phrase association thread

[McBell]

The most exciting phrase to hear in science, the one that heralds new discoveries, is not 'Eureka!' (I found it!) but 'That's funny ...'
~Isaac Asimov

 

[Storm]

"Who ordered THAT?" ~ physicist Isidor I. Rabi upon discovering the muon

 

[McBell]

Would you like a hot apple pie with that?

 

[Storm]

flipping burgers

 

[McBell]

I will gladly pay you Tuesday for a hamburger today

 

[Storm]

Why do today what can be put off until tomorrow?

 

[McBell]

Never put off until tomorrow what you can do the day after tomorrow.
~Mark Twain

 

[Storm]

I have never let my schooling interfere with my education. ~ Mark Twain

 

[McBell]

We don't need no education...

 

[Storm]

I don't give a damn 'bout my reputation

 

[McBell]

You can't build a reputation on what you are going to do.
~???

 

[Storm]

The road to Hell is paved with good intentions.

 

[McBell]

I am made entirely of flaws, stitched together with good intentions.
~???

 

[Storm]

to err is human

 

[McBell]

...but to really foul things up requires a computer

 

[Storm]

That was terribly British, wasn't it?

 

[McBell]

The british are coming, the british are coming

 

[Storm]

Who knew they were French?

 

[McBell]

French? I can't be french, I was born in Paris!

 

[Storm]

We'll always have Paris.