The world tolerates conceit from those who are successful, but not from anybody else.
-- John Blake AA

What a blessing it would be if we could open and shut our ears as easily as we open and shut our eyes!
-- Georg Christoph Lichtenberg AA

If the automobile had followed the same development cycle as the computer, a Rolls-Royce would today cost $100, get a million miles per gallon, and explode once a year, killing everyone inside.
-- Robert X. Cringely AA

I have too much respect for the idea of God to make it responsible for such an absurd world.
-- Georges Duhamel AA