It is easy in the world to live after the world’s opinion; it is easy in solitude after our own; but the great man is he who in the midst of the crowd keeps with perfect sweetness the independence of solitude. -Ralph Waldo Emerson-

Facebook Has Made Socializing So Much Easier! No more having to take pictures of your food, and waiting for the film to be developed, so you can go around the neighborhood ringing random doorbells to show people what you’ve eaten. -Randy Cassingham-

Brains and the ability to read newspapers (even when they lie) and government reports (especially when the lie) are sometimes better than any amount of sightseeing and hotel lobby gossip. Gauss stayed at home, read, disbelieved most of what he read, thought, and arrived at the truth. -Eric Temple Bell-

Nothing runs like a Deere.

Lose your train of thought? Don’t let that upset you. My belief is that’s our brain self-editing to keep us from saying something that is better left unsaid. -Uncle Ted, “The Born Loser”-

I conceive that these things will appear incredible to the great majority of people who have not studied mathematics, but that to those who are conversant therewith and have given thought to the question of the distances and sizes of the earth, the sun and moon, and the whole universe, the proof will carry conviction. -Archimedes-

Did you ever notice that Tony the Tiger and Smokey the Bear have the same middle name?

Treat your mom to a margarita. After all, you’re probably the reason she drinks. -Ale House, Cocoa Beach, Florida-

If we really believed that all people are equal regardless of their skin color, we would hold everyone equally responsible for their own actions. -Rebecca Nagella-

♫ Praise the LORD, I have been set free. ♪ It is no longer I who live but Christ who lives in me. ♪ The life that I now live I live by faith in the Son of God, Who loved me enough to die for me, well praise the LORD! ♫