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• But words are things, and a small drop of ink, Falling like dew upon a thought, produces That which makes thousands, perhaps millions, think.
  -- Lord Byron (1788-1824) -- Don Juan, Canto iii, Stanza 88...
• Quote #159 The first question which you will ask and which I must try to answer is this, "What is the use of climbing Mount Everest?
  and my answer must at once be, "It is no use." There is not the slightest prospect of any gain whatsoever....
• Bicycles may not be ridden without "appropriate fashion accessories" anywhere in Santa Clara County (de facto law).
• War its thousands slays, Peace its ten thousands.
  -- Beilby Porteus (1731-1808) -- Death, Line 178...
• Courage is the ladder on which all other virtues mount. -- Clare Booth Luce
• Courage is the ladder on which all the other virtues mount. -- Clare Boothe Luce
• Her manners had not that repose Which stamps the caste of Vere de Vere.
  -- Alfred Tennyson (1809-1892) -- Lady Clara Vere de Vere, Stanza 5...
• May they find thousands of new cures for you each year.
• How many graduate students -- does it take to screw in a light bulb?
  Only one, but it may take upwards of five years for him to get it done....