RB'S QUOTE OF THE DAY: July 31, 2012: "Like religion, politics, and family planning..."

"Like religion, politics, and family planning, 

cereal is not a topic to be brought up in public. 

It's too controversial."

~Erma Bombeck

RB'S QUOTE OF THE DAY: July 30, 2012: "God gives the nuts..."

"God gives the nuts, but He does not crack them."

~Franz Kafka

RB'S QUOTE OF THE DAY: July 29, 2012: “To seek approval is to have no resting place, no sanctuary..."

“To seek approval is to have no resting place, no sanctuary.

Like all judgment, approval encourages a constant striving. 

It makes us uncertain of who we are and of our true value.

Approval cannot be trusted.

It can be withdrawn at any time no matter what our track record has been.

It is as nourishing of real growth as cotton candy.

Yet many of us spend our lives pursuing it.”

~Rachel Naomi Remen

RB'S QUOTE OF THE DAY: July 28, 2012: "Much education today is monumentally ineffective..."

"Much education today is monumentally ineffective.
All too often we are GIVING young people cut flowers when we should be TEACHING them to grow their own plants."

~John W. Gardner

RB'S QUOTE OF THE DAY: July 27, 2012: “Nature, exerting an unwearied power..."

“Nature, exerting an unwearied power, forms, opens and gives scent to every flower. ”

~William Cowper

RB'S QUOTE OF THE DAY: July 26, 2012: "When you pass through the waters, I will be with you..."

"When you pass through the waters, I will be with you;

And through the rivers, they shall not overflow you.

When you walk through the fire, you shall not be burned,

Nor shall the flame scorch you."

~Isaiah 43:2

RB'S QUOTE OF THE DAY: July 25, 2012: “Oh, better, no doubt, is a dinner of herbs..."

“Oh, better, no doubt, is a dinner of herbs, 
When seasoned by love, which no rancor disturbs, 
And sweetened by all that is sweetest in life, 
Than turbot, bisque, ortolans, eaten with strife.”

Edward G. Bulwer-Lytton 

“Better is a dinner of herbs where love is 
than a fattened ox and hatred with it." 

~Proverbs 15:17

RB'S QUOTE OF THE DAY: July 24, 2012: "You can't pick cherries..."

"You can't pick cherries with your back to the tree."

~John N. Mitchell

RB'S QUOTE OF THE DAY: July 23, 2012: "If we have no peace, it is because..."

"If we have no peace, it is because we have forgotten that we belong to each other."

~Mother Teresa

RB'S QUOTE OF THE DAY: July 22, 2012: "I thought I would someday outgrow Ramen noodles..."

"I thought I would someday outgrow Ramen noodles.
Man, was I wrong."

~Unknown

RB'S QUOTE OF THE DAY: July 21, 2012: "Someone once threw me a small, brown, hairy kiwi fruit..."

"Someone once threw me a small, brown, hairy kiwi fruit, 

and I threw a wastebasket over it until it was dead."

~Erma Bombeck

RB'S QUOTE OF THE DAY: July 20, 2012: "The strength of a nation derives from..."

"The strength of a nation derives from the integrity of the home."

~Confucius

RB'S QUOTE OF THE DAY: July 19, 2012: "Let us more and more insist on raising funds..."

"Let us more and more insist on raising funds of love, of kindness, of understanding, of peace. 

Money will come if we seek first the Kingdom of God - the rest will be given."

~Mother Teresa

RB'S QUOTE OF THE DAY: July 18, 2012: "Memories of our lives, of our works and our deeds..."

"Memories of our lives, of our works and our deeds will continue in others."

 

~Rosa Parks

RB'S QUOTE OF THE DAY: July 17, 2012: "People assume that time is a strict progression of cause to effect..."

"People assume that time is a strict progression of cause to effect, but actually, from a non-linear non-subjective viewpoint, it's more like a big bowl of wibbly wobbly timey wimey... stuff."

~Doctor Who (Blink, 2007)

RB'S QUOTE OF THE DAY: July 16, 2012: "Soup is a lot like a family..."

"Soup is a lot like a family. 

Each ingredient enhances the others; each batch has its own characteristics; and it needs time to simmer to reach full flavor."

~Marge Kennedy

RB'S QUOTE OF THE DAY: July 15, 2012: "A person without a sense of humor is like..."

"A person without a sense of humor is like a wagon without springs. It's jolted by every pebble on the road."

~Henry Ward Beecher

RB'S QUOTE OF THE DAY: July 14, 2012: "Forget not that the earth delights..."

"Forget not that the earth delights to feel your bare feet and the winds long to play with your hair."

~Khalil Gibran

RB'S QUOTE OF THE DAY: July 13, 2012: "Today is Friday the 13th..."

"Today is Friday the 13th. 

It's gonna be another blessed day for God's people, 
just like every other day."

~Unknown

RB'S QUOTE OF THE DAY: July 12, 2012: "If the rain spoils our picnic..."

"If the rain spoils our picnic, but saves a farmer's crop,
who are we to say it shouldn't rain?"

~Tom Barrett

RB'S QUOTE OF THE DAY: July 11, 2012: "It is the ability to take a joke..."

"It is the ability to take a joke, not make one, that proves you have a sense of humor."

~Max Eastman

RB'S QUOTE OF THE DAY: July 10, 2012: "If all the beasts were gone..."

"If all the beasts were gone, men would die from a great loneliness of spirit, for whatever happens to the beasts also happens to the man. 
 All things are connected. 
 Whatever befalls the Earth befalls the sons of the Earth."

~Chief Seattle of the Suquamish Tribe in a letter to President Franklin Pierce

RB'S QUOTE OF THE DAY: July 9, 2012: "Have you ever noticed that anybody driving slower than you..."

"Have you ever noticed that anybody driving slower than you is an idiot, and anyone going faster than you is a maniac?"

~George Carlin

RB'S QUOTE OF THE DAY: July 8, 2012: “Happiness consists more in the small conveniences of pleasures..."

“Happiness consists more in the small conveniences of pleasures that occur every day, than in great pieces of good fortune that happen but seldom to a man in the course of his life.”

~Benjamin Franklin

RB'S QUOTE OF THE DAY: July 7, 2012: "The quickest way to get to know a woman is..."

"The quickest way to get to know a woman is to go shopping with her."

~Marcelene Cox

RB'S QUOTE OF THE DAY: July 6, 2012: "If we would only give, just once..."

"If we would only give, just once, the same amount of reflection to what we want to get out of life that we give to the question of what to do with a two weeks' vacation, we would be startled at our false standards and the aimless procession of our busy days."

~Dorothy Canfield Fisher

RB'S QUOTE OF THE DAY: July 5, 2012: "Oh, boy, you're just full of fun today, aren't ya..."

"Oh, boy, you're just full of fun today, aren't ya?
Why don't we go up to the old people's home and wax the steps?"

~Deputy Barney Fife"The Andy Griffith Show: The Merchant of Mayberry"
(1962) 

RB'S QUOTE OF THE DAY: July 4, 2012: "People have forgotten what 4th of July really is..."

"People have forgotten what 4th of July really is.

It's the day we got the freedom we use everyday.

It's not fireworks and parties. 

That's just what makes it fun."

~Unknown

RB'S QUOTE OF THE DAY: July 3, 2012: “If you want to be free, there is but one way..."

“If you want to be free, there is but one way; 

it is to guarantee an equally full measure of liberty to all your neighbors. 

There is no other.” 

~Carl Schurz

RB'S QUOTE OF THE DAY: July 2, 2012: “Those who desire to give up freedom in order to gain security..."

“Those who desire to give up freedom in order to gain security will not have,
nor do they deserve,
either one.”

~Benjamin Franklin

RB'S QUOTE OF THE DAY: July 1, 2012: “Freedom is never given..."

“Freedom is never given, it is won.”

~Unknown