Creation has the truth written all over it — the age of the universe, the history of the world — but nine-tenths of mankind either don’t know it or think it’s a sham, because it isn’t what their book or their prophet says, and it isn’t cozy or manipulable enough. -Sheri S. Tepper-

Our children give us the opportunity to become the parents we always wished we had. -Nancy Samalin (“Love and Anger: The Parental Dilemma,” Dec. 1992 Reader’s Digest)-

I advise my students to listen carefully the moment they decide to take no more mathematics courses. They might be able to hear the sound of closing doors. -James Caballero-

Good night, sleep tight, and don’t let the bedbugs bite.

All the mathematical sciences are founded on the relations between physical laws and laws of numbers. -James Clerk Maxwell-

A file that big? … It might be very useful … But now it is gone. (error messages in haiku)

You do not need a parachute to skydive. You only need a parachute to skydive twice.

Ronald Reagan won the Cold War without firing a shot. -UK Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher-

Change is inevitable, except from a vending machine.

It’s extremely difficult to second guess the American Navy, because the Americans rarely read their doctrine, and don’t feel compelled to follow it when they do. -Admiral Sergei Gorshkov, Soviet Union-