"The answer is simple:  more money will be needed to achieve the results that might have been reached.”

—Drayton Bird, Commonsense Direct & Digital Marketing (2007)

"The [computer] link will turn out to be the most important new punctuation mark since the comma."
—software architect Mark Bernstein

(Thanks, Gordon!)

"This may surprise you. ... Writing is work — hard work."
—Thomas Wolfe, quoted in his illustrated biography by Ted Mitchell

"Calling it a hunch just makes it mysterious, and it isn't."
—Isaac Asimov, apparently not referring to Marty Feldman's hunch in Young Frankenstein (given that Marty's hunch mysteriously switches from the left side to the right side of his back)


A still from the perennially hilarious Young Frankenstein.

"All we have are fragments."
—Geof Huth

Which car is funnier: Buick or Chevrolet?

Clue: This is according to the book Humor in the Classroom: A Handbook for Teachers (and Other Entertainers!)

Answer: .....Buick......” (The answer is in black text on the black background. Highlight it to view.)

Citation: Deborah J. Hill (1998), p. 67

"For nutritional quality, the surprising truth is that most tomatoes are created equal after all."
—Rodale's Organic Gardening (1987)

From Prof. Oddfellow's sketchbook:

Imagine a game of "What's My Line," in which either a cherub or an imp whispers into a blindfolded panelist's ear.

Are the whispered words pictured on the right of an angelic or a diabolical nature?

Answer: Diabolical. "But this demon whispered, 'Trust me,' and her soul longed to obey." —Lucy Blue, The Devil’s Knight, 2006, p. 260. (The answer is in black text on the black background. Highlight it to view.)

Turn those e's silent, and Obama has a new slogan if he runs for president of China.*

Hop[e] and Chang[e]

* "Mr. Obama has told people that it would be so much easier to be the president of China." —The Washington Examiner

[Thanks, Mike!]

Dana Michelle Burnett suggests that "Home decorating is not rocket science."  So much for those spaceship-themed wall stickers!

 

A lovely review of our dictionary of magic words, from the Silver Star Journal:

A massive and truly amazing tour de force of linguistic dexterity, merging sorcery, etymology, history, and literature into a global cascade of words of power magical and otherwise, drawn from countless ancient and modern civilizations. The art of Grammarye meets literary erudition, with each word examined, explained, and illuminated by wild and witty quotations from countless sources. Spells, mantras and Qabala meet slang, hokum and poetry. Enormous fun, and about thirty pages devoted to aspects of Abracadabra and its variants alone! Big fun! Hours of creative playtime!

"The act of reading impedes looking at words."
—Enrique Enriquez

"This may come as a surprise, but some of the things you do to relax can actually make you more stressed!"
—Trevor Romain, Stress Can Really Get on Your Nerves!