Emeritus professor of Chemistry Gary Bertrand (University of Missouri-Rolla) shares a collection of quotes that's by turns hilarious, provocative, and thoughtful. A selection:

• "Less is more, but less is more difficult than it looks." — Grant Snider in Incidental Comics
• "I never wanted to be famous, I just wanted to be great." — Ray Charles
• "We learn more by looking for the answer to a question and not finding it than we do from learning the answer itself." — Lloyd Alexander
• "The problem with theories is that they are either too good to be true, or too true to be good." — F. A. Cotton
• "Before I came here I was confused about this subject. Having listened to your lecture I am still confused, but on a higher level." — E. Fermi
• "In this house, the laws of thermodynamics will be obeyed." — Homer Simpson
• "Anything worth doing is worth doing slow."
• "With all its sham, drudgery, and broken dreams, it is still a beautiful world. Be cheerful. Strive to be happy." — Max Ehrmann
• "Never play Leap-Frog with a Unicorn."
• "If you're not living on the edge, you're taking up too much room."
• "It is not denial — I am just very selective on what I choose to believe is reality."
• "Perfection is achieved, not when there is nothing more to add, but when there is nothing left to take away." — Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
• "We thought we knew the answers, but it was the questions we had wrong."
• "The highest reward for man's toil is not what he gets for it, but what he becomes by it." — John Ruskin

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