John Gushue . . . Dot Dot Dot

A thought on hearing things said out loud

"Words mean more than what is set down on paper. It takes the human voice to infuse them with shades of deeper meaning."
- Maya Angelou

A thought on the gene pool

"The problem with the gene pool is that there's no lifeguard."
- David Gerrold

A thought on a lighter calling

"I'd rather be entertaining than poignant. People have enough drama in their lives already."
- Samuel L. Jackson

A thought on the demands of stress

"Stress is an ignorant state. It believes that everything is an emergency."
- Natalie Goldberg

A thought on doing something spontaneous

"All growth is a leap in the dark, a spontaneous unpremeditated act without the benefit of experience."
-Henry Miller

A thought on family outings

"There is no such thing as 'fun for the whole family.' "
-Jerry Seinfeld

A thought on paranoid people

"I envy paranoids; they actually feel people are paying attention to them."
- Susan Sontag

A thought on knowing what you are

"I'm not offended by all the dumb blonde jokes because I know I'm not dumb... and I also know that I'm not blonde."
- Dolly Parton

A thought on who actually gets things done

"The greatest things are accomplished by individual people, not by committees or companies."
- Fay Weldon

[Fay Weldon is a bit of a deal in our house; she was the original subject of Martha's ever-expanded Master's thesis.]

A thought for my Scottish friends, before it's too late

"There are two seasons in Scotland: June and winter."
- Billy Connolly

(In her latest column, my wife cited this phrasing of the St. John's seasons:  almost-winter, winter, still winter and construction.)