SENATOR HALTINGS: Excuse me, did you just say Dr. Crumbly is a vet?

You’re an idiot, Goon, you know that?” Paul Wattenburg said to him one morning. “No, as a matter of fact I didn’t,” Goon said, then laughed. He called himself Goon too. On the first day of school, his math teacher, Miss Langley, asked him his name and he said, “Goon.” “I beg your pardon,” said Miss Langley. “See, my name’s Gary Boone,” Gary.

Nothing in life is easy. But that’s no reason to give up. you’ll be surprised what you can accomplish if you set your mind to it.

Lucy hugged my uncle as she gushed about how wonderful it was to see him playing bridge again. Then she got all flustered and apologetic because she had used the word see. “It’s all right, Lucy,” Trapp assured her. “I’m aware you have the ability to see me, even if I can’t see you.

Someday, the Cloud of Doom will be gone, and the world will be a much better place, even better than before the Cloud. Colors will be more colorful. Music will be more musical. Even Miss Mush’s food will taste good. The bigger the storm, the brighter the rainbow.

The next time I get a cat, I’ll kill him. Then he’ll never run away,” said Kathy.

Doesn’t every kid want to dig a hold to China? Didn’t you? What about Chinese children?

I once had a teacher who told me I’d be twice as smart if I was half as smart as I thought I was. I’m still trying to figure that one out.

Friends stick by each other when one is down. That is a true test of friendship. But sometimes, it is harder to stick by a friend who is up. That is the ultimate test of friendship.

Now come to the front of the line where you belong.