Don’t give up the ship! -Captain James Lawrence, USN-

We have met the enemy and they are ours… -Master Commandant Oliver Hazard Perry, USN-

God would like us to be joyful even when our hearts lie panting on the floor. -Tevye, “Fiddler on the Roof”-

You beat everything, you know that? -Andy Taylor, “The Andy Griffith Show”-

Life is like a landscape. You live in the midst of it but can describe it only from the vantage point of distance. -Charles Lindbergh-

Everywhere is within walking distance if you have the time. -Steven Wright-

Distance not only gives nostalgia, but perspective, and maybe objectivity. -Robert Morgan-

For time is the longest distance between two places. -Tennessee Williams-

The man who says he is willing to meet you halfway is usually a poor judge of distance. -Laurence J. Peter-

Nothing is so common-place as to wish to be remarkable. -Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.-