There was once a man in China who liked pictures of dragons. His clothing and his furniture were therefore accordingly adorned with dragons. This deep affection for their kind was brought to the attention of the Dragon Lord, who one day sent a real dragon to stand outside the man's window. It is said that he probably died of fright.

Everything is theoretically impossible, until it is done. One could write a history of science in reverse by assembling the solemn pronouncements of highest authority about what could not be done and could never happen.

Robert Anson Heinlein

I feel really good in the teacher role.

Jimmy Chamberlin

I could easily forgive his pride, if he had not mortified mine.

Jane Austen

I think it's real easy to be famous these days it's not real easy to sustain success.

Jerry Jeff Walker

Year after year, President Bush has broken his campaign promises on college aid. And year after year, the Republican leadership in Congress has let him do it.

Sherrod Brown

Age steals away all things, even the mind.

Virgil

The study of law is valuable as a mental discipline, but the practice of pleading tends to make one petty, formal, and insincere. To be driven to look to legality rather than to equity blurs the view of truth and justice.

John Lancaster Spalding

My family has been amazing, and they understand how blessed I am. They've been able to keep my sense of humor.

Karen Duffy

Always design a thing by considering it in its next larger context -- a chair in a room, a room in a house, a house in an environment, an environment in a city plan.

Eliel Saarinen, "Time", July 2,

I have the loving support of my girlfriend who still attends Wake Forest and is nearing graduation. She helps me cope with the everyday rigors of being an NBA player.

Tim Duncan

But because we live in an age of science, we have a preoccupation with corroborating our myths.

Michael Shermer

The first condition of understanding a foreign country is to smell it.

Rudyard Kipling