Competition in academia is so vicious because the stakes are so small.

A philosopher is a blind man in a dark room looking for a black cat that isn't there. A theologian is the man who finds it.

Two can live as cheaply as one - if they both have good jobs.

I inherited my ability from both parents; my mother's ability for spending money, and my father's ability for not earning it.

If the outcome is good, what's the difference between motives that sound good and good, sound motives?

Cleaning anything involves making something else dirty, but anything can get dirty without something else getting clean.

The incompetent with nothing to do can still make a mess of it.