Grandchildren are God’s reward for not killing your kids. -Pappy’s Grill, Winter Haven Airport, Winter Haven, Florida-

I love manatees. But the conservationists get all pissed off when you barbecue `em. -Darrel Ewbank-

All knowledge is local, all truth is partial. … No truth can make another truth untrue. All knowledge is part of the whole knowledge. … Once you have seen the larger pattern, you cannot get back to seeing the part as the whole. -Ursula K. Le Guin-

The most beautiful thing we can experience is the mysterious. It is the source of all art and science. -Albert Einstein-

America is not just a country, it’s an idea. -Bono-

If sailing was easy it would be called quantum mechanics.

Our opinions do not really blossom into fruition until we have expressed them to someone else. -Mark Twain-

When I works, I works hard. When I plays, I plays loose. And when I sits and thinks, I falls asleep.

A view of the water is not a matter of life or death. It’s more important than that. -Down The Hatch Seafood Restaurant, Ponce Inlet, Florida-

Until world order is an accomplished fact, and universal disarmament the logical result, it will be a crime to excuse men from the types and kinds of training that will give them a decent chance for survival in battle. -Dwight D. Eishenhower-