I would like to speak to whoever is in
control of my life, and suggest some
improvements.
    Copyright Ashleigh Brilliant, Santa Barbara CA. All rights reserved.

Some of my best thinking
was done before I learned to speak,
and has unfortunately been lost.
    Copyright Ashleigh Brilliant, Santa Barbara CA. All rights reserved.

Are you surprised
that people still can dance and sing
in a world on its head?
   Dylan Thomas

…a window to walk away in.
   Aram Saroyan

The noisiest drum has nothing in it
but air.
   English

The weakest link in the chain
is also the strongest.
It can break the chain.
  Stanislaw Lec

Some people are paid to be good.
Others are good for nothing.
   Wayne Hertz

In a good apple
sometimes
you find a worm.
  Yiddish

…my brain floats off like a dandelion seed.
    Eloise Ristad

When we find a secret door that slides open
at our touch, we tend to dimiss it and go back
to battering. Even though we hate it,
at least it is familiar.
    Eloise Ristad

The older the fiddle,
the sweeter the tune.
  English proverb

Momentum
is not a reliable substitute
for accurate navigation.
  Paraphrased…Rob Lebow

. . . caught between a dog and a fire plug.
    Bob Stromberg

All is not cream
that comes from a cow.
  Yiddish

If you run after two rabbits,
you won't catch either one.
   Armenian

A prudent man does not
make the goat his gardener.
   Hungarian

The sun will set
without your assistance.
   Yiddish

One can't fill
a torn sack.
  Yiddish

Talk does not cook rice.
  Chinese

Years may wrinkle the skin,
but to give up enthusiasm
wrinkles the soul.
  Samuel Ullman

Never attribute to malice
that which can be adequately explained
by stupidity.

Even a broken clock is accurate
twice a day!
  Joel on Northern Exposure

Luck
is when preparation
meets opportunity.
  Barb Schwarz

. . . blind in one eye
and refusing to see out of the other.

People who fight fire with fire
usually end up with ashes.
   Dear Abby

Standing in the middle of the road is very dangerous;
you get knocked down by traffic from both sides.
    Margaret Thatcher

There cannot be a crisis next week.
My schedule is already full.
   Henry Kissinger

Don't lose your head
    to gain a minute.
       You need your head
          your brains are in it.
            Burma Shave

I can complain because
rosebushes have thorns . . .
or rejoice because
the thornbush has a rose . . .
It is all up to me.