This is a recurring discussion here, but perhaps worth re-starting what with so many new family members since the original. I have tons, like most of us. Here's one that inspired me tonight:

...the moral test of government is how that government treats those who are in the dawn of life, the children; those who are in the twilight of life, the elderly; those who are in the shadows of life; the sick, the needy and the handicapped.

---Hubert Humphrey as he left Washington, DC in 1977.....

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"The mind is a scary place. You don't want to go in there alone at night!"......a female comic. Can't remember who......
LOL I love it ;)
“The belief that there is only one truth, and that oneself is in possession of it, is the root of all evil in the world” Max Born
That's a good one Gerri. Thanks.
Born was a physicist who was instrumental in the development of quantum mechanics. In light of that, here's another Max Born quote.

“I am now convinced that theoretical physics is actually philosophy.”
My sweetie turned me onto that one. Love it, BadM.......
A variation, Gerri: "Whatever gets you through the night is fine with me. Just don't try to tell me that it has to be the same thing that gets me through the night!"
I know God will not give me anything I can't handle. I just wish that He didn't trust me so much. --- Mother Teresa
Jim----how can people think that gods and saints have no sense of humor!
“Don't cry because it's over, smile because it happened.” — Dr. Seuss
:D
Gina and Peetie---I once worked with an acting teacher who used Seuss tongue twisters as warm-ups. He is always to be cherished!

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