Do not litter

"Unless someone like you cares a whole awful lot,

Nothing is going to get better. It's not." ~ Dr. Seuss, from The Lorax

Marilyn

"Hollywood is a place where they'll pay you a thousand dollars for a kiss and fifty cents for your soul." ~ Marilyn Monroe

On being a diva

“I don't mean to be a diva, but some days you wake up and you're Barbara Streisand.” ~ Courtney Love

Feeling it

"After silence, that which comes nearest to expressing the inexpressible is music." ~ Aldous Huxley

Smile magic

"All the statistics in the world can't measure the warmth of a smile." ~ Chris Hart

Story time

"No one gossips about other people's secret virtues." ~ Bertrand Russell

Up for the challenge

"When people keep telling you that you can't do a thing, you kind of like to try it." ~ Margaret Chase Smith

We recycle

"I intend to live forever. So far, so good." ~ Steven Wright

Stress management 101

“Try to relax and enjoy the crisis.” ~ Ashleigh Brilliant

Out in the cold

"Heaven goes by favor. If it went by merit, you would stay out and your dog would go in." ~ Mark Twain

Four Uggs to go...

“I'm not that interested in fashion... When someone says that lime-green is the new black for this season, you just want to tell them to get a life.” ~ Bruce Oldfield (English Fashion designer)

Read all about it! Or not...

"Try a "news fast" -- simply opt out of watching the news on television, reading newspapers, or following the news on the Internet for a few days or even a week. Taking periodic breaks from the news can promote mental calm and help renew your spirits. As a result, anxiety and overstimulation may be minimized, and your body will function better." ~ Dr. Andrew Weil

I PEE DAILY

"I read the newspaper avidly. It is my one form of continuous fiction." ~ Aneurin Bevan

Psychic

“I always prefer to work in the studio. It isolates people from their environment. They become in a sense... symbolic of themselves. I often feel that people come to me to be photographed as they would go to a doctor or a fortune teller -- to find out how they are.” ~ Richard Avedon

Today's horrorscope: Not a good day to rob your corner bank

"The only function of economic forecasting is to make astrology look respectable." ~ John Kenneth Galbraith

Which Way to Easy Street?

"I cannot give you the formula for success, but I can give you the formula for failure -- which is: Try to please everybody." ~ Herbert Swope, address, Dec. 20, 1950

Please, give me a sign

"People are hungry for messages of hope and life." ~ Morgan Brittany

Never be late for Sunday brunch

"I believe that the Good Lord gave us a finite number of heartbeats and I'm damned if I'm going to use up mine running up and down a street." ~ Neil Armstrong on jogging, in an interview with Walter Cronkite

Doing it my way

“I realize that humor isn't for everyone. It's only for people who want to have fun, enjoy life, and feel alive.” ~ Anne Wilson Schaef

Love -- it's worth embracing

"Gravitation is not responsible for people falling in love." ~ Albert Einstein