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Swans sing before they die - 'twere no bad thing should certain persons die before they sing.
-Samuel Taylor Coleridge

Unknown:
"The early bird catches the worm; but the second mouse gets the cheese."

Mark Twain:
"The right word may be effective, but no word was ever as effective as a rightly timed pause."

You build on failure. You use it as a stepping stone. Close the door on the past. You don't try to forget the mistakes, but you don't dwell on it. You don't let it have any of your energy, or any of your time, or any of your space.
-Johnny Cash

Everybody complains about politicians. Everybody says they suck. Well, where do people think these politicians come from? They don't fall out of the sky. They don't pass through a membrane from another reality. They come from American parents and American families, American homes, American schools, American churches, American businesses and American universities, and they are elected by American citizens. This is the best we can do folks. This is what we have to offer. It's what our system produces: Garbage in, garbage out. If you have selfish, ignorant citizens, you're going to get selfish, ignorant leaders. - George Carlin

Sometimes our light goes out but is blown into flame by another human being. Each of us owes deepest thanks to those who have rekindled this light.
-Albert Schweitzer

"Swearing is industry language. For as long as we're alive it's not going to change. You've got to be boisterous to get results." - Gordon Ramsay

Liberalism is trust of the people tempered by prudence. Conservatism is distrust of the people tempered by fear. ~William E. Gladstone, 1866

"Here's the good news. If I realize that I'm insane, then I'm okay with it. I'm not dangerous insane." - Charlie Sheen

"You cannot win if you cannot run." - Hank Stram

I don't quite have the energy for extra curricular activities. I have to pace myself a little bit more.
-James Young

"You miss 100% of the shots you don't take." - Wayne Gretzky

Republicans want smaller gov't for the same reason crooks want fewer cops. - James Carville

"Suicide is man's way of telling God, 'You can't fire me - I quit.'" - Bill Maher

I think it's important to get your surroundings as well as yourself into a positive state - meaning surround yourself with positive people, not the kind who are negative and jealous of everything you do.
-Heidi Klum

"You fail all the time, but you aren't a failure until you start blaming someone else."

"The harder we play, the behinder we get." - Bum Phillips, RIP (1923-2013)

Never be bullied into silence. Never allow yourself to be made a victim. Accept no one's definition of your life; define yourself.
-Harvey Fierstein