Making duplicate copies and computer printouts of things no one wanted even one of in the first place is giving America a new sense of purpose.
A Children’s Museum, however, is more of a Funatorium. You are encouraged to touch things, which is poor training for subsequent museum visitation.
Funny how the new things are the old things.
Alice had got so much into the way of expecting nothing but out-of-the-way things to happen, that it seemed quite dull and stupid for life to go on in the common way.
If one makes a mistake, then an apology is usually sufficient to get things back on an even keel. However-and this is a big ‘however’- most people do not ever know why their apology did not seem to have any effect. It is simply that they did not make a mistake; they made a choice…and never understood the difference between the two.
Interestingly, according to modern astronomers, space is finite. This is a very comforting thought-- particularly for people who can never remember where they have left things.
When he died, all things soft and beautiful and bright would be buried with him
When things are at their blackest, I say to myself, 'Cheer up, things could be worse.' And sure enough, they get worse.
Getting something and having the wits to use it...those are two different things.
Most of the important things in the world have been accomplished by people who have kept on trying when there seemed to be no hope at all.