Bore : A fellow who can change the subject back to his topic of conversation faster than you can change it back to yours.
Competition in academia is so vicious because the stakes are so small.
As the farmer said, "I'm not greedy, all I want is the land next to mine.
The unexpected always happens.
Bureaucracy defends the status quo long past the time when the quo has lost its status.
Noblest of all dogs is the hot-dog; it feeds the hand that bites it.