The history of art is the history of revivals- Samuel Butler You can have either the Resurrection or you can have Liberace. But you can’t have both.-Liberace It’s not whether you get knocked down; it’s whether you get up- Vince Lombardi Anyone who knows me well, knows that I am not a religious person. To… Continue reading On Resurrection

A genuine leader is not a searcher of consensus but a molder of consensus -Martin Luther King, Jr. Leadership and learning are indispensable to each other – John F. Kennedy  To add value to others one must first value others- John Maxwell The price of greatness is responsibility-Winston Churchill For as long as I can… Continue reading Playing Follow the Leader Without One

Yet, as only New Yorkers know, if you can get through the twilight, you’ll live through the night. ― Dorothy Parker Practically everybody in New York has half a mind to write a book -and does ― Groucho Marx I believe in New Yorkers. Whether they’ve ever questioned the dream in which they live, I… Continue reading Civic Pride

If you want to tell people the truth, make them laugh, otherwise they’ll kill you.                        – George Bernard Shaw Always laugh when you can, it is cheap medicine- Lord Byron I’d rather laugh with the sinners than cry with the saints- Billy Joel Trouble knocked at the door, but, hearing laughter, hurried away.- Benjamin Franklin… Continue reading The Best Defense

 It is easier to build strong children than to repair broken men.- Frederick Douglass Our greatest natural resource is the minds of our children.- Walt Disney There’s no point in being grown up if you can’t be childish sometimes. – Dr. Who Obviously, the present times have been more than just a little bit discomfiting… Continue reading I Got You Babe

We will declare frankly that nothing is clear in this world. Only fools and charlatans know and  understand everything.-Anton Chekov   Scientific literacy is an intellectual vaccine against the claims of charlatans who would exploit ignorance    -Neil DeGrasse Tyson Facts do not cease to exist because they are ignored -Aldous Huxley It’s the end of the… Continue reading The Road to Dystopia

A nation of sheep will beget a government of wolves -Edward R. Murrow Politicians and diapers must be changed often, and for the same reason -Mark Twain  When they call the roll in the Senate, the Senators do not know whether to answer ‘Present’ or ‘Not Guilty -Theodore Roosevelt There comes a time when one… Continue reading Very Small d Democracy