When we ask for advice, we are usually looking for an accomplice.
-- Marquis de la Grange AA

What is written without effort is in general read without pleasure.
-- Samuel Johnson AA

Politicians are the same all over. They promise to build a bridge even where there is no river.
-- Nikita Khrushchev AA

When a distinguished but elderly scientist states that something is possible, he is almost certainly right. When he states that something is impossible, he is very probably wrong.
-- Arthur C. Clarke AA