"Culture is is no longer created by the people. Our stories, once passed from one generation to the next by parents, neighbours and teachers, are now told by distant corporations with "something to sell as well as tell". Brands, products, fashions, celebrities, entertainments- the spectacles that surround the production of culture- are our culture now. Our role is mostly to listen and watch- and then, based on what we have heard and seen, to buy."

-Kalle Lasn, Culture Jam

"Would those of you in the cheaper seats clap your hands? And the rest of you, if you'll just rattle your jewelry."
-- John Lennon (1940 - 1980)

"The world is a book and those who do not travel read only one page."

-St. Augustine

Never expect anything and you'll never be disappointed.

Too many people miss the silver lining because they're expecting gold.

-Maurice Setter

What is beautiful is not always good, but what is good is always beautiful.

-Unknown

As we grow up,
we learn that even the one person
that wasn't supposed to ever let you down,
probably will.
You will have your heart broken
probably more than once
and it's harder every time
You'll break hearts too
so remember how it felt when yours was broken
You'll fight with your best friend
You'll blame a new love
for things an old one did
You'll cry because time is passing too fast
and you'll eventually lose someone you love
So take too many pictures
laugh too much
and love like you've never been hurt
because every sixty seconds you spend upset
is a minute of happiness you'll never get back

"I never had a policy; I have just tried to do my very best each and every day."
Abraham Lincoln

Abraham Lincoln was once talking with a woman about how the North must treat the South. She disagreed with him, and said that she felt that we must destroy our enemies.
Lincoln replied, "What, madam? Do I not destroy them when I make them my friends?"

"Remember that not getting what you want is sometimes a
wonderful stroke of luck." - good karma

"Whoever you are there is always some younger person who thinks you are perfect. There is some work that will never get done unless you do it. There is some one who would miss you if you were gone. And there is a place that you alone can fill." -J.M. Braude

"One's real life is often the life that one does not lead." -Oscar Wilde

"Very occasionally, if you really pay attention, life doesn't suck." -Joss Whedon

"A positive attitude may not solve all your problems, but it will annoy enough people to make it worth the effort." -Herm Albright

"i was looking up at the night sky, and i could see everything. the stars.. planets.. galaxies. and i felt so small. like a tiny speck that is here for only one moment in time, and then gone. and while i'm here i want to be with my friends and the people i love, because, when i'm with you guys, i don't feel that small... that's what i learned."
- Boy Meets World -

WHATEVER YOU DO, you need courage. Whatever course you decide upon, there is always someone to tell you that you are wrong. There are always difficulties arising that tempt you to believe your critics are right. To map out a course of action and follow it to an end requires some of the same courage that a soldier needs. Peace has its victories, but it takes brave men and women to win them.- Ralph Waldo Emerson

"There are 3 kinds of love: love, big love, and great love:Love you get over in 2 monthsBig Love you get over in 2 yearsGreat Love changes your life forever"

"The best thing about the future is that it comes only one day at a time." - Abraham Lincoln

"He just grinned and said, "Some of us get dipped in flat, some in satin, some in gloss..." He turned to me. "But every once in awhile your find someone who's iridescent, and when you do, nothing will ever compare.""- Both from "Flipped" by Wendelin Van Draanen.

"Alrighty, then you'll want something inspirational. We just got the latest in the series: Chicken Soup For The Condemned To Hell Soul."- Both from "Bald In The Land Of Big Hair" by Joni Rodgers.

"Those who never get out of the boat never know what it's like to walk on water."-Ron Hutchcraft

"There are millions of people in the world but in the end it all comes down to one." -Crazy/Beautiful

"You owe it to yourself to see what you can get away with."Peg Bracken, The I Hate To Housekeep Book

Don’t ask yourself what the world needs. Ask yourself what makes you come alive and then go and do that. Because what the world needs is people who have come alive.--Harold Whitman

"I'm going to smile and make you think I'm happy, I'm going to laugh, so you don't see me cry, I'm going to let you go in style, and even if it kills me- I'm going to smile"- unknown

"I'm an idealist. I don't know where I'm going, but I'm on my way."--Unknown

All human beings should try to learn before they die what they arerunning from, and to, and why.-- James Thurber

Marge: Homer, the plant called. They said if you don't show up tomorrow don't bother showing up on Monday. Homer: Woo-hoo. Four-day weekend.

"at the beep please leave your name, number, and a brief justification for the ontological necessity of modern man's existential dilemma and we'll get back to you."-reality bites

Remember, Red, hope is a good thing, maybe the best of things. And no good thing ever dies. shaw shank redemption

Time is too slow for those who wait,too swift for those who fear,too long for those who grieve, too short for those who rejoice,but for those who love, time is eternity. ~Henry Van Dyke

"I believe in everything until it's disproved.So I believe in fairies, the myths, dragons.It all exists, even if it's in your mind.Who's to say that dreams and nightmaresaren't as real as the here and now? "-John Lennon

"Every woman should have four pets in her life. A mink in her closet, a jaguar in her garage, a tiger in her bed, and a jackass who pays for everything"

"Every woman should have four pets in her life. A mink in her closet, a jaguar in her garage, a tiger in her bed, and a jackass who pays for everything"

"Every woman should have four pets in her life. A mink in her closet, a jaguar in her garage, a tiger in her bed, and a jackass who pays for everything"

"Every woman should have four pets in her life. A mink in her closet, a jaguar in her garage, a tiger in her bed, and a jackass who pays for everything"

Here is a great spiritual truth: The only time we ever "fail" at anything in our lives is when we walk away from a challenge before we've allowed it to teach us its lessons.-- Guy Finley

You always carry within yourself the very thing that you need forthe fulfillment of your life purpose.--Malidoma Some

"There are two types of people--those who come into a room and say, 'Well, here I am!' and those who come in and say, 'Ah, there you are.'" -- Frederick L Collins

"In great affairs men show themselves as they wish to be seen; in small things they show themselves as they are." -- Nicholas Chamfort (1741-1794)

"Be careful, mate, not all sharks are in the water."--Adventure, Pagemaster

"You see in the end it is between you and God; it was never between you and them anyway." -Mother Theresa