Favourite Quotations

[bill]

"It isn't Skye, but it is really a lovely place, only spoiled by the people. Far too many of them."

Novelist Annie S Swan (1859-1953), writing about Oban

[bill]

Christmas gift suggestions:
To your enemy, forgiveness. To an opponent, tolerance. To a friend, your heart. To a customer, service. To all, charity. To every child, a good example. To yourself, respect."

Oren Arnold

[History]

Always keep your ememies closer than your friends and if you can't kill your enemies you must caress them. Deception is the art of war.

[bill]

New Year's Eve, where auld acquaintance be forgot. Unless, of course, those D.N.A.tests come back positive.

Jay Leno

[bill]

"First they ignore you, then they laugh at you, then they fight you, then you win."


Mahatma Gandhi

[Mousireid]

If ever there is tomorrow when we’re not together.. there is something you must always remember.
You are braver than you believe, stronger than you seem, and smarter than you think.
But the most important thing is, even if we’re apart.. I’ll always be with you.
-- Winnie the Pooh

[EMDEE]

"It isn't Skye, but it is really a lovely place, only spoiled by the people. Far too many of them."

Novelist Annie S Swan (1859-1953), writing about Oban

Not much has changed here then.