"We can see cities during the day and at night, and we can watch rivers dump sediment into the ocean, and see hurricanes form."

“A good laugh overcomes more difficulties and dissipates more dark clouds than any other one thing.”

Source : Laura Ingalls Wilder, Stephen W. Hines (2008). “Laura Ingalls Wilder, farm journalist: writings from the Ozarks”, University of Missouri

“Make no mistake; the American Revolution was not fought to obtain freedom, but to preserve the liberties that Americans already had as colonials. Independence was no conscious goal, secretly nurtured in cellar or jungle by bearded conspirators, but a reluctant last resort, to preserve "life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness."”

Source : Samuel Eliot Morison (1972). “The Oxford history of the American people”, Signet

“The imbalances in the climate have been brought on by the incessant push for more and more immediate wealth.”

Source : "Jayni Chase: Founder, Center for Environmental Education Interview: Chip Comins". Interview with Chip Comins, www.marandapleasantmedia.com.

“Statistics are to baseball what a flaky crust is to Mom's apple pie....”

“If you can remember that stocks aren't pieces of paper that gyrate all the time --they are fractional interests in businesses -- it all makes sense.”

“Songwriting is a very mysterious process. It feels like creating something from nothing. It's something I don't feel like I really control.”

Source : "Biography / Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

“The virtue of maps, they show what can be done with limited space, they foresee that everything can happen therein.”

“Until death it is all life”