"Just because you believe something doesn't make it true."

"It takes a long time to become really good at something."

"You can accomplish nearly anything - often it just takes one phone call to the right person."

"As much as we may love them, animals have no sense of esthetics - a dog will drink from the toilet, and a cat will bite the head off a mouse and eat it."

"A leader has the clarity of thought to understand what matters and what doesn't, plus the self-confidence to express his or her convictions."

"The pursuit of knowledge and scientific understanding is consistent with the innate human goal of self-preservation."

"Often we fault in others what we see in ourselves."

"These days many movies are rated as containing Graphic Violence and Brief Nudity - I much prefer Brief Violence and Graphic Nudity!"

"Do you think the people who establish speed limits for local and state roads actually drive that slowly themselves?"

"Reasonable people adapt to the world. Unreasonable people persist in trying to adapt the world to themselves. Therefore, all progress depends on unreasonable people." --George Bernard Shaw

"One moron can ask more questions than ten wise men can answer." --From a tag line on CompuServe

"He's a timid man who tries to look tough - a sheep in wolf's clothing."

"We all want to get laid, but nobody wants to get screwed."

"It is always easier to ask forgiveness than it is to get permission." --Adm. Grace Hopper

Ethan's corollary to the above: "It takes only two seconds to say 'Please excuse the mess' versus half an hour or more to actually clean and vacuum."

"I fully respect your right to disagree with me, so long as you understand that I'm right and you're wrong."

"Knowing a lot of facts is not the same as being smart."

"For every opinion on a given issue there will always be proponents for the other viewpoint - no matter how preposterous."