Posted: January-18-2006 at 4:46pm | IP Logged	Tweet

........good one WooWoo.    

(It was just pure coincidence that I knew that book title to tie to the quote you posted from the paper. Just happened that I just read the book. It really is pretty good. It's all about how big government and big business equate everything to "price" cost and not to the greater social "value".  Good read......)

Posted: January-18-2006 at 6:14pm | IP Logged	Tweet

Don't get to read much these days, mainly on here!!! LOL Is that good or bad? 

Here is something that a visiting teen age girl told my cousin in Sunday school class SEVERAL years ago when he asked her a stupid question about her hair color. It has always stuck in my mind. Here it is:

"You are ALMOST as bright as a burned out light bulb"

Cousin didn't say a word rest of the class!! 

Posted: January-19-2006 at 9:37pm | IP Logged	Tweet

"What this country needs is dirtier fingernails and cleaner minds"

~~~~ WILL ROGERS~~~~

Posted: January-20-2006 at 6:22pm | IP Logged	Tweet

Don't ever take a fence down until you know why it was put up.

~ Robert Frost ~

Posted: January-20-2006 at 7:51pm | IP Logged	Tweet

"Let the farmer forevermore be honored in his callings,

for they who labor in the earth are the chosen people of God"

~~~~Thomas Jefferson~~~~

Posted: January-20-2006 at 10:15pm | IP Logged	Tweet

Enjoy the little things,

for one day you may look back and realize they were the big things.

Posted: January-21-2006 at 6:32pm | IP Logged	Tweet

"Nothing is particularly hard if you divide it into small jobs"

~~~~Henry Ford~~~~ 

Posted: January-22-2006 at 12:24am | IP Logged	Tweet

Outside show is a poor substitute for inner worth.

~Aesop, 620-520 BC ~

Posted: January-23-2006 at 12:26am | IP Logged	Tweet

In a hierarchy every employee tends to rise to his level of incompetence.

~ Laurence J. Peter, Author of The Peter Principle ~

Posted: January-24-2006 at 1:09am | IP Logged	Tweet

When I was born, I was so surprised I couldn't talk for a year and a half.

~ Gracie Allen ~

Posted: January-24-2006 at 1:19am | IP Logged	Tweet

I have an answering machine in my car. It says, I'm home now. But leave a message and I'll call when I'm out.

~ Steven Wright ~

Posted: January-24-2006 at 9:05am | IP Logged	Tweet

 RJ03...... Good one!

Posted: January-24-2006 at 9:27pm | IP Logged	Tweet

Ability is what you're capable of doing. Motivation determines what you do. Attitude determines how well you do it.

~ Lou Holtz ~

Posted: January-25-2006 at 6:54am | IP Logged	Tweet

"The only place success comes before work is in the dictionary"

~~~D.Kendall~~~

in the

 Progressive Farmer Magazine

Posted: January-26-2006 at 12:09am | IP Logged	Tweet

some which came to mind after reading a newspaper column today.......

Posted: January-26-2006 at 5:09am | IP Logged	Tweet

"Accuracy is being able to hit the little nail on the head and not your thumb."

                                     ~~~ME~~~

Posted: January-26-2006 at 11:49pm | IP Logged	Tweet

If you cannot win, make the one ahead of you break the record.

Posted: January-28-2006 at 8:02pm | IP Logged	Tweet

We must walk consciously only part way toward our goal,

and then leap in the dark to our success.

~ Henry David Thoreau ~

Posted: January-28-2006 at 11:51pm | IP Logged	Tweet

I don't pretend to understand the Universe

-- it's a great deal bigger than I am.

~ Thomas Carlyle, 1795-1881, Scottish Philosopher ~

Posted: January-29-2006 at 11:17pm | IP Logged	Tweet

I've read the last page of the Bible.

It's all going to turn out all right.

~ Billy Graham ~

Posted: January-30-2006 at 6:38pm | IP Logged	Tweet

If this is coffee, please bring me some tea;

but if this is tea, please bring me some coffee.

~ Abraham Lincoln ~

Posted: January-31-2006 at 12:54am | IP Logged	Tweet

Don't tell me that man doesn't belong out there.

Man belongs wherever he wants to go

-- and he'll do plenty well when he gets there.

 ~ Wernher Von Braun, 1912-1977, German Rocket Pioneer ~ 

Posted: January-31-2006 at 1:01am | IP Logged	Tweet

Three principles to live by...

Be honest
Work hard
Keep good company

Posted: January-31-2006 at 9:58am | IP Logged	Tweet

Walk around all the time with a smile on your face.

It makes others wonder just what you have been up to!!!

Posted: January-31-2006 at 11:52pm | IP Logged	Tweet

It took me seventeen years to get three thousand hits in baseball.

I did it in one afternoon on the golf course.

~ Hank Aaron ~

Posted: February-01-2006 at 4:49am | IP Logged	Tweet

It took me 6 years to learn to tie my tennis shoes.

Then they invented Velcro!!

~~THe little boy in the Family Circus Cartoon~~

Posted: February-03-2006 at 11:31pm | IP Logged	Tweet

Living at risk is jumping off the cliff...

...and building your wings on the way down

~ Ray Bradbury, Science Fiction Writer ~

Posted: February-04-2006 at 3:19am | IP Logged	Tweet

Thought for the day:

Posted: February-04-2006 at 9:07am | IP Logged	Tweet

"The big print giveth,

The little prnt taketh away!!!!"

Posted: February-04-2006 at 11:29pm | IP Logged	Tweet

Two roads diverged in a wood,

and I took the one less traveled by,

and that has made all the difference.

~ Robert Frost ~

Posted: February-05-2006 at 11:54pm | IP Logged	Tweet

Don't worry about the world coming to an end today.

It's already tomorrow in Australia.

~ Charles Schultz ~

Posted: February-06-2006 at 1:14am | IP Logged	Tweet

It's not too late to be what you could have been.

~ MountainWings.com ~

Posted: February-07-2006 at 10:28pm | IP Logged	Tweet

Slang is a language that rolls up its sleeves,

spits on its hands and goes to work.

~ Carl Sandburg ~ 

Posted: February-09-2006 at 10:04pm | IP Logged	Tweet

Aim above morality. Be not simply good, be good for something.

~ Henry David Thoreau ~

Posted: February-09-2006 at 11:03pm | IP Logged	Tweet

Even if you fall on your face, you're still moving forward.

~ Robert Gallagher ~

Posted: February-10-2006 at 12:37pm | IP Logged	Tweet

I raise my hands, I bow my head

I'm finding more and more truth in the words written in red.

They tell me that there's more to life than what I can see...

Oh, I believe!

~ from the song "I Believe" by Brooks & Dunn ~

Posted: February-10-2006 at 11:35pm | IP Logged	Tweet

I've had a few arguments with people, but I never carry a grudge. You know why? While you're carrying a grudge, they're out dancing.

~ Comedian Buddy Hackett ~

Posted: February-11-2006 at 11:41am | IP Logged	Tweet

Many have puzzled themselves about the origin of evil.
I am content to observe that there is evil,
and that there is a way to escape from it,
and with this I begin and end.

~John Newton~

Posted: February-11-2006 at 11:33pm | IP Logged	Tweet

Don't ever carry a grudge. It's just extra weight to carry.

But, don't ever forget either.

~ My Dad ~

Posted: February-12-2006 at 10:00am | IP Logged	Tweet

Today is Abraham Lincoln's birthday.
Below are seven of his quotes.

***********************************

If I were two-faced, would I be wearing this one?

No man is good enough to govern another man without that other's consent.

Am I not destroying my enemies when I make friends of them?

You have to do your own growing no matter how tall your
grandfather was.

Whatever you are, be a good one.
 
Nearly all men can stand adversity,
but if you want to test a man's character, give him power.

Whenever I hear anyone arguing for slavery,
I feel a strong impulse to see it tried on him personally.

~Abraham Lincoln (1809-1865)~

Posted: February-12-2006 at 11:54pm | IP Logged	Tweet

Somebody should tell us, right at the start of our lives, that we are dying.

Then we might live life to the limit, every minute of every day.

~ Michael Landon ~

Posted: February-14-2006 at 9:04am | IP Logged	Tweet

Good thoughts for Valentine's Day

Maybe we should be letting the kids run this world.

Slow down for three minutes to read this. It is so worth it. Touching words from the mouths of babes:

A group of professional people posed this question to a group of 4 to 8 year-olds, "What does love mean?" The answers they got were broader and deeper than anyone could have imagined. See what you think:

"When my grandmother got arthritis, she couldn't bend over and paint her toenails anymore. So my grandfather does it for her all the time, even when his hands got arthritis too. That's love."
Rebecca- age 8

"When someone loves you, the way they say your name is different. You just know that your name is safe in their mouth."
Billy - age 4

"Love is when a girl puts on perfume and a boy puts on shaving cologne and they go out and smell each other."
Karl - age 5

"Love is when you go out to eat and give somebody most of your French fries
without making them give you any of theirs."
Chrissy - age 6

"Love is what makes you smile when you're tired."
Terri - age 4

"Love is when my mommy makes coffee for my daddy and she takes a sip before
giving it to him, to make sure the taste is OK."
Danny - age 7

"Love is when you kiss all the time. Then when you get tired of kissing, you still want to be together and you talk more. My Mommy and Daddy are like that. They look gross when they kiss"
Emily - age 8

"Love is what's in the room with you at Christmas if you stop opening presents and listen."
Bobby - age 7 (Wow!)

"If you want to learn to love better, you should start with a friend who you hate,"
Nikka - age 6
(we need a few million more Nikka's on this planet)

"Love is when you tell a guy you like his shirt, then he wears it everyday."
Noelle - age 7

"Love is like a little old woman and a little old man who are still friends even after they know each other so well."
Tommy - age 6

"During my piano recital, I was on a stage and I was scared. I looked at all the people watching me and saw my daddy waving and smiling. He was the only one doing that. I wasn't scared anymore."
Cindy - age 8

"My mommy loves me more than anybody. You don't see anyone else kissing me
to sleep at night."
Clare - age 6

"Love is when Mommy gives Daddy the best piece of chicken."
Elaine-age 5

"Love is when Mommy sees Daddy smelly and sweaty and still says he is handsomer than Robert Redford."
Chris - age 7

"Love is when your puppy licks your face even after you left him alone all day."
Mary Ann - age 4

"I know my older sister loves me because she gives me all her old clothes and has to go out and buy new ones."
Lauren - age 4

"When you love somebody, your eyelashes go up and down and little stars come
out of you." (what an image)
Karen - age 7

"Love is when Mommy sees Daddy on the toilet and she doesn't think it's gross."
Mark - age 6

"You really shouldn't say 'I love you' unless you mean it. But if you mean it, you should say it a lot. People forget."
Jessica - age 8

And the final one -- Author and lecturer Leo Buscaglia once talked about a contest he was asked to judge. The purpose of the contest was to find the most caring child. The winner was a four year old child whose next door neighbor was an elderly gentleman who had recently lost his wife.

Upon seeing the man cry, the little boy went into the old gentleman's yard,
climbed onto his lap, and just sat there. When his Mother asked what he had said to the neighbor, the little boy said, "Nothing.....I just helped him cry"

                   Happy Valentine's Day Y'all !

Posted: February-14-2006 at 9:14pm | IP Logged	Tweet

Love is an irresistible desire to be irresistibly desired.

~ Robert Frost ~

Posted: February-15-2006 at 6:20am | IP Logged	Tweet

I read this one in an e-mail:

How long a minute is

depends on which side of the bathroom door

you are on!

Posted: February-15-2006 at 8:35am | IP Logged	Tweet

If you remembered where you saw it last,
then it wouldn't be lost.

(from MountainWings.com)

Posted: February-16-2006 at 10:09pm | IP Logged	Tweet

When you put down the good things you ought to have done,

and leave out the bad ones you did do

-- well, that's Memoirs.

~ Will Rogers ~