Joel T. McGrath

“Never follow the crowd, for the masses are often misled.”

“The greatest gift you can ever give yourself is a mind of your own.”

“Humans are easy to read, because what they’re not saying speaks volumes.”

“When you find yourself in the presence of a lion, it’s best to know which side of the cage you’re on.”

“Opportunities are rare in this life, and fairness, rarer still. So, when you discover a fair opportunity, go after as if it were your last because it very well might be.”

“When I was a child, I understood the things of my childhood. Now that I have grown into a man, I understand less of the world than I did as a lad.”

“True love propels a person to great feats all without so much as a word.”

“An individual excels where the institution fails.”

“Experience is the byproduct of agony.”

“Contention murders creativity and stupidity is in enmity with freethinking.”

“To broaden one's prospective is to push back the swirling winds of ignorance.”

“Rarely if ever, moments come that are so defining in our lives. The years are glutted with benign matters which impact us more deeply than we could have ever imagined in our youth.”

“There are two types of people in the world, a solution-based person, and a sustainable person. A solution based person focuses on finding solutions to today’s problems. But, as for tomorrow’s problems, who cares? However, a sustainable person is the one that not only attempts to make an immediate fix, but also contemplates decisions for today, tomorrow and for years to come.”

“That looks bad. Your ear is as red as a boiled lobster. I guess the Toutain’s have diversified their portfolio of geeks to pick on this year. That’s wise considering the geekonomic times we’re living in now.”