[DollyCali]

[Gengis Khan]

Long time no see ping!

[kassie]

Great opening Dolly.

Mrs.Nooseman ...

"I brought you into this world and I can take you out of this world"!


I heard that all the time growing up. Not from my parents but from neighbors. They'd be yelling it- usually at one of their sons. :)

[Texagirl4W]

Morning, Dolly. One of my favorite quotes:

Other People's Expectations by George Bernard Shaw:

"The only man who behaved sensibly was my tailor; he took my measurement anew every time he saw me, while all the rest went on with their old measurements and expected them to fit me."

[Texagirl4W]

Another great quote from a great lady whose birthday is today:

And who knows? Somewhere out there in this audience may even be someone who will one day follow my footsteps, and preside over the White House as the president's spouse. I wish him well!
-Barbara Bush

[Libertina]

Good morning you wonderful Finest ladies and gents!

This is a funny line, from my (current) favorite movie, "The Writer" (Jeremy Piven...sigh ;)

Hostess to woman arriving at her party...
"How good to see you! If I'd known you were coming I would have sent you and invitation!"
LOLOL Funny, huh?

I'll be back later, hopefully with a ta(i)l or two. Have a great day everyone.

[Wheelbarrow]

One of my favorites came from Rufus Jones, the great Quaker philosopher, as he overheard a group of us young Philosophy students arguing about which was the best religion: "Gemtlemen, gentlemen, thee does emphasize the differences too much, and the similarities not enough."

[Temple Owl]

Amazing! I cannot estimate the time and effort you put into this. For me, it was worth every minute and ounce of sweat . It is much appreciated. Thank you Dolly.

[AFPhys]

Hi, Dolly

Thanks for the thread today. I've been occupied over at ATRW and live thread as usual. I enjoyed your opening here, too.

Oops --- thunder - and expecting some nastiness - better go now.

[Mama_Bear]

You did a great job, once again, Dolly!

A few Albert Einstein quotes come to mind as favorites....

"There are only two ways to live your life. One is as though nothing is a miracle. The other is as though everything is."
"Not everything that can be counted counts, and not everything that counts can be counted."

My favorite authors are a real mixed bag: Ayn Rand, James Herriot, Dean Koontz, James Michener, Tom Clancy, Ann Rice, John Grisham, Charlotte Bronte.....and so many more.

I have many favorite movies, I think I listed them on your Star Wars thread, so I won't again.

I guess it says a lot about a person what their favorite books and movies are. I have no idea what it says about me. LOL!

Also, that's a very nice Pledge graphic you've done!

Thank you for the thread today, ((((((((((((Dolly)))))))))))).

[Aquamarine]

My favorite authors are Susan Howatch and Edith Wharton who wrote about the lost world of old New York. Taken from the Introduction of her Omnibus "she had a total mastery of English." Edith observed that: "My parents ears were wounded by an unsuitable word as those of the musical are hurt by a false note. This feeling for good English was more than reverence, and nearer: it was love." Edith Wharton wrote 'The Age Of Innocence' which was later made into a movie by Martin Scorsese.

Love the whole book of Proverbs for it's wisdom and guidance.

[deadhead]

Great thread, Dolly :-) I could go on and on, but I will try to keep it short. My favorite word is zephyr, has been since I was a youngster. Story behind that word...remember the show 'Hazel'...well, one episode she decided to learn a new word every day, picked a word at random from the dictionary. LOL, so I guess I was emulating 'Hazel' and did the same, one of the words of the day for me was 'zephyr' and has been a favorite word of mine ever since (the 60's)

Dutchess, I can't tell you how many time I heard my Mom say..."If you can't say something nice, don't say anything at all", grew up hearing that one and still try to take that advice. I also heard "the door goes both ways" LOL, I knew I was really being bad when I heard that one.

[Badray]

Thanks for the ping. (email, actually)

A great new one that I heard the other day:

If you can't change the people around you, CHANGE THE PEOPLE AROUND YOU!

[lonestar]

I want to be a sea turtle.

Weinie