Quotes...

Here are some interesting quotes...

• "I coached English for two seasons." --A coach tells students in the recent movie "The Assassination of a High School President."

I saw these two lines quoted by friend Doug Mellgren on Facebook:

• "I like life. It gives you something to do."
• "Some things you share with a loved one. Some things you eat before they get there."

I saw these quotes in the book "Boots on the Ground by Dusk, My Tribute to Pat Tillman" by Mary Tillman:

• "When it is dark enough, you can see the stars." --Charles A. Beard
• "The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort and convenience, but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy." --Martin Luther King Jr.
• "Action is the antidote for despair." --Joan Baez
• "We'll be friends until forever, just you wait and see." --Winnie the Pooh (A.A. Milne)

Many famous authors worked as journalists first. That was true for L. Frank Baum, author of "The Wizard of Oz." According to the December 2009 issue of American History magazine, Baum's first article for the Chicago Evening Post appeared on the front page on May 1, 1891, and was about the experience of relocating to a new home (what he had done in moving to Chicago). For that article, Baum wrote:

• "Many a proud man will sleep on the floor tonight for this is moving day. This is the day when man lives as it is written he shall, by the perspiration of his brow. Also it is the day when the wife...whispers in your ear the beauty of the poet's tip that there is no place like home."