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• We call our dog Egypt, because in every room he leaves a pyramid.
• Q: Why did the mathematician name his dog "Cauchy"? A: Because he left a residue at every pole.
• It is said that Napoleon lost the battle of Waterloo because he forgot his infantry---he staked too much upon the more spectacular but less substantial cavalry.
  The present administration in Washington provides a close parallel....
• Mindy: Homer? [whispers] I got a really wicked idea that could get us into a _lot_ of trouble.
  Homer: Oh, Mindy...we have to fight our temptation....
• Q: What do you call a dog with no legs? A: What does it matter?
  He can't come anyway. [I got a dog with no legs -- I call him Cigarette....
• Every animal leaves traces of what it was; man alone leaves traces of what he created.
  -- Jacob Bronowski...
• Every time a woman leaves off something she looks better, but every time a man leaves off something he looks worse.
  -- Will Roge...
• Homer: Welcome to the Simpson residence or "casa de Simpson," as I call it.
  Grimes: Yeah, what did you want to see me about, Simpson?...
• We are all afraid -- for our confidence, for the future, for the world.
  That is the nature of the human imagination. Yet every man, every civilization, has gone forward because of its engagement with what it has set itself to do....