"After The Wizard Of Oz I was typecast as a lion,
and there aren't all that many parts for lions." 

Bert Lahr.

* It is better to be looked over than overlooked.

Ever notice how irons have a setting for *permanent* press?  I don't get it...

Climbing K2 or floating the Grand Canyon in an inner tube
There are some things one would rather have done than do. 

     - Edward Abbey 

In times of extremity, the people of Israel less often
sought refuge in drink, or suicide, than any other race of Europe...
The Jews hid their bravery under the cloak of submissiveness;
their heroism in facing contempt surpasses that of saints.
     -Friedrich Nietzsche, "The Dawn", Aphorism 205  (1861)