pictures of friendship poems

It's the most unhappy people who most fear change. ~Mignon McLaughlin, The Second Neurotic's Notebook, 1966



There is one word which may serve as a rule of practice for all one's life - reciprocity. ~Confucius



Age does not diminish the extreme disappointment of having a scoop of ice cream fall from the cone. ~Jim Fiebig



Being an author is having angels whisper in your ear - and devils, too. ~Terri Guillemets



We are everlasting debtors to known and unknown men and women.... When we arise in the morning, we go into the bathroom where we reach for a sponge provided for us by a Pacific Islander. We reach for soap that is created for us by a Frenchman. The towel is provided by a Turk. Then at the table we drink coffee which is provided for us by a South American, or tea by a Chinese, or cocoa by a West African. Before we leave for our jobs, we are beholden to more than half the world. ~Martin Luther King, Jr., Strength to Love, 1963



A kiss that speaks volumes is seldom a first edition. ~Clare Whiting



Start every day with a smile and get it over with. ~W.C. Fields



Love is like a friendship caught on fire. In the beginning a flame, very pretty, often hot and fierce, but still only light and flickering. As love grows older, our hearts mature and our love becomes as coals, deep-burning and unquenchable. ~Bruce Lee



Laws are only words written on paper, words that change on society's whim and are interpreted differently daily by politicians, lawyers, judges, and policemen. Anyone who believes that all laws should always be obeyed would have made a fine slave catcher. Anyone who believes that all laws are applied equally, despite race, religion, or economic status, is a fool. ~John J. Miller, And Hope to Die



If you wish to forget anything on the spot, make a note that this thing is to be remembered. ~Edgar Allan Poe



When you take flight by skipping, your baggage gets left behind - there's no room to carry on worries. ~Jessi Lane Adams



No one appreciates the very special genius of your conversation as the dog does. ~Christopher Morley



I don't think necessity is the mother of invention - invention, in my opinion, arises directly from idleness, possibly also from laziness. To save oneself trouble. ~Agatha Christie, An Autobiography, 1977



...I heard a neigh. Oh, such a brisk and melodious neigh as that was! My very heart leaped with delight at the sound. ~Nathaniel Hawthorne, "The Chim?ra," A Wonder-Book for Girls and Boys, 1852 (about Pegasus)



A woman occasionally is quite a serviceable substitute for masturbation. ~Karl Kraus



Every saint has a past and every sinner has a future. ~Oscar Wilde, A Woman of No Importance, 1893



Never look down on anybody unless you're helping him up. ~Jesse Jackson



Our culture runs on coffee and gasoline, the first often tasting like the second. ~Edward Abbey



Some minds are made of blotting-paper: you can write nothing on them distinctly. They swallow the ink, and you find a large spot. ~Augustus William Hare and Julius Charles Hare, Guesses at Truth, by Two Brothers, 1827



Skipping chases away the blues, and happiness will come chasing after you. ~Jessi Lane Adams