In case signals can neither be seen or perfectly understood, no captain can do very wrong if he places his ship alongside the enemy. -Lord Horatio Nelson-

Aw, you know how it is. -Wally Cleaver-

I know you believe you understand what you think I said, but I am not sure you realize what you heard is not what I meant.

The best way to forget all your troubles is to wear tight shoes.

One good thing about dying on active duty is you don’t have to deal with the Department of Veterans Affairs.

There is a rational, scientific explanation for this. We just haven’t found it yet.

Never forget, I am one of the few people in the world who can murder you and leave no forensic evidence. -Abby Sciuto, “NCIS”-

About 97% of the world’s people speak about 4% of the world’s languages; conversely, about 96% of the world’s languages are spoken by about 3% of the world’s people…. Even languages with many thousands of speakers are no longer being acquired by children; at least 50% of the world’s more than six thousand languages are losing speakers. We estimate that about 90% of all languages may be replaced by dominant languages by the end of the 21st century. -UNESCO Ad Hoc Expert Group on Endangered Languages, “Language Vitality and Endangerment”-

There may be times when we are powerless to prevent injustice, but there must never be a time when we fail to protest. -Elie Wiesel-

Papua New Guinea contains over 5% of the world’s biodiversity in less than 1% of the world’s total land area. -AUSAID, Australian Government Overseas Aid-