"A common mistake people make when trying to design something completely foolproof is to underestimate the ingenuity of complete fools."

"There is a particular disdain with which Siamese cats regard you. Anyone who has walked in on the Queen cleaning her teeth will be familiar with the feeling."

"Even he, to whom most things that most people would think were pretty smart were pretty dumb, thought it was pretty smart."

"This is an important announcement. This is flight 121 to Los Angeles. If your travel plans today do not include Los Angeles, now would be a perfect time to disembark."

"See first, think later, then test. But always see first. Otherwise you will only see what you were expecting. Most scientists forget that."

"Nothing travels faster than the speed of light with the possible exception of bad news, which obeys its own special laws."

"Imagination helps bring out the realism of every detail and only sees the beauties of the work."

"Fatherhood is pretending the present you love most is soap-on-a-rope."

"Love looks not with the eyes, but with the mind; And therefore is winged Cupid painted blind."

"Colleges typically did not tell you that ninety percent of your education came after you hung the parchment on the wall. People might ask for a rebate."

"No company is preferable to bad, because we are more apt to catch the vices of others than their virtues, as disease is far more contagious than health."

"He who loves God cannot endeavor that God should love him in return."