Once is happenstance. Twice is coincidence. Three times is enemy action. (Auric Goldfinger, in Goldfinger by Ian L. Fleming)

Not everything that can be counted counts, and not everything that counts can be counted. (Albert Einstein)

I think ‘Hail to the Chief’ has a nice ring to it. (John F. Kennedywhen asked what is his favorite song)

It is far better to grasp the Universe as it really is than to persist in delusion, however satisfying and reassuring. (Carl Sagan)

A lie gets halfway around the world before the truth has a chance to get its pants on. (Sir Winston Churchill)