quotes about family funny

One can never pay in gratitude: one can only pay "in kind" somewhere else in life. ~Anne Morrow Lindbergh



What's in a name? That which we call a rose



A silly idea is current that good people do not know what temptation means. This is an obvious lie. Only those who try to resist temptation know how strong it is.... A man who gives in to temptation after five minutes simply does not know what it would have been like an hour later. That is why bad people, in one sense, know very little about badness. They have lived a sheltered life by always giving in. ~C.S. Lewis



A deadline is negative inspiration. Still, it's better than no inspiration at all. ~Rita Mae Brown



Why can't they have gay people in the army? Personally, I think they are just afraid of a thousand guys with M16s going, "Who'd you call a faggot?" ~John Stewart



An optimist is merely an ex-pessimist with his pockets full of money, his digestion in good condition, and his wife in the country. ~Helen Rowland



I've learned that you shouldn't go through life with a catchers mitt on both hands. You need to be able to throw something back. ~Maya Angelou



I do my work at the same time each day - the last minute. ~Author Unknown



No day is so bad it can't be fixed with a nap. ~Carrie Snow



Pothinus: "Is it possible that Caesar, the conqueror of the world, has time to occupy himself with such a trifle as our taxes?"



What we call human nature in actuality is human habit. ~Jewel Kilcher, Pieces of You



It pleases me to take amateur photographs of my garden, and it pleases my garden to make my photographs look professional. ~Robert Brault, www.robertbrault.com



Art is your emotions flowing in a river of imagination. ~Devin, Los Cerros Middle School, 1999



An element of abstention, of restraint, must enter into all finer joys. ~Vida D. Scudder



For many people a job is more than an income - it's an important part of who we are. So a career transition of any sort is one of the most unsettling experiences you can face in your life. ~Paul Clitheroe



I swing before your eyes as a bright gleam of color, a symbol of yourself, the pictured suggestion of that big thing which makes this nation. My stars and my stripes are your dream and your labors. They are bright with cheer, brilliant with courage, firm with faith, because you have made them so out of your heart. For you are the makers of the flag and it is well that you glory in the making. ~Franklin Knight Lane



If you doubt yourself, then indeed you stand on shaky ground. ~Henrik Ibsen



Why does a slight tax increase cost you two hundred dollars and a substantial tax cut save you thirty cents? ~Peg Bracken



Damaged people are dangerous. They know they can survive. ~Josephine Hart



Errors to be dangerous must have a great deal of truth mingled with them. It is only from this alliance that they can ever obtain an extensive circulation. ~Sydney Smith