Words to Live By

At the moment, I don't have the nicest things on my mind. In fact, I'm feeling a little vindictive and hurtful. That's kind of scary because I'm really good at opening my mouth only to later insert my foot. So, while I'm dying to write this whole thing about how I just looked up a guy that I went to grade school with who thought he was better than everyone else on Myspace and found out that he now is a drunk loser who is balding, I won't. I'm better than saying things like "turnabout is fairplay" or discussing divine retribution. Instead, I am cleansing my mind with sayings such as "If you don't have anything nice to say, don't say anything at all." So instead of writing something like "serves you right, douche!" I am choosing to make a list of all of my favorite quotes in history--or at least some of them.

"Walk softly and carry a big stick."
--Theodore Roosevelt
"Pretty is as pretty does."
--My nanny
"We are tied to the ocean. And when we go back to the sea, whether it is to sail or to watch--we are going back from whence we came."
--John F. Kennedy
"Life is what happens when you're busy making other plans."
--John Lennon
"It's much too late to say 'we'll do this now' when we should have done it then but it just goes to show how wrong you can be and how it's never too late to get up and go."
--Robert Smith
"Come live with me, and be my love, And we will some new pleasures prove Of golden sands, and crystal brooks, With silken lines, and silver hooks."
--John Donne
"Oh Gordy just screwed the pooch!"
--Stephen King (Which reminds me that I should do movie quotes one day soon.)

Okay, now I think I can go to bed. I will think no more mean thoughts, especially ones about how people who think that they are better than other people and torment them one day receive their justice. Nope. I'm not saying any of those things. Just know that I feel vindicated tonight!