Today

"We are who we are because they were who they were. It is wise to know where you come from, who called your name."

- Maya Angelou

May you live long enough to find out why you were born.

- Cherokee Birth Blessing

“If my friends could see me now they would try to understand me,
They would ask me what on earth I'm trying to prove.”

- Ray Davies

“People reject what they do not understand because it makes them feel small. They would rather believe in some other reality, even if it is only an illusion, so long as it makes them feel bigger.”

- Suzy Kassem, Rise Up and Salute the Sun

"The short memories of the American voters is what keeps our politicians in office.”

- Will Rogers

"I have always regarded as a stroke of good fortune that I was not born or brought up in a small American town; they may be the backbone of the nation, but they are also the backbone of ignorance, bigotry, and boredom, all in vast quantities.”

- Gore Vidal, Death Before Bedtime

"What a culture we live in, we are swimming in an ocean of information, and drowning in ignorance.”

- Richard Paul Evans, A Step of Faith

“Illegal aliens have always been a problem in the United States. Ask any Indian.”

- Robert Orben

"When words become unclear, I shall focus with photographs. When images become inadequate, I shall be content with silence."

- Ansel Adams

“Now that it's all over, what did you really do yesterday that's worth mentioning?”

- Coleman Cox