From Jon Winokur’s wonderful collection of wisdom called The Portable Curmudgeon (New York: Plume, 1992) come the following observations about what makes life wonderful:
* The idea is to die young as late as possible. –Ashley Montagu
* There is more to life than increasing its speed. –Gandhi
* Life is far too important a thing ever to talk seriously about. –Oscar Wilde
* All men should strive to learn before they die what they are running from, and to, and why. –James Thurber
* Life is like a dogsled team. If you ain’t the lead dog, the scenery never changes.
–Lewis Grizzard
* Life is too short to balance a checkbook. –Howard Ogden
* Life is what you do when you can’t get to sleep. –Fran Lebowitz
* There are only two ways to live your life. One is as though nothing is a miracle. The other is as though everything is a miracle.
–Albert Einstein
* Hope for the best. Expect the worst. Life is a play. We’re unrehearsed . –Mel Brooks
