Hard work … pays off … sometimes.

Don’t be yourself. Be someone a little nicer. -Mignon McLaughlin-

No mother would ever willingly sacrifice her sons for territorial gain, for economic advantage, for ideology. -Ronald Reagan-

Every discovery opens the greater the boundary of darkness by which it is surrounded. -Humphry Davy-

Self help books to cope with mid-life snit: a veritable tower of psychobabble. It’s great to live in an age where the emotionally discombobulated can so expertly treat themselves! -Opus, “Bloom County”-

There are more planes in the ocean than submarines in the sky.

Smile. It will make people wonder what you’ve been up to.

No excuses; get it done.

Eagles may soar, but Weasels don’t get sucked into jet engines.

Evening news is where they begin with ‘Good evening’, and then proceed to tell you why it isn’t.