Not all chemicals are bad. Without chemicals such as hydrogen and oxygen, for example, there would be no way to make water, a vital ingredient in beer. Touch is the most fundamental sense. A baby experiences it, all over, before he is born and long after he learns to use sight, hearing, or taste, and no human ever ceases to need it. Keep your children short on pocket money - but long on hugs. A book may lie dormant for fifty years or for two thousand years in a forgotten corner of a library, only to reveal, upon being opened, the marvels or the abysses that it contains, or the line that seems to have been written for me alone. In this respect the writer is not different from any other human being: whatever we say or do can have far-reaching consequences. Autumn is the time when seasons merge because of bare necessity. I discovered I always have choices and sometimes it's only a choice of attitude. The game of life is not so much in holding a good hand as playing a poor hand well. What contemptible scoundrel has stolen the cork to my lunch? When I read about the evils of drinking, I gave up reading. A human being should be able to change a diaper, plan an invasion, butcher a hog, conn a shp, design a building, write a sonnet, balance accounts, build a wall, set a bone, comfort the dying, take orders, give orders, cooperate, act alone, solve equations, analyze a new problem, pitch manure, program a computer, cook a tasty meal, fight efficiently, die gallantly. Specialization is for insects. When I read about the evils of drinking, I gave up reading. All love shifts and changes. I don't know if you can be wholeheartedly in love all the time. Give me a woman who loves beer and I will conquer the world. You can widen your life by yourself, but to deepen it you need a friend. Each encounter that becomes a friendship turns into a lifeline. One can never have too many, only too many to properly take care of. The problem with some people is that when they aren't drunk, they're sober. If we had no winter, the spring would not be so pleasant; if we did not sometimes taste of adversity, prosperity would not be so welcome. A kiss is a lovely trick designed by nature to stop speech when words become superfluous. Treat people as if they were what they ought to be, and you help them to become what they are capable of being. Love takes off masks that we fear we cannot live without and know we cannot live within. Iron rusts from disuse; stagnant water loses its purity and in cold weather becomes frozen; even so does inaction sap the vigor of the mind. I discovered I always have choices and sometimes it's only a choice of attitude. Why is it drug addicts and computer afficionados are both called users? Life is a waste of time, time is a waste of life, so get wasted all of the time and have the time of your life. Treat everyone with politeness, even those who are rude to you. Not because they are nice, but because you are. A woman knows the face of the man she loves as a sailor knows the open sea. A human being should be able to change a diaper, plan an invasion, butcher a hog, conn a shp, design a building, write a sonnet, balance accounts, build a wall, set a bone, comfort the dying, take orders, give orders, cooperate, act alone, solve equations, analyze a new problem, pitch manure, program a computer, cook a tasty meal, fight efficiently, die gallantly. Specialization is for insects. A kiss makes the heart young again and wipes out the years. No elected body is the country, we are the country. You and me. Us. It can only stay that way as long as we care to keep it so. 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. Always remember that I have taken more out of alcohol than alcohol has taken out of me. The Eskimo has fifty-two names for snow because it is important to them; there ought to be as many for love. The only time you run out of chances is when you stop taking them. When you're in love you never really know whether your elation comes from the qualities of the one you love, or if it attributes them to her; whether the light which surrounds her like a halo comes from you, from her, or from the meeting of your sparks. You can't be a real country unless you have a beer and an airline. It helps if you have some kind of a football team, or some nuclear weapons, but at the very least you need a beer. Too often we give our children answers to remember rather than problems to solve. Whatever our souls are made of, his and mine are the same. Love is the beauty of the soul. Can miles truly separate you from friends... If you want to be with someone you love, aren't you already there? Blessed is the man who, having nothing to say, abstains from giving us wordy evidence of the fact. The great thing about television is that if something important happens anywhere in the world, day or night, you can always change the channel. The Eskimo has fifty-two names for snow because it is important to them; there ought to be as many for love. Whatever our souls are made of, his and mine are the same Everything in excess! To enjoy the flavor of life, take big bites. Moderation is for monks. You can't be a real country unless you have a beer and an airline. It helps if you have some kind of a football team, or some nuclear weapons, but at the very least you need a beer. I'd rather have a bottle in front of me, than a frontal lobotomy. When solving problems, dig at the roots instead of just hacking at the leaves. Beer is proof that God loves us and wants us to be happy. What the world really needs is more love and less paper work. A kiss is a lovely trick designed by nature to stop speech when words become superfluous. Reduce the complexity of life by eliminating the needless wants of life, and the labors of life reduce themselves. Life's challenges are not supposed to paralyze you, they're supposed to help you discover who you are. An intelligent man is sometimes forced to be drunk to spend time with his fools. The quality of the moment is more important than the number of our days. If you ever reach total enlightenment while drinking beer, I bet it makes beer shoot out your nose. Give me a woman who loves beer and I will conquer the world. I would like to believe when I die that I have given myself away like a tree that sows seed every spring and never counts the loss, because it is not loss, it is adding to future life. It is the tree's way of being. Strongly rooted perhaps, but spilling out its treasure on the wind. When I read about the evils of drinking, I gave up reading. 24 hours in a day, 24 beers in a case. Coincidence? A happy person is not a person in a certain set of circumstances, but rather a person with a certain set of attitudes. You can't be a real country unless you have a beer and an airline. It helps if you have some kind of a football team, or some nuclear weapons, but at the very least you need a beer. Love is life. And if you miss love, you miss life. Without question, the greatest invention in the history of mankind is beer. Oh, I grant you that the wheel was also a fine invention, but the wheel does not go nearly as well with pizza. Love is the immortal flow of energy that nourishes, extends and preserves. Its eternal goal is life. Iron rusts from disuse; stagnant water loses its purity and in cold weather becomes frozen; even so does inaction sap the vigor of the mind. Give me a woman who loves beer and I will conquer the world. Love is life. And if you miss love, you miss life. Change is inevitable, except from vending machines. A happy person is not a person in a certain set of circumstances, but rather a person with a certain set of attitudes. Yesterday is a dream, tomorrow but a vision. But today well lived makes every yesterday a dream of happiness, and every tomorrow a vision of hope. Look well, therefore to this day. I do not fear computers. I fear the lack of them. Abstainer: a weak person who yields to the temptation of denying himself a pleasure. Those who are willing to sacrifice essential liberties for a little order, will lose both and deserve neither. Love takes off masks that we fear we cannot live without and know we cannot live within. Time is never wasted when you're wasted all the time. The best proof of love is trust. A positive attitude will not solve all your problems, but it will annoy enough people to make it worth the effort. I would like to believe when I die that I have given myself away like a tree that sows seed every spring and never counts the loss, because it is not loss, it is adding to future life. It is the tree's way of being. Strongly rooted perhaps, but spilling out its treasure on the wind. Always remember that I have taken more out of alcohol than alcohol has taken out of me. The quality of the moment is more important than the number of our days. A happy person is not a person in a certain set of circumstances, but rather a person with a certain set of attitudes.
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