Eric Swenson:
CLASS OF 1987
North Andover High SchoolClass of 1987
North andover, MA
Eric's Story
Eric is from North Andover, Massachusetts. Eric's schools include North Andover High School.
Music Eric likes includes George Strait, RESTLESS HEART Band, Electric Light Orchestra. Books Eric likes include J. K. Rowling, Stephen King Books, Tom Clancy. Movies Eric likes include The Godfather, Mission: Impossible, A Few Good Men. TV shows Eric likes include MythBusters, Restaurant: Impossible, Extreme Makeover Home Edition.
One of Eric's favorite quotes is:"FUNNY -
"A lot of people are afraid of heights. Not me. I'm afraid of widths."
"I drive way too fast to worry about cholesterol."
"I hooked up the accelerator pedal in my car to the brake lights. I hit the gas, people behind me stop, and I'm gone."
"I installed a skylight in my apartment. The people above me are furious."
"I intend to live forever. So far, so good."
"I stayed in a really old hotel last night. They sent me a wake up letter."
"I think it's wrong that only one company makes the game Monopoly."
"I used to work in a fire hydrant factory. You couldn't park anywhere near the place."
"If you are in a spaceship traveling at the speed of light, and you turn on the headlights, does anything happen?"
"Sponges grow in the ocean. That just kills me. I wonder how much deeper the ocean would be if that didn't happen."
"What's another word for 'Thesaurus?'"
"When I was a little kid we had a sandbox. It was a quicksand box. I was an only child...eventually."
"Why don't they make the whole airplane out of that black box stuff?"
"You can't have everything. Where would you put it?"
SERIOUS -
"A people free to choose will always choose peace."
"Freedom is never more than one generation away from extinction. We didn't pass it to our children in the bloodstream. It must be fought for, protected, and handed on for them to do the same."
"Freedom prospers when religion is vibrant and the rule of law under G...Expand for more
od is acknowledged."
"If we ever forget that we are 'One Nation Under God,' then we will be a nation gone under."
"America will never be destroyed from the outside. If we falter and lose our freedoms, it will be because we destroyed ourselves."
"Be sure you put your feet in the right place, then stand firm."
"Going to church does not make you a Christian any more than sitting in your garage makes you an automobile."
"A man can no more diminish God's glory by refusing to worship Him than a lunatic can put out the sun by scribbling the word, 'darkness' on the walls of his cell."
"Aim at heaven and you will get earth thrown in. Aim at earth and you'll get neither."
"Education with out values, as useful as it is, seems rather to make man a more clever devil."
"Failures are finger posts on the road to achievement."
"God cannot give us happiness and peace apart from Himself, because it is not there. There is no such thing."
"The future is something which everyone reaches at the rate of 60 minutes per hour, whatever he does, wherever he is."
"The safest road to hell is the gradual one - the gentle slope, soft underfoot, without sudden turnings, without milestones, without signposts."
"There are two kinds of people: those who say to God, 'Thy will be done,' and those to whom God says, 'All right, then, have it your way.'"
"Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that."
"I know what it is to be in need, and I know what it is to have plenty. I have learned the secret of being content in any and every situation, whether well fed or hungry, whether living in plenty or in want. 13 I can do all this through him who gives me strength. " Philippians 4:12-13
"I have told you these things, so that in me you may have peace. In this world you will have trouble. But take heart! I have overcome the world.â John 16:33".
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