“When words are scarce, they are seldom spent in vain”

william shakespeare

“There is a cult of ignorance in the United States, and there has always been. The strain of anti-intellectualism has been a constant thread winding its way through our political and cultural life, nurtured by the false notion that democracy means “my ignorance is just as good as your knowledge.” ― Isaac Asimov

“Life is not a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving in a well preserved body; but rather to skid in broadside, thoroughly used up and loudly proclaiming….Wow…what a ride

That one’s for Jim

“The greatest discovery of any generation is that a human being can alter his life by altering his attitude.”
william james

“What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what lies within us.”
ralph waldo emerson

“The Edge…….There is no honest way to explain it because the only people who really know where it is are the ones who have gone over”

hunter s. thompson

“Variable gears are for people over forty-five. Isn’t it better to triumph by the strength of your muscles rather than by the artifice of a derailleur? We are getting soft. Give me a fixed gear.”

ÑHenri Desgrange, Founder of the Tour de France, 1903

“Ambition is the last refuge of failure”.
oscar wilde

“Give a man a fish and feed him for a day. Teach a man to fish and feed him for a lifetime. Teach a man to cycle and he will realize fishing is stupid and boring.”

Desmond Tutu

Anything Thoreau said

“You tried your best kids and you failed miserably. The lesson is, never try.”

Homer Simpson