{ a collection of thoughts, that sound a lot like quotes (they are) }

when these i read, inside i laugh

the purpose of a liberal education is to make you philosophical enough to accept the fact that you will never make much money.

pain is inevitable, suffering is optional.

running is a mental sport and we're all insane !

7 days without running, makes one weak!!

i don't suffer from insanity - i enjoy every minute of it

roads? what are roads?

there's a bathroom behind every tree

you don't have to be crazy to be a runner, but it sure helps !

it is not what a teenager know that bothers his parents. it is how he found out!

before you criticize someone, you should walk a mile in their shoes. that way when you criticize them, you are a mile away from them and you have their shoes.

he who trains his tongue to quote the learned sages, will be known far and wide as a smart ass.

- howard kandel

there is nothing so annoying as to have two people go right on talking when you're interrupting.

- mark twain

the world is one gigantic wedgie

- natacha draghi

i try to look profound and thoughtful when i quote these (it doesn't work)

if i can stop one heart from breaking,
i shall not live in vain;
if i can ease one life the aching,
or cool one pain,
or help one fainting robin
unto his nest again,
i shall not live in vain.

- "not in vain" by emily dickinson

the remaining part of the succession of eternity is always infinite and that which has flowed is finite, the sphere of developed nature is always but an infinitely small part of that totality which has the seed of future worlds in itself, and which strives to evolve itself out of the crude state of chaos through longer or shorter periods.

- immanuel kant

time present and time past

are both perhaps present in time future,

and time future contained in time past.

- t.s. eliot

make someone happy today, even if it's yourself.

something in life will capture your eye. others will capture your heart. . . pursue those.

-         ultimate steps in life

those who can laugh without cause have either found the true meaning of happiness or have gone stark raving mad.

- norm papernick

the secret of a rainbow, is that the riches aren't found at the end, but all along the way.

if you live to be a hundred, i want to live to be a hundred minus one day,  so i never have to live without you. 

-winnie the pooh

don't walk in front of me, i may not follow. don't walk behind me, i may not lead. walk beside me and be my friend.

- albert camus

strangers are just friends waiting to happen.

friends are the bacon bits in the salad bowl of life.

friendship is one mind in two bodies.

- mencius

friends are god's way of taking care of us.

if you should die before me, ask if you could bring a friend.

- stone temple pilots

i'll lean on you and you lean on me and we'll be okay. 

- dave matthews band

it is the friends you can call up at 4 am that matter.

if all my friends were to jump off a bridge, i wouldn't jump with them, i'd be at the bottom to catch them

everyone hears what you say. Friends listen to what you say. best friends listen to what you don't say.

to hear complaints with patience, even when complaints are vain, is one of the duties of friendship.

-         samuel johnson

we all take different paths in life, but no matter where we go, we take a little of each other everywhere

- tim mcgraw

the fear of death follows from the fear of life.  a man who lives fully is prepared to die at any time.

don't be afraid of death so much as an inadequate life.

-         bertolt brecht

to the world you may be one person, but to one person you may be the world.

the wounds that cannot be seen are more painful than those that can be treated by a doctor.

- nelson mandela

it matters not how a man dies, but how he lives. the act of dying is not of importance, it lasts so short a time.

- samuel johnson

wise men profit more from fools than fools from wise men; for the wise men shun the mistakes of fools, but fools do not imitate the successes of the wise.

- marcus porcius cato

its better to ask a stupid question then to correct a stupid mistake.

any fool can condemn others and most fools do.

wise men talk because they have something to say; fools, because they have to say something.

blessed is the person who, having nothing to say, abstains from giving wordy evidence of the fact.

- george eliot

every man is a fool for at least five minutes every day; wisdom consists of not exceeding the limit.

-         elbert hubbard

better to remain silent and be thought a fool, than to speak and remove all doubt.

- abraham lincoln

everybody is ignorant, only on different subjects.

the difference between genius and stupidity is that genius has its limits.

- albert einstein

it is well known that most people don't listen. they use the time when someone else is speaking to think of what they're going to say next.

-         terry pratchett

the secret to creativity is knowing how to hide your sources.

- albert einstein

doing what you like is freedom. liking what you do is happiness.

everyone has talent. what is rare is the courage to follow the talent to the dark place where it leads.

- erica jong

give me the right word and the right accent and i will move the world.

-        joseph conrad

for the believer there are no questions and for the unbeliever there are no answers.

- menachem mendel

this is not environmentalists and animal activists trying to make trouble. this is our planet and if we don't start paying attention and doing something about it, it's going to be too late.

having some people as enemies is a compliment.

speak well of your enemies. remember you made them.

a path without obstacles probably leads nowhere.

if everything seems to be going well, you have obviously overlooked something.

in literature as in life, to conform to anything is to knuckle under to your inferiors.

- kenneth patchen

talent is a measure of other people's opinion of you.

if i have seen further, it is because i have stood on the shoulders of giants.

- sir isaac newton

obscenity is the sign of a weak mind trying to express itself.

the world is my oyster... and i am the pearl

{ this is my version of the online webster's dictionary, i call it weird web wordz }

a couple of acronyms to brighten up the day

AiM – an acronym meaning AOL instant Messenger (a program used by many to ‘chat’ live with their ‘buddies’ on the ‘net)

brb – an acronym meaning ‘ be right back’

BTW or (btw) – an acronym meaning ‘ by the way’

FTP – an acronym meaning ‘file transfer protocol’

HTML – an acronym meaning ‘hypertext markup language’, there is now a different type of it called dynamic HTML (or DHTML)

HTTP – an acronym meaning ‘hypertext transfer protocol’

iCQ – a program like AiM used to communicate using many different forms of ‘net technologies (ie. chat rooms, instant messages, voice messages, etc.)

igg – an acronym for 'i gotta go'

mp3 – an acronym for ‘MPEG audio layer 3’ a form of storing music files for most efficient transfer on the ‘net

ttyl – an acronym for 'talk to ya later'

WWW – an acronym meaning 'world wide web' (also means weird web words)

yada yada yada, etc etc. (in other words, the other wordz)

cuz – a shortening of the word ‘because’

d/l – a shortening of the word download

ppl – a shortening of the word 'people'

screenager – a term my father uses to define today's generation who spend most of their time in front of a screen of any type (ie. myself)

WinAmp – a program used to play and record mp3 files.