"I wear my defensive mask of optimism like a badge." --Bif Naked, "That's Life"

"From the ashes of disaster grow the roses of success."


It's from the film Chitty Chitty Bang Bang

^^ That's beautiful. I really like that one.

"If you long for things artistic,
If you revel in the nebulous and mystic,
If your hair's too long
And your tie's all wrong
And your speech is symbolistic,
If your tastes are democratic,
And your mode of life's essentially erratic,
If you seek success
From no fixed address
But you sleep in someone's attic,
Join the Arts Club,
Join the Arts Club."

That was on my studio wall for years, but unfortunately I lost it and the explanation that went with it. From what I recall, it was from an ad promoting a late 19th-century art league somewhere in the U.K. If I find that paper again, I'll edit in the more specific source info. It's gotta be in my studio somewhere...

This one is from my writing teacher in college. He was very funny. To explain he is a black male and we were talking about white people wearing their hats backwards.

"If there is anything I hate more then being assosiated with a stereotype, it's other people trying to steal my stereotype." - Prof. Walters