**"You're only given a little spark of madness. You mustn't lose it."-Robin Williams

I love that one! Why be normal when you can be a bit mad!!! That is what I tell the kids when they think I do a lot of of-the-wall crazy things!!!

**"When in doubt, wear red!!"-Bill Blass

Although I love blue, red gives you a bit of bounce, confidence and fire that the calming blues just can't match. So every once in a while it is a good thing to wear RED!!

** who said this??? "I catnap now and then, but I think while I nap, so it's not a waste of time."

This actually reminded me of myself a little... I always think while I sleep!!!

-- Melissa in SE Ohio (me@home.net), April 14, 2002

Answers

These are the two which I like the very best; Oscar Wilde.."Life is too important to be taken seriously." Betty Davis.."Old age ain't for sissies."

-- lesley (martchas@bellsouth.net), April 14, 2002.

My all time favorite:

I know God won't give me anything I can't handle. I just wish He wouldn't trust me so much. (Mother Teresa)

A similar one which is timely:

God, I know we're your chosen people, but couldn't you choose someone else for a change? (Shalom Alelchem)

One I think my almost-102 yr.old, dessert loving grandmother invented long before it became popular:

Life is short. Eat dessert first.

And one appropriate for today:

The trick is to stop thinking of it as "your" money. (IRS auditor)

-- Lenette (kigervixen@nospam.com), April 15, 2002.

Here's a few more-

We are here on earth to do good to others. What the others are here for, I don't know.

Time is a great teacher, but unfortunately it kills all it's pupils.

I don't make jokes, I just watch the government and report the facts. (Will Rogers)

Opportunity is missed by most people because it's dressed in overalls and looks like work. (Thomas Edison)

Sometimes I lie awake at night, and I ask, "Where did I go wrong?" Then a voice says to me, "This is going to take more than one night." (Charlie Brown)

Smoking kills. If you're killed, you've lost a very important part of your life. (Brooke Shields, on why she became an anti-tobacco spokesperson.) (Score one for the tobacco companies)

-- Lenette (kigervixen@nospam.com), April 15, 2002.

Martha Stewart said it.

-- Gayle in KY (gayleannesmith@yahoo.com), April 15, 2002.

Right Gayle, she said the quote about naps, for all of those who were wondering!

-- Melissa in SE Ohio (me@home.net), April 16, 2002.