Lions - 5 quotes + one

I'm currently painting lions and researched lion quotes. I found the one I wanted to use for the painting I posted and helped develop the name of the post. But I found six others I also liked! I would like to post things here by five's, but if that number doesn't work, it will have to be another! What is a blogger goin'a do? Leave out a goodie just for the number? I think not!

So, here are today's 6 lion quotes:

I am impelled, not to squeak like a grateful and apologetic mouse, but to roar like a lion out of pride in my profession. John Steinbeck

If a lion could talk, we could not understand him. Ludwig Wittgenstein

It's better to be a lion for a day than a sheep all your life. Elizabeth Kenny

An optimist is someone who gets treed by a lion but enjoys the scenery. Walter Winchell

Dressed in the lion's skin, the ass spread terror far and wide. Jean de La Fontaine

Every dog is a lion at home. H. G. Bohn

If you have a lion quote you like, please leave it as a comment. This is a dialogue, I don't want to do all the talking!
just joe

A few pictures I like ... today!

2009, Ready to jump start this old blog. I actually did not know I had it! I'm starting with a few random pictures. They have no connection to one another and aren't especially important! There will be lots more pictures and lots of commentaries. Elizabeth, this may be a big one!

Cute little doggie sits by a tree

Good lookin' tree!

Tennessee 1936

Why, you may ask, is this picture here?

Because!

The Gulf Coast taken on a cell phone - really!

by my friend Wally Trudeau

Students study in the lavender fields

A man with 2 snowmen.

Just because I can!
just joe