Friday, December 28, 2007

Quotes About New Years



"QUOTES THAT MAKE YOU THINK."

Now there are more overweight people in America than average-weight people. So overweight people are now average… which means, you have met your New Year's resolution.- Jay Leno

Never tell your resolution beforehand, or it's twice as onerous a duty. - John Selden

Cheers to a New Year and another chance for us to get it right. - Oprah Winfrey
Be always at war with your vices, at peace with your neighbors, and let each new year find you a better man. - Benjamin Franklin

A New Year's resolution is something that goes in one Year and out the other. - Anon

Good resolutions are simply checks that men draw on a bank where they have no account. - Oscar Wilde

Yesterday, everybody smoked his last cigar, took his last drink and swore his last oath. Today, we are a pious and exemplary community. Thirty days from now, we shall have cast our reformation to the winds and gone to cutting our ancient shortcomings considerably shorter than ever. - Mark Twain

From New Year's on the outlook brightens; good humor lost in a mood of failure returns. I resolve to stop complaining. - Leonard Bernstein

People are so worried about what they eat between Christmas and the New Year, but they really should be worried about what they eat between the New Year and Christmas.
- Author Unknown

Youth is when you're allowed to stay up late on New Year's Eve. Middle age is when you're forced to. - Bill Vaughan



3 comments:

Anonymous said...

I like the first one. We are average now.

Renie Burghardt said...

Hi Patty,

Good quotes!

I like Oprah's quote the best.

Ben Franklin's quote is the wisest!

And this one is right on:

People are so worried about what they eat between Christmas and the New Year, but they really should be worried about what they eat between the New Year and Christmas.
- Author Unknown

Where do you find all this good stuff?

Have a great evening!

Renie

Tom said...

Great post Patty..
They all ring the right bells.. but for me I like this one.

Be always at war with your vices, at peace with your neighbors, and let each new year find you a better man.
Benjamin Franklin

I'll give that one a real go for sure.