be thankful for, we need to be more thankful.
Doing right is never wrong.
Too often we are so preoccupied with the destination, we forget the journey.
Yesterday's sunsets are tomorrow's sunrises.
Yield to temptation — it may not pass your way again. ~ Robert A. Heinlein
Don't go through life, grow through life.
WORDS TO LOVE BY
Distance lends enchantment to love.
True friendship continues to grow even over the longest distance. Same goes for
love.
Work like you don't need the money. Love like you've never been hurt. Dance
like nobody's watching.
Love is nature's second sun.
Do you believe in love at first sight or do I need to walk by again?
~Unknown Author
Unless it's mad, passionate, extraordinary love,it's a waste of your time. There
are too many mediocre things in life. Love shouldn't be one of them. ~movie:
Dream for an Insomniac
Real beauty lies not in the physical appearance, but in the heart. Real treasure
lies not in what can be seen, but in what cannot be seen. Real love lies not in
what is done and known, but in what is done and not known.
I believe in the sun - even when it is not shining.I believe in love - even when
I feel it not. I believe in God - even when He is silent.
Don't be dismayed at good-byes. A farewell is necessary before you can meet
again. Meeting again, after moments or lifetimes, is certain for those who are
friends.
In life, actions speak louder than words. But in love, the eyes do.
I have loved you all my life, even before we met. Not you really, but the idea
of you.
Common Errors in
English
The Art of Wordly
Wisdom
Quotations from John Muir
Motivating Moments
Creative Quotations from
Hugh Walpole
Maria's Place (my other home page)
The Book Nook
(yet another of my pages)
The Harden Herald
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