it's probably not a good idea to underestimate my ability to make an ass out of myself—just when I seem to have it under control, I'll turn around and surprise you.
---- Tenser said the Tensor

The voodoo priest and all his powders were as nothing compared to espresso, cappuccino, and mocha, which are stronger than all the religions of the world combined, and perhaps stronger than the human soul itself.
---- Mark Helprin, Memoir from Antproof Case, 1995

Always be wary of any helpful item that weighs less than its operating manual.
---- Terry Pratchett

Any man whose errors take ten years to correct is quite a man.
---- J. Robert Oppenheimer

Sleep is a symptom of caffeine deprivation.
---- Author Unknown

I never teach my pupils; I only attempt to provide the conditions in which they can learn.
---- Albert Einstein

There are painters who transform the sun to a yellow spot, but there are others who with the help of their art and their intelligence, transform a yellow spot into the sun.
---- Pablo Picasso

America believes in education: the average professor earns more money in a year than a professional athlete earns in a whole week.
---- Evan Esar

I'm sick of following my dreams. I'm just going to ask them where they're going and hook up with them later.
---- Mitch Hedberg

Study without desire spoils the memory, and it retains nothing that it takes in.
---- Leonardo DaVinci (1452-1519)

The important thing is not to stop questioning.
---- Albert Einstein

I'll be more enthusiastic about encouraging thinking outside the box when there's evidence of any thinking going on inside it.
---- Terry Pratchett

This may be the most interesting blog theme I've ever seen. http://eflgeek.com/index.php Definitely in my top 5 at least.
---- Steve Dembo

Arguments over grammar and style are often as fierce as those over IBM versus Mac, and as fruitless as Coke versus Pepsi and boxers versus briefs.
---- Jack Lynch

I do not fear computers. I fear the lack of them.
---- Isaac Asimov

Good teaching is one-fourth preparation and three-fourths theater.
---- Gail Godwin

"It was on my fifth birthday that Papa put his hand on my shoulder and said, 'Remember, my son, if you ever need a helping hand, you'll find one at the end of your arm.'"
---- Sam Levenson

Tact is the knack of making a point without making an enemy.
---- Isaac Newton

Education is the ability to listen to almost anything without losing your temper or your self-confidence.
---- Robert Frost

As soon as I buy the moose head, I have to go pick up some KY jelly.
---- Mary Roninette Kowal

Books to the ceiling,
Books to the sky,
My pile of books is a mile high.
How I love them! How I need them!
I'll have a long beard by the time I read them.
---- Arnold Lobel

I have never met a man so ignorant that I couldn't learn something from him.
---- Galileo Galilei

I have not failed. I've just found 10,000 ways that won't work.
---- Thomas A. Edison

A university is what a college becomes when the faculty loses interest in students.
---- John Ciardi

Drink coffee! Do stupid things faster!
---- unknown