Velvet put-downs: I’ve just learned about his illness. Let’s hope it’s nothing trivial. -Irvin S. Cobb-

Velvet put-downs: I feel so miserable without you. It’s almost like having you here. -Stephen Bishop-

No arsenal, or no weapon in the arsenals of the world, is so formidable as the will and moral courage of free men and women. -Ronald Reagan-

Life is too short for bad coffee. And I’ve had my share.

Any fool can know. The point is to understand. -Albert Einstein-

It is a capital mistake to theorize before one has data. Insensibly one begins to twist facts to suit theories, instead of theories to suit facts. -Arthur Conan Doyle-

Converse to Clarke’s Third Law (Niven’s Law): Any sufficiently rigorously defined magic is indistinguishable from technology.

Of course size matters. Nobody wants a small glass of wine. -found on Facebook-

Kids today don’t know how easy they have it. When I was young, I had to walk 9 feet through shag carpet to change the TV channel. -found on Facebook-

God is God, always has been, always will be… You are not God, never have been, never will be. -Prof. Gerald Sittser-