WyzWmn's Words to the Wise

Carry out a random act of kindness, with no expectation of reward, safe in the knowledge that one day someone might do the same for you. – Diana Spencer, Princess of Wales

The word ‘politics’ is derived from the word ‘poly’ meaning ‘many’ and the word ‘ticks’, meaning ‘blood sucking parasites.’ – Larry Hardiman

The scientific theory I like best is that the rings of Saturn are composed entirely of lost airline luggage. – Mark Russell

A sympathetic Scot summed it all up very neatly in the remark, “you should make a point of trying every once, except incest and folk dancing. – Sir Arnold Bax

The very purpose of existence is to reconcile the glowing opinion we have of ourselves with the appalling things that other people think about us. – Quentin Crisp

Fairy tales do not tell children the dragons exist. Children already know that dragons exist. Fairy tales tell children the dragons can be killed. – G.K.Chesterton

I repeat….that all power is a trust, that we are accountable for it’s exercise, that from the people and for the people all springs, and all must exist. – Benjamin Disraeli

A person may cause evil to others not only by his actions but by his inaction, and in either case he is justly accountable to them for the injury – John Stuart Mill

People might not get all they work for in this world, but they must certainly work for all they get. – Frederick Douglass

Silly is you in a natural state, and serious is something you have to do until you can get silly again – Mike Meyers