“There is a lot of talk now about metal detectors and gun control. Both are good things. But they are no more a solution than forks and spoons are a solution to world hunger.” – Anna Quindlen

“I don’t care what people think of my poetry so long as they award it prizes.” – Robert Frost

“Happy is the man who finds a true friend, and far happier is he who finds that true friend in his wife.” – Franz Schubert

From CA:

“The video you posted in your Oct. 21 blog showing attempts to engage college students in meaningful debate was a perfect example of the subject of the book The Coddling of the American Mind. And here’s a quote I found online that sums it up: ‘We live in a time where intelligent people are being silenced so that stupid people won’t be offended.’”

“I feel about airplanes the way I feel about diets. It seems to me that they are wonderful things for other people to go on.” – Jean Kerr (who was my godmother!)

“Life is like a piano. What you get out of it depends on how you play it.” – Tom Lehrer

“Gratitude bestows reverence, allowing us to encounter everyday epiphanies, those transcendent moments of awe that change forever how we experience life and the world.” – John Milton

“In any moment of decision, the best thing you can do is the right thing, the next best thing is the wrong thing, and the worst thing you can do is nothing.” – Theodore Roosevelt

“The afternoon knows what the morning never suspected.” – Robert Frost

“Bad news drives out good news. The irrational is more controversial than the rational. Concurrence can no longer compete with dissent…. The labor crisis settled at the negotiating table is nothing compared to the information that results in a strike… normality has become the nemesis of network news.” – Spiro Agnew