Archive of pithy quotes: Are you pondering what I've been pondering?

Immediate past quote (versions 7 through 8) "6. Decoration of all those who took no part." (Final stage of a major project, circa 1980.)
Quotation emeritus, vv. 2.14-2.18 Var står det skrivet? -- P.P. Waldenström
Versions 6

Pile into the fodder, lads, and don't be shy of the coffee! -- Halldór Laxness, "Independent People"

Versions 5 Well, I've never plucked a rooster and I'm not too good at Ping-Pong,
and I've never thrown my mashed potatoes up against the wall,
and I've never kissed a chipmunk and I've never gotten head lice,

and I've never been to Boston in the fall.
-- Larry the Cucumber
Version 4.03 Prestalgia: A wistful longing for something that hasn't happened yet (e.g. broadband). -- Jesse Berst
Version 4.02 There is no cow on the ice as long as the back legs are on land. -- Swedish proverb
Vv. 4.0-4.01 Eat and drink, but do not forget God, death and the judgment. -- Another Swedish proverb, lifted from the back of a cookbook
Vv. 3.01-3.02

It can't be foretold what the future will hold:
if you'll get rich or get hit by a bus.
--"The Surprises in Life," from The Tiger Prince, Peter Hastings ("Animaniacs")

Version 2.28 Herrens fruktan är vishetens begynnelse.-- Ps. 111:10
Vv. 2.26-2.27 I'd rather learn from one bird how to sing
than teach ten thousand stars how not to dance
-- e.e. cummings
Vv 2.22-2.25 Give me where to stand, and I will move the earth. -- Archimedes
Vv. 2.19-2.21 Progress is a comfortable disease. -- e.e. cummings
Vv. 2.10-2.13 I'm not overreacting. I'm a teen-ager. -- Katie Ka-Boom
Vv. 2.01-2.09 Are you pondering what I'm pondering? -- The Brain
Version 1 One miracle at a time. -- Owen Youngman