be flexible

kelsy schoenhaar, originally uploaded by McBeth.

The aim of life is some way of living, as flexible and gentle as human nature; so that ambition may stoop to kindness, and philosophy to condor and humor. Neither prosperity nor empire nor heaven can be worth winning at the price of a virulent temper.

-- George Santayana

eagle watching

eagle eyes, originally uploaded by McBeth.

Each man is good in His sight. It is not necessary for eagles to be crows.

-- Sitting Bull

the golden years

the golden years, originally uploaded by McBeth.

Life is an unanswered question, but let's still believe in the dignity and importance of the question.

-- Tennessee Williams

your attention please

outbound flight, originally uploaded by McBeth.

An expert is someone who has succeeded in making decisions and judgements simpler through knowing what to pay attention to and what to ignore.

-- Edward de Bono

waiting

vanilla vodka , originally uploaded by McBeth.

None of us knows what the next change is going to be, what unexpected opportunity is just around the corner, waiting a few months or a few years to change all the tenor of our lives.

-- Kathleen Norris

standing out

birch, originally uploaded by McBeth.

It's odd how people waiting for you stand out far less clearly than people you are waiting for.

-- Jean Giraudoux

social hour

gallery night, originally uploaded by McBeth.

Society is no comfort to one not sociable.

-- William Shakespeare

gold

work it out, originally uploaded by McBeth.

He that does a base thing in zeal for his friend burns the golden thread that ties their hearts together.

-- Jeremy Taylor

the gift of glow

glowing gift, originally uploaded by McBeth.

Let us all bask in television's warm glowing warming glow.

-- Homer Simpson

high heights

test: lab color, originally uploaded by McBeth.

Those who can soar to the highest heights can also plunge to the deepest depths, and the natures which enjoy most keenly are those which also suffer most sharply.

-- Lucy Maud Montgomery

tiny successes

sssshhh..., originally uploaded by McBeth.

Life is made up of small pleasures. Happiness is made up of those tiny successes. The big ones come too infrequently. And if you don't collect all these tiny successes, the big ones don't really mean anything.

-- Norman Lear

i am convinced

bubblemobile , originally uploaded by McBeth.

That proves you are unusual, returned the Scarecrow; and I am convinced the only people worthy of consideration in this world are the unusual ones. For the common folks are like the leaves of a tree, and live and die unnoticed.

-- Lyman Frank Baum

three

three girls, originally uploaded by McBeth.

They say a person needs just three things to be truly happy in this world: someone to love, something to do, and something to hope for.

-- Tom Bodett

of two minds

two wars, originally uploaded by McBeth.

The object of war is not to die for your country but to make the other bastard die for his.

-- General George S. Patton

inversion

blue leaf, originally uploaded by McBeth.

I am a dreamer of words, of written words. I think I am reading; a word stops me. I leave the page. The syllables of the word begin to move around. Stressed accents begin to invert. The word abandons its meaning like an overload which is too heavy and prevents dreaming. Then words take on other meanings as if they had the right to be young. And the words wander away, looking in the nooks and crannies of vocabulary for new company, bad company.

-- Gaston Bachelard

womanly

once a month, originally uploaded by McBeth.

She had a womanly instinct that clothes possess an influence more powerful over many than the worth of character or the magic of manners.

-- Louisa May Alcott

flying solo

resting, originally uploaded by McBeth.

Solitude would be ideal if you could pick the people to avoid.

-- Karl Kraus

implementation

hay rake, originally uploaded by McBeth.

A visitor from Mars could easily pick out the civilized nations. They have the best implements of war.

-- Herbert Prochnow

drawing lines

this way out, originally uploaded by McBeth.

Never draw a line in the sand. Regardless of how irritated you are with your opponents, you have to leave an opening for them to find their way back.

-- Nancy Pelosi

garlic

purple garlic, originally uploaded by McBeth.

Tomatoes and oregano make it Italian; wine and tarragon make it French. Sour cream makes it Russian; lemon and cinnamon make it Greek. Soy sauce makes it Chinese; garlic makes it good.

Alice May Brock