All progress is based upon a universal innate desire on the part of every organism to live beyond its income....

And remember, no matter where you go, there you are. Unknown, Buckaroo Banzai, from the film

He played the king as if afraid someone else would play the ace. John Mason Brown, drama critic

The crux… is that the vast majority of the mass of the universe seems to be missing. William J. Broad

The problem with political jokes is they get elected. Henry Cate VII

Well, if crime fighters fight crime and fire fighters fight fire, what do freedom fighters fight? They never mention that...

I want to find a voracious, small-minded predator and name it after the IRS. Robert Bakker, paleontologist

A specification that will not fit on one page of 8.5×11 inch paper cannot be understood. Mark Ardis

The shortest distance between two points is under construction. Noelie Altito

It is better for civilization to be going down the drain than to be coming up it. Henry Allen