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Authors
Doug Larson
American
Cartoonist
About the author
The world is full of people looking for spectacular happiness while they snub contentment.
Doug Larson,
American
Cartoonist
#People
#World
#Happiness
#Contentment
Some of the world's greatest feats were accomplished by people not smart enough to know they were impossible.
Doug Larson,
American
Cartoonist
#People
#World
Sometimes opportunity knocks, but most of the time it sneaks up and then quietly steals away.
Doug Larson,
American
Cartoonist
#Time
#Opportunity
Spring is when you feel like whistling even with a shoe full of slush.
Doug Larson,
American
Cartoonist
#Spring
The aging process has you firmly in its grasp if you never get the urge to throw a snowball.
Doug Larson,
American
Cartoonist
The cat could very well be man's best friend but would never stoop to admitting it.
Doug Larson,
American
Cartoonist
#Man
#Friend
The only nice thing about being imperfect is the joy it brings to others.
Doug Larson,
American
Cartoonist
#Being
#Joy
The reason people blame things on previous generations is that there's only one other choice.
Doug Larson,
American
Cartoonist
#People
#Reason
#Choice
#Blame
#Generations
There must be a happy medium somewhere between being totally informed and blissfully unaware.
Doug Larson,
American
Cartoonist
#Being
The trouble with learning from experience is that you never graduate.
Doug Larson,
American
Cartoonist
#Trouble
#Experience
#Learning
Real elation is when you feel you could touch a star without standing on tiptoe.
Doug Larson,
American
Cartoonist
There are few things more satisfying than seeing your children have teenagers of their own.
Doug Larson,
American
Cartoonist
#Children
#Teenagers
Utility is when you have one telephone, luxury is when you have two, opulence is when you have three - and paradise is when you have none.
Doug Larson,
American
Cartoonist
#Luxury
#Paradise
Wisdom is the quality that keeps you from getting into situations where you need it.
Doug Larson,
American
Cartoonist
#Wisdom
#Quality
Wisdom is the reward you get for a lifetime of listening when you'd have preferred to talk.
Doug Larson,
American
Cartoonist
#Talk
#Wisdom
#Listening
#Reward
The surprising thing about young fools is how many survive to become old fools.
Doug Larson,
American
Cartoonist
#Old
#Fools
Accomplishing the impossible means only that the boss will add it to your regular duties.
Doug Larson,
American
Cartoonist
#Will
#Boss
To err is human; to admit it, superhuman.
Doug Larson,
American
Cartoonist
A lot of people mistake a short memory for a clear conscience.
Doug Larson,
American
Cartoonist
#People
#Memory
#Mistake
#Conscience
A pun is the lowest form of humor, unless you thought of it yourself.
Doug Larson,
American
Cartoonist
#Thought
#Humor
Nostalgia is a file that removes the rough edges from the good old days.
Doug Larson,
American
Cartoonist
#Old
#Nostalgia
A weed is a plant that has mastered every survival skill except for learning how to grow in rows.
Doug Larson,
American
Cartoonist
#Learning
#Survival
#Skill
Establishing goals is all right if you don't let them deprive you of interesting detours.
Doug Larson,
American
Cartoonist
#Right
#Goals
Few things are more satisfying than seeing your children have teenagers of their own.
Doug Larson,
American
Cartoonist
#Children
#Teenagers
Life expectancy would grow by leaps and bounds if green vegetables smelled as good as bacon.
Doug Larson,
American
Cartoonist
#Life
A true friend is one who overlooks your failures and tolerates your success!
Doug Larson,
American
Cartoonist
#Friend
More marriages might survive if the partners realized that sometimes the better comes after the worse.
Doug Larson,
American
Cartoonist
For disappearing acts, it's hard to beat what happens to the eight hours supposedly left after eight of sleep and eight of work.
Doug Larson,
American
Cartoonist
#Work
#Sleep
Instead of giving a politician the keys to the city, it might be better to change the locks.
Doug Larson,
American
Cartoonist
#Change
#Giving
If the English language made any sense, lackadaisical would have something to do with a shortage of flowers.
Doug Larson,
American
Cartoonist
#Flowers
#Sense
#English
#Language
If people concentrated on the really important things in life, there'd be a shortage of fishing poles.
Doug Larson,
American
Cartoonist
#Life
#People
#Fishing
If all the cars in the United States were placed end to end, it would probably be Labor Day Weekend.
Doug Larson,
American
Cartoonist
#Day
#End
#Labor
#states
#United
#Weekend
Home computers are being called upon to perform many new functions, including the consumption of homework formerly eaten by the dog.
Doug Larson,
American
Cartoonist
#Home
#Being
#Computers