“There cannot be a stressful crisis next week. My schedule is already full.”
-Henry Kissinger

“It is the patriot’s blood that seeds Freedom’s tree.”
– Thomas Campbell

On Christmas Eve, a father puts a gold watch into one son’s stocking, and horse manure into the other son’s.

The following day, the first boy comes to his father and glumly says, “Dad, I ust don’t know what I’ll do with this watch. It’s so fragile. It could break.”

The other boy runs to him and says, “Daddy! Daddy! Santa left me a pony, if only I can just find it!”

[Via the excellent What Makes Us Happy?].

“All women become like their mothers. That is their tragedy. No man does. That’s his.”
– Oscar Wilde

Happiest Mother’s Day wishes, and a lifetime of gratitude,
xo
j

“If you think you have things under control, you’re not going fast enough.”
– Mario Andretti

“A very simple truth is that if we have more work than we are capable of processing then we won’t be able to do it all properly. Unfortunately, like most simple truths, this tends to escape many people.”
– Mark Forster, Do it Tomorrow

“By doing just a little every day, you can gradually let the task completely overwhelm you.”
– Ashleigh Brilliant

“There cannot be a stressful crisis this week. My schedule is already full.”
– Henry Kissinger