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. Treat people as if they were what they ought to be, and you help them to become what they are capable of being. The Babylon project was our last, best hope for peace. .. It failed. .. But in the year of the Shadow war it became something greater: our last, best hope .. for victory. The year is 2260, the place: Babylon 5.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? You can't wait for inspiration. You have to go after it with a club. A kiss makes the heart young again and wipes out the years. Abstainer: a weak person who yields to the temptation of denying himself a pleasure. Abstainer: a weak person who yields to the temptation of denying himself a pleasure. Opportunity is missed by most people because it is dressed in overalls and looks like work. The quality of the moment is more important than the number of our days. Opportunity is missed by most people because it is dressed in overalls and looks like work. Treat everyone with politeness, even those who are rude to you. Not because they are nice, but because you are Always listen to experts. They'll tell you what can't be done, and why. Then do it. 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 A happy person is not a person in a certain set of circumstances, but rather a person with a certain set of attitudes. Always do sober what you said you'd do drunk. That will teach you to keep your mouth shut. The great thing about a computer notebook is that no matter how much you stuff into it, it doesn't get bigger or heavier. The problem with the world is that everyone is a few drinks behind. 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. An intelligent man is sometimes forced to be drunk to spend time with his fools. Love does not begin and end the way we seem to think it does. Love is a battle, love is a war; love is a growing up. Very little is needed to make a happy life. It is all within yourself, in your way of thinking. The game of life is not so much in holding a good hand as playing a poor hand well. 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. When solving problems, dig at the roots instead of just hacking at the leaves. Reality is an illusion that occurs due to lack of alcohol. Nothing splendid has ever been achieved except by those who dared believe that something inside them was superior to circumstances. Try not to become a man of success but rather to become a man of value. Too often we give our children answers to remember rather than problems to solve. 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. I do not fear computers. I fear the lack of them. Love is life. And if you miss love, you miss life. A woman drove me to drink and I didn't even have the decency to thank her. 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. 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. Abstainer: a weak person who yields to the temptation of denying himself a pleasure. Reality is an illusion that occurs due to lack of alcohol. 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. If you ever reach total enlightenment while drinking beer, I bet it makes beer shoot out your nose. The great thing about a computer notebook is that no matter how much you stuff into it, it doesn't get bigger or heavier. 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. If you find a path with no obstacles, it probably doesn't lead anywhere. Too often we give our children answers to remember rather than problems to solve. I discovered I always have choices and sometimes it's only a choice of attitude. A happy person is not a person in a certain set of circumstances, but rather a person with a certain set of attitudes. An intelligent man is sometimes forced to be drunk to spend time with his fools. Hope is like a road in the country: there was never a road, but when many people walk on it, the road comes into existence. The problem with some people is that when they aren't drunk, they're sober. Life's challenges are not supposed to paralyze you, they're supposed to help you discover who you are. Books are the shoes with which we tread the footsteps of great minds. A woman drove me to drink and I didn't even have the decency to thank her. 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. 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. Drinking provides a beautiful excuse to pursue the one activity that truly gives me pleasure -- hooking up with fat, hairy girls. What lies behind us and what lies before us, are only small matters compared to what lies within us. I feel sorry for people who don't drink. When they wake up in the morning, that's as good as they're going to feel all day. 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. Opportunity is missed by most people because it is dressed in overalls and looks like work. 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. 24 hours in a day, 24 beers in a case. Coincidence? 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. Compassion alone stands apart from the continuous traffic between good and evil proceeding within us. Memory is a child walking along a seashore. You never can tell what small pebble it will pick up and store away among its treasured things. Before I got married I had six theories about bringing up children; now I have six children and no theories. I'd rather have a bottle in front of me, than a frontal lobotomy. What lies behind us and what lies before us, are only small matters compared to what lies within us. If you find a path with no obstacles, it probably doesn't lead anywhere. Opportunity is missed by most people because it is dressed in overalls and looks like work. A kiss is a lovely trick designed by nature to stop speech when words become superfluous. A positive attitude will not solve all your problems, but it will annoy enough people to make it worth the effort. Compassion alone stands apart from the continuous traffic between good and evil proceeding within us. Too often we give our children answers to remember rather than problems to solve. What the world really needs is more love and less paper work. Whatever our souls are made of, his and mine are the same.
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