"To produce a mighty book, you must choose a mighty theme. No great and enduring volume can ever be written on the flea, though many there be that have tried it." -- Herman Melville (1819-1891), via Good Quotations on Writers and Writing

"Those who wear the shoes know best where they pinch." -- loose translation of a Norwegian inscription found on a shoe horn

The Norwegian inscription reads: "Den vet best hvor sken trykker som har den pa."

from Themes to Write About in Your Journal: Topics for writers

"To Search for Truth you must first have lost it." -- Waldo Salt - American film maker, from Themes to Write About in Your Journal: Topics for writers

"Believe it or not, even though a lot of people smoked pot, I think beer was still the drug of choice. It was for me."
-- Howard Dean, Democratic presidential candidate, discussing his '60s experiences in Rolling Stone, via Yahoo! News - Notable Quotes

"Never fry bacon in the nude." -- Author Unknown, from the markerboard at the therapist's office

"The Great Society . . . is a place where men are more concerned with the quality of their goals than the quantity of their goods." -- Lyndon B. Johnson

"The key is not to prioritize what’s on your schedule, but to schedule your priorities." -- Stephen R. Covey

"Perfection of means and confusion of goals seem—in my opinion—to characterize our age." -- Albert Einstein

"Our goal should be to achieve joy." -- Ana Castillo

"A new year can only bring us a new combination of the same elements; and about once in so often we go back and begin again." -- Katharine Fullerton Gerould