My view is this: We teach nothing. We do not teach physics nor do we teach students. What is the same thing: No one is taught anything! Here lies the folly of this business. We try to teach somebody nothing. This is a sorry endeavour for no one can be taught a thing. What we do, if we are successful, is to stir interest in the matter at hand, awaken enthusiasm for it, arouse a curiosity, kindle a feeling, fire up the imagination. -Julius Sumner Miller-

Don’t worry if plan A fails. There are still 25 more letters in the alphabet. -Louis Ronald-

The sparrow is sorry for the peacock at the burden of his tail. -Rabindranath Tagore-

Frankfurters lose their stripes at dawn, while the color blue takes solace by the sunset. Pass the ace of spades, please. -Peter, “B.C.”-

It doesn’t matter how beautiful your theory is, it doesn’t matter how smart you are. If it doesn’t agree with experiment, it’s wrong. -Richard Feynman-

Liberty not only means that the individual has both the opportunity and the burden of choice; it also means that he must bear the consequences of his actions. … Liberty and responsibility are inseparable. -Friedrich Hayek-

Let not any one pacify his conscience by the delusion that he can do no harm if he takes no part, and forms no opinion. Bad men need nothing more to compass their ends, than that good men should look on and do nothing. -John Stuart Mill-

Lucy, you got some ’splaining to do! -Ricky Ricardo, “I Love Lucy”-

I can’t go to bed because there are too many books in the world that I haven’t read yet. -Cara Drexler-

Get in, sit down, shut up and hang on.