February 23, 2006

It kills you to see them grow up. But I guess it would kill you quicker if they didn't.

~Barbara Kingsolver, Animal Dreams

You can drive
A mile a minute
But there is no
Future in it.
Burma Shave




Even the youngest of us may be wrong sometimes.

G. Bernard Shaw

GEOGRAPHY
part 9 of 19

Most landfilled trash retains its original weight, volume, and form for 40 years.

New Jersey, with 96, is the US state with the greatest number of hazardous waste sites.

Quito in Ecuador, South America, is said to have the most pleasant climate in the world. It is called the 'Land of Eternal Spring.' The temperature rarely drops below 46 degrees Fahrenheit during the night, or exceed 72 degrees Fahrenheit during the day.

Avoid having your ego so close to your position that when your position falls, your ego goes with it.

Colin Powell

OUR FOUNDING FATHERS
The people are turbulent and changing; they seldom judge or determine right. Give therefore to the first class a distinct permanent share in the government... Can a democratic assembly who annually revolve in the mass of the people be supposed steadily to pursue the public good?

Alexander Hamilton

A tree doubled in height each year until it reached its maximum height over the course of ten years. How many years did it take for the tree to reach half its maximum height?

"Little League baseball is a very good thing because it keeps the parents off the streets."

Yogi Berra

MEGAHERTZ: This is a really, really big hertz.

I always cheer up immensely if an attack is particularly wounding because I think, well, if they attack one personally, it means they have not a single political argument left.