"Some people are always grumbling because roses have thorns; I am thankful that thorns have roses." ― Alphonse Karr Topic(s): Thankful More From Alphonse Karr "The more things change, the more they are the same." "Love is the most terrible, and also the most generous of the passions; it is the only one which includes in its dreams the happiness of someone else." "Happiness is composed of misfortunes avoided." More In Thankful "Television has changed the American child from an irresistable force to an immovable object."― Laurence J. Peter "I’m not an academic, but I’ve always loved poetry since I’ve been small."― Naveen Andrews "Thanks to the Interstate Highway System, it is now possible to travel across the country from coast to coast without seeing anything."― Charles Kuralt