Quotes to Ponder

[psalm51]

"Untilled ground, however rich, will bring forth thistles and thorns, so also the mind of man."   Teresa of Avila  (1515-1582)

p.s. this is not an editorial comment on previous posts here

[guest]

I'm going to go way out on a limb and say ...

LUKE ROBINSON is THE MAN.  Great advice from a great guy.  Just remember Luke, walk tall and carry a big stick.

PS>  "Lets just plop them in front of the TV. I was raised in front of the TV and I turned out TV"
Homer Simpson

[lukerobinsonfan]

I'm going to go way out on a limb and say ...

LUKE ROBINSON is THE MAN.  Great advice from a great guy.  Just remember Luke, walk tall and carry a big stick.

PS>  "Lets just plop them in front of the TV. I was raised in front of the TV and I turned out TV"
Homer Simpson

[Arthur]

"...I could not 'make' you  -- except by force, which would break your mind."

Gandalf, The Fellowship of the Ring, Chapter 2.

Sad but true that George through the assembly has "broken" many minds.

[Laura]

None of these quotes have anything to do with anything but I figured, what the heck, we can all use a good laugh or a deep thought every now and again.

I have just about had all I can take of myself.
                                            -SN Berhman (whoever he is)

The difference between genius and stupidity is that genius has its limits.
                                            -Unknown(if you get this you won't be offended by it) (the same with the next one)

The only reason people get lost in thought is because it's unfarmiliar territory.
                                            -Paul Fix

I tremble for my country when I reflect that God is just.
                                           -Thomas Jefferson (As true as it was then, as it is now)

Things have never been more like they are today in history.
                                           -Eisenhower

I'm in a phone booth at the corner of walk and don't walk.
                                           -Unknown

Talk is cheap because supply exceeds demand.
                                           -Unknown

I would continue with more but you all seem nice enough that I won't burden you with more disjointed mumbo jumbo.

[Railrider]

The optimist sees opportunity in every danger; the pessimist sees danger in every opportunity. -- Winston Churchill

Patience with others is Love,
Patience with self is Hope,
Patience with God is Faith.
-- Adel Bestavros

Never express yourself more clearly than you are able to think. -- Niels Bohr

Sometimes paranoia's just having all the facts. -- William S. Burroughs

We are drowning in information, but starved for knowledge. -- John Naisbilt

Whatever you are, be a good one-- Abraham Lincoln  

[Arthur]

"Well, I think I'm going to go to the dentist."
       "What?  Now?"
"Yeah, after being in the assembly, nothing hurts"

The old man critics on the Muppets.  Some modifications made

[psalm51]

"We must be the change we wish to see in the world."  Gandhi

[sue xander]

" Relationships, not achievements or the acquisition of things, are what matters most in life.  So why do we allow our relationships to get the short end of the stick?  When our schedules become overloaded, we start skimming relationally, cutting back on giving the time, energy, and attention that loving relationships require.  What's most important to God is displaced by what's urgent.
     Busyness is a great enemy of relationships.  We become preoccupied with making a living, doing our work, paying bills and accomplishing goals as if these tasks are the point of life.  They are not.  The point of life is learning to love - God and people.  Life minus love equals zero."
Rick Warren

[editor]

Here are some of my favorites

There are three kinds of people in this world, people who can count, and those who can't.

Good judgement comes from experience.  Unfortunately, much of that comes as a result of bad judgement.

The early bird gets the worm, but the second mouse gets the cheese.....

Giving money to politicians is like giving whiskey and car keys to teenage boys.

Brent

[Ken Fuller]

Every day I break my own personal record for number of consecutive days I've been alive!!

[ptemplin7]

"If people listened to themselves more often, they would talk less." -- Anonymous

My addition!

[ptemplin7]

 I AM THANKFUL
 FOR THE WIFE
 WHO SAYS IT'S HOT DOGS TONIGHT,
 BECAUSE SHE IS HOME WITH ME,
 AND NOT OUT WITH SOMEONE ELSE.
 
 
 FOR THE HUSBAND
 WHO IS ON THE SOFA
 BEING A COUCH POTATO,
 BECAUSE HE IS HOME WITH ME
 AND NOT OUT AT THE BARS.
 
 
 FOR THE TEENAGER
 WHO IS COMPLAINING ABOUT DOING DISHES
 BECAUSE THAT MEANS SHE IS AT HOME,
 NOT ON THE STREETS.

 
 
 FOR THE TAXES
 THAT I PAY
 BECAUSE IT MEANS THAT
 I AM EMPLOYED.
 
 
 FOR THE MESS
 TO CLEAN AFTER A PARTY
 BECAUSE IT MEANS THAT I HAVE
 BEEN SURROUNDED BY FRIENDS.
 
 
 
 FOR THE CLOTHES
 THAT FIT A LITTLE TOO SNUG
 BECAUSE IT MEANS
 I HAVE ENOUGH TO EAT.
 
 
 FOR MY SHADOW
 THAT WATCHES ME WORK
 BECAUSE IT MEANS
 I AM OUT IN THE SUNSHINE.
 
 
 FOR A LAWN
 THAT NEEDS MOWING,
 WINDOWS THAT NEED CLEANING,
 AND GUTTERS THAT NEED FIXING
 BECAUSE IT MEANS I HAVE A HOME.
 
 
 FOR ALL THE COMPLAINING
 I HEAR ABOUT THE GOVERNMENT
 BECAUSE IT MEANS THAT
 WE HAVE FREEDOM OF SPEECH.
 
 
 
 FOR THE PARKING SPOT
 I FIND AT THE FAR END OF THE PARKING LOT
 BECAUSE IT MEANS I AM CAPABLE OF WALKING
 AND THAT I HAVE BEEN
 BLESSED WITH TRANSPORTATION.
 

 
 FOR MY HUGE HEATING BILL
 BECAUSE IT MEANS
 I AM WARM.
 
 
 
 FOR THE LADY
 BEHIND ME IN CHURCH
 THAT SINGS OFF KEY
 BECAUSE IT MEANS
 THAT I CAN HEAR.
 
 
 
 FOR THE PILE
 OF LAUNDRY AND IRONING
 BECAUSE IT MEANS
 I HAVE CLOTHES TO WEAR.



 FOR WEARINESS
 AND ACHING MUSCLES
 AT THE END OF THE DAY
 BECAUSE IT MEANS
 I HAVE BEEN
 CAPABLE OF WORKING HARD.
 
 

 
 AND FINALLY...
 
 FOR TOO MUCH E-MAIL
 BECAUSE IT MEANS I HAVE
 FRIENDS WHO ARE THINKING OF ME.
 

[Luke Robinson]

Hmmm...well, I have a fan.  Very strange.  Oh well.  But on to the poe--er--quote.  This is one of my favorite poems.  Hope the rest of you like it.  But if you don't, well, tough tomatoes.

Luke Robinson

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The Charge of the Light Brigade
Alfred, Lord Tennyson
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1.
Half a league, half a league,
 Half a league onward,
All in the valley of Death
 Rode the six hundred.
"Forward, the Light Brigade!
"Charge for the guns!" he said:
Into the valley of Death
 Rode the six hundred.
2.
"Forward, the Light Brigade!"
Was there a man dismay'd?
Not tho' the soldier knew
 Someone had blunder'd:
Their's not to make reply,
Their's not to reason why,
Their's but to do and die:
Into the valley of Death
 Rode the six hundred.
3.
Cannon to right of them,
Cannon to left of them,
Cannon in front of them
 Volley'd and thunder'd;
Storm'd at with shot and shell,
Boldly they rode and well,
Into the jaws of Death,
Into the mouth of Hell
 Rode the six hundred.
4.
Flash'd all their sabres bare,
Flash'd as they turn'd in air,
Sabring the gunners there,
Charging an army, while
 All the world wonder'd:
Plunged in the battery-smoke
Right thro' the line they broke;
Cossack and Russian
Reel'd from the sabre stroke
 Shatter'd and sunder'd.
Then they rode back, but not
 Not the six hundred.
5.
Cannon to right of them,
Cannon to left of them,
Cannon behind them
 Volley'd and thunder'd;
Storm'd at with shot and shell,
While horse and hero fell,
They that had fought so well
Came thro' the jaws of Death
Back from the mouth of Hell,
All that was left of them,
 Left of six hundred.
6.
When can their glory fade?
O the wild charge they made!
 All the world wondered.
Honor the charge they made,
Honor the Light Brigade,
 Noble six hundred.
 

[wmathews]

Dedicated to the men and women in the arena:

"The credit belongs to the man who is actually In The Arena, whose face is marred by dust and blood;who strives valiantly;who errs, who comes up short again and again...who at best knows in the end the triumph of high achievement, and at worst, if he fails, fails while daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those cold, timid souls who know neither victory or defeat."
Theodore Roosevelt