Eat a lot Kiara Tope , Ierland --- A person without love and people around him may not be able to handle life. Starla Motta , Essex , Missouri --- A person without a brain will not be able to learn or think. Meredith , Pittsburgh PA --- a person without an education can not get a job steve cincotti , --- The bag represents human potential for the acquisition of knowledge. If the bag is empty, knowledge has not been gained. The empty bag cannot stand, just as a lack of learning leaves mankind weak. Marilyn , Novi --- To eat and stay strong. Kara Fewp , Hillside School --- I think its about being lonly and needing someone to love to feel right. Shelly C. , OR --- I think he meant that an empty bag simpy cannot stand up all by itself. anonymous , Westminster, Colorado --- a plastic bag is not strong David Jonez , Earth --- There will always be somthing to knock you down in life Shawn , San Benito, Texas --- if you have ideas, say them Tray , school --- if you have ideas, say them Ida Abrego , San Benito --- A PERSON WITHOUT LOVE INSIDE, HAS NO POTENTIAL TO STAND ANGELA , ILLINOIS --- without knowledge you can not function on your own. sandy , boston --- I think it menans to put something in the bag. L.C E.V , TEXAS --- If you have empty thoughts, you won't be strong. KatrinaDavino , Redding, CT --- I THINK THE BAG MEANS, IS OUR SOUL, AND IF DON'T PUT GOOD FEELING WE ARE NOT ABLE TO LIVE A FRUITFUL LIFE ISABEL CRESPO , PITTSBURG, CA --- Our economy woould fall apart without cooperation with the people in the nation. Tom , Mound,MN --- A person is more than skin and bones, they are feelings and emotions and so much more Rebecca Nelson , --- Something (someone) that has no knowlege can't do things for themselves. Stephanie , Indiana --- If you don't have ideas to start with, you cannot acheive what you could if you did. Michael , Carmel, IN --- someone with an empty heart may die kk gales , withita ks --- That having abundance of wealth is often good because when a man is empty, or in need, he is more apt to not be untrustworthy and mischevious Travis E. Shields , Monrovia, Ind --- YOU CANT DO SOMETHING By your self you need people to help and encourage you. HUDGE PUDGE , CARMEL --- An empty bag will fall over if it is truely empty Jimmy , Carmel, In --- If you are not stable enough to fight then you will not succeed in life. Taylor , Carmel, IN --- The headless chicken only knows where was not where he is. Abu Furt , Tokyo,Japan --- The bag is like your heart and if it is empty it means you have no friends who will help you Live a good life. Ben , Carmel, IN --- this means one person who doesn't have food, money doesen't have nothing, cannot stand he don't have friends to suport him. Andre , Brazil Rio de Janeiro --- You can't do everything by your-self Laurie Espino , Irmo Elementary --- Try to be a fulfilling, well-rounded person throughout your life. Ryan Adams , Pittsburgh, PA --- An empty bag can not stand up right. If it has nothing in it,it will fall over. If things are in the bag,it will stand up right. The bag is light so the bag will not stand up right. When things are in the bag it is heavy. It also depends on what kind of bag it is. Garrick P , Eldon, MO --- There's probably nothing in it so it will fall to the ground. Paul S. , Eldon MO --- I think that Ben was saying people need to be constantly learning. magpie411 , @aol.com --- Someone who is without can not go on living well. Julie , Fort Myers, FL --- IF YOU DO NOT PUT GOOD THOUGHTS IN TO YOUR HEAD YOU CAN NOT USE IT. NIEKA , SA,TX, --- You shouldn't proclaim knowledge if you know nothing of the sort. Lori , Spokane, WA --- I think he meant if you are not full of wisdom,smarts, and your beliefs, then you will not make it in life. Shane McCallum hieverybody14@hotmail.com , Strawbery school --- Ithink that he meant that if you are empty inside you aren't with the world jessica , santa rosa --- that if you know somethin's not right you cant keep a seacret for long ben , school --- You need help. you can't do anything by yourself. kacy , --- He meant that it takes a group of people to work together to make any thing work. Beau , Strawberry School --- don't eat so much because you will get sick Zach Genin , Strawberry School Santa Rosa, CA 95405 --- that gravity pulls it down phillip , strawberry school --- I think that he is trying to say is be good. Brandon McGarry , Strawbrry School --- You can have everything,but if you don't have love it's nothing Felicia Cadena , Santa Rosa --- If you don't stand upright then you are a bag HUMAN , Strawberry School --- all kids shod be treeded the same. andthat god will be with them all the time miguel villa , santa rosa --- You can have everything,but if you don't have love it's nothing Felicia Cadena , Santa Rosa --- He ment that you can never work alone, if you work together you can achieve things faster and better. that's why you have to get along with others our you'll never get anywhere. Ariel A. Brough , Scioto Ridge Elementary School, Powell, OH --- if you don't have a full stomach you can't even sit up straight! The c.c.c.c's , school --- you cannot stand alone. Use your brain to make wise decisions to go on in life. It will make you choose wisely on friends, so you won't be standing alone. You will be standing upright. Anne Jackson , Sauk Village --- I think that what Ben was trying to say was that the bag blow away shawn , the internet --- If you are without knowledge, you will perish. DV , California --- without love you can not stand tall Anonymous , Berkeley Prep. --- I think that means if you have no friends you can't get through life. Make friends so your not lonely Jordan C. , Suffern, New York --- The container is nothing. What is held inside is important. Ed , Reading, MA --- if you don't have the will to do something, then you can't do it ben , mars, pa --- God is your suport, lean on him Kathy , St.Pete, Florida --- If you have love and you are empty inside you are weak and can not stand up. Amanda Walsmith , Flora Vista N.M. --- Energey helps you stand but with out energey you will just fall Brittni Schoenstene , Oshkosh Wisconsin --- One with out knowledge, is empty in side Jacque , California --- A person without food cannot have energy to stand. Marsha B , Houston Tx --- if you did not take the time to learn, you will fall everytime. eric , home --- everyone needs help even if you don't want to admit it Kelly , New Baden,Illinnois --- You have to have support. Amber Kehrer , Wesclin school --- A person with no feelings or friends will not be able to stand up because his friends will not be there to support him. Forestdale , Virginia --- It needs to be full like our heads need to be full of education Lisa , Union Township --- you must be smart or you will not go far in this world Z.A.C. , computer lab at school in school --- an empty person can go nowhere angeline j. , union township middle school --- it could fall if you stand it upright Cherrelle B. , Valparaiso, IN --- If you don't have support from your friends and family. Amber Kudryan , UTMS,VALPO.IN. --- Nobody can make it through life without some sort of help Mystikal , IA Acadamy School --- that if you don't have a good base, you wont get much out of life peter cortez , burbank,ill --- That everyone has to believe in something. If you don't have a basic befief, then you live your life for nothing. Therefore, if your heart is empty, without Christ, then you cannot stant upright for lack of modivation. Trevyn Antrim , Effingham, IL --- I think what Ben meat is that you need some one to lean on and keep your headhi.d hi. Christia Jane Raymond , New Jersey --- I think it means that everything needs something or somebody to help them stand upright. Stephanie , New Jersey --- I think it meant a person that doesn't know much and is lifeless is boring Erin .S. , The Colony,TX --- he ment everything needs a base to stand up well justin graham , hayward elemantry school --- Not to tell a lie. Kim Durand , Nebraska city Nebraska --- I think Ben was thinking: We are all God's children, with 5 great powers, 1.Will 2.Faith 3.concentration 4.reason 5. common sense. Once realizing these gifts/powers one must then fill the bag, (meaning the mind) with a sound balanced philosophy or code to live by,---and stand upright by mirroring the Great Ones, Saints and the most successful people from all walks of life, therefore being able to go out in this crazy world and be the best you can be, and a good example for others to imitate! Angelo , Drums.Pa --- I think Ben meant that if you don't give any ideas then you just wont make it. Cameron Olshansky , Phoenix, AZ --- Ben meant everything needs a base to keep it upright. Troofos , school --- I THINK THAT IT MEANS YOU NEED TO VOICE YOUR OWN OPIONS. LYNN BARKS , ILLINOIS --- that if you have no respect for yourself you cant stand up for yourself Matt Campbell , Chippewa falls,WI 54729 --- A mind full of wisdom can do things an empty mind can not Kate , Cleveland, Oh --- To live is to respond to. Your duty is to grow to be a truthful human being. You grow in the way to some bigger goal. Jukka , Lieksa, Finland --- I think Ben meant you can't go on in life by your self. You need someone or something to help you out in life. Craig , Essex, VT --- I think that Ben meant that if you never have any ideas then you'll never make it. CAD , Founders Memorial School --- I think that it means that if your not thinking hard and good that you won't be able to stand up striaght. Kayla , Vermont --- you need knowledge to survive! Gabrielle , Bend,OR --- A mind without thought is empty and can not speak his mind, nor say anything. Jenn , Myerstown, PA --- I THINK THAT THIS MEANS THAT IF YOU DON'T HAVE ANY THOUGHTS OR OPINIONS OF YOUR OWN, YOU'LL NEVER MAKE IT IN LIFE ALONE. LIZ , PENNSYLVANIA --- No one can do everything on their own. You need someone else and much knowledgeand experience to do things of inportance. Kayla , U.S.A --- That a man must have substance to be strong. If he is just a facade, he cannot be expected to stand long, particularly in times of adversity. Caitlyn , angelo state - San Angelo, TX --- i think ben meant that a person can't do everyting on his/her own Jessie , Ohio --- Within and without and purpose to both Ken B , miami fl --- The mind will collapse if not kept filled with the wisdom to keep on learning. G. Sweetman , Palestine, Texas --- Some thing that is empty or left alone can do nothing on its own Mallory , --- We as people need a firm foundation Justin Donner , Colorado --- everything needs a good structure bryce , idaho falls, Id --- Person lacking sense or knowledges of life cannot succeed. Aaron Tak , turbonet@pacbell.net --- I think that Ben meant that a person who cannot do anything for themselves cannot stand alone. They need help standing on their own two feet. Tania Shott , Roscoe, IL --- I think he meant that if your life is empty you can't be happy. Sara , Roscoe, IL --- more often than not people need the help of other people Lola , Providence, R.I --- knowledge will make you strong or we all need support Josephine McKean , Philadelphia --- If your inside (soul) is empty, you cannot stand firm when the storms come. Your soul needs to be filled with a solid foundation, and therefore you can weather the storms of life. M. Robbins , Michigan --- If you're hungry you can't work Eric Larson , Santa Barbara, CA --- Like Michael Jordan's Gatorade Commercial, "life is a sport, drink it up." Ben believed one should take in as much as possible the fruits of life, knowledge, energy,ideas,pleasures, etc. if one does not seek to fill himself up with life's fruits, one will crumple. Jeffrey A. Cook , Flint, Michigan --- Knowledge will make you strong. Larry Potter , Zion, IL --- You have to have something in a bag or your stomach. Emma Pierce , Blanchard Memoril School --- Someone without integrit and morals cannot stand tall liz , bodmin Cornwall --- Franklin often refers to those lacking knowledge as being empty. The bag is symbolic of a person, and the emptiness is the lack of knowledge. Franklin felt very strong for education, and the importance it has for both men and women. Franklin's quote simply stated is that without proper education the mind will be empty and therefore the person will have to rely on others to subsist, and not be able to stand (prosper) on their own. Steven Holbrook , Boston, MA --- One most have a content (a belief, a mission, a desire,) to live a good life Art Yeaman , meetbenf@aol.com --- I think Ben, meant that if you have fear for the world, then you'll be helpless. without trying on your own or doing things for yourself then you'll never stand on your own. people in this world rely on someone else without putting enough responsiblity upon their own shoulders. we are always blaming someone else in the world for our problems without realizing we put our own selfs at risk. char. craig , S.L.C.C --- The bag by itself has no support, as it supports its contents it becomes supported. Just as an individual with a network of companions. Richard S , Santa Cruz, CA --- As a person is that empty bag with no virtue, integrity, and wisdom ;that individual is bound to a life of colapse and failure. Josh Brazil , Felton CA --- He meant without God, we are empty and cannot stand. Josh Maday , Hemlock, Michigan --- I think that if a bag is empty it cant stand up. Davey S. , WCSD --- One without knowledge, morals or truth of self, will fall. Roberta S. , Redding, CA --- We think an idea is empty it dosen't work. Univ. School 5th Grade , Ft. Laud Fl --- I think Ben meant if you don't eat you can't live. Fallon B. , Waynesburg Central Elementary School --- This means a person that feels empty inside, one who lost respect for themsleves and who lost thier ideals is hard to "stand up straight." You lose yourself and no longer know who you are. The poor bag just gets blown away by the wind, not being able to stand up for what it believes in. Christy , --- A person without character has no self-control. Paul Brower , Coldwater MI --- a person with no knowledge will have no status Demos , d3952pn1@ozemail.com.au --- I think he mean that it is not good to no soldiers to can upright Kevin Richmond , Rome --- I think Ben meant the soldiers can't win the war. Adam Richard Drake , Rome, NY --- WITHOUT SUPPORT, EVERYTHING IS HELPLESS. M.B. , ? --- I think you need to put stuff in a bag to make it stand up. If it is empty it will fall over. Mary , --- don't just sit there do something Daniel , vernon --- i think so the empty bag not cannot stand because he believe the bag cannot stand because the bag is weak and no body. People can stand because the people have lots of bones and human. Hope , New York State School for the Deaf --- I think it meant to people can stand and can do anythings, not like bag. Or, they can't stand by upright like empty bag. And they believed that's true things. Kathy , New York State School for the Deaf --- a person without help or communication will fail. L.A. , texas --- A bag is like a person, if you dont have support with others then you will get knocked down! Cinderpain , Cinderpain@space.com --- You have to have knowledge to have success. Liz , myersliz@cfu-cybernet.net --- A person without love, friends, and/or family is just an empty shell Thomas Kiser , Williamston, SC --- You have to have reasons for a choice Mike , Greenwich --- I think he meant that if you don't use your head you won't get anywhere. Daniel , Greenwich, CT --- An empty bag will get blown away ryan , Greeenwich Ct --- Say you hand in a report in school Without anything written, you won;t get any credit for it! In other words, You're in seriouse trouble!! Ben Gawle , Greenwich Ct. --- I think that a person can't stand alone Joanne , Greenwich --- I think this means that if you don't fill yourself with intelligence and love your future won't stand up right. Luis , Greenwich --- I think that maybe if he didn't eat will not give him energy. Cristina , Greenwich --- I think he means that there are a lot of people that are in wheel chairs so we should be thankful that we can stand up, and run around free. Candice , Greenwich --- a bag can not stand up with nothing inside it lara , greenwich --- A idea that has no mibble can't stand at all. Grace , New Leb --- I think it means you soul is crush and you can't feel great. Shannon , Greenwich --- You are responsible to fill your life with enriching thoughts and knowledge. If you don't, nothing will hold you up in bad times. Michael Christopher , savvyside@aol.com Dayton, Ohio --- You must fill yourself with positive thoughts to be confident. Mrs. Shipman , Curtiss School, Hammondsport, NY --- WE ARE LIKE THE EMPTY BAG, AND WE MUST FILL OURSELVES WITH KNOWLEDGE, AND GOODNESS. BRITTANY , SPRINGFIELD, MO --- A person without any experience won't get anywhere in their future. David Harris , Birmingham Al --- A person that is a fool will never amount to anthing but instead will fall over. Rachel , Pennsylvania --- A bag needs contents to keep its form and presence. Primus , Manhattan, N.Y. City and Country School --- Better to have lots than little. Mark Anderson , Moraga, CA --- Our bodies and souls are like empty bags. It is up to us to fill our lives with good in order to stand with honor. Kent , SHELTOKE@MSN.COM --- Crippled people can't hold their backs up straight JENNA VOORHIES , SIMPSONVILLE,SC PLAIN ELEMENTRY --- you can`t stand upright without being born !!!!!!!!!!! kapre jessica , simpsonville, s.c. --- If your legs are crippled you cannot stand up straight. Justin Patterson , Highland Elementary, Abington, PA 4th grade --- A person with no knowledge cannot survive in a working world. Mark , Lexington, Ill --- A person without food is wobbly and cannot stand upright. miss smith's class , stpauls.pvt.k12.md.us --- "a threfold cord cannot be easily broken" the Holy Bible when a bag has groceries it doesn't fall as fast as an empty one B.Dwight Foster , astronautiks@hotmail.com ---