When my knee hurts I blame Adam for his sin bringing the curse on all creation. But then I consider my own sin and I don’t have any room left to blame Adam.

Famous Last Words: It can’t possibly go off. The safety is set.

I must be a very wise man because I learn from my mistakes, and I make an awfully lot of mistakes. -Fr. Garrett Roche, SVD-

Soon silence will have passed into legend. Man has turned his back on silence. Day after day he invents machines and devices that increase noise and distract humanity from the essence of life, contemplation, meditation. -Jean Arp-

Rugby is a gentleman’s sport played by hooligans and soccer is a hooligan’s sport played by gentlemen. -Ken Bauer-

Invention requires an excited mind; execution, a calm one. -Johann Peter Eckermann-

Famous Last Words: You can beat it easy; the train’s not coming very fast.

Famous Last Words: Are you sure this thing isn’t loaded?

Famous Last Words: Somebody hand me a match. I can’t see where the gas is leaking from.

The reason that every major university maintains a department of mathematics is that it is cheaper to do this than to institutionalize all those people.