Wit & Wisdom

“Mother Nature, in her infinite wisdom, has instilled within each of us a powerful biological instinct to reproduce; this is her way of assuring that the human race, come what may, will never have any disposable income.” Humorist Dave Barry, quoted in Al.com

“The pedigree of honey / Does not concern the bee / A clover, any time, to him /

Is aristocracy.”

Emily Dickinson, quoted in the Santa Barbara, Calif., Independent

“Doubt grows with knowledge.” Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, quoted in ArtsJournal.com “In order to rise from its own ashes, a phoenix

first must burn.” Author Octavia Butler, quoted

in Cultured Magazine “You know you’re getting old when you get that one candle on the cake.

It’s like, ‘See if you can

blow this out.’”

Jerry Seinfeld, quoted in the

Montreal Gazette

“The desire to reach the stars is ambitious. The desire to reach hearts is wise and most possible.” Maya Angelou, quoted in the

Williston, N.D., Herald