Seems to me that the Cartesian proof of existance is a good starting point but one should just slightly adjust the Latin, as in:

Bibeo ergo sum or perhaps Coito ergo sum.

i'mma bbaaaaaddd maaaannn!!

"She's anything but typical, she's so unpredictable, and when she gets mad you best leave her alone"

I don't know if this poem sums me up, but this is what I try very hard to live by:

The Desiderata, by Max Ehrmann

Go placidly amid the noise and haste, and remember what peace there may be in silence.

As far as possible, without surrender, be on good terms with all persons.

Speak your truth quietly and clearly; and listen to others, even to the dull and ignorant; they too have their story.

Avoid loud and aggressive persons; they are vexations to the spirit.

If you compare yourself with others, you may become vain or bitter, for always there will be greater and lesser persons than yourself.

Enjoy your achievements as well as your plans.

Keep interested in your own career, however humble, it's a real possession in the changing fortunes of time.

Exercise caution in your business affairs, for the world is full of trickery.

But let this not blind you to what virtue there is; many persons strive for high ideals, and everywhere life is full of heroism.

Be yourself.

Especially do not feign affection. Neither be cynical about love;
for in the face of all aridity and disenchantment, it is as perennial as the grass.

Take kindly the counsel of the years, gracefully surrendering the things of youth.

Nurture strength of spirit to shield you in sudden misfortune. But do not distress yourself with dark imaginings. Many fears are born of fatigue and loneliness.

Beyond a wholesome discipline, be gentle with yourself.

You are a child of the universe no less than the trees and the stars; you have a right to be here. And whether or not it is clear to you, no doubt the universe is unfolding as it should.

Therefore be at peace with God, whatever you conceive him to be.

And whatever your labors and aspirations, in the noisy confusion of life, keep peace in your soul. With all its sham, drudgery and broken dreams, it is still a beautiful world.

Be cheerful. Strive to be happy.

“I have to make the life that I do live as happy as I can and try to be the best with what I have…live the best life that I can live be as happy as I can be… nothing is perfect for anybody. I don’t think. I feel for the trap. You know they say made your bed and lay in it? I tried to move I can’t move to no other bed. I found I can’t live a different lifestyle, this is the life they gave me, this is the life that I made. I felt that I can’t change…not for nobody. This is it.” – Tupac Shakur

My philosophies about life and the world in general:

You know the world is going crazy when the best rapper is a white guy, the best golfer is a black guy, the tallest guy in the NBA is Chinese, the Swiss hold the America's Cup. France is accusing the U.S. of arrogance, Germany doesn't want to go to war, and the three most powerful men in America are named 'Bush', 'Dick', and 'Colon.' Need I say more? -anon. I heard that one last year some time and it always made me chuckle...

And now these three remain: faith, hope and love. But the greatest of these is love. -1 Corinthians 13:13 (Also the Zeta Tau Alpha Battlecry)

It's hard to believe a man is telling you the truth when you know you would lie if you were in his place. -anon

And the quotes that I feel describe me:

Never choose to make someone your priority when they only choose to make you their option. -anon

Well behaved women rarely make history- anon

and one of my favorites:

I once had a rose named after me and I was very flattered. But I was not pleased to read the description in the catalogue: 'no good in a bed, but fine up against a wall.' -Eleanor Roosevelt :p

bump

And now my candle burns at both ends
It will not last the night
But Oh! my Foes
And Ah! my Friends
It gives off such a light.

I forgot who wrote that. But that's how I feel.

Because of my dissertation and my research papers being spread all over the floor:
"She's a Maniac, Maniac on the floor..." from the Dirty Dancing Soundtrack and the song "Maniac"

Will the dissertation never end????
Silver

Great one.

THATS MY FAV TOO!!!!

I've had it on my wall forever, and I look at it when I wake up every morning. When my patience gets tried, I think of it.

"Life is what happens while you are busy making other plans."--
John Lennon

OP-My candle burns at both ends;
It will not last the night;
But ah, my foes, and oh, my friends -
It gives a lovely light.
Edna St. Vincent Millay

"And in the end, the love you take is equal to the love you make."
Beatles

It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it.
Aristotle

Confucius
Confucious say man who fly upside down have crack up.:D

jmuphigam I framed "IF" for my son as a part of his graduation gift.