Lars Toomre

Some Personal Thoughts and Trivia

Playboy

Must Express True Appreciation

Brunette Playboy model Hillary Fisher on her knees wearing a red string bikini

We must never pretend appreciation, but if we feel it, then we must express it.

M.D., author of Reinventing the Body, Resurrecting the Soul

Spicing Up Own Conversation

Blonde Katie Lohmann was Playmate of the Month for April 2001

I often quote myself. It adds spice to my conversation.

Irish playwright and a co-founder of the London School of Economics

Where Focus Goes, Energy Flows

Portrait of blonde Playmate Candice Cassidy

Where focus goes, energy flows. And if you don't take the time to focus on what matters, then you're living a life of someone else's design...

American self-help author and motivational speaker

Nigella Lawson on Emotions

Brunette Playboy model Anna Lynn in red dress

Emotion is messy, contradictory... and true.

Best-selling American food author

Commitment Is Doing The Things You Said You'd Do

Brunette Beth Williams was Playboy's Playmate of the Month for August 2012

Commitment is doing the things you said you'd do, long after the mood you said it in has left you.

Wayne Dyer on Life

Portrait of blonde Playmate Kalin Olson against dark green background

Maxim for life: You get treated in life the way you teach people to treat you.

Best-selling author and speaker

Shell Must Break Before Bird Can Fly

Brunette Playboy model Alice Goodwin poses in a sexy white bikini

The shell must break before the bird can fly.

Ralph Waldo Emerson on Integrity

Portrait of Playboy model Laura Croft

What lies behind us and what lies ahead of us are tiny matters compared to what lives within us.

American Philosopher, lecturer, essayist and poet (1803-1882)

Abigail Van Buren on Wisdom

Blonde Playboy model Yolanda Krupiarz

Wisdom doesn't automatically come with old age. Nothing does — except wrinkles. It's true, some wines improve with age. But only if the grapes were good in the first place.

Pen name of Pauline Phillips, an American advice columnist who started Dear Abby column (born 1918)

A Circular Driveway

Brunette Christina Leardini was Playmate of the Month for January 1991

My neighbor has a circular driveway... he can't get out.

American comedian, actor and writer (born 1955)

If We Do Not Plant Knowledge When Young

Blonde model Amy Leigh Andrews was Playboy's Playmate of Month for April 2010

If we do not plant knowledge when young, it will give us no shade when we are old.

British statesman and man of letters (1694 - 1773)

A Pound of Pluck

Blonde Playboy model Cara Brett in black and white

A pound of pluck is worth a ton of luck.

Twentieth President of the United States

If Your Actions Inspire Others

Raven-haired Playboy model Laura Croft

If your actions inspire others to dream more, learn more, do more and become more, you are a leader.

Sixth President of the United States

Entrepreneurs Innovate

American model Raquel Gibson was Playmate of the Month for November 2005

Entrepreneurs innovate. Innovation is the specific instrument of entrepreneurship. It is the act that endows resources with a new capacity to create wealth.

Austrian-born American management consultant, educator, and author (1909 - 2005)

World Is Run By 'C' Students

Beth Williams as a blonde was Playboy's Playmate of the Month for August 2012

I think the world is run by 'C' students.

Head coach of Marquette University men's basketball team from 1964 to 1977 (1928 - 2001

No Defense Treaties With Kuwait

Brunette model Shelby Chesnes was Playboy's Playmate of the Month for July 2012

We do not have any defense treaties with Kuwait , and there are no special defense or security commitments to Kuwait .

US State Department spokeswoman, 24th July 1990, nine days before Iraq 's invasion of Kuwait

Always Acknowledge A Fault

Blonde sportscaster Lisa Dergan Podsednik was Playmate of the Month for July 1998

Always acknowledge a fault. This will throw those in authority off their guard and give you an opportunity to commit more.

Celebrated American author and humorist (1835 - 1910)

I'm From The Government, and I'm Here To Help

Brunette Playboy model Madison Deangelas

The nine most terrifying words in the English language are:"'I'm from the government, and I'm here to help."

Fortieth President of The United States

No Star Is Ever Lost

Blonde Playboy model Sara Jean Underwood posing in black and white dress

No star is ever lost we once have seen. We always may be what we might have been.

English poet and philanthropist (1825 - 1864)