"When my father didn't have my hand, he had my back."

“The cheapest, fastest, and most reliable components are those that aren't there.”

“If universities want to save a little money, they ought to make some cutbacks in administration and in faculty people who teach one class a week.”

“Books may well be the only true magic.”

“It all depends on what I'm working on and if there is a deadline involved. Anything that's headed toward a magazine or newspaper is hacked out on the computer; that's a matter of efficiency. I write longer pieces of prose on a typewriter because the act of retyping it for the computer is a useful tactic for revision. Poems tend to be written longhand.”

Source : Source: therumpus.net

“People in New Hampshire know that I'll talk thoughtfully, substantively about any issue.”

“The bottom line in 2007 is that enrollment costs are going up substantially, drug coverage is declining and the brand name coverage in the doughnut hole is being eliminated... Medicare D is an insurance program, not a benefit. As consumption increases, so too will cost. The changes in 2007 clearly demonstrate the limitations of the program.”

“I just see a huge train wreck coming down. You and I have discussed this many times, and I don't see any results yet.”

Source : "Friday Lightning Round: ObamaCare criticism from Democrats". "Special Report", www.foxnews.com. May 3, 2013.

“Copernicanism and other essential ingredients of modern science survived only because reason was frequently overruled in their past.”