-P.J. O'Rourke

“I am haunted by the demon of error - error in determining guilt and error in determining who among the guilty deserves to die."
-George Ryan, former Illinois Governor

(In support of Illinois abolishing the death penalty this week.)

“May you always walk in sunshine.
May you never want for more.
May Irish angels rest their wings right beside your door....”

-Irish Blessing

“Success isn't permanent, and failure isn't fatal.”

-Mike Ditka

“Marriage is a great institution, but I'm not ready for an institution.”

-Mae West

Nerd?

We prefer the term

Intellectual Badass!

-unknown

"Think twice before you speak, and then you may be able to say something more insulting than if you spoke right out at once."

-Evan Esar

"Most people are other people. Their thoughts are someone else's opinions, their lives a mimicry, their passions a quotation."

-Oscar Wilde

“The evil of the world is made possible by nothing but the sanction you give it.”

-Ayn Rand

“Our bodies communicate to us clearly and specifically, if we are willing to listen to them.”

-Shakti Gawain

“The truth is more important than the facts.”

-Frank Lloyd Wright

“The cure for boredom is curiosity.

There is no cure for curiosity.“

- - Dorothy Parker

"Never be bullied into silence. Never allow yourself to be made a victim. Accept no one’s definition of your life; define yourself."

-Robert Frost

“I'm sick of following my dreams. I'm just going to ask them where they're going and hook up with them later.” - Mitch Hedberg

"The problem with close minded people is that they usually have their mouths open." -me

"I've never known any trouble that an hour's reading didn't assuage."- Charles de Secondat

"A good relationship is like fireworks: loud, explosive, and liable to maim you if you hold on too long."

-Jeph Jacques

"If I ever go looking for my heart's desire again, I won't look any further than my own back yard. Because if it isn't there, I never really lost it to begin with." Dorothy Gail in "The Wizard of Oz"

"Anything is good if it's made of chocolate."

Jo Brand

"Love that is not madness is not love."
Pedro Calderon de la Barca

"Don't do anything by half. If you love someone, love them with all your soul. When you go to work, work your ass off. When you hate someone, hate them until it hurts." - Henry Rollins

"A really great talent finds its happiness in execution." - Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

HA! So much for "a quote for every day in 2011." I'll get back on track soon.