And wow! Hey! What’s this thing coming towards me very fast? Very very fast. So big and flat and round, it needs a big wide sounding word like… ow… ound… round… ground! That’s it! That’s a good name — ground! I wonder if it will be friends with me? – Douglas Adams
You know you’re a skydiver when you show up at the drop zone even on the worst-weather days because at least you can sit around drinking beer. – Author Unknown
My kids say if theres any family dinner that doesnt result in somebody crying, its not a good dinner. They cry because it helps relieve them of a guilt or some onerous emotional burden. Its like a family tradition. – William Shatner
One of the most amazing things about mathematics is the people who do math arent usually interested in application, because mathematics itself is truly a beautiful art form. Its structures and patterns, and thats what we love, and thats what we get off on. – Danica McKellar
Deciding to spice up the morning by filling the kettle slightly past the recommended level, then thinking better of it. – Rob Temple, @SoVeryBritish (Very British Problems: Making Life Awkward for Ourse
It seems to me there is a change in what audiences want to see. I can only hope thats correct, because theres an awful lot of people of my age around now and we outnumber the others. – Maggie Smith
