Quotes meme from lots of other people whose names I can't be bothered to remember

Go to this page, pick out five quotes that speak some truth to you (refresh the page as needed), and post. Mine are below:

Religion is a monumental chapter in the history of human egotism.
       William James (1842 - 1910)

Nothing is impossible. Some things are just less likely than others.
       Jonathan Winters

I am not in this world to live up to other people's expectations, nor do I feel that the world must live up to mine.
      Fritz Perls

It is easier to get forgiveness than permission.
        Stuart's Law of Retroaction

"I meant," said Ipslore bitterly, "what is there in this world that truly makes living worthwhile?"
Death thought about it.
"Cats," he said eventually. "Cats are nice."
     Terry Pratchett, Sourcery

SSD Hearing

Well, had my hearing today before the administrative law judge. I think it went well, the attorney seemed confident. At one point I was explaining to the judge about aminoglycoside antibiotics and vestibulopathy, and why it causes cognitive issues, and the judge commented it sounded like it was something a doctor told me to say. I told him no, it was my own words, that I had studied this since I had been damaged, and antibiotics and their actions had always been a special interest of mine anyway.

Not long after that, he asked for Mike to come in (apparently spouses aren't usually consulted during a hearing). I had to leave the hearing chamber, and he asked Mike about changes in my behavior, cognition, whether I fell a lot, all that good stuff. Mike backed up everything I said almost word for word, told him that the other night I was putting a lasagna in the oven and Mike was afraid I was going to fall in too.

Then I went back in, and the vocational expert gave his testimony. By this time I was pretty tired, so I had to prop my head on my hand and rest my elbow on the arm of the chair. Looking back I probably looked pretty dejected and worn out. The judge proposed a couple of hypothetical scenarios, one with a person who was mildly vestibular and one who was severely vestibular (me), and the expert said the mild person would be able to do help desk or lab tech work, while the severe person wouldn't. I was afraid they would classify me as the mildly vestibular person, so I made sure to tell the judge about trying to work last year as a help desk tech and not being able to, even with the same software I'd used for years.

The judge will be writing his decision and I should find out what that is in about 30 to 60 days. My attorney said this judge is never nice to people he thinks are malingering, and that since he was nice to me, he was sympathetic and favorable. I sure do hope so.

So now I just have to wait a little while longer. I sure hope he decided in my favor -- don't know what I'll do if they decide I can work. I don't know of any jobs that will let me work for a couple of hours, take a 2 hour nap, work another hour, go home, and then completely retrain me the next day because I've forgotten what I'm supposed to do overnight...