Oh, if you’re a bird, be an early bird
And catch the worm for your breakfast plate.
If you’re a bird, be an early bird-
But if you’re a worm, sleep late.
Shel Silverstein, Where the Sidewalk Ends
Early Bird
Tag: Quotes
Get What You Got
“If you always do what you always did –
you’ll always get what you always got.”
Unknown
(This gem of advice could have come from any mother to her child who will not learn from past mistakes.)
The World
The world, said Horace Walpole, is a tragedy to him who feels, and a comedy to him who thinks.
In My Soldiers Heart
During the American Civil War the very men Confederates were trying to kill could not help honoring them. On hearing the news that Jackson had been killed at Chancellorsville, Union General Gouverneur Warren wrote, “I rejoice at Stonewall Jackson’s death as a gain to our cause, yet in my soldier’s heart I cannot but see him the best soldier of all this war, and grieve his untimely end.”
On Locoweed
Once in a while I watch an old TV series, and currently I’m watching Gunsmoke on Peacock. There is a friendly back and forth between characters Doc and Chester, ala Spock and McCoy, and Marshal Dillon and Miss Kitty lend moral authority to some of the stories as needed.
“Kinda reminds ya of a grasshopper on locoweed.” Chester to Marshall Dillon while watching Doc dance.
Wasted
“Youth is wasted on the young.”
The source of this quote is discussed here quoteinvestigator.com
As we age, the wisdom of this quote becomes more apparent. With almost endless energy and plenty of wasted time spent on stupid stuff, the young have little concept of how short their lifetimes are, while some of us older folks watch and are wistful, remembering all the time we wasted when young.
I Contain Multitudes
“Do I contradict myself? Very well then I contradict myself. (I am large, I contain multitudes.)”
from “Song of Myself” By Walt Whitman (1819-1892)
My big brother quoted this to me one time when I was a kid, using large hand and arm gestures as he did so. Impressed, I looked into who Whitman was and have been trying to finish “Leaves of Grass” ever since.
No Pessimist
No pessimist ever discovered the secrets of the stars, or sailed to an uncharted land, or opened a new heaven to the human spirit.
Helen Keller (1880-1968)
You Can Always Do It Later
“The great thing about suicide is that it’s not one of those things you have to do now or you loose your chance. I mean, you can always do it later.”
Harvey Fierstein
The Only Reason
“The only reason I have lived so long is that I let go of my past. Shut the door on grief on regret on remorse.”
Lucia Berlin (1936 – 2004)
More about Lucia Berlin: https://www.vice.com/en/article/saint-lucia-a-roundtable-on-writer-lucia-berlin-0817/
Off The Back Porch 