Why is it you have no trouble remembering that you forgot something, but you can never remember what you forgot? -Ed Crankshaft, “Crankshaft”-

When the government violates the people’s rights, insurrection is, for the people and for each portion of the people, the most sacred of the rights and the most indispensable of duties. -Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de Lafayette-

How to defeat terrorism? Don’t be terrorized. Don’t let fear rule your life. -Salman Rushdie-

A man is like a fraction whose numerator is what he is and whose denominator is what he thinks of himself. The larger the denominator, the smaller the fraction. -Leo Tolstoy-

Chains of habit are too light to be felt until they are too heavy to be broken. -Warren Buffett-

Remember we’re all in this alone. -Lily Tomlin-

The only hope of reward is the cessation of pain.

I did get a life! This is it! -Leroy Lockhorn, “The Lockhorns”-

Q: In school we learned that the world is round like a ball. So why don’t the people on the bottom fall off? A: You’ve stated a common misconception here. Actually, people are falling off all the time!

If only the sun-drenched celebrities are being noticed and worshiped, then our children are going to have a tough time seeing the value in the shadows, where the thinkers, probers and scientists are keeping society together. -Rita Dove-