People often find it easier to be a result of the past than a cause ofthe future.

Far out in the uncharted backwaters of the unfashionable end of the WesternSpiral arm of the Galaxy lies a small unregarded yellow sun. Orbiting this at adistance of roughly ninety-eight million miles is an utterly insignificantlittle blue-green planet whose ape-descended life forms are so amazinglyprimitive that they still think digital watches are a pretty neat idea ... ― Douglas Adams, "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy"

The trouble with being punctual is that people think you have nothingmore important to do.

There's got to be more to life than compile-and-go.

Boss, n.: According to the Oxford English Dictionary, in the Middle Agesthe words "boss" and "botch" were largely synonymous, except that boss,in addition to meaning "a supervisor of workers" also meant "anornamental stud."

Here's a bumper sticker I'd like to see: "We are the proud parents of a childwhose self-esteem is sufficient that he doesn't need us promoting his minorscholastic achievements on the back of our car." ― George Carlin

Ocean, n.: A body of water occupying about two-thirds of a world made forman ― who has no gills.

Mile's Law: where you stand depends on where you sit.

If, after hearing my songs, just one human being is inspired to say somethingnasty to a friend, or perhaps to strike a loved one, it will all have beenworth the while. ― Tom Lehrer