OLAF'S OBSERVATIONS

# REPUBLICANS WANT TO TURN STUPIDITY AND IGNORANCE INTO PRIVILEGES RATHER THAN RIGHTS, AND DEMOCRATS WANT TO MAKE THEM MANDATORY.
# FIGHTING IGNORANCE IS THE ONLY UN-WINNABLE WAR WORTH WAGING.
# LIFE IS MERELY THE TIME PEOPLE HAVE TO PRACTICE SOLVING PROBLEMS.
# SUCCESS AND FAILURE IS GOD'S WAY OF REDISTRIBUTING WEALTH.
# NOTHING SAYS, 'COMFORTABLE WITH ONE'S OWN IGNORANCE', LIKE AN OLD LIBERAL.
# YOU ONLY HAVE TO EARN RESPECT IF YOU HAVE LOST IT AND WANT IT BACK.
# BOTH COURAGE AND COWARDICE ARE MARRIED TO FEAR, BUT COWARDICE HAS DISHONESTY FOR A MISTRESS.
# EDUCATION IS ANYTHING THAT BETTER ENABLES YOU TO THINK AND DO FOR YOURSELF.
# THE MOST IMPORTANT ELEMENT OF A SUCCESSFUL RELATIONSHIP IS A LIKE SENSE OF RIGHT AND WRONG.
# LIFE IS LIKE AN M&M, IT WILL MELT IN YOUR HAND IF YOU HOLD IT TOO LONG.
# SCIENCE MAY MOVE FORWARD BUT IT WORKS BACKWARDS.
# IF YOU REFUSE TO RESPECT YOUR ELDERS YOU WILL BE FORCED TO RESPECT YOUR BETTERS.
# THE MAIN REASON TO STUDY HISTORY IS TO BREAK UP HINDSIGHT'S MONOPOLY ON 20/20 VISION.
# THE MOST THIN-SKINNED PEOPLE ARE THOSE THAT SAY, "YOU COULDN'T INSULT ME IF YOU TRIED".
# UNFORTUNATELY NOT ONLY IS TRUTH STRANGER THAN FICTION IT'S SIGNIFICANTLY RARER.
# IF THERE IS NO COURT THAT ADDRESSES WHEN THE LETTER OF THE LAW FAILS THE SPIRIT OF THE LAW, THERE CAN BE NO JUSTICE.
# IF YOU HAVE A CHOICE TO GIVE UP, IT IS TOO SOON TO DO SO.
# YOU LEARN TO READ AND WRITE SO YOU DO NOT SOUND STUPID, YOU STUDY MATH SO YOU DO NOT APPEAR STUPID, AND YOU STUDY HISTORY TO KEEP FROM BEING STUPID.
** I came up with this one in the first grade when I was pressured by a mean old substitute teacher to give my definition of humor, after laughing in class - HUMOR IS AN ESCAPE FROM REALITY THAT BRINGS US CLOSER TO IT.