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Riches are like bad servants, whose shoes are made of running leather, and will never tarry long with one master.

_Brooks._

Life's the same, except for the shoes.

The Cars

Imagine if every Thursday your shoes exploded if you tied them the usual way. This happens to us all the time with computers, and nobody thinks of complaining.

Jef Raskin (recent death

Earth's crammed with heaven, and every common bush afire with God: but only he who sees, takes off his shoes, the rest sit round it, and pluck blackberries, and daub their natural faces unaware...

Elizabeth Barrett Browning (born 6 March 1806

What Is Love? I have met in the streets a very poor young man who was in love. His hat was old, his coat worn, the water passed through his shoes and the stars through his soul

Victor Hugo

My shoes dangle from my fingertips because, all things considered, barefoot is better.

Kekla Magoon

You don’t really understand people until you hear their life story. If you know their stories, you grasp their history, their hurts, their hopes and aspirations. You put yourself in their shoes. And just by virtue of listening and remembering what’s important to them, you communicate that you care and desire to add value.

John C. Maxwell

On the 23d of April, 1490, I began this book; and started again on the horse. Giacomo came to live with me on Saint Mary Magdalen's day in 1490; {49} he was ten years old. He was a thief, a liar, obstinate, and a glutton. On the second day I had two shirts made for him, a pair of socks and a jerkin, and when I placed the money aside to pay for these things, he stole it out of the purse and I could never force him to confess the fact, though I was quite certain of it--4 lire. On the following day I went to sup with Giacomo Andrea, and this same Giacomo supped for two and did mischief for four, since he broke three bottles, spilled the wine, and after this came to sup where I... Item: on the 7th of September he stole a silver point, worth twelve soldi, from Marco, who was living with me, and took it from his studio; and when Marco had looked for it for some time he found it hidden in Giacomo's box--lire 1, soldi 2. Item: on the 26th of the following January, being in the house of Messer Galeazzo di San Severino, in order to arrange the festivity of his joust, and certain henchmen having undressed to try on the costumes of rustics who were to take part in the aforesaid festivity, Giacomo took the purse of one of them, which was on the bed with other clothes, and stole the money he found in it--2 lire, 4 soldi. Item: Maestro Agostino of Padua gave me while I was in the same house a Turkish hide to have a pair of shoes made of it, and Giacomo stole this from me within a month and sold it to a cobbler for 20 soldi, with which money by his own confession he bought sweets of aniseed. Item: {50} again, on the 2d of April, Giovanni Antonio left a silver point on one of his drawings, and Giacomo stole it; it was worth 24 soldi,--1 lire, 4 soldi. The first year a cloak, 2 lire; six shirts, 4 lire; three doublets, 6 lire: four pairs of socks, 7 lire, 8 soldi.

Leonardo da Vinci     Thoughts on Art and Life

It is ill standing in dead men's shoes.

Proverb.

Give a girl the right shoes, and she can conquer the world.

Bette Midler

Old friends are best. King James used to call for his old shoes; they were easiest for his feet.

JOHN SELDEN. 1584-1654.     _Table Talk. Friends._

Luther's shoes don't fit every country parson.

_Ger. Pr._

Arithmetic is being able to count up to twenty without taking off your shoes.

Mickey Mouse

A lie can travel half way around the world while the truth is putting on its shoes.

Mark Twain

I didn't want the clothes or the perfect shoes or the expensive anything. I didn't want to be draped in silk. All I ever wanted was to reach out and touch another human being not just with my hands but with my heart.

Tahereh Mafi

You might be poor, your shoes might be broken, but your mind is a palace.

Frank McCourt

I saw them go: one horse was blind, The tails of both hung down behind, Their shoes were on their feet.

JAMES SMITH. 1775-1839.     _Rejected Addresses. The Baby's Debut._

Round-heads and wooden-shoes are standing jokes.

JOSEPH ADDISON. 1672-1719.     _Prologue to The Drummer._

~Income.~--Our incomes are like our shoes; if too small, they gall and pinch us; but if too large, they cause us to stumble and to trip.--_Colton._

Maturin M. Ballou     Pearls of Thought

Make not another's shoes by your own foot.

Proverb.

Doctor Luther's shoes don't fit every village priest.

_Ger. Pr._

Old shoes are easiest.

Proverb.

Jeder muss ein Paar Narrenschuhe zerreissen, zerreisst er nicht mehr=--Every one must wear out one pair of fool's shoes, if he wear out no more.

_Ger. Pr._

Dry shoes won't catch fish.

_Gael. Pr._

He who waits for dead men's shoes may go barefoot.

Proverb.

Him that makes shoes go barefoot himself.

ROBERT BURTON. 1576-1640.     _Anatomy of Melancholy. Democritus to the Reader._

It was a custom with Apelles, to which he most tenaciously adhered, never to let any day pass, however busy he might be, without exercising himself by tracing some outline or other,--a practice which has now passed into a proverb. It was also a practice with him, when he had completed a work, to exhibit it to the view of the passers-by in his studio, while he himself, concealed behind the picture, would listen to the criticisms. . . . Under these circumstances, they say that he was censured by a shoemaker for having represented the shoes with one latchet too few. The next day, the shoemaker, quite proud at seeing the former error corrected, thanks to his advice, began to criticise the leg; upon which Apelles, full of indignation, popped his head out and reminded him that a shoemaker should give no opinion beyond the shoes,[721-1]--a piece of advice which has equally passed into a proverbial saying.

PLINY THE ELDER. 23-79 A. D.     _Natural History. Book xxxv. Sect. 84._

"The time has come", the Walrus said, "To talk of many things: Of shoes — and ships — and sealing wax — Of cabbages — and Kings — And why the Sea is boiling hot — And whether pigs have wings."

Lewis Carroll in Through the Looking-Glass

There are as many kinds of love as there are races. A great tall German, learned, virtuous, phlegmatic, said one day: "Souls are sisters, fallen from heaven, who all at once recognize and run to meet each other." A little dry Frenchman, hot-blooded, witty, lively, replied to him: "You are right; you can always find shoes to fit."--_Taine._

Maturin M. Ballou     Pearls of Thought

True taste is for ever growing, learning, reading, worshipping, laying its hand upon its mouth because it is astonished, casting its shoes from off its feet because it finds all ground holy.

_Ruskin._

You have brains in your head. You have feet in your shoes. You can steer yourself any direction you choose. You're on your own. And you know what you know. And YOU are the one who'll decide where to go...

Dr. Seuss

Old friends are best.= _King James I., as he slipt on his old shoes._

Unknown

Minister flicken am Staate, / Die Richter flicken am Rate, / Die Pfarrer an dem Gewissen, / Die Aerzte an Handen und Fuszen! O Jobsen! was flickest denn du? / Weit besser! Gerissene Schuh!=--Ministers cobble away at the state, judges at the law, parsons at the conscience, doctors at our hands and feet; what cobblest thou at, friend Jobson? Far better--shoes that have been torn.

_Weisse._

The stoical scheme of supplying our wants by lopping off our desires is like cutting off our feet when we want shoes.

_Swift._

Better wear shoon (shoes) than sheets.

_Sc. Pr._

Take it to the Streets “Pray continually”(1 Thessalonians 5:17). I’ve enjoyed walking since my youth and continue to enjoy it today as my number one cardiovascular activity. I find walking to be the most flexible and relaxing exercise. No special equipment or skills are needed – just a good pair of shoes and sensible clothing. It can be done anywhere and anytime with a friend or by myself. There can also be both spiritual and physical benefits by combining prayer with walking. What walking accomplishes in building a strong body, prayer achieves in building spiritual strength. Your body requires exercise and food, and it needs these things regularly. Once a week won’t suffice. Your spiritual needs are similar to your physical needs, and so praying once a week is as effective as eating once a week. The Bible tells us to pray continually in order to have a healthy, growing spiritual life. Prayer walking is just what it sounds like — simply walking and talking to God. Prayer walking can take a range of approaches from friends or family praying as they walk around schools, neighbourhoods, work places, and churches, to structured prayer campaigns for particular streets and homes. I once participated in a prayer walk in Ottawa where, as a group, we marched to Parliament Hill and prayed for our governments, provinces, and country. In the Bible, there are many references to walking while thinking and meditating on the things of God. Genesis 13:17 says, “Go, walk through the length and breadth of the land, for I am giving it to you.” The prophet Micah declared, “All the nations may walk in the name of their gods, we will walk in the name of the Lord our God for ever and ever.” (Micah 4:5) And in Joshua 14:9 it says, “So on that day Moses swore to me, ‘The land on which your feet have walked will be your inheritance and that of your children forever, because you have

Kimberley Payne

J'ai trouve chaussure a mon pied=--I have found a good berth (

_lit._ shoes for my feet). _Fr. Pr._

Wisdom sometimes walks in clouted shoes.

Proverb.

I find the Englishman to be him of all men who stands firmest in his shoes.

RALPH WALDO EMERSON. 1803-1882.     _English Traits. Manners._

Don't throw away the old shoes till you've got new ones.

_Dut. Pr._

Give a girl the right shoes, and she can conquer the world.

Marilyn Monroe

Not every parish priest can wear Dr. Luther's shoes.

Proverb.

Why I Can't Go Out With You:

I'd LOVE to, but...

    -- I have to draw "Cubby" for an art scholarship.

    -- I have to sit up with a sick ant.

    -- I'm trying to be less popular.

    -- My bathroom tiles need grouting.

    -- I'm waiting to see if I'm already a winner.

    -- My subconscious says no.

    -- I just picked up a book called "Glue in Many Lands" and I

        can't seem to put it down.

    -- My favorite commercial is on TV.

    -- I have to study for my blood test.

    -- I've been traded to Cincinnati.

    -- I'm having my baby shoes bronzed.

        -- I have to go to court for kitty littering.

Fortune Cookie

Harry is heavily into camping, and every year in the late fall, he makes us

all go to Assateague, which is an island on the Atlantic Ocean famous for

its wild horses.  I realize that the concept of wild horses probably stirs

romantic notions in many of you, but this is because you have never met any

wild horses in person.  In person, they are like enormous hooved rats.  They

amble up to your camp site, and their attitude is: "We're wild horses.

We're going to eat your food, knock down your tent and poop on your shoes.

We're protected by federal law, just like Richard Nixon."

        -- Dave Barry, "Tenting Grandpa Bob"

Fortune Cookie

FORTUNE DISCUSSES THE DIFFERENCES BETWEEN MEN AND WOMEN:    #17

>Shoes:

     The average man has 4 pairs of footwear: running shoes, dress shoes,

boots, and slippers.  The average woman has shoes 4 layers thick on the floor

of her closet.  Most of them hurt her feet.

Making friends:

     A woman will meet another woman with common interests, do a few things

together, and say something like, "I hope we can be good friends."

    A man will meet another man with common interests, do a few things

together, and say nothing.  After years of interacting with this other man,

sharing hopes and fears that he wouldn't confide in his priest or

psychiatrist, he'll finally let down his guard in a fit of drunken

sentimentality and say something like, "You know, for someone who's such a

jerk, I guess you're OK."

Fortune Cookie

You men out there probably think you already know how to dress for success.

You know, for example, that you should not wear leisure suits or white

plastic belts and shoes, unless you are going to a costume party disguised

as a pig farmer vacationing at Disney World.

        -- Dave Barry, "How to Dress for Real Success"

Fortune Cookie

How beautiful are thy feet with shoes, O prince's daughter! the joints of thy

thighs are like jewels, the work of the hands of a cunning workman.  Thy navel

is like a round goblet, which wanteth not liquor:  thy belly is like an heap

of wheat set about with lilies.

Thy two breasts are like two young roses that are twins.

[Song of Solomon 7:1-3 (KJV)]

Fortune Cookie

Life's the same, except for the shoes.

        -- The Cars

Fortune Cookie

You know it's going to be a long day when you get up, shave and shower,

start to get dressed and your shoes are still warm.

        -- Dean Webber

Fortune Cookie

FORTUNE EXPLAINS WHAT JOB REVIEW CATCH PHRASES MEAN:    #4

consistent:

    Reviewee hasn't gotten anything right yet, and it is anticipated

    that this pattern will continue throughout the coming year.

an excellent sounding board:

    Present reviewee with any number of alternatives, and implement

    them in the order precisely opposite of his/her specification.

a planner and organizer:

    Usually manages to put on socks before shoes.  Can match the

    animal tags on his clothing.

Fortune Cookie

<Mercury> LordHavoc: The reason why GL has overdraw is because it is only

          using HALF of the system they designed for vis.

<Mercury> LordHavoc: Shooting itself in the foot.

* Dabb looks at all those bullet holes in his shoes - damn, lots :)

Fortune Cookie

Imagine if every Thursday your shoes exploded if you tied them the usual

way.  This happens to us all the time with computers, and nobody thinks of

complaining.

        -- Jeff Raskin

Fortune Cookie

Arithmetic is being able to count up to twenty without taking off your shoes.

        -- Mickey Mouse

Fortune Cookie

No one likes us.

I don't know why.

We may not be perfect,            We give them money,

But heaven knows we try.        But are they grateful?

But all around,                No, they're spiteful,

Even our old friends put us down.    And they're hateful.

Let's drop the big one,            They don't respect us,

And see what happens.            So let's surprise them

                    We'll drop the big one,

                    And pulverize 'em.

Asia's crowded,

Europe's too old,

Africa is far too hot,            We'll save Australia.

And Canada's too cold.            Don't wanna hurt no kangaroos.

And South America stole our name    We'll build an All-American amusement

Let's drop the big one,                park there--

There'll be no one left to blame us.    They got surfin', too!

Boom! goes London,

And Boom! Paree.

More room for you,            Oh, how peaceful it'll be!

And more room for me,            We'll set everybody free!

And every city,                You'll wear a Japanese kimono, babe;

The whole world round,            There'll be Italian shoes for me!

Will just be another American town.    They all hate us anyhow,

                    So, let's drop the big one now.

                    Let's drop the big one now!

        -- Randy Newman, "Drop the Big One"

Fortune Cookie

Recreational Slumming:

    The practice of participating in recreational activities

of a class one perceives as lower than one's own: "Karen!  Donald!

Let's go bowling tonight!  And don't worry about shoes ... apparently

you can rent them."

        -- Douglas Coupland, "Generation X: Tales for an Accelerated

           Culture"

Fortune Cookie

Bozo is the Brotherhood of Zips and Others.  Bozos are people who band

together for fun and profit.  They have no jobs.  Anybody who goes on a

tour is a Bozo. Why does a Bozo cross the street?  Because there's a Bozo

on the other side. It comes from the phrase vos otros, meaning others.

They're the huge, fat, middle waist.  The archetype is an Irish drunk

clown with red hair and nose, and pale skin.  Fields, William Bendix.

Everybody tends to drift toward Bozoness.  It has Oz in it.  They mean

well.  They're straight-looking except they've got inflatable shoes.  They

like their comforts.  The Bozos have learned to enjoy their free time,

which is all the time.

        -- Firesign Theatre, "If Bees Lived Inside Your Head"

Fortune Cookie

A man was griping to his friend about how he hated to go home after a

late card games.

    "You wouldn't believe what I go through to avoid waking my wife,"

he said.  "First, I kill the engine a block away from the house and coast

into the garage.  Then I open the door slowly, take off my shoes, and

tiptoe to our room.  But just as I'm about to slide into bed, she always

wakes up and gives me hell."

    "I make a big racket when I go home," his friend replied.

    "You do?"

    "Sure.  I honk the horn, slam the door, turn on all the lights,

stomp up to the bedroom and give my wife a big kiss.  `Hi, Alice,' I say.

`How about a little smooch for your old man?'"

    "And what does she say?" his friend asked in disbelief.

    "She doesn't say anything," his buddy replied.  "She always pretends

she's asleep."

Fortune Cookie

    The FIELD GUIDE to NORTH AMERICAN MALES

SPECIES:    Cranial Males

SUBSPECIES:    The Hacker (homo computatis)

Plumage:

    All clothes have a slightly crumpled look as though they came off the

    top of the laundry basket.  Style varies with status.  Hacker managers

    wear gray polyester slacks, pink or pastel shirts with wide collars,

    and paisley ties; staff wears cinched-up baggy corduroy pants, white

    or blue shirts with button-down collars, and penholder in pocket.

    Both managers and staff wear running shoes to work, and a black

    plastic digital watch with calculator.

Fortune Cookie

I had no shoes and I pitied myself.  Then I met a man who had no feet,

so I took his shoes.

        -- Dave Barry

Fortune Cookie

The Angels want to wear my red shoes.

        -- E. Costello

Fortune Cookie

Ladies and Gentlemen, Hobos and Tramps,

Cross-eyed mosquitos and bowlegged ants,

I come before you to stand behind you

To tell you of something I know nothing about.

Next Thursday (which is good Friday),

There will be a convention held in the

Women's Club which is strictly for Men.

Admission is free, pay at the door,

Pull up a chair, and sit on the floor.

It was a summer's day in winter,

And the snow was raining fast,

As a barefoot boy with shoes on,

Stood sitting in the grass.

Oh, that bright day in the dead of night,

Two dead men got up to fight.

Three blind men to see fair play,

Forty mutes to yell "Hooray"!

Back to back, they faced each other,

Drew their swords and shot each other.

A deaf policeman heard the noise,

Came and arrested those two dead boys.

Fortune Cookie

Everything's great in this good old world;

(This is the stuff they can always use.)

God's in his heaven, the hill's dew-pearled;

(This will provide for baby's shoes.)

Hunger and War do not mean a thing;

Everything's rosy where'er we roam;

Hark, how the little birds gaily sing!

(This is what fetches the bacon home.)

        -- Dorothy Parker, "The Far Sighted Muse"

Fortune Cookie

  I never put on a pair of shoes until I've worn them five years.

        -- Samuel Goldwyn

Fortune Cookie

The whole world is a tuxedo and you are a pair of brown shoes.

        -- George Gobel

Fortune Cookie

Picking up the pieces of my sweet shattered dream,

I wonder how the old folks are tonight,

Her name was Ann, and I'll be damned if I recall her face,

She left me not knowing what to do.

Carefree Highway, let me slip away on you,

Carefree Highway, you seen better days,

The morning after blues, from my head down to my shoes,

Carefree Highway, let me slip away, slip away, on you...

Turning back the pages to the times I love best,

I wonder if she'll ever do the same,

Now the thing that I call livin' is just bein' satisfied,

With knowing I got noone left to blame.

Carefree Highway, I got to see you, my old flame...

Searching through the fragments of my dream shattered sleep,

I wonder if the years have closed her mind,

I guess it must be wanderlust or tryin' to get free,

From the good old faithful feelin' we once knew.

        -- Gordon Lightfoot, "Carefree Highway"

Fortune Cookie

Joe's sister puts spaghetti in her shoes!

Fortune Cookie

QOTD:

    "Say, you look pretty athletic.  What say we put a pair of tennis

    shoes on you and run you into the wall?"

Fortune Cookie

blithwapping:

    Using anything BUT a hammer to hammer a nail into the

    wall, such as shoes, lamp bases, doorstops, etc.

        -- "Sniglets", Rich Hall & Friends

Fortune Cookie

Anyone who cannot cope with mathematics is not fully human.  At best he

is a tolerable subhuman who has learned to wear shoes, bathe and not

make messes in the house.

        -- Lazarus Long, "Time Enough for Love"

Fortune Cookie

Have you seen the old man in the closed down market,

Kicking up the papers in his worn out shoes?

In his eyes you see no pride, hands hang loosely at his side

Yesterdays papers, telling yesterdays news.

How can you tell me you're lonely,

And say for you the sun don't shine?

Let me take you by the hand

Lead you through the streets of London

I'll show you something to make you change your mind...

Have you seen the old man outside the sea-man's mission

Memories fading like the metal ribbons that he wears.

In our winter city the rain cries a little pity

For one more forgotten hero and a world that doesn't care...

Fortune Cookie

Sam:   What's the good word, Norm?

Norm:  Plop, plop, fizz, fizz.

Sam:   Oh no, not the Hungry Heifer...

Norm:  Yeah, yeah, yeah...

Sam:   One heartburn cocktail coming up.

        -- Cheers, I'll Gladly Pay You Tuesday

Sam:   Whaddya say, Norm?

Norm:  Well, I never met a beer I didn't drink.  And down it goes.

        -- Cheers, Love Thy Neighbor

Woody:  What's your pleasure, Mr. Peterson?

Norm:   Boxer shorts and loose shoes.  But I'll settle for a beer.

        -- Cheers, The Bar Stoolie

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