When some high-sounding institute states that a compound is harmless or a process free of risk, it is wise to know whence the institute or the scientists who work there obtain their financial support. – Lancet, editorial on the "medical-industrial complex," 1973
Time and space – time to be alone, space to move about – these may well become the great scarcities of tomorrow. – Edwin Way Teale, Autumn Across America, 1956
People may live as much retired from the world as they like, but sooner or later they find themselves debtor or creditor to some one. – Johann von Goethe
If you’re ever in a jam, a crayon scrunched up under your nose makes a good pretend mustache. – “Phil’s-osophy” by Phil Dunphy (Christopher Lloyd, Steven Levitan, and Dan