Galvani was mistaken about the amount of electricity in frogs, but he had some good ideas, too, for the galvanometer is named in his honor, and you don't have galvanometers named after you merely for making a mistake about a frog.
Will CuppyIt is because of his brain that he [modern man] has risen above the animals. Guess which animals he has risen above.
Will CuppySome people lose all respect for the lion unless he devours them instantly. There is no pleasing some people.
Will CuppyThe trouble with the dictionary is that you have to know how a word is spelled before you can look it up to see how it is spelled.
Will CuppyI do not travel. I am not much of an extrovert, and I'm not much interested in extroverted objects. I do not care for the 'ideas' of novelists. Novels are wonderful, of course, but I prefer newspapers.
Will CuppyI'm a poetry-skipper myself. I don't like to boast, but I have probably skipped more poetry than any other person of my age and weight in this country - make it any other two persons. This doesn't mean that I hate poetry. I don't feel that strongly about it. It only means that those who wish to communicate with me by means of the written word must do so in prose.
Will Cuppy