The scientist does not study nature because it is useful to do so. He studies it because he takes pleasure in it, and he takes pleasure in it because it is beautiful. I am not speaking, of course, of the beauty which strikes the senses, of the beauty of qualities and appearances. What I mean is that more intimate beauty which comes from the harmonious order of its parts, and which a pure intelligence can grasp. -Henri Poincaré-

To be sure of hitting the target, shoot first and call whatever you hit the target.

Silence will save me from being wrong (and foolish), but it will also deprive me of the possibility of being right. -Igor Stravinsky-

King, eh? Well, I didn’t vote for you! -Monty Python-

Time knows no length like the last minute of the last day before summer vacation. -B.C.-

Random number generation is too important to be left to chance. -Robert Coveyou-

I don’t think I’d have been in such a hurry to reach adulthood if I’d known the whole thing was going to be ad-libbed. -Dad, “Calvin & Hobbes”-

One of these days Alice… one of these days, POW!!! Right in the kisser! One of these days Alice… BANG, ZOOM! Straight to the moon! -Ralph Kramden “The Honeymooners”-

Reiser’s Law: Software is getting slower more rapidly than hardware becomes faster.

Pay no attention to that man behind the curtain! The Great Oz has spoken! -The Wizard, “The Wizard of Oz”-