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The hero is commonly the simplest and obscurest of men.
               - Henry David Thoreau
                  American author, naturalist and philosopher
                  1817-1862

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Each year, the Great Pumpkin rises out of the pumpkin patch that he thinks is the most sincere….I don’t see how a pumpkin patch can be more sincere than this one.  You can look around and there’s not a sign of hypocrisy.  Nothing but sincerity as far as the eye can see.
               - Linus Van Pelt
                  From “It’s the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown”
                  Written by Charles M. Schulz

Happy Halloween!

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I believe that UNICEF is the most important branch of the U.N.; they do exceptional work to help the neediest children of the world.
               - Liam Neeson
                  Actor
                  UNICEF Ambassador

October 24 is United Nations Day

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Today is National Boss’ Day:

There is only one boss.  The customer.  And he can fire everybody in the company from the chairman on down, simply by spending his money somewhere else.
               - Sam Walton
                  American businessman and entrepreneur
                  Founder of WalMart

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I have come to believe that this is a mighty continent which was hitherto unknown.
                - Christopher Columbus
                   Italian-born Navigator and Explorer
                   Journal of the Third Voyage, May 30-August 31, 1493

Happy Columbus Day weekend!

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He started to sing as he tackled the thing
That couldn’t be done, and he did it.
               - from “It Couldn’t Be Done”  by
                  Edgar A. Guest
                  American poet
                  1881-1959

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Common sense is the knack of seeing things as they are, and doing things as they ought to be.
               - Harriet Beecher Stowe
                  American abolitionist and author
                  1811-1896

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We must reject the idea that every time a law’s broken, society is guilty rather than the lawbreaker.  It is time to restore the American precept that each individual is accountable for his actions.
               - Ronald Reagan
                  40th President of the United States