"It's important in life to always keep learning. Be a sponge for information, ask questions about different topics and of people. Find out more about history or global warming or prison systems or your neighbors whose families come from Greece or Poland or Africa. You never know when that little extra you learned will in some way be valuable to you. When an opportunity to make a larger contribution in life presents itself - and it will, if you recognize it - you'll be better prepared. Everything in life is not calculated. It's the extra things we do to expand our base of knowledge and increase the number of people we know, that eventually result in improvements."

- Senator Paul Simon from Illinois, Fifty-two Simple Ways to Make a Difference.

"And I kept right on looking and looking until
I'd looked 'round the world and right back to this hill!
And I saw on this hill since my eyesight's so keen,
The two biggest fools that have ever been seen!
And the fools that I saw were none other than you,
Who seem to have nothing else better to do
Than sit here and argue who's better than who!"

- The worm, "The Big Brag" by Dr. Suess