Hold the pickle, hold the lettuce, special orders don’t upset us, all we ask is that you let us serve it your way. -(Burger King)-

Vodka is made from potatoes, and a potato is a vegetable. Therefore, vodka is a salad.

The three hardest tasks in the world are neither physical feats nor intellectual achievements, but moral acts: to return love for hate, to include the excluded, and to say, “I was wrong.” -Sydney J. Harris-

Among peoples of quality, a wife should always be a reasonable and agreeable companion, because she cannot always be young. -Jonathan Swift, “Gulliver’s Travels”-

It is not our task to tell the people what they want to hear. It is our task to tell the people what in some future day they wish they had heard. -Lancelot Andrewes, confessor to Elizabeth I-

A few cobras in your home will soon clear it of rats and mice. Of course, you will still have the cobras. -Will Cuppy-

People don’t live on the street because they run out of money. People like on the street because they run out of relationships. -Jason-

May the Holy Spirit burn His Word into our hearts so that we never recover. -Dr. Allen Ross-

Following the daily news, one could get the impression that land is the center of life on earth. Indeed, people live on land, and societies develop and thrive on land. Often people forget that two-thirds of the planet is covered by water, and the seas play a crucial role in defining the global order, its political and security issues, and economic opportunity. By looking for causes rather than chasing effects, mankind would realize that our feet — and overall destinies — are wetter than we may imagine. The most difficult maritime challenge today is, therefore, educating the public to the importance of the global maritime commons and teaching them about the security implications of the seas. -Admiral Valter Giradrdelli, Chief of the Italian Navy-

I learned ethics and philosophy watching Star Trek and MASH. This no doubt will explain to many of you why I am so messed up. -Ken Schenck-