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Hatch a dream and then believe it. When love is not madness, it is not love. Too often we give our children answers to remember rather than problems to solve. 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. 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. Hatch a dream and then believe it. A woman knows the face of the man she loves as a sailor knows the open sea. Of cheerfulness, or a good temper - the more it is spent, the more of it remains. Love takes off masks that we fear we cannot live without and know we cannot live within. 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. The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort and convenience, but where he stands in times of challenge and controversy. Friends are as companions on a journey, who ought to aid each other to persevere in the road to a happier life. Solitude, if rightly used, becomes not only a privilege but a necessity. Only a superficial soul fears to fraternize with itself. 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. 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 energy of the soul. Love is what heals the personality. There is nothing that cannot be healed by love. There is nothing but love. Nothing splendid has ever been achieved except by those who dared believe that something inside them was superior to circumstances. 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. 24 hours in a day, 24 beers in a case. Coincidence? Love is the immortal flow of energy that nourishes, extends and preserves. Its eternal goal is life. 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. Compassion alone stands apart from the continuous traffic between good and evil proceeding within us. 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. Opportunity is missed by most people because it is dressed in overalls and looks like work. 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. The problem with some people is that when they aren't drunk, they're sober. 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. The problem with the world is that everyone is a few drinks behind. What the world really needs is more love and less paper work. What the world really needs is more love and less paper work. Solitude, if rightly used, becomes not only a privilege but a necessity. Only a superficial soul fears to fraternize with itself. A kiss makes the heart young again and wipes out the years. Everything in excess! To enjoy the flavor of life, take big bites. Moderation is for monks. 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. You can't wait for inspiration. You have to go after it with a club. You can widen your life by yourself, but to deepen it you need a friend. No matter what looms ahead, if you can eat today, enjoy today, mix good cheer with friends today enjoy it and bless God for it. Opportunity is missed by most people because it is dressed in overalls and looks like work. The problem with some people is that when they aren't drunk, they're sober. What lies behind us and what lies before us, are only small matters compared to what lies within us. 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. 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. The Eskimo has fifty-two names for snow because it is important to them; there ought to be as many for love. Love is the immortal flow of energy that nourishes, extends and preserves. Its eternal goal is life. If you ever reach total enlightenment while drinking beer, I bet it makes beer shoot out your nose. 24 hours in a day, 24 beers in a case. Coincidence? A kiss makes the heart young again and wipes out the years. When a friend is in trouble, don't annoy him by asking if there is anything you can do. Think up something appropriate and do it. Distance between two hearts is not an obstacle; rather a great reminder of just how strong true love can be. When we drink, we get drunk. When we get drunk, we fall asleep. When we fall asleep, we commit no sin. When we commit no sin, we go to heaven. So, let's all get drunk and go to heaven! Love is life. And if you miss love, you miss life. 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. I discovered I always have choices and sometimes it's only a choice of attitude. You can widen your life by yourself, but to deepen it you need a friend. Love takes up where knowledge leaves off. Love is composed of a single soul inhabiting two bodies. 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. All love shifts and changes. I don't know if you can be wholeheartedly in love all the time. The only time you run out of chances is when you stop taking them. True friendship comes when the silence between two people is comfortable. 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. 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. Take away love and our earth is a tomb. 24 hours in a day, 24 beers in a case. Coincidence? Before I got married I had six theories about bringing up children; now I have six children and no theories. When solving problems, dig at the roots instead of just hacking at the leaves. Love is the energy of the soul. Love is what heals the personality. There is nothing that cannot be healed by love. There is nothing but love. Love is always bestowed as a gift - freely, willingly and without expectation. We don't love to be loved; we love to love. 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.When a friend is in trouble, don't annoy him by asking if there is anything you can do. Think up something appropriate and do it. Drinking provides a beautiful excuse to pursue the one activity that truly gives me pleasure -- hooking up with fat, hairy girls. 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. You can widen your life by yourself, but to deepen it you need a friend. Too often we give our children answers to remember rather than problems to solve. Solitude, if rightly used, becomes not only a privilege but a necessity. Only a superficial soul fears to fraternize with itself. 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. The best proof of love is trust. 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. The game of life is not so much in holding a good hand as playing a poor hand well 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. Beer is proof that God loves us and wants us to be happy. The problem with the world is that everyone is a few drinks behind.
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