Compare what you want with what you have, and you'll be unhappy; compare what you deserve with what you have, and you'll be happy.

A smart mother suggests that her child bring an apple to his teacher; a smarter mother suggests that he bring a couple of aspirins.

Man is the control experiment of heredity and environment; and since his heredity controls him, he tries to control his environment.

[A mathematician is a] scientist who can figure out anything except such simple things as squaring the circle and trisecting an angle.

Definition of a Statistician: A man who believes figures don't lie, but admits than under analysis some of them won't stand up either.

Family: A social unit where the father is concerned with parking space, the children with outer space, and the mother with closet space.

Egotist: 1. A person who is his own best friend. 2. An I specialist. 3. A man whose opinions all change, except the one he has of himself.

There would be no population explosion if people who are trying to keep the wolf from the door wouldn't let the stork fly in through the window.

Egocentricity: The vanity that makes you wonder what people are thinking about you when they are really wondering what you are thinking about them.

Etymology: from Latin ad-, "to" + visum, past participle of videre, "to see". Advice is what you get from your parents when you are growing up, and from your children when you are growing old.

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