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• Twas a dangerous cliff, and it fair scared folks stiff, But the view from the top was so pleasant, That they swallowed their fear, and there crashed down each year Full many a squire and peasant.
  "Something's got to be done.", said the people as one, But answers did not at all tally....
• The meaning of here and now is beautifully illustrated by a Zen story of a monk who was being chased by two tigers.
  He came to the edge of a cliff. He looked back - the tigers were almost upon him....
• Jericho: You're late, Herman. Herman: Surely you don't mind waiting for merchandise of this quality, Mr.
  Jericho? Jericho: [checking the contents of the briefcase] Looks like good stuff, but of course, I'll have to sample it first....
• Debate raged and stormed, and a Study was formed, And they might have been arguing yet, But a solution was found
  Let's pass the hat 'round, And see how much money we get....
• There's a hot place with pitchforks waiting.
• For the cliff is all right if you're careful," they said
  "And if folks ever slip and are dropping, It isn't the slipping that hurts them so much As the shock down below - when they're stopping....
• A place you want to get to is always just off the edge of the map you happen to have handy.
  -- Denys Parso...
• Kirk: "'It's a far, far better thing I do than I have ever done before.
  A far better resting place that I go to, than I have ever known....
• A New Yorker is riding down the road in his new Mercedes.
  So intent is he on the cocaine in his hand he completely misses a turn and his car plunges over the five-hundred-foot cliff to be smashed into pieces at the bottom....