No libraries, no progress.

I'm Southern Baptist, not a meteorologist.

Librarians have always been among the most thoughtful and helpful people. They are teachers without a classroom.

It's simply a tragedy that anyone today goes blind from glaucoma, when it's so unnecessary.

The only way to predict if there's a cloud on your horizon due to glaucoma is to get tested. No matter what the diagnosis, the forecast is for clear vision in the years ahead.

The TV weatherman has always been one of the best, most secure jobs. They change anchors, they change the set, producers come and go. But the weather person hangs on forever!

Positive feelings come from being honest about yourself and accepting your personality, and physical characteristics, warts and all; and, from belonging to a family that accepts you without question.

Take a microphone out of my hands, and I'm just plain folks.

Nobody actually talks to anybody anymore. People in cubicles next to each other, they e-mail each other.

As an only child, I never felt insecure and always had total love.

When I can, I do 25 minutes of calisthenics every day.

Tiny tweaks can lead to big changes.

In a hospital they throw you out into the street before you are half cured, but in a nursing home they don't let you out till you are dead.

I believe it is the responsibility of every generation to reach their generation for Christ.

There is no disputing that Lincoln was a great man.

There ain't no party like a Liz Lemon party 'cause a Liz Lemon party is mandatory!

The study of nature is a limitless field, the most fascinating adventure in the world.

Countries are stronger and more prosperous when the voices and opinions of all their citizens can be heard.

It has to get ugly before it gets pretty!

I have a passion for fast cars. To drive them means pure joy to me.

I'm not sure blogs are necessarily the best place to get a pulse on anything. People want to blog for a variety of reasons, and that may or may not be representative.