The coolest people I’ve ever met have the most colorful pasts. They’ve lived lives of risk, made bad choices, learned lessons, explored, and they’re not afraid of being real. Tattered tapestries woven of similar threads, they’re my kind of people — My favorite shades of crazy. -Stephen L. Lizotte-

Time heals all wounds, and time usually wounds all heels.

They say that doing some walking can add 5 minutes to your life for every day you do it. This can enable you, at 85 years old, to spend up to an additional eight months in a nursing home at $11,000 per month.

To doubt everything or to believe everything are two equally convenient solutions; both dispense with the necessity of reflection. -Henri Poincaré-

Just for today, I will not sit in my living room all day in my underwear. Instead, I will move my computer into the bedroom.

A yawn is a silent scream for coffee.

As for me, I would rather have seated beside me in this chamber a polygamist who doesn’t polyg than a monogamist who doesn’t monag. -Boies Penrose-

There are two ways of being happy: We must either diminish our wants or augment our means — either may do — the result is the same and it is for each man to decide for himself and to do that which happens to be easier. -Benjamin Franklin-

You will need to know the difference between Friday and a fried egg. It’s quite a simple difference, but an important one. -Douglas Adams-

New Zealand’s national icon is the kiwi which is a small nocturnal bird that is round and brown, and furry. They should not be confused with kiwi fruit, which is also round and brown, and furry. New Zealanders are sometimes called Kiwis, and some of us are round and brown, as well. -Paul, tourguide with Toru Tours, Auckland-