Henry Havelock Ellis

"The place where optimism most flourishes is the lunatic asylum." - Henry Havelock Ellis

Tom Hanks

"I'm glad I didn't have to fight in any war. I'm glad I didn't have to pick up a gun. I'm glad I didn't get killed or kill somebody. I hope my kids enjoy the same lack of manhood." - Tom Hanks

Cut Out and Keep

I had been looking for a DIY site that has unique ideas and after a little research I came across the site Cut Out and Keep. It has instructions and guiding photos to many projects that I'm sure you'll find yourself wanting to try.

Some of the ideas that I loved are:

Refrigerator Poetry Magnets

 

http://www.cutoutandkeep.net/projects/refrigerator_ransom_poetry_magnets

Purse from Vinyl Records

http://www.cutoutandkeep.net/projects/make-a-purse-from-vinyl-records

Resin Pendants

http://www.cutoutandkeep.net/projects/how_to_make_resin_pendants

Easy Cake Pops

http://www.cutoutandkeep.net/projects/easy-cake-pops

There are lots more! You definitely should check the site out! 

Go to http://www.cutoutandkeep.net/

Have fun! :}

Recycle and Create: Memo Board from Wine Corks!

Want to learn how to make a creative memo board from wine corks like this one? Click here.

Books, Books, Books!

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Henry David Thoreau

"It is as hard to see one's self as to look backwards without turning around." - Henry David Thoreau

Robert J. Sawyer

"Learning to ignore things is one of the great paths to inner peace." - Robert J. Sawyer

Søren Kierkegaard

"People demand freedom of speech as a compensation for the freedom of thought which they seldom use." - Søren Kierkegaard

Martin Luther King Jr.

"Nothing in all the world is more dangerous than sincere ignorance and conscientious
stupidity." - Martin Luther King Jr.

Michel de Montaigne

"I prefer the company of peasants because they have not been educated sufficiently to reason incorrectly." - Michel de Montaigne

Ludwig Wittgenstein

"Philosophy is a battle against the bewitchment of our intelligence by means of language." - Ludwig Wittgenstein

Antoine de Saint-Exupery

"Language is the source of misunderstandings." - Antoine de Saint-Exupery

Pablo Picasso

"Everything you can imagine is real." - Pablo Picasso

Maria Schell

"Peace is when time doesn't matter as it passes by." - Maria Schell

William E. ("Bill") Vaughan

"Suburbia is where the developer bulldozes out the trees, then names the streets after them."  - William E. ("Bill") Vaughan

Germaine Greer

"Human beings have an inalienable right to invent themselves." - Germaine Greer

Don Marquis

"Procrastination is the art of keeping up with yesterday." -Don Marquis

Thomas H. Huxley

"The great tragedy of Science - the slaying of a beautiful hypothesis by an ugly fact." - Thomas H. Huxley

George Bernard Shaw

"If history repeats itself, and the unexpected always happens, how incapable must Man be of learning from experience." - George Bernard Shaw