“I tell kids to read like a wolf. Read when they tell you not to read; read what they tell you not to read. That gets me in trouble sometimes. A lot of people are upset by the Goosebumps series and all that stuff, but anything that gets kids to read is fine.” – Gary Paulsen, young adult novelist

“To get something done, a committee should consist of no more than three men, two of whom are absent.” – Robert Copeland

“It has always seemed absurd to suppose that a god would choose for his companions, during all eternity, the dear souls whose highest and only ambition is to obey.” – Robert Green Ingersoll, lawyer and orator (1833-1899)

“There is wisdom in turning as often as possible from the familiar to the unfamiliar: it keeps the mind nimble, it kills prejudice, and it fosters humor.” – George Santayana, philosopher (1863-1952)

“Human beings, who are almost unique in having the ability to learn from the experience of others, are also remarkable for their apparent disinclination to do so.” – Douglas Adams

“Life’s tallest order is to keep the feelings up, to make two dollars’ worth of euphoria go the distance. And life can’t do that. So fiction does.” – Stanley Elkin

“All women become like their mothers. That is their tragedy. No man does. That’s his.” - Oscar Wilde, The Importance of Being Earnest

“I wanted it to be a day of sentiment, not profit.” – Anna Jarvis

Anna Jarvis called greeting cards “a poor excuse for the letter you are too lazy to write.”

“We have people out there that, realistically, this could be their job. Two or three arrests per week, you could make $700, $750 per week.” – Sgt. Zachary Self, who answers Crime Stoppers calls for the Macon, Ga., Police Department.