Blessed is the season which engages the whole world in a conspiracy of love!

- Hamilton Wright Mabie
American Essayist

Live in such a way that you would not be ashamed to sell your parrot to the town gossip.

- Will Rogers
Humorist

It's a very nice thing to be able to give joy to people.

Jon Crosby of VAST

Writing is easy: you merely stare at a blank sheet of paper until your forehead bleeds.

- Robert Benchley
U.S. Humorist 1889-1945

Security is mostly a superstition. It does not exist in nature nor do the children of men as a whole experience it. Avoiding danger is no safer in the long run than outright exposure. Life is either a daring adventure or nothing.

- Helen Keller
American Author 1880-1968

I am a firm believer in the people. If given the truth, they can be depended upon to meet any national crisis. The great point is to bring them the real facts.

Abraham Lincoln
16th U.S. President 1809-1865

Flogging the Stock Market

"What we've got here is a failure to communicate."

-from the movie Cool Hand Luke
1967

Negative Campaigning

"Any fact facing us is not as important as our attitude toward it, for that determines our success or failure."

-Norman Vincent Peale
Champion of Positive Thinking 1898-1993

Get Off of the Couch and Live!

"Trust that little voice in your head that says 'Wouldn't it be interesting if...', and then do it!"

-Duane Michals
American Photographer 1932-

In the Darkest Hour

"In the darkest hour the Soul is replenished and given strength to continue."

-Heart Warrior Chosa
Artist, Poet, Author, Storyteller