\"The greatness of a nation can be judged by the way its animals are treated.\" - GANDHI Oenophilia: originally from Greek, is the love (philia) of wine (oinos). An oenophile (/ˈiːnoʊfaɪl/) is a lover of wine. In the strictest sense, oenophilia describes a disciplined devotion to wine, accompanying strict traditions of consumption and appreciation. In a general sense however, oenophilia simply refers to the enjoyment of wine, often by laymen. Oenophiles are also known as wine aficionados or connoisseurs. They are people who appreciate or collect wine, particularly wrape wines from certain regions, varietal types, or methods of manufacture. While most oenophiles are hobbyists, some may also be professionals like vintners, wine merchants, or one who tastes and grades wines for a living. \"Once in awhile, right in the middle of an ordinary life, love gives us a fairy tale\" - anonymous \"Life without wine, isn't life at all\" - saying of the Basque people \"Cats are natures Masterpieces\" - Leonardo DaVinci \"If in doubt - don't.\" - Lady Desirée \"The perfect blossom is a rare thing. You could spend your life looking for one, and it would not be a wasted life\" - Katsumoto, The Last Samurai \"Action is eloquence\" - William Shakespeare \"If you don't know what you want, you probably won't get it\" - Lady Desirée \"You will never find (the perfect time) for anything. If you want the time, you must make it\" - Charles Buxton \"I'm your huckleberry.\" - Doc Holliday, Tombstone \"Ambition should be made of sterner stuff\" - William Shakespeare \"Good luck ever getting a Southern woman into bed. And if you do - good luck ever getting her out!\" - Southern Saying \"Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn't do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover.\" - Mark Twain (Sun-Sentinel): CHATEAUROUX, France: A French couple who celebrated their 81st wedding anniversary offered this advice on love and a long marriage: \"Don't argue, eat well & wash it down with wine!\" \"It is not in the stars to hold our destiny but in ourselves\" - William Shakespeare \"If someone offers you a gift that is anger or hostility, doubt or negativity, and you do not accept it, then it still belongs to the giver\" \"The future depends on what we do in the present\" - Gandhi \"One equal temper of heroic hearts'Made weak by time and fate, but strong in will. To strive, to seek, to find, and not to yield!\" - Tennyson \"Most people are other people. Their thoughts are someone elses opinions, their lives a mimicry, their passions a quotation.\" - Oscar Wilde \"Life seems like a mystery for those who don't know where to look.\" \"This above all: to thineownself be true,And it must follow, as the night the day, Thou canst not then be false to any man.Farewell: my blessing season this in thee!\" - William Shakespeare \"By all means marry. If you get a good wife, you will become very happy; if you get a bad one, you will become a philosopher -- and that is good for any man.\" - Socrates \"Are you having a conversation or a nonversation? The latter is when one person's attention is clearly elsewhere, so tune in, or you'll do less than impress.\" - Unknown \"And since you know you cannot see yourself,so well as by reflection, I, your glass,will modestly discover to yourself,that of yourself which you yet know not of \" - William Shakespeare \"You need to be kissed. And often. And by someone who knows how!\" - Rhett to Scarlett \"Accountability is: Doing What We Say We'll Do, When We Said We'd Do it. All a man is and will ever be is his word.\" - Lady Desirée \"Don't you know that a man being rich is like a girl being pretty. You might not marry a girl just because she's pretty, but oohh, doesn't it help?\" - Gentlemen Prefer Blondes \"To love is not to look at one another, but to look together in the same direction\" - Antoine de Saint-Exupery The Last Unicorn \"Oh how in our childlike hearts still we mournThe passing of the Unicorn.Of gentle beauty and infinite grace,A creature unfit for our worlds pace.Yet Wait! For who's to say? Perhaps even now in some far distant forest glade,There still moves quietly in the cool and leafy shade.That timeless creature of a golden age,That spirit of a shining dawn,That magic beast The Unicorn\" ~Anonymous~ \"Through dangers untold and hardships unnumbered, I have fought my way here to the castle beyond the Goblin City to take back the child that you have stolen, for my will is as strong as yours, and my kingdom is as great. You have no power over me.\" - Labyrinth Love (and most any goal) happens by exposing one's feelings, which is to risk rejection. To place your dreams before the crowd is to risk ridicule. To love is to risk not being loved in return. To go forward in the face of overwhelming odds is to risk failure. But, risks must be taken because the greatest hazard in life is to risk nothing. The person who risks nothing, does nothing, has nothing, and is nothing. He may avoid suffering and sorrow, but he cannot learn, feel, change, grow or love. Chained by his certitudes, he is only a slave. He has forfeited his freedom. Only a person who dares to risk is free - and will ever find true love. - Lady Desirée \"I'm not bad...I'm just drawn that way...\" - Jessica Rabbit ;) \"I AM VICTORIOUS!\" - Lady Desirée
