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• The stars are made of the same atoms as the earth." I usually pick one small topic like this to give a lecture on.
  Poets say science takes away from the beauty of the stars -- mere gobs of gas atoms....
• The ground is too hard and the shovel does nothing.
• It is said that Napoleon lost the battle of Waterloo because he forgot his infantry---he staked too much upon the more spectacular but less substantial cavalry.
  The present administration in Washington provides a close parallel....
• How many nihilists -- does it take to change a light bulb? There is nothing to change.
• Nothing confuses a man like a woman driver who does everything right.
• Assistant: Sir, there's an unruly mob here to see you.
  Quimby: Does it have an appointment? Assista...
• From such crooked wood as that which man is made of, nothing straight can be fashioned.
  Immanuel Ka...
• There is nothing a man can do to guarantee success, but there is nothing that can defeat him if he won't give up.
  -- Greg Praino...
• Nothing looks as good close up as it does from far away.
  Or, nothing looks as good from far away as it does close up....