31 Drawings of July, week 2

Day 8

“If there is anything we wish to change in a child, we should first examine it and see whether it is not something that could be better changed in ourselves.”

Drawn 7/8/2011


Day 9

“Because things are the way they are, things will not stay the way they are.”

Drawn 7/7/2011


Day 10

“When you are finished changing, you are finished.”

Drawn 7/6/2011


Day 11

“The only difference between a rut and a grave is the dimensions.”

drawn 7/5/2011


Day 12

“Those who cannot change their minds cannot change anything.”

Drawn 7/11/2015


Day 13

“The Curious Paradox: When I accept myself just as I am, then I can change.”

Drawn 7/21/2015


Day 14

“Guns don’t kill people, bullets do.”

Drawn 7/20/2012


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31 Drawings of July, week 1

Day 1

“I hope our wisdom will grow with our power, and teach us, that the less we use our power the greater it will be.” – Thomas Jefferson
Drawn 6/4/2009


Day 2

“What people want is simple. They want an America as good as its promise.”

Drawn 7/2/2015


Day 3

“As mankind becomes more liberal, they will be more apt to allow that all those who conduct themselves as worthy members of the community are equally entitled to the protections of civil government. I hope ever to see America among the foremost nations of justice and liberality.” – George Washington.

Drawn 7/4/2014


Day 4th of July

“What makes a nation great is not primarily its great men, but the stature of its innumerable mediocre ones.”

Drawn 7/4/2010


Day 5

“Unless you change direction, you will get where you are headed.”

Drawn 7/25/2011


Day 6

“Beauty is a brief gasp between one cliche and another.”

Drawn 7/12/2017


Day 7

“She poured coffee as if she was from Oshkosh but she poured it in Texas.”

Drawn at the Gaylord Hotel in Texas 7/5/2012


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30 Drawings of June, week 5

Day 28

“The one unchangeable certainty is that nothing is certain or unchangeable.”

Drawn on 6/9/2009


Day 29

“She occasionally stumbled over the truth but hastily picked herself up and hurried on as if nothing had happened.”
Quote by Winston Churchill, commenting on a political opponent who had insulted him earlier.

Drawn on 6/16/2014


“Life is much more unexpected…than I expected.”

Quote by me.

Drawn on 6/13/2004


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30 Drawings of June, week 4

Day 22

“Extroverts are introverts who haven’t had their fill yet.”


Day 23

“to keep your marriage brimming,
With love in the loving cup,
Whenever you’re wrong, admit it;
Whenever you’re right, shut up.”


Day 24

“You won’t love your neighbor if you don’t know your neighbor.”


Day 25

“If you can give your son or daughter only one gift, let it be enthusiasm.”


Day 26

“People who are brutally honest get more satisfaction out of the brutality than the honesty.”


Day 27

“When people are free to do as they please, they usually imitate each other.”


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30 Drawings of June, week 3

Day 14

“Women are the only exploited group in history to have been idealized into powerlessness.”

Drawn 6/5/2018


Day 15

“A single hair casts a shadow.”

Drawn on a napkin 6/22/2020


Day 16

“Mystery creates wonder and wonder is the basis of man’s desire to understand.”

Drawn 6/7/2011


Day 17

“What happens to the hole when the donut is gone?”

“What happens to the donut when the hole is gone?”

Drawn 6/9/2011


Day 18

“To keep your marriage brimming,
With love in the loving cup,
Whenever you’re wrong, admit it;
Whenever you’re right, shut up.”

Drawn 6/29/2011


Day 19

“Extroverts are introverts who haven’t had their fill yet.”

Drawn 5/10/2014


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