My dear friend Bob (the Deckman) sent me a quote yesterday for my birthday, and it was the best present I received (even including the glow-in-the-dark statue of the Patron Saint of Television (I swear this is a real saint, better known as St Clare, of the "Poor Clares" fame, who in her last years would see visions of the mass she could no longer attend, and so was named Patron Saint of TV by Pope Pius XII in 1958) sent by my friend Carol, along with a "Shakespeare Action Figure, with detachable book and scroll"...I LOVE MY FRIENDS!!!
But back to the quote...

LIFE IS NOT A JOURNEY TO THE GRAVE WITH THE INTENTION OF ARRIVING SAFELY IN A PRETTY AND WELL PRESERVED BODY, BUT RATHER TO SKID IN BROADSIDE, THOROUGHLY USED UP, TOTALLY WORN OUT, AND LOUDLY PROCLAIMING . . . "WOW! WHAT A RIDE!"