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”-

A clear conscience is usually the sign of a bad memory.

The true test of a civilization is, not the census, nor the size of the cities, nor the crops — no, but the kind of man the country turns out. -Ralph Waldo Emerson-

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

Let us be sure that those who come after will say of us in our time, that in our time we did everything that could be done. We finished the race; we kept them free; we kept the faith. -Ronald Reagan-

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

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

No excuses; get it done.

Grandchildren are the dessert at the end of our lives. -Marilyn McMahon-

The reason that the American Navy does so well in wartime, is that war is chaos, and the Americans practice chaos on a daily basis. -Admiral Karl Doenitz, Germany-