Born and raised in northeastern Indiana, Larry John Phillips is married with 2 children and 5 grandchildren. He is a semi-retired business owner with a B.S. degree from Purdue University. During his free time, in addition to collecting quotations, Larry enjoys playing golf, gardening and spending time at their lake cottage with family. During the last 40 years, Larry collected quotations on different topics and formed a habit of reflecting on them as part of his morning routine. Over the years he continued to expand the collection of his favorite quotations and today it consists of over 100 topics and 5000 quotations. The journey with quotations has had a profound, uplifting, and thought-provoking impact on his life.