Einstein

It's not that I'm so smart, it's just that I stay with problems longer. ~Albert Einstein

@CragerInc from Twitter

Robert Hutchins

The object of education is to prepare the young to educate themselves throughout their lives.

Robert Hutchins

Robert Hutchins' ideas are worth re-visiting in today's No Child Left Behind testing environment. I see our schools focusing more on test preparation and less on education. That's the wrong way to go. Hutchins, the Dean of Yale Law School and president of the University of Chicago, advocated educational perennialism-- the idea of teaching principles, reason and problem solving that could be used in a variety of situations in real life. I often tell my students to "teach themselves to teach themselves." Those students who can be independent learners will survive in tomorrow's job market.

Winston Churchill

"History will be kind to me, for I intend to write it." Winston Churchill

And he did!

@justinthesouth on Twitter #socialvillage

Black Hole creates its own galaxy

This is so cool I have to share it. Some ESO astronomers have been observing a strange quasar, known as HE0450-2958, 5 billion light-years away. This black hole is creating its own galaxy. It's making 350 stars a year. Makes our planet seem very very small. Maybe the Nebraska vs. Texas Big XII Championship Game this weekend isn't as important as I think it is.

Confucius

Our greatest glory is not in never falling but in rising every time we fall.
Confucius

from Twitter @Sannri Rt @devlar14freedom #iranelection

Thomas Paine

"To argue with a person who has renounced the use of reason is like administering medicine to the dead. " - Thomas Paine

from Twitter @TimOwensby