A man is the faculty of reporting, and the universe is the possibility of being reported - Ralph Waldo Emerson

Sunday, June 21, 2009

The planet is just fine

Enjoy this splendid speech by Ellen DeGeneres:

More Quotes

  • How soon not now, becomes never.
  • You are the answer to your problems; everything else is a resource.
  • Do not wait to be beautiful. Be your beautiful, authentic self right now.
  • Man invented language to satisfy his deep need to complain.
  • Few people blame themselves until they have exhausted all other possibilities.
  • I heard a telling comment recently: If you torture numbers long enough, you can make them say anything.
  • In spite of cost of living, it is still popular.
  • Forget about jets, racing cars and speed boats. Nothing goes as fast as middle age.
  • It's not how your age matters. It's how your matter ages.
  • Many of us don't know what poor losers we are until we start dieting.
  • Every man is a fool for at least five minutes every day; wisdom consists of not exceeding the limit.
  • The only time a woman really succeeds in changing a man is when he's a baby.
  • Only a mediocre person is always at his best.
  • Experience is what enables you to make the same mistake twice without getting caught.
  • The measure of a man's character is what he would do if he knew he would never be found out.
  • A baby is God's opinion that the world should go on.
  • The biggest difference between a man and a boy is the cost of their toys.
  • I never married because I have three pets at home that answer the same purpose as a husband. I have a dog that growls every morning, a parrort that swears all afternoon, and a cat that comes home late at night.
  • A husband who says he is boss in his own house is probably a liar about other things, too.
  • Self-hugging motivates us to confuse our individual nature with human nature.
  • People with a strong basic desire for power expect to be appreciated for giving others what they consider to be helpful advice.
  • When people learn that a particular lifestyle makes them happy, they think they have learned something about human nature, when in reality they have only learned something about themselves.