He who works with the door open gets all kinds of interruptions, but he also occasionally gets clues as to what the world is and what might be important. -Richard W. Hamming-

Electricity is often called wonderful, beautiful…. The beauty of electricity or of any other force is not that the power is mysterious, and unexpected…, but that it is under law, and that the taught intellect can even now govern it largely. The human mind is placed above, and not beneath it, and it is in such a point of view that the mental education afforded by science is rendered super-eminent in dignity, in practical application and utility; for by enabling the mind to apply the natural power through law, it conveys the gifts of God to man. -Michael Faraday-

When I was younger, I could remember anything, whether it had happened or not. -Mark Twain-

The world is moving so fast these days that the man who says it can’t be done is generally interrupted by someone doing it. -Elbert Hubbard-

A person with one watch knows what time it is; a person with two watches is never sure.

Gloria in Excelcis Deo.

Forty kilometers in a leaky old boat, any old thing that’ll stay afloat. -Bruce Belland and Glen Larson, “26 Miles”-

Don’t worry about people stealing your ideas. If your ideas are any good, you’ll have to ram them down people’s throats. -Howard H. Aiken-

Did you hear about the absent minded professor, who kissed the trolley goodbye and rode his wife to work?

Don’t laugh, it only encourages him.