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Messages decoded, and gift points doled out, in previous rounds of the contest. |
Round 1 Winner: laregna | 1,400 Dream as if you’ll live forever. Live as if you’ll die today. James Dean Round 2 Winner: bokonon ![]() Too many times we stand aside And let the waters slip away ‘Til what we put off ‘til tomorrow Has now become today So don’t you sit upon the shoreline And say you’re satisfied Choose to chance the rapids And dare to dance the tide Garth Brooks, from “The River” Round 3 Winner (Quote): laregna | 2,300 Winner (Character): sonic_fan1 | 4,400 I think that life is a lot like a story—there is more to it than just what your eyes can see. If you don’t look beyond the words on the page, then you will miss the true meaning. Believing is seeing. Kelly Armstrong, from "Quorilax" ![]() ![]() Round 4 Winner: mysterymann | 1,900 Once the game is over, the king and the pawn go back in the same box. Italian Proverb Round 5 Winner: mysterymann | 2,000 Only two things are infinite, the Universe and human stupidity, and I’m not sure about the former. Albert Einstein Round 6 Winner: clift1983 | 1,500 Smooth seas never made a skillful mariner. English Proverb Round 7 Winner: blueeyedmuse | 1,900 Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter. Martin Luther King, Jr. Round 8 Winner: mooneyma | 1,800 Kind words can be short and easy to speak, but their echoes are truly endless. Mother Teresa Round 9 Winner: mooneyma | 1,700 Mastering others is strength. Mastering yourself is true power. Lao Tzu, from Dao De Jing Round 10 Winner: clift1983 | 2,000 With the joy of responsibility comes the burden of obligation. Hank Hill, from King of the Hill Round 11 Winner: mooneyma | 2,000 Nothing takes taste from peanut butter quite like unrequited love. Charlie Brown Round 12 Winner: larian | 1,400 Nuclear war would certainly set back cable. Ted Turner Round 13 Winner: larian | 3,000 Patriotism is often arbitrary veneration of real estate above principles. George Jean Nathan Round 14 Winner: sunflash222 | 3,400 Ending a sentence with a preposition is something up with which we will not put. Winston Churchill Round 15 Winner: mood indigo ![]() The best way out is always through. Robert Frost Round 16 Winner: Robert Waltz ![]() Life becomes harder when we live for others, but also richer and happier. Albert Schweitzer Round 17 Winner: Robert Waltz ![]() Our truest life is when we are in dreams awake. Henry David Thoreau Round 18 Winner: Robert Waltz ![]() It was brillig and the slithy toves Did gyre and gimble in the wabe; All mimsy were the borogoves And the mome raths outgrabe. Lewis Carroll, from “Jabberwocky” Round 19 Winner: Robert Waltz ![]() One is always considered mad when one perfects something others cannot grasp. Ed Wood Round 20 Winner: Chook ![]() Going cold turkey is not as delicious as it sounds. Homer Simpson, from The Simpsons Round 21 Winner: Wenston ![]() What the caterpillar thinks is the end of the world, the butterfly thinks is the beginning. Sarah Davis Round 22 Winner: twyls | 3,900 What a terrible thing to have lost ones mind. Or not to have a mind at all. How true that is. Dan Quayle Round 23 Winner: mood indigo ![]() Any fool can criticize, condemn, and complain—and most do. Dale Carnegie Round 24 Winner: mood indigo ![]() I am not a vegetarian because I love animals; I am a vegetarian because I hate plants. Whitney Brown Round 25 Winner: mudmanpat | 6,000 The expert at anything was once a beginner. Anonymous Round 26 Winner: Robert Waltz ![]() When a subject becomes totally obsolete, we make it a required course. Peter Drucker Round 27 Winner: Robert Waltz ![]() Our patience will achieve more than our force. Edmund Burke Round 28 First Place: Robert Waltz ![]() Second Place: Silver is 2 to the 5th Power ![]() Third Place: mood indigo ![]() Fourth Place: karabu | 750 The roots of education are bitter, but the fruit is sweet. Aristotle Round 29 First Place: Robert Waltz ![]() Second Place: mood indigo ![]() Third Place: Silver is 2 to the 5th Power ![]() Fourth Place: randf | 950 Never measure the height of a mountain until you reach the top. Then you will see how low it was. Dag Hammarskjold Round 30 First Place: Silver is 2 to the 5th Power ![]() Second Place: Robert Waltz ![]() Third Place: karabu | 1,900 Fourth Place: Midnight Dawn ![]() If you want to make an apple pie from scratch, you must first create the universe. Carl Sagan Round 31 First Place: mood indigo ![]() Second Place: karabu | 2,400 Third Place: Midnight Dawn ![]() Fourth Place: Tigger thinks of Prancer ![]() Some painters transform the sun into a yellow spot; others transform a yellow spot into the sun. Pablo Picasso Round 32 First Place: karabu | 3,200 Second Place: Silver is 2 to the 5th Power ![]() Third Place: mood indigo ![]() Fourth Place: Midnight Dawn ![]() Our character is what we do when we think no one is looking. H. Jackson Brown, Jr. Round 33 First Place: Tigger thinks of Prancer ![]() Second Place: mood indigo ![]() Third Place: karabu | 1,700 Fourth Place: Valerie O ![]() We cannot hold a torch to light another’s path without brightening our own. Ben Sweetland Round 34 First Place: Valerie O ![]() Second Place: karabu | 2,700 Third Place: Feywriter ![]() Fourth Place: frug | 900 Do not judge each day by the harvest you reap but by the seeds that you plant. Robert Louis Stephenson Round 35 First Place: Valerie O ![]() Second Place: Mantis ![]() Third Place: karabu | 1,900 Fourth Place: Chook ![]() The wonderful thing about a dull party is that you get home early. Herbert V. Prochnow Round 36 First Place: m-archibald | 4,400 Second Place: Robert Waltz ![]() Third Place: Feywriter ![]() Fourth Place: karabu | 1,100 I learned that it is the weak who are cruel, and that gentleness is to be expected only from the strong. Leo Rosten Round 37 First Place: Memorex ![]() Second Place: Wenston ![]() Third Place: Feywriter ![]() Fourth Place: karabu | 1,687 Fifth Place: mood indigo ![]() Seriousness is the only refuge of the shallow. Oscar Wilde Round 38 First Place: Rhyssa ![]() Second Place: greenjellybean | 3,938 Third Place: karabu | 3,150 Fourth Place: Scottiegazelle ![]() Fifth Place: Kåre Enga in Montana ![]() Hurling my weapon at the face which brought such fear... Even today I can still see it...in pieces of the shattered mirror. From "Shattered" ![]() ![]() Round 39 First Place: dbp220 | 3,825 Second Place: Feywriter ![]() Third Place: Rhyssa ![]() Fourth Place: Kåre Enga in Montana ![]() Fifth Place: Scottiegazelle ![]() If you tell the truth, you do not have to remember anything. Mark Twain Round 40 First Place: Scottiegazelle ![]() Second Place: Rhyssa ![]() Third Place: Phelina Hemtrop ![]() Fourth Place: Silver is 2 to the 5th Power ![]() Fifth Place: Lynn McKenzie ![]() If life gives you lemons, and you get three in a row, do you get a jackpot? From "Invalid Item" ![]() Round 41 First Place: Scottiegazelle ![]() Second Place: Silver is 2 to the 5th Power ![]() Third Place: Rhyssa ![]() Fourth Place: ftrinta | 2,475 Fifth Place: Becky Z ![]() Never test the depth of the water with both feet. African Proverb Round 42 First Place: Scottiegazelle ![]() Second Place: thesonrises | 3,375 Third Place: Becky Z ![]() Fourth Place: Phelina Hemtrop ![]() Fifth Place: revka | 1,350 You can complain because roses have thorns, or you can rejoice because thorns have roses. Ziggy Round 43 First Place: Tigger thinks of Prancer ![]() Second Place: thesonrises | 3,375 Third Place: mysterycat ![]() Fourth Place: dmack ![]() Fifth Place: Andrew ![]() Though precious youth is robbed by time, The child inside remains behind. From "Invalid Item" ![]() Round 44 First Place: Fellow ![]() Second Place: dmack ![]() Third Place: thesonrises | 2,250 Fourth Place: janellecharon | 1,687 Fifth Place: revka | 1,125 It is not enough to have a good mind; the main thing is to use it well. Rene Descartes Round 45 First Place: Phelina Hemtrop ![]() Second Place: Kåre Enga in Montana ![]() Third Place: dmack ![]() Fourth Place: Hufflepuffle ![]() Fifth Place: Valerie O ![]() A dreamer’s greatest joy is to see his dream grow bigger than his own imagination. Benny Russell, AKA Ben Sisko, from "Invalid Item" ![]() Round 46 First Place: Hufflepuffle ![]() Second Place: Valerie O ![]() Third Place: Zuly ![]() Fourth Place: smphillips ![]() Fifth Place: Phelina Hemtrop ![]() Do not go where the path may lead; go instead where there is no path and leave a trail. Ralph Waldo Emerson Round 47 First Place: Phelina Hemtrop ![]() Second Place: Valerie O ![]() Third Place: Davina ![]() Fourth Place: mars ![]() Fifth Place: TEALA ![]() A straw hat topped her lemon blond hair, and her narrow body was wrapped in a rippling pollen-colored dress. … She was a walking shrine commemorating either the sun or the past year’s mustard harvest. From "Invalid Item" ![]() Round 48 First Place: Valerie O ![]() Second Place: Phelina Hemtrop ![]() Third Place: Silver is 2 to the 5th Power ![]() Fourth Place: revka | 3,150 Fifth Place: tra7of9 ![]() Music is the divine way to tell beautiful, poetic things to the heart. Pablo Casals Round 49 First Place: jarich ![]() Second Place: dmack ![]() Third Place: mars ![]() Fourth Place: Kittycat, pics anyone? ![]() Fifth Place: Phelina Hemtrop ![]() We spend so much time Waiting for the dawn to come We forget there’s a moon. From "Invalid Item" ![]() Round 50 First Place: Tigger thinks of Prancer ![]() Second Place: dmack ![]() Third Place: mars ![]() Fourth Place: C Moore ![]() Fifth Place: Seisa-sleepingcatbooks.com ![]() The true test of character is not how much we know how to do but how we behave when we do not know what to do. John Holt Round 51 First Place: nomlet ![]() Second Place: Tigger thinks of Prancer ![]() Third Place: Brandiwyn🎶 ![]() Fourth Place: C Moore ![]() Fifth Place: dmack ![]() Small streams and rivers snaked across the naked countryside in interesting curves and swirls, a signature of nature itself. From "I: Wraith" ![]() ![]() Round 52 First Place: nomlet ![]() Second Place: Valerie O ![]() Third Place: dmack ![]() Fourth Place: Brandiwyn🎶 ![]() Fifth Place: Phelina Hemtrop ![]() Confidence is the hinge on the door to success. Mary O'Hare Dumas Round 53 First Place: Anne Light ![]() Second Place: Phelina Hemtrop ![]() Third Place: Chook ![]() Fourth Place: ms_penguin | 3,000 Fifth Place: SaphireLee ![]() A mushroom climbs from manmade muck, a rising beauty—cloud of death. And in the path of hellfire force, trees bend and rise as skeletons. From "Invalid Item" ![]() Round 54 First Place: nomlet ![]() Second Place: Anne Light ![]() Third Place: IsA: SEEKING UPGRADE - Please! ![]() Fourth Place: Chook ![]() Fifth Place: Phelina Hemtrop ![]() I do not feel obligated to believe the same God who endowed us with sense, reason, and intellect intended us to forego their use. Galileo Galilei Round 55 First Place: Anne Light ![]() Second Place: LoneLily*Still alive! ![]() Third Place: dmack ![]() Fourth Place: ragatode | 3,300 Fifth Place: Douglas returning ![]() They say love is sweeter The second time around. But that can’t be, you see. Cause my ex-wife’s husband now knows why He’s not a happier man than I. From "Rumors Dispelled" ![]() ![]() Round 56 First Place: nomlet ![]() Second Place: Douglas returning ![]() Third Place: ragatode | 4,000 Fourth Place: raino | 3,000 Fifth Place: Phelina Hemtrop ![]() Nothing so clearly shows a great and noble soul as clemency and readiness to forgive. Cicero Round 57 First Place: Phelina Hemtrop ![]() Second Place: karenh | 5,000 Third Place: Douglas returning ![]() Fourth Place: Davina ![]() Fifth Place: Jacaranda ![]() Strange, how easily words are formed in reckless youth, and how much more measured they become with age. From "Attaining Absolution" ![]() ![]() Round 58 First Place: nomlet ![]() Second Place: karenh | 3,000 Third Place: C Moore ![]() Fourth Place: karabu | 1,800 Fifth Place: Douglas returning ![]() The “C” students run the world Harry Truman Round 59 First Place: dmack ![]() Second Place: judykay | 4,000 Third Place: Douglas returning ![]() Fourth Place: Jacaranda ![]() Fifth Place: dmerrysilver | 1,600 It is better to look ahead and prepare than look back and regret. Jackie Joyner-Kersee Round 60 First Place: nomlet ![]() Second Place: judykay | 4,750 Third Place: dmerrysilver | 3,800 Fourth Place: Douglas returning ![]() Fifth Place: Phelina Hemtrop ![]() In my retirement I go for a short swim at least once or twice a day. Either that or buy a new golf ball. Gene Perret Round 61 First Place: SolarFlare ![]() Second Place: Douglas returning ![]() Third Place: judykay | 3,800 Fourth Place: Anne Light ![]() Fifth Place: dmerrysilver | 1,900 By the time a man realizes maybe his father was right, he usually has a son who thinks he is wrong. Charles Wadsworth Round 62 First Place: SolarFlare ![]() Second Place: judykay | 4,750 Third Place: zee13 | 3,800 Fourth Place: Phelina Hemtrop ![]() Fifth Place: Laidback Larry ![]() There is a sufficiency in the world for man’s need but not for man’s greed. Mohandas Gandhi Round 63 First Place: nomlet ![]() Second Place: SolarFlare ![]() Third Place: Sinclair ![]() Fourth Place: twyls | 2,850 Fifth Place: dmack ![]() A very thin line stands between the greatest of rights and the most horrible of atrocities From "Invalid Item" ![]() Round 64 First Place: judykay | 5,700 Second Place: Jacaranda ![]() Third Place: dmack ![]() Fourth Place: Anne Light ![]() Fifth Place: jimnabby | 1,900 We have too many high-sounding words and too few actions that correspond with them. Abigail Adams Round 65 First Place: jimnabby | 4,800 Second Place: judykay | 4,000 Third Place: Jacaranda ![]() Fourth Place: Anne Light ![]() Fifth Place: Andrew ![]() Stressed spelled backward is desserts. Coincidence? I think not! Anonymous Round 66 First Place: jimnabby | 6,000 Second Place: Nezbit ![]() Third Place: judykay | 4,000 Fourth Place: dmack ![]() Fifth Place: Anadaya ![]() Dad always thought laughter was the best medicine, which I guess is why several of us died of tuberculosis. From “Deep Thoughts,” by Jack Handey Round 67 First Place: jimnabby | 4,500 Second Place: Nezbit ![]() Third Place: SolarFlare ![]() Fourth Place: dmack ![]() Fifth Place: Jacaranda ![]() What a person believes is not as important as how a person believes Timothy Virkkala Round 68 First Place: jimnabby | 4,500 Second Place: nomlet ![]() Third Place: Nezbit ![]() Fourth Place: jmthornton | 2,250 Fifth Place: Phelina Hemtrop ![]() Teamwork is essential; it allows you to blame somebody else. Anonymous Round 69 First Place: jimnabby | 5,400 Second Place: nomlet ![]() Third Place: Nezbit ![]() Fourth Place: jmthornton | 2,700 Fifth Place: dmack ![]() A man who does not trust himself can never really trust anyone else. Cardinal De Retz Round 70 First Place: nomlet ![]() Second Place: jimnabby | 3,750 Third Place: Nezbit ![]() Fourth Place: dmack ![]() Fifth Place: kmurray | 1,500 Silence is more musical than any song. Christina Rossetti Round 71 First Place: jimnabby | 5,700 Second Place: ![]() Third Place: dmack ![]() Fourth Place: Dragon 8 ![]() Fifth Place: kmurray | 1,900 When I read about the evils of drinking, I gave up reading. Henny Youngman Round 72 First Place: ![]() Second Place: jimnabby | 5,500 Third Place: dmack ![]() Fourth Place: r26a14 | 3,300 Fifth Place: Brandiwyn🎶 ![]() Anybody who believes the way to a man’s heart is through his stomach flunked geography. Robert Byrne Round 73 First Place: Brandiwyn🎶 ![]() Second Place: jimnabby | 4,500 Third Place: ![]() Fourth Place: rlthomas ![]() Fifth Place: revka | 1,800 The surest sign intelligent life exists elsewhere in the universe is that it has never tried contacting us. From “Calvin and Hobbes,” by Bill Watterson Round 74 First Place: jimnabby | 5,100 Second Place: Stallion ![]() Third Place: 3rd Daughter ![]() Fourth Place: Nezbit ![]() Fifth Place: A.W. Mosby ![]() A dog may be man’s best friend, but the horse wrote history. Anonymous Round 75 First Place: l.a.p | 4,250 + Detective Merit Badge Second Place: Stallion ![]() Third Place: Dragon 8 ![]() Fourth Place: Krish D. ![]() Fifth Place: Brandiwyn🎶 ![]() Sixth Place: nomlet ![]() Seventh Place: mariahbforre | 5,250 Eighth Place: Outasync ![]() Ninth Place: Nezbit ![]() Tenth Place: dmack ![]() Weather forecast for tonight: dark. George Carlin Round 76 First Place: Nezbit ![]() Second Place: Brandiwyn🎶 ![]() Third Place: 3rd Daughter ![]() Fourth Place: l.a.p | 2,700 Fifth Place: Stallion ![]() A criminal is a person with predatory instincts who has insufficient capital to form a corporation. Howard Scott Round 77 First Place: l.a.p | 4,200 Second Place: Stallion ![]() Third Place: Nezbit ![]() Fourth Place: jphager2 | 2,100 Fifth Place: dmack ![]() It is much easier to become a father than to be one. Kent Nerburn Round 78 First Place: l.a.p | 5,700 Second Place: Stallion ![]() Third Place: Outasync ![]() Fourth Place: MKEidson ![]() Fifth Place: Jay's debut novel is out now! ![]() You will always miss one hundred percent of the shots you do not take. Wayne Gretzky Round 79 First Place: Grin 'n Bear It! ![]() Second Place: Stallion ![]() Third Place: Jay's debut novel is out now! ![]() Fourth Place: Outasync ![]() Fifth Place: ZukoRocks30 ![]() There are no facts, only interpretations. Friedrich Nietzsche Round 80 First Place: l.a.p | 8,050 + Wisdom Merit Badge Second Place: Grin 'n Bear It! ![]() Third Place: A.T.B: It'sWhatWeDo ![]() Fourth Place: Jay's debut novel is out now! ![]() Fifth Place: melzgr8 ![]() Sixth Place: lifunio | 8,550 Seventh Place: ZukoRocks30 ![]() Eighth Place: Christina~Thanks StoryMaster ![]() Ninth Place: Stallion ![]() Tenth Place: Missy ~ EnjoyingBeingAMommy ![]() The next best thing to solving a problem is finding some humor in it. Frank A. Clark Round 81 First Place: Stallion ![]() Second Place: Grin 'n Bear It! ![]() Third Place: ZukoRocks30 ![]() Fourth Place: d_fishy5925 | 3,000 Fifth Place: Kourosh ![]() Those who promise us paradise on Earth never produced anything but a hell. Karl Popper Round 82 First Place: ZukoRocks30 ![]() Second Place: dmack ![]() Third Place: Grin 'n Bear It! ![]() Fourth Place: Stallion ![]() Fifth Place: Sirius ![]() Love is blind; hate is deaf. Anonymous Round 83 First Place: ZukoRocks30 ![]() Second Place: Jay's debut novel is out now! ![]() Third Place: Lady_crow ![]() Fourth Place: Phelina Hemtrop ![]() Fifth Place: Itchy Water~fictionandverse ![]() If you think you are too small to be effective, you have never been in bed with a mosquito. Betty Reese Round 84 First Place: l.a.p | 5,400 Second Place: ZukoRocks30 ![]() Third Place: Lady_crow ![]() Fourth Place: Jay's debut novel is out now! ![]() Fifth Place: Itchy Water~fictionandverse ![]() A man is getting old when he walks around a puddle instead of through it. RC Ferguson Round 85 First Place: l.a.p | 9,000 + Problem Solving Merit Badge Second Place: ZukoRocks30 ![]() Third Place: Phelina Hemtrop ![]() Fourth Place: Jay's debut novel is out now! ![]() Fifth Place: Itchy Water~fictionandverse ![]() Sixth Place: Outasync ![]() Seventh Place: Rebecca - expiring ![]() Eighth Place: melzgr8 ![]() Ninth Place: 3rd Daughter ![]() Tenth Place: Zachary Scott Hastings ![]() Creativity is allowing yourself to make mistakes. Art is knowing which ones to keep. Scott Adams Round 86 First Place: l.a.p | 5,100 Second Place: ZukoRocks30 ![]() Third Place: Outasync ![]() Fourth Place: Itchy Water~fictionandverse ![]() Fifth Place: Yera ~Twelve!~ ![]() Teaching a child not to step on a caterpillar is as valuable to the child as it is to the caterpillar. Bradley Millar Round 87 First Place: l.a.p | 4,800 Second Place: ZukoRocks30 ![]() Third Place: Outasync ![]() Fourth Place: Itchy Water~fictionandverse ![]() Fifth Place: Yera ~Twelve!~ ![]() If you smile when no one else is around, you really mean it. Andy Rooney Round 88 First Place: jimnabby | 5,400 Second Place: ZukoRocks30 ![]() Third Place: Valerie O ![]() Fourth Place: Yera ~Twelve!~ ![]() Fifth Place: nomlet ![]() Statistics are like bikinis: what they reveal is suggestive, but what they conceal is vital. Aaron Levenstein Round 89 First Place: jimnabby | 5,100 Second Place: ZukoRocks30 ![]() Third Place: l.a.p | 3,400 Fourth Place: Valerie O ![]() Fifth Place: Lady_crow ![]() If you kick a stone in anger, you will hurt your own foot. Korean Proverb Round 90 First Place: l.a.p | 8,050 + Problem Solving Merit Badge Second Place: jimnabby | 6,150 + Problem Solving Merit Badge Third Place: ZukoRocks30 ![]() Fourth Place: Valerie O ![]() Fifth Place: Yera ~Twelve!~ ![]() Sixth Place: Bobby ![]() Seventh Place: Dream ~★~ Justly ![]() Eighth Place: 3rd Daughter ![]() Ninth Place: Dragon 8 ![]() Tenth Place: Zerek Doolander ![]() Ours is the age proud of machines that think and suspicious of men who try to. Howard Mumford Jones Round 91 First Place: l.a.p | 5,100 Second Place: ZukoRocks30 ![]() Third Place: Bobby ![]() Fourth Place: Valerie O ![]() Fifth Place: nomlet ![]() Life is what happens to us while we are making other plans Allen Saunders Round 92 First Place: l.a.p | 5,700 Second Place: Valerie O ![]() Third Place: ZukoRocks30 ![]() Fourth Place: Bobby ![]() Fifth Place: nomlet ![]() My doctor told me to stop having intimate dinners for four. Unless there are three other people. Orson Welles Round 93 First Place: nomlet ![]() Second Place: l.a.p | 3,750 Third Place: ZukoRocks30 ![]() Fourth Place: Valerie O ![]() Fifth Place: Bobby ![]() Violence in the voice is often only the death rattle of reason in the throat. John Frederick Boyes Round 94 First Place: ZukoRocks30 ![]() Second Place: Bobby ![]() Third Place: Dream ~★~ Justly ![]() Fourth Place: Valerie O ![]() Fifth Place: Jay's debut novel is out now! ![]() Worries go down better with soup. Jewish Proverb Round 95 First Place: ZukoRocks30 ![]() Second Place: l.a.p | 4,450 + Detective Merit Badge Third Place: nomlet ![]() Fourth Place: Brandiwyn🎶 ![]() Fifth Place: Bobby ![]() Sixth Place: Valerie O ![]() Seventh Place: Outasync ![]() Eighth Place: Jay's debut novel is out now! ![]() Ninth Place: Robin ![]() Tenth Place: dmack ![]() O, Wind, If Winter comes, can Spring be far behind? Percy Bysshe Shelley, from Ode to the West Wind Round 96 First Place: ZukoRocks30 ![]() Second Place: l.a.p | 4,750 Third Place: Lady_crow ![]() Fourth Place: Brandiwyn🎶 ![]() Fifth Place: Jay's debut novel is out now! ![]() The problem with the world is that the stupid are cocksure and the intelligent are full of doubt. Bertrand Russell Round 97 First Place: ZukoRocks30 ![]() Second Place: Lady_crow ![]() Third Place: Jay's debut novel is out now! ![]() Fourth Place: dmack ![]() Fifth Place: Valerie O ![]() There is nothing noble about being superior to some other person. True nobility is being superior to your previous self. Hindustani proverb Round 98 First Place: ZukoRocks30 ![]() Second Place: nomlet ![]() Third Place: Valerie O ![]() Fourth Place: Jay's debut novel is out now! ![]() Fifth Place: dmack ![]() The second half of a man's life is made up of nothing but the habits he has acquired during the first half. Feodor Dostoevski Round 99 First Place: ZukoRocks30 ![]() Second Place: Jay's debut novel is out now! ![]() Third Place: Valerie O ![]() Fourth Place: Bobby ![]() Fifth Place: melzgr8 ![]() The most remarkable discovery made by scientists is science itself. Gerard Piel Round 100 First Place: ZukoRocks30 ![]() Second Place: 🪽intuey🕊️ ![]() Third Place: Valerie O ![]() Fourth Place: Bobby ![]() Fifth Place: Jay's debut novel is out now! ![]() Sixth Place: Outasync ![]() Seventh Place: Yemel ![]() Eighth Place: nomlet ![]() Ninth Place: dmack ![]() Tenth Place: Robin ![]() Eleventh Place: LostGhost: Seeking & Learning ![]() Twelfth Place: ruwth ![]() Thirteenth Place: MysteriousWriter ![]() Fourteenth Place: MKEidson ![]() Fifteenth Place: Shaye ![]() Sixteenth Place: taliah_l | 22,500 + Detective Merit Badge Seventeenth Place: Turtle ~ KanyáthƐko:wa:h ![]() Eighteenth Place: Sarah Rae ![]() Nineteenth Place: A*Monaing*Faith ![]() Twentieth Place: Brandiwyn🎶 ![]() Twenty-First Place: Inky ![]() Twenty-Second Place: OOT™ ![]() Twenty-Third Place: Patrece ~ ![]() Twenty-Fourth Place: Fi ![]() Twenty-Fifth Place: Elle - on hiatus ![]() We are always the same age inside. Gertrude Stein Round 101 First Place: ZukoRocks30 ![]() Second Place: Sarah Rae ![]() Third Place: LostGhost: Seeking & Learning ![]() Fourth Place: dmack ![]() Fifth Place: Bobby ![]() If you drink, do not drive. Do not even putt. Dean Martin Round 102 First Place: ZukoRocks30 ![]() Second Place: Sarah Rae ![]() Third Place: Valerie O ![]() Fourth Place: Bobby ![]() Fifth Place: Phelina Hemtrop ![]() Praises for our past triumphs are as feathers to a dead bird. Paul Eldridge Round 103 First Place: ZukoRocks30 ![]() Second Place: Sarah Rae ![]() Third Place: Phelina Hemtrop ![]() Fourth Place: mariko | 6,000 Fifth Place: Valerie O ![]() Meditation is the tongue of the soul and the language of our spirit. Jeremy Taylor Round 104 First Place: ZukoRocks30 ![]() Second Place: Phelina Hemtrop ![]() Third Place: duskiestar ![]() Fourth Place: Outasync ![]() Fifth Place: Sarah Rae ![]() We are all inclined to judge ourselves by our ideals; others, by their acts. Harold Nicolson Round 105 First Place: Phelina Hemtrop ![]() Second Place: ZukoRocks30 ![]() Third Place: Outasync ![]() Fourth Place: Lipless ![]() ![]() Fifth Place: Andy~hating university ![]() You do not get harmony when everybody sings the same note. Doug Floyd Round 106 First Place: Andy~hating university ![]() Second Place: Hannah ♫♥♫ ![]() Third Place: Dream ~★~ Justly ![]() Fourth Place: Sarah Rae ![]() Fifth Place: RainbowFish ![]() Nostalgia is like a grammar lesson: You find the present tense and the past perfect. Owens Lee Pomeroy Round 107 First Place: Mastiff ![]() Second Place: Dragon is hiding ![]() Third Place: Grin 'n Bear It! ![]() Fourth Place: OOT™ ![]() Fifth Place: Hannah ♫♥♫ ![]() He who can no longer pause to wonder and stand rapt in awe is as good as dead; his eyes are closed. Albert Einstein Round 108 First Place: Hannah ♫♥♫ ![]() Second Place: Kåre Enga in Montana ![]() Third Place: the Wordy Jay ![]() Fourth Place: Mastiff ![]() Fifth Place: ruwth ![]() The traveler sees what he sees. The tourist sees what he has come to see. GK Chesterton Round 109 First Place: Mastiff ![]() Second Place: ruwth ![]() Third Place: Kåre Enga in Montana ![]() Fourth Place: Sarah Rae ![]() Fifth Place: Angelica- Black Beauty ![]() They say nobody is perfect. Then they tell you practice makes perfect. I wish they would make up their minds. Wilt Chamberlain Round 110 First Place: Mastiff ![]() Second Place: Kåre Enga in Montana ![]() Third Place: Scottiegazelle ![]() Fourth Place: ruwth ![]() Fifth Place: C.E.Wilder ![]() The hardest thing to learn in life is which bridge to cross and which to burn. David Russell Round 111 First Place: Kåre Enga in Montana ![]() Second Place: Sarah Rae ![]() Third Place: Robert Waltz ![]() Fourth Place: Dream ~★~ Justly ![]() Fifth Place: Miranda Foix ![]() A politician thinks of the next election; a statesman thinks of the next generation. James Freeman Clarke Round 112 First Place: Robert Waltz ![]() Second Place: Andy~hating university ![]() Third Place: Dream ~★~ Justly ![]() Fourth Place: Words Whirling 'Round ![]() Fifth Place: Writer_Mike ![]() If we desire respect for the law, we must first make the law respectable. Louis Brandeis Round 113 First Place: Robert Waltz ![]() Second Place: Angelica- Black Beauty ![]() Third Place: Words Whirling 'Round ![]() Fourth Place: Kåre Enga in Montana ![]() Fifth Place: Kit MacPherson ![]() It is the common wonder of all men, how among so many millions of faces, there should be none alike. Thomas Browne |