QUOTES CCXXXV

Humor is just another defense against the universe.      

Mel Brooks

 

Failure is the condiment that gives success its flavor.

Truman Capote

 

Old age is ready to undertake tasks that youth shirked because they would take too long.

W. Somerset Maugham 

The best things in life aren't things.

Ann Landers

 

I have yet to hear a man ask for advice on how to combine marriage and a career.

Gloria Steinem

Ask your child what he wants for dinner only if he's buying.

Fran Lebowitz

 

Politeness is the art of choosing among your thoughts.

Madame de Stael 

 

Getting a good scare can mean more to someone than getting good advice. 

Author Unknown

 

A politician thinks of the next election, a statesman of the next generation.

Author Unknown

 

All happy families are alike; each unhappy family is unhappy in its own way. 

Leo Tolstoy (opening line of Anna Karenina)