“Where there is no imagination there is no horror.” — Arthur Conan Doyle

“Diplomacy is the art of saying ‘Nice doggie’ until you can find a rock.” — Will Rogers

“There is hopeful symbolism in the fact that flags do not wave in a vacuum.” — Arthur C. Clarke

“The difference between a violin and a viola is that a viola burns longer.” — Victor Borge

“I once wanted to become an atheist, but I gave up — they have no holidays.” — Henny Youngman

“We can lick gravity, but sometimes the paperwork is overwhelming.” — Wernher von Braun

“No wise man ever wished to be younger.” — Jonathan Swift

“Life … is like a grapefruit. It’s orange and squishy, and has a few pips in it, and some folks have half a one for breakfast.” — Douglas Adams

“Only one man in a thousand is a leader of men. The other 999 follow women.” — Groucho Marx

“Aristotle maintained that women have fewer teeth than men; although he was twice married, it never occurred to him to verify this statement by examining his wives’ mouths.” — Bertrand Russell