Mr. Gary Rogers has been advising the staff of The Purple Quill since he joined the Elder faculty in the winter of 2011. In the summer of 2012, he attended a Journalism "bootcamp" at the Reynolds Institute in Reno, Nevada. While th...

"There's a certain amount of pleasure in being able to create something and watch it grow." -Lee Corso

"I am the one who knocks."

"But alas, we are stuck with a few broken noises, with which we must distribute the understandings of our entire reality." -The Strange things I Mourn by Aidan Metz...

“A ghost cannot haunt you if you don't believe in ghosts. You'd simply walk around your 'haunted' house like a champion, ignoring the knocks in the night, attributing them to wind. Who cares? It's only the believers who ...

"Ya keep rolling your eyes pal, maybe you'll find a brain back there." -Scout    

“What? You pooped in the refrigerator? And you ate the whole wheel of cheese? How’d you do that? Heck, I’m not even mad; that’s amazing.” – Ron Burgundy

"Life moves pretty fast. If you don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it." - Ferris Bueller

"Ooooo, Denzel Ward! You had barbecue back there? And you didn't invite me? Hurt. My. Feelings!" - Gus Johnson  

"It's only after we've lost everything that we're free to do anything."-Tyler Durden, Fight Club

" Never let the fear of striking out keep you from playing the game." -Babe Ruth

"Strike me down, and I will become more powerful than you could possibly imagine." - Obi-Wan Kenobi

"Adventure is out there!" -Charles M. Muntz

“Yeah. There were horses, and a man on fire, and I killed a guy with a trident.” - Brick Tamland

"Your girl's a five, but your mom's a dime piece." - Lil Uzi

"I like to eat ice cream, and I really enjoy a good pair of slacks." - Brick Tamlan

"One time I wrestled a giraffe to the ground with my bare hands." - John C. Riley Avid Bearcat enthusiast

"Don't count the days, make the days count." -Muhammad Ali

Why not take that risk? “Sometimes I’ll start a sentence and I don’t even know where it’s going. I just hope I find it along the way.” – Michael Scott