"The most convincing argument that God exists is that the job position so clearly exists."
"When it seems that something can't be done, start it, and see if the rest of it can be done."
"Nothing distracts from life's purpose so much as the events following birth."
Obituary in The Optimist's Weekly: "In lieu of flowers, send smelling salts."
"Failure is the insufficient foresight to have a fuzzy enough goal."
"There are things about myself I would never reveal. You'd have to waterboard me -- or there would have to be a lull in the conversation at a cocktail party."
"There are two things I'd like to have back: Every word I ever said to break an embarrassing silence and every number I ever wrote on a napkin."
"You wonder sometimes if God might appreciate a little less praise and a little more understanding."
"When you think about it, staying together for the sake of the kids would make a pretty good pre-nuptial agreement."
"You get to an age when there are really just two reasons to get up in the morning -- for goodness sake and for heaven's sake."
"The thing about the birth of a child is that it makes every chance thing that ever happened to you seem like the hand of fate."
"A man finds love and is satisfied. A woman finds love and insists on turning it into happiness."
"The world knows how to straighten out a spoiled child but never makes it up to a child deprived."
~~ Robert Brault
11 comments:
"A man finds love and is satisfied. A woman finds love and insists on turning it into happiness."
Well, we give it our best shot, anyway. And we're happy, so mission accomplished!
Smelling salts, fuzzy goals, words and numbers, less praise, pre-nuptials,the birth of a child, being satisfied with love, a child deprived and for Heaven's sake, I may as well include the rest as they are all exceptional.
Robert, I love your sense of humour, your quiet wisdom and eloquence. I quote you often on Twitter and Facebook and hope that others enjoy your quips as much as I do. Keep doing this.
karen,
I usually get into trouble when I say "A man does this..., a woman does that...," so I'm just glad to be in the ballpark on this one. (smile)
Ken,
Thank you. You are generous. By exceptional, I assume you mean exceptional as compared to Mark Twain and Oscar Wilde. (big smile)
Love.
"Did you hear? The FBI arrested a guy with a printing press who was running a stimulus program out of his basement."
Laughed out loud on this one.
=)
One thing is for sure: Every time I visit your place I see something worth-while and challenging. Or amusing. or inspiring.. Or all of the above. You, Sir, in my opinion, are a genius of some sort! I've never heard anyone who so consistently could pack such quality content into so few words! But on the downside, you coulda' never survived the cut being a Baptist rev! I hope you never get tired of doing this, because I assure you I do not tire of reading it. Best to you. donkimrey
LOVE the feeling I got with the last one - the world really will straighten out a spoiled child but the ones deprived truly will never have it made up to them.
All the more reason for me to keep on loving the little guys.
Thank you! Lovely lovely thoughts.
Daryl,
Thanks so much. I've noticed you over on Twitter and greatly appreciate the attention you give my tweets.
nacherluver, Love back to you.
Sue, I tinkered with that one for a while and then suddenly it just clicked. (lol)
Don/Anon,
I see you're back to being anonymous. No, I wouldn't last long as a Baptist rev. What's the old joke -- A Baptist lady is asked if she believes that Jesus changed water into wine at Cana, and she says, "Yes, but I would think more of Him if He hadn't."
Jan,
You are kind as always. One of the truer things I ever said. The world has a way of unspoiling kids.
smiles all,
rb
Reading this:
"A man finds love and is satisfied. A woman finds love and insists on turning it into happiness."
This came to mind from some humor site:
A successful man is one who makes more money than his wife can spend.
A successful woman is one who can find such a man.
Elvira,
Thanks so much for the visit. I never know what thoughts my words will bring to mind. I hope for the best.
smiles,
rb
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