Our lives are like islands in the sea, or like trees in the forest. The maple and the pine may whisper to each other with their leaves … But the trees also commingle their roots in the darkness underground, and the islands also hang together through the ocean’s bottom. -William James-

I believe that liberty is the only genuinely valuable thing that men have invented, at least in the field of government, in a thousand years. I believe that it is better to be free than to be not free, even when the former is dangerous and the latter safe. -H.L. Mencken-

How far does light travel in dog years?

Teaching is successful only as it causes people to think for themselves. -Alice Moore Hubbard-

I cannot approve of monarchs who want to rule over the conscience of the people, and take away their freedom of choice and religion. -William the Silent-

“As My apprentice you’ll never be fired.” -God-

Democracy is a pathetic belief in the collective wisdom of individual ignorance. No one in this world … has ever lost money by underestimating the intelligence of the great masses of the plain people. Nor has anyone ever lost public office thereby. -H.L. Mencken-

Is any of this getting through to you son? That kid’s about as sharp as a bowling ball. -Foghorn Leghorn-

The best number is 73. Why? 73 is the 21st prime number. Its mirror, 37, is the 12th and its mirror, 21, is the product of multiplying 7 and 3… and in binary 73 is a palindrome, 1001001, which backwards is 1001001. -Sheldon Cooper, “The Big Bang Theory”-

With the possible exception of the equator, everything begins somewhere. -C. S. Lewis-