Quote of the Day: January 2003 Archives

"It is always important to remember the Eternal Verities of life and not use nasty words like Blog!!!"

--Phillip Walker, this really weird old guy who teaches kids things in one of those big buildings that they call schools.

"The schoolboy in me is happy, the scholar isn't."

--Maxwell Fritz, referring to strong likilyhood that Portland Public Schools will get out on May 6th, due to the failure of ballot Measure 28.

I believe that a scientist looking at nonscientific problems is just as dumb as the next guy.

-- Richard P. Feynman

"I don't like it, and I'm sorry I ever had anything to do with it."

-- Erwin Schrodinger talking about quantum mechanics.

I might be in the basement. I'll go upstairs and check.

--M. C. Escher

"Mars is essentially in the same orbit... somewhat the same distance from the
Sun, which is very important. We have seen pictures where there are canals,
we believe, and water. If there is water, that means there is oxygen. If
oxygen, that means we can breathe."

-- Vice President Dan Quayle

"If ignorance ever goes to $40 a barrel, I want drillin' rights on that man's head."

--Texas Agriculture Commissioner Jim Hightower discussing President George Bush's policies.