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"I haven't lost my girlish figure; it's in there somewhere!" - my beloved grandmother Foster
I have, however, developed a healthy attitude toward aging: I'd rather be 50 than pregnant.
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"GOD IS BIGGER THAN THE BOOGIE MAN." - Veggie Tails song
First: an observation: I have it on good authority that the hokey pokey IS what it's all about! :>)
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And now, a word from our quotables:
"I don't write 'em; I just quote 'em."
In no particular order...yet.
It's just a sampling of the quotes I've collected over the years. Watch this site for news of more Life Quotes to come. NOTICE THE QUOTES FROM FIRST LADY HILLARY RODHAM CLINTON. If you e-mail me, please be sure and mention that you're e-mailing in response to this page. And remember: "Life's not a beach; it's a MOUNTAIN!"
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"I'll be glad when the day comes we understand everything we don't understand now." Buffy on "Family Affair"
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"Sometimes I think it would be easier to avoid old age, to die, young,
but then you'd never complete your life, would you? You’d never wholly
know yourself..." --Marilyn Monroe
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"Life is a series of choices; how you choose determines where you end up." Alan King as "God" on May 19 1998 Series Ending Murphy Brown episode. Murphy (Candace Bergen) was interviewing "God"
"Don't ask 'how?'; just do it!" - "Phil" on Series Ender of Murphy Brown, May 19, 1998 (Murphy asked him how she was going to go through another cancer fight.)
"Pschologists tell us anger is the instinctive human response to fear, pain, or frustration..." p. 68 in "The Hurting Parent" (book) by Margie M. Lewis
"As we allow a child a growing independence, we have also to wean ourselves from accountability...We need to realize some things are beyond our control. In many cases, it's not that parenting was lacking or weak, but the world's temptations and attractions are so strong. The failure to realize this produces unnecessary guilt." - p. 99, The Hurting Parent (book by Margie M. Lewis)
"Our society seems bent on underpaying and ignoring our teachers - at its peril, and at ours." - Jon Carroll, Columnist for the San Fransciso Chronicle From his book "Near-Life Experience, the best of Jon Carroll" p. 36 (Column called "A song of Thanks, a Grat Etude"
"Love is passion, obsession, someone you can't life without." Anthony Hopkins in "Meet Joe Black" 1998
"To make the journey without falling head-over-heels in love? Well, you haven't lived at all." - Anthony Hopkins in "Meet Joe Black" 1998
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Hillary Clinton: "You know, when you go through any kind of difficult experience, you have a choice. I mean, you can let it break you and embitter you. Or you can take whatever you've experienced, whatever pain or suffering, and decide that you're still going to have faith, your faith in God, your faith in your fellow man; that you're still going to believe that you can make a contribution to a better life. It's a choice. Every single day we wake up, you can choose to be cynical or hopeful. You can choose to be grateful or contemptuous. You can make all those choices. And for me, it's not a very hard choice." May 26,1999 - 05:41 PM ET CBS 60 Minutes II Dan Rather interviewing First Lady Hillary Rodham Clinton
Hillary Rodham Clinton: “And you know, sometimes, [prayer is] a way not only of pouring your heart out but of really getting filled up again with, you know, some energy and some hopefulness and positive feelings that can carry you forward." May 26,1999 - 05:41 PM ET CBS 60 Minutes II Dan Rather interviewing First Lady Hillary Rodham Clinton
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"How much does the world weigh?
Ask a single mother." - John Hancock Insurance
Commercial, seen 5/16/99
"I'm very proud to be this age; it took me a long time." -George Hamilton on Regis & Kathie Lee 3/12/99 60 years old 8/12/99
"It's not about what happens to us; it's about how we DEAL with what happens to us." - Jeanie Boulet (sp?) on ER 5/20/99 Season Finale
"Someone once said, if you ever want to make God laugh, tell him your plans." Zoya in "Zoya" by Danielle Steel starring Melisa Gilbert
"Time has a mysterious kindness. It always gives back to us what we have lost - through wisdom and memories." Zoya in "Zoya" by Danielle Steel
starring Melisa Gilbert
"A nuclear reactor is just like a woman: all you gotta do is read the manual and push the right buttons." - Homer Simpson 9/18/95
"I'll be glad when the day comes we understand everything we don't understand now." Buffy on "Family Affair"
"Talking between men and women never solves anything. Where we think, they feel; they are creatures of the heart." - Anthony Quinn in "A Walk
in the Clouds"
"God never promised us a perfect life; He's savin' that for the hereafter." - The paster in the "Preacher's Wife" with Whitney Houston
[and...Free for use by any parent, compliments of me:] "You get yourself under control. I have made my ruling. The discussion is over." - L.A. LAW
"Remember, your body is a TEMPLE not an AMUSEMENT PARK." - Nadine on "Love and War" sitcom
"A seasoned sled slides swifter than a green one." - Guest character on "Northern Exposure" (TV drama) 3/2/92
"My whole life is 'HAVE TO'" - Steve Martin (Gil) in "Parenthood"
"You think that because you're not around, your kid can't be influenced by you; but the fact that you're not around IS the influence, you know?"
- Coach Hayden Fox (Craig T. Nelson) on "Coach" 1994 season
"Why torture yourself when life will do it for you?" - Hilary Wolf in "Big girls don't cry -they get even."
"I sort of see my body as a way to get my head from one place to another." - Russell on "Grace Under Fire" (TV sitcom) when Wade suggested he start working out. 2/9/94
"Good judgment comes from experience; and experience comes from bad judgment." - Steve Physioc on ESPN during Dodger/Pirates game 8/24/93 in L.A.
“What doesn't kill ya makes you strong eventually” - Meridith Brooks, “Shatter” from the album Blurring the Edges, 1997
"If you ever decide to quit school teaching, you're going to make a very wonderful wife." - From "All I Desire" 1953
"Someone once said, if you ever want to make God laugh, tell him your plans." Zoya in "Zoya" by Danielle Steel starring Melisa Gilbert
"Time has a mysterious kindness. It always gives back to us what we have lost - through wisdom and memories." Zoya in "Zoya" by Danielle Steel starring Melisa Gilbert
"Human love is distinguished from the stupid need of animals by two divine functions: The caress and the kiss; and it's the woman who perfected both of these." - Horst Bucholtz as "Harry" in "Aphrodite"
Doctor: "I'm experiencing a dry spell (sex)."
Character played by Sarah Jessica Parker: "So, you're married?"
- "Miami Rhapsody"
Ok, on a short-lived cop show call "High Incident," two cops were arguing about whether paranormal acitivty exists. One cop said, "You know, we only use 3 percent of our brain." The other cop siad, "My guess is that varies." - 3/12/96
"Talking between men and women never solves anything. Where we think, they feel; they are creatures of the heart." - Anthony Quinn in "A Walk in the Clouds"
"God never promised us a perfect life; He's savin' that for the hereafter." - The paster in the "Preacher's Wife" with Whitney Houston
"One of the secrets of a happy life is continuous small treats." - Iris Murdoch, "The Sea, The Sea" [I admit I didn't find this one exactly; it was in Readers Digest "Quotable Quotes" column but it's SO true I had to put it in.]
Trials, temptations,
disappointments -- all these are helps
instead of hindrances, if one uses
them rightly. They not only test the
fiber of a character, but strengthen
it. Every conquered temptation
represents a new fund of moral
energy. Every trial endured and
weathered in the right spirit makes a
soul nobler and stronger than it was
before." -James Buckham
"If you were happy every day of your life, you wouldn't be a human being, you'd be a game show host." - Wynona Ryder as Veronica in "Heathers"
"No time is wasted that makes two people friends." Wendell Corey as Carl in "Holiday Affair" 
"You get what you settle for." - Louise (Susan Sarandan) in "Thelma & Louise"
"The only ones who face reality are the ones who are too dumb to duck when they see it coming." - Stuart Granger in B'Wana Junction (to Ava Gardner)
"Thirty-five is a very attractive age. London society is full of women of the highest birth who, of their own free choice, have remained 35 for years." - Lady Becknel in "The Importance of Being Ernest."
"Oh lord, if we could only live without men - but we can't live without them, the rascals, and how difficult it is to live WITH them." - from "The Rise of Catherine the Great"
"Every beast of a man begins to want you when he thinks you belong to some other beast of a man." from "The Rise of Catherine the Great"
"Smokin' may kill me, but it won't let me down." - detective on "Reasonable Doubts" when Dickey told him he find someone and quit smoking
"I don't know any mutes who can use the telephone." - A comedian regarding the mute button on the telephone
"To be or not to be ain't much of a choice." - Attributed to "Wayne Buckeye" on a plaque on a building in the beginning of "Nobody's Fool"
"You know, no matter how often I see it, the sight of young lovers never fails to make me SICK." - Norm on Cheers episode after viewing Woody and his bride 5/14/92
"I don't understand your whole GENDER - starting with fear of crying to that 'pull my finger' routine." Wally on "Love and War" sitcom episode
"I would rather have 30 minutes of wonderful than a lifetime of nothing special." Julia Roberts as Shelby Catenton Latcherie in "Steel Magnolias"
"There are four things that tell the world what a man is: his house, his car, his wife, and his shoes." Danny DeVito in "War of the Roses"
"There's times when feelin' good, and things like that, is important." - Dorothy McGuire as Mama in "A Tree Grows in Brooklyn"
"My life needs a rewind/erase button." - Calvin of Calvin and Hobbs by Bill Waterson
"Sometimes I think war is God's way of teaching us geography." - Paul Rodriguez
"I've heard that God gives us only what we can handle, but sometimes I wish He wasn't quite so confident of me." - Mother Teresa
"I think I got procrastination from my dad. One time I checked out a book on procrastination from the library. I never read it and I turned it in late." - My stepdaughter Mary
"There's nothing in the dark that wasn't there when the light was on." - Gramps in "The Boy With Green Hair"
"You big stud: Take me to bed or lose me forever!" - Meg Ryan to Anthony Edwards and Kelly McGillis to Tom Cruise in "Top Gun"
"For a decent man, there's never any peace of mind without honesty..." - Jennifer Jones in 'Man in the Grey Flannel Suit"
"If you want attention, ask someone for a hug." A teacher - quoted by my son Chris as he hugged me about the waist in May 1993 (he was 10)
"If you ever want something done, always ask the busy man; the others never have time." - Rudy Vallee's character in (1948 version) "Unfaithfully Yours"
"LIFE bullies us, son, not GOD!" - Richard Widmark in "Cold Sassy Tree"
"Men fall in love with the women they're attracted to; women are attracted to the men they love." - Helen on "Wings" 10/11/94
"The difference between a lady and a flower girl is not how she behaves; but how she's treated." - Eliza Doolittle in "My Fair Lady"
"Love sucks." - Andrew McCarthy as Kevin in "St. Elmo's Fire"
"Love sucks." - Bob in "Big Man on Campus"
"Love sucks." - Larry (Tim Robbins) in "Cadillac Man
The following quotes are tongue in cheek. They're meant to be funny. I don't "go" by them!
"When you kick someone in the head, it's the most incredible feeling." - kickboxer Rick Roufus on Showtime
"To be WITH another woman is French. To be CAUGHT - is American." - Police Chief in "Bedtime Story"
"A man's head's like a door knob: any woman can turn it." - Bub in "My Three Son's" episode
"There's only one way for a poor defenseless woman to treat a husband, and that's to get the upper hand of him in the first five minutes and to rule him." - from "The Rise of Catherine the Great"
"The notion of two people spending their entire lives together was invented by people who were lucky to make it to age 20 without being eaten by dinosaurs - Andrew McCarthy as Kevin in "St. Elmo's Fire"
"They wouldn't send a WOMAN would they?" - Jane in "Stranger on the Third Floor"
"Honey, I don't think you're flattering his ego too much by doing things for him. Did you ever hear of feminine charm? Well, it's nothing more than building a fellow up, you know, laughing at his jokes, making him feel superior so that he'll want to do things for you. To get anywhere in this man's world, you've got to learn to be CHAR-MING!" - Donna Reed in the "Donna Reed Show" to her daughter
"Girls are so silly." - a grandfather Gnome in Walt Disney's "Gnome-Mobile"
"Women are difficult creatures, sir. I've found that the best way to deal with them is to find out what they want and then arrange for them to get it." - The doctor in "Prudence and the Pill"
"A woman will never be president; she'd have to admit she was over 35." - Mary Matthews (Katherine Hepburn) with Spencer Tracy in "State of the Union"
"Women should be given a damn good squeeze and thereafter avoided." - Martin Sheen in "DA"
"A woman's place is in her hut." - Gilligan in "Gilligan's Island" episode
"Girls never keep a secret." - Mr. Howell in "Gilligan's Island" episode
"There's no sense in even TALKING to women. They don't even know the MEANING of logic!" - Vinnie Groves in "There's Always Tomorrow"
"Oh, God, why didn't you make woman first, while you were fresh?" - Yves Montand as Professor Chabot in "On a Clear Day..." (With Barbra Streisand)
"You know, you women do this all the time: you want us to share, then you don't let us share - 'be sensitive' - 'no - be strong' - 'nurture us' - 'leave us alone' - why don't you call a meeting and decide on the rules? And you can start with that whole 'I want a commitment" thing - - - we don't GET that." - Frank Fontana on Murphy Brown episode 5/11/92
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Thanks to my precious daughter for this one:
"To laugh often and much; to win the respect of intelligent people and the affection of children; to earn the appreciation of honest critics and endure the betrayal of false friends; to appreciate beauty, to find the best in others; to leave the world a little better; whether by a healthy child, a garden patch or a redeemed social condition; to know even one life has breathed easier because you have lived. This is the meaning of success." -Ralph Waldo Emerson
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Meaning of life search results: just savin' this somewhere: http://www.altavista.com/cgi-bin/query?pg=q&kl=XX&stype=stext&q=What+is+the+meaning+of+life%3F
and this: http://home.netscape.com/netcenter/smallbusiness/index.html?cp=let26fin2
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anonymous:
> "You only live once, but if you work it right, once is enough..."
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And now, The Bee Speaks:
Notice: The surgeon major has issued a warning that fast food, along with many other popular foods, is dangerous to your health. Clogged arteries, high blood pressure, heart disease, and even death are the risks associated with the daily American diet. "Some of these foods, when taken as directed, will eventually kill many people. The risk is similar, but more widespread, than risks associated with smoking cigarettes," The surgeon major said. Many more people eat than smoke, the high-ranking government official added.
Industry experts are predicting this new evidence could lead to many law suits, just like those filed by states and individuals against the tobacco companies.
"These fast food restaurants and food makers have known for years the health risks associated with high fat foods - but they've continued to sell them. The fact that the people knew the risks associated with eating these foods does not take away from the culpability of these profit-centered companies."
Colonel Sanderson, of Tennessee Deep Fried Fatmongers, could not be reached for comment. However, Donald Macrooni defended the industry. "We have never pretended this is healthy for the American people. We don't have to tell them that because science has proven it."
Have some companies actually added ingredients, such as fat, to their foods in a blatant attempt to make them taste better, and thus lure people to keep coming back? A growing number of state and federal legislators are calling for investigations and hearings into the matter. But the shear number of food companies and restaurants that would be implicated is staggering, the surgeon major said Friday, adding that the only way to pay for the investigations and government lawsuits is with tax-payer dollars.
"Add to that number the possibility that wholesale distributors and grocery merchants could be implicated, and you have the potential for an assault much larger than that launched against the tobacco companies," the surgeon major cautioned. This could lead to higher prices at the drive through, but also a great deal of extra funds for states that impose penalties against the companies. Legislators are already in committee meetings planning how to spend the money.
"People are not going to stop eating these foods. But if we can deter our children from feeding their bodies with high fat and artery-blocking foods - put there DELIBERATELY by a money-hungry industry, perhaps the next generation will live long enough to all live together in a nursing home until a very old age," the President stated in a press conference following the surgeon major's announcement. He acknowledged that the food companies would not suffer financial loss from sanctions or lawsuits because the costs would be passed onto consumers, just as it was with the tobacco companies. "This is only fair," he noted.
The companies have been given 6 months to get the warning on all packages and advertising. This alone will cost a fortune, Mighty Hardeey spokespersons warned, "and people will still eat," he added
@copyhoot NBJ Inc 1999
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Subj: Don't Post Commandments; Post Values
Date: 6/22/99 7:46:37 AM Central Daylight Time
From: Nancy Beee
To: letters@tulsaworld.com
Post the 10 commandments? We should absolutely be telling our young people what we, as a society, as the education system, as a family, value. We don't have to post the ten commandements: why not post our VALUES?
*Don't Kill.
*Don't Steal.
*Don't have sex with someone else's spouse.
*Treat your parents with respect.
*Respect others.
*Don't worship things that will screw up your life, like money, work, or sex.
*Be glad that your friend has good fortune; don't go around wishing you had it instead.
*Avoid using foul language; it just reflects on you negatively.
*Make time in your life for rest, reflection, and family time.
*Don't lie, and particularly don't lie and say someone said or did something when you know they didn't.
Tell our children: These are some of the things we ALL agree on. We would like you to agree on them too.
Post them in the schools.
Post them at the gun shows.
Post them at the malls.
Post them in our homes.
Our children do not have a clear idea of what this society values because WE HAVE BEEN SO TERRIFIED OF SENDING A RELIGIOUS MESSAGE. Send a values message. And hurry.
-The Bee
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