In the strict scientific sense we all feed on death — even vegetarians. – Spock from Star Trek, “Wolf in the Fold”

For a nation which has an almost evil reputation for bustle, bustle, bustle, and rush, rush, rush, we spend an enormous amount of time standing around in line in front of windows, just waiting. – Robert Benchley, Benchley — or Else!

An hour sitting with a pretty girl on a park bench passes like a minute, but a minute sitting on a hot stove seems like an hour. – Albert Einstein (relativity)

Everything is vague to a degree you do not realize until you have tried to make it precise. – Bertrand Russell, The Philosophy of Logical Atomism