Edward P. Tryon - "In answer to the question of why it
           happened, I offer the modest proposal that our Universe is
           simply one of those things which happen from time to time."

* My homework is like a juicy steak -- rarely done.

A wedding.  A handshake.  A kiss.  A coronation.  A parade.  A
dance.  A meal.  A graduation.  A Mass.  A ritual is the performance
of an intuition, the rehearsal of a dream, the playing of a game.
        A sacrament is the breaking through of the sacred into the
profane, a ritual is the ceremonial acting out of the profane in oder
to show forth its sacredness.  
        A sacrament is God offering his holiness to men, a ritual is
men raising up the holiness of their humanity to God.
        --Frederick Buechner

"Last night I dreamed I ate a ten-pound marshmallow,
and when I woke up the pillow was gone." -- Tommy Cooper 

"People are wrong when they say opera is not what it used
to be. It is what it used to be. That is what's wrong with it." 

Noel Coward.