I trust you had a wonderful summer and were able to take a vacation. May you find some inspiration… humor… and wisdom in this month’s batch of quotes from my collection:

• “The scientific theory I like best is that the rings of Saturn are composed entirely of lost airline luggage.” (Mark Russell)
• “The chief barrier to happiness is envy.” (Frank Tyger, quoted in Forbes.com)
• “The opposite of love is not hate, it is indifference.” (Elie Wiesel, quoted in the Toronto Globe and Mail)
• “The most noble art is to make someone happy.” (P.T. Barnum, quoted in AOLnews.com)
• “My great concern is not whether you have failed, but whether you are content with your failure.” (Abraham Lincoln, quoted in First Things)
• “If we did all the things we are capable of, we would literally astound ourselves.” (Thomas Edison, quoted in the San Francisco Chronicle)
• “Sentimentality is the tribute indifference pays to compassion.” (Theodore Dalrymple, quoted in the London Spectator)
• “After silence, that which comes nearest to expressing the inexpressible is music. Music is what feelings sound like.” (Aldous Huxley, quoted in the Brisbane, Australia, Courier Mail)
• “The metric system did not catch on in the United Stated, except in the increasing popularity of the 9mm bullet.” (Dave Berry)
• “If I rest too long, I rust.” (Piacido Domingo, quoted in the London Observer)
• “If we could sell our experiences for what they cost us, we’d all be millionaires.” (Abigail Van Buren)
• “Under a tyranny, the privileges of the strong are rights and the rights of the weak are privileges.” (Anonymous)
• “No computer has ever been designed that is ever aware of what it’s doing; but most of the time, we aren’t either.” (Marvin Minsky)
• “Hard work spotlights the character of people: some turn up their sleeves, some turn up their noses, and some don’t turn up at all.” (Sam Ewing)
• “Nothing is improbable until it moves into the past tense.” (George Ade, quoted in the Associated Press)
• “One thing we should be thankful for is that we don’t get as much government as we pay for!”

QUOTE OF THE MONTH: I like this quote from 42 year old actress Julia Roberts regarding why she refuses to get botox treatments: “I want my kids to know when I’m pissed, when I’m happy, and when I’m confounded… Your face tells a story and it shouldn’t be a story about your drive to the doctor’s office.” (quoted in People magazine)