Dave’s Daily Quotes

History, despite its wrenching pain, cannot be unlived, but if faced with courage, need not be lived again. ~ Maya Angelou

Death is not extinguishing the light; it is only putting out the lamp because the dawn has come. ~ Rabindranath Tagore

A mind all logic is like a knife all blade. It makes the hand bleed that uses it. ~ Rabindranath Tagore     ++

When all else is lost, the future still remains. ~ Christian Nestell Bovee    ++

False friends are like our shadow, keeping close to us while we walk in the sunshine, but leaving us the instant we cross into the shade. ~ Christian Nestell Bovee  ++

Doubt whom you will, but never yourself.  ~ Christian Nestell Bovee

The smallest bookstore still contains more ideas of worth than have been presented in the entire history of television. ~ Andrew Ross    ++

There is nothing more mysterious than a TV set left on in an empty room. It is even stranger than a man talking to himself or a woman standing dreaming at her stove. It is as if another planet is communicating with you. ~ Jean Baudrillard

Tact is the great ability to see other people as they think you see them. ~ Carl Zuckmayer  ++

If my hands are fully occupied in holding on to something, I can neither give nor receive. ~ Dorothy Solle    ++

They call our language the mother tongue because the father seldom gets to speak.

We pay lip service to ideals, but we live by expediency and by tribal prejudice.” ~ Greg Iles, The Devil’s Punchbowl

If you decide that you’re indecisive, which one are you?

Sign on a maternity room door:  “Push. Push. Push.”

I was such an ugly baby…My mother never breast-fed me.  She told me that she only liked me as a friend. ~ Rodney Dangerfield    ++

You might be a Redneck Jedi if you hear . . . “Luke, I am your father… and your uncle…”

You might be a Redneck Jedi if… You have ever used the force to get yourself another beer so you didn’t have to wait for a commercial.

You might be a Redneck Jedi if… You have ever used your light saber to open a bottle of Bud Light.

You might be a Redneck Jedi if… You ever heard the phrase, “May the force be with y’all.”    ++

God, grant me the senility to forget the people I never liked anyway, the good fortune to run into the ones I do, and the eyesight to tell the difference.

I refuse to tip-toe cautiously through life only to arrive safely at death’s door.

Never think about the mistakes you made. Think about the mistakes you will make.

The best thing about humor is that it shows people they are not alone. ~ Sid Caesar

First comes thought; then organization of that thought, into ideas and plans; then transformation of those plans into reality. The beginning, as you will observe, is in your imagination. ~ Napoleon Hill

Q: What’s the difference between a chorus line of blondes and a magician? A: A magician has a cunning array of stunts.