In most hierarchies, supercompetence is more objectionable than incompetence.

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.

Middle age is when the best exercise is one of discretion.

Education is a method whereby one acquires a higher grade of prejudices.

It is wise to remember that you are one of those who can be fooled some of the time.

A bureaucrat's idea of cleaning up his files is to make a copy of every paper before he destroys it.

Everyone is in awe of the lion tamer in a cage with half a dozen lions-everyone but a school bus driver.