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He is not only dull himself, he is the cause of dullness in others.

He had delusions of adequacy

There's nothing wrong with you that reincarnation won't cure.

why do you sit there looking like an envelope without any address on it?

False facts are highly injurious to the progress of science for they often endure long.

In real life, I assure you, there is no such thing as algebra.

Humility is no substitute for a good personality.

If you are a dog and your owner suggests that you wear a sweater, suggest that he wear a tail.

Don't ever take a fence down before you know why it was put up.

Archaeologist: A man whose career is in ruins.

History is the short trudge from Adam to atom.

To err is human. Not to forgive is still more human.

Happiness is having a large, loving, caring, close-knit family in another city.

I've noticed that everyone who is for abortion has already been born.

It's true hard work never killed anybody, but I figure, why take the chance?

If quizzes are quizzical, what are tests?

Egotist is someone who is usually me-deep in conversation.

How to make a Venetian blind: By punching on his eyes!

Anger is a condition in which the tongue works faster than the mind.

The ships hang in the sky in much the same way that bricks don't.

Never mistake knowledge for wisdom.

Girls are like internet domain names. The good ones are already taken.

The idea of a society with less crime is itself a threat to the prestige of those in law enforcement.

His heart was tied up in a pretzel knot of self-deprecation.

I'd rather be hated for who I am than be loved for who I am not.

The entire sum of existence is the magic of being needed by just one other person.

Action is the enemy of thought.

The key to immortality is to first live a life worth remembering.

Microsoft is now talking about the digital nervous system. I guess I would be nervous if my system was built on their technology, too.

McNealy is two standard deviations away from reality in what he says.

A great deal of the future is embedded in the present.

Marriage is not about compatibility, but about being able to live with the incompatibilities.

Never use a metaphor, simile, or any other figure of speech which you are used to seeing in print.

Justice is blind, slow, and unequal. What makes this possible is a legal system designed for the late 18th century

If you really want something in this life, you have to work for it. But right now, be quiet, they're about to announce the lottery numbers...!

The eyes of my eyes are opened.

We don't have the user-centricity until we understand context, which is way beyond presence--presence is the most trivial notion of context.

Friends, Morons, other Countrymen! Lend me your jeers!

If the people described in CV's actually existed, the business world would be packed with highly educated, multi-lingual, computer literate, team playing perfectionists instead of the knackered rabble of clock watchers you find in real life.

The proof of good gossip is that for which the first reaction is an outrageous 'No!'