"It is of interest to note that while some dolphins are reported to have learned English--up to fifty words used in correct context--no human being has been reported to have learned dolphinese."

~Carl Sagan

"If it's true that our species is alone in the universe, then I'd have to say the universe aimed very low and settled for very little."

~George Carlin

“Sometimes being a friend means mastering the art of timing. There is a time for silence. A time to let go and allow people to hurl themselves into their own destiny. And a time to prepare to pick up the pieces when it's all over.”

~Gloria Naylor, African-American novelist and educator, 1950

"You can’t stay in your corner of the forest waiting for others to come to you.You have to go to them sometimes."

~Winnie the Pooh

"I wanted a perfect ending. Now I’ve learned, the hard way, that some poems don’t rhyme, and some stories don’t have a clear beginning, middle, and end. Life is about not knowing, having to change, taking the moment and making the best of it without knowing what’s going to happen next"

~Gilda Radner
(1946-1989)

"We cannot control the cards we are dealt, only how we will play them."

~Randy Pausch

I haven't done one of these for awhile ( Read more... )

This is for you (and you know who you are):

"Sometimes the most important thing in a whole day is the rest we take between two deep breaths."

~Etty Hillesum

And now I am off!

I've been feeling a bit nervous about how my (much) younger classmates are going to perceive me. Hell, most of them will have been practicing veterinary medicine for at least a decade when they reach my age.

I don't want to be the "class mom" or the "older non-traditional student." I want to simply be Lisa. I want to be accepted as a peer. I looked ( Read more... )

"I began to have an idea of my life, not as the slow shaping of achievement to fit my preconceived purposes, but as the gradual discovery and growth of a purpose which I did not know."

~Joanna Field