"Welcome to my house. Come freely. Go safely;
and leave something of the happiness you bring!" Bram Stoker

USS Saratoga My father's last ship.

Oahu

" The dew seemed to sparkle more brightly on the green leaves;
the air to rustle among them with a sweeter music; and the sky
itself to look more blue and bright. Such is the influence
which the condition of our own thoughts, exercise,
even over the appearance of external objects."
Oliver Twist by Charles Dickens

"You cannot invade the mainland United States.
There would be a rifle behind each blade of grass."
Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto

"We will not waiver; we will not falter; and we will not fail.
Peace and freedom will prevail. "
President George W. Bush

"I've now been in 57 states? I think one left to go.”
President Barack Obama

“A zebra does not change its spots.”
Vice President Al Gore

"Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity,
and I'm not sure about the former"
Albert Einstein

The woods are lovely, dark and deep.
But I have promises to keep,
and miles to go before I sleep.
Robert Frost

"Dere's wha my heart is turning ebber,
Dere's wha de old folks stay."
Stephen Collins Foster (1826-1864)

I'm gonna follow you, `till I know your timing
You'll turn some corner soon, and find you can't get by me
Pat Benatar

"Who the hell wants to hear actors talk?"
H. M. Warner (1881-1958), founder of Warner Brothers, in 1927

Being set on the idea of getting to Atlantis,
You have discovered of course
Only The Ship Of Fools is
Making the voyage this year, W.H.Auden

"There is no reason for any individual to have a computer in his home."
Ken Olson, president, chairman and founder of Digital Equipment Corp., 1977

"We don't see Windows as a long-term graphical interface for the masses."
Quote from a Lotus Development official.

Swami: "Remember, the first rule is that there are no absolutes."
Disciple: "But Master, isn't there an exception to every rule?"
Swami: "Oh, absolutely."

Disciple: "Master what is America's number one problem, ignorance or apathy?"
Swami: "I don't know and I don't care!"

His mother saw something in him that no one else saw.
She saw that he was nuts.

Robert Dean Stethem

"On June 15, 1985, Hezbollah hijackers seized the TWA flight (Flight 847) in Athens.
Identifying Robert Dean Stethem as an American serviceman, they brutally beat and
tortured the 23-year-old Stethem to death. Then, they threw his body off the plane, like garbage.
Stethem was so badly beaten that he could only be identified from fingerprints.
He was on his way home after a tour of duty with the US Navy in the Middle East."
DebbieSchlussel.com/

USS Stethem

"Airplanes are interesting toys but of no military value."
Marechal Ferdinand Foch, Professor of Strategy, Ecole Superieure de Guerre.

"There's nothing like love to make you crazy."
Dame Agatha Christie

"Love sweetens everything, even marriage."
Baroness Karen von Blixen-Finecke

Let me be your little dog, 'till your big dog comes
Carl Perkins

You only live twice
Once when you are born
And once when you look death in the face
Basho aka Matsuo Munefusa 1644-1694

Nights are for dreaming
Days are for fulfilling dreams
Japanese proverb

"I'll see ya later."
"Not if I see you first."

"Don't do anything I wouldn't do!" hahaha.
"Is there anything you wouldn't do?"

"You think you're better than everyone else."
"No. Just you."

'Twas I won the wager, though you hit the white;
And, being a winner, God give you good night! Petruchio