The fear of heights sometimes involves the urge to throw yourself over the edge.

If your problem has a solution then... why worry about it?
If your problem doesn't have solution then...why worry about it?

- Chinese Proverb

Happiness is not achieved by the conscious pursuit of happiness; it is generally the by-product of other activities.

- Aldous Huxley

"What is the F-Bomb? I've been in the [Belgian] Navy for many years, but I haven't heard about that bomb."

- KD

US tax laws and requirements are way too complicated for their own good.

The instructions for how to fill out the New York State tax return form is 100 pages!

If you don't believe me, here it is -
http://www.tax.state.ny.us/pdf/2008/inc/it150_201i_2008.pdf

A good plan violently executed right now is far better than a perfect plan executed next week.

- General George Patton (1885-1945) US Army General

Just as real events are forgotten, some that never were can be in our memories as if they happened.

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It is a triumph of life that old people lose their memories of inessential things, though memory does not often fail with regard to things that are of real interest to us. Cicero illustrated this with the stroke of a pen: No old man forgets where he has hidden his treasure.


- From Memories of my Melancholy Whores, by Gabriel Garcia Marquez

In the end, it is impossible not to become what others believe you are.

According to a study by researchers at the University of Ohio, french fries account for 25% of vegetable consumption of children. Juices make up 40% of fruit intake. This wasn't the case for me - I ate lots of fruit & vegetables. I also ended up much taller than my parents. I'm convinced that's because I had better nutrition than they did.

The US Government's definition of a high-speed train is one that goes 90mph. That's a joke. I wonder how they'd define the speed of the train in Shanghai that can attain a speed of 259mph. Transport infrastructure in the US is poor. I believe it's because the auto industry has been too powerful.

Income tax returns are the most imaginative fiction being written today.
- Herman Wouk

I wish I had an office that I could do a handstand in. An office that I could do a cartwheel in would be even better!

"Why did you tell them what I told you in confidence? That was private."

"It's ok. They are my [taekwondo] team mates. We touch each other with our feet."

You know you're in a position of significance in an organization when you can start engaging in insider trading.

"How do we get Zumbi to come back to capoiera?"

"We should take a pair of wet jeans and beat him with it until it's dry!"

To zap food cravings, tap 10 times on various body parts and hum "Happy Birthday" until the urge disappears.

- Paul McKenna

Man is so made that he can only find relaxation from one kind of labor by taking up another.

- Anatole France

There is nothing more demoralizing than a small but adequate income.

- Edmund Wilson

It is far more impressive when others discover your good qualities without your help.

- Judith Martin

There is the person that you are, and then there is the person that you want to be.

In most cases, you're actually better off and are happier being the person that you are.