And have yourself a nice day!

"I make it a policy to try never to make a complete idiot of myself twice in the same way. After all, there's always all kinds of new ways to make a complete idiot of myself. Why repeat the old ones?” ~ Margot Dalton

Subway accordion

"Music has to breathe and sweat. You have to play it live." ~ James Brown

Thumbs up

"When I'm trusting and being myself... everything in my life reflects this by falling into place easily, often miraculously." ~ Shakti Gawain

Red tie

"Life is not a dress rehearsal." ~ Rose Tremain

Want summer now

"A lot of people like snow. I find it to be an unneces-sary freezing of water.” ~ Carl Reiner

Smiles are best shared

"To live anywhere in the world today and be against equality because of race or color, is like living in Alaska and being against snow.” ~ William Faulkner

The look

"I am struck by the way people behave on the Tube. They look at each other beadily and inquisitive-ly, and something goes on in their thoughts which must be equivalent to the way dogs and other animals, when they meet, sniff each other’s arses and nuzzle each other’s fur." ~ Graham Swift

Deja vu?

"I was a dog in a past life. Really. I'll be walking down the street and dogs will do a sort of double take. Like, Hey, I know him." ~ William H. Macy

On the wall

"There is no doubt that the first require-ment for a composer is to be dead." ~ Arthur Honegger

James Dean

"Dream as if you'll live forever, live as if you'll die today.” ~ James Dean

Twisted

"When I was a kid I used to pray every night for a new bike. Then I realized that The Lord doesn't work that way, so I stole one and asked him to forgive me." ~ Emo Philips

First icicle of the season

"Honesty is like an icicle; if once it melts, that is the end of it." ~ Anonymous

Not impressed

"You've got to take the bitter with the sour." ~ Samuel Goldwyn

Rest assured

"According to most studies, people's number one fear is public speaking. Number two is death. Death is number two! Does that sound right? This means to the average person, if you go to a funeral, you're better off in the casket than doing the eulogy." ~ Jerry Seinfeld

Blue eyes

The reason that the all-American boy prefers beauty to brains is that he can see better than he can think.” ~ Farrah Fawcett

All dressed up and ready to go

"There is a bit of insanity in dancing that does everybody a great deal of good." ~ Edwin Denby

Evening stroll

"Night is a world lit by itself." ~ Antonio Porchia

Hold on

"You might as well fall flat on your face as lean over too far backward." ~ James Thurber

Planting for tomorrow

"The fact that I can plant a seed and it becomes a flower, share a bit of knowledge and it becomes another's, smile at someone and receive a smile in return, are to me continual spiritual exercises." ~ Leo Buscaglia