My Small Boat

If the only tool you have is a hammer, you tend to see every problem as a nail.

I have found out everything. We have come to the wrong star… That is what makes life at once so splendid and so strange. We are in the wrong world. When I thought that was the right town it bored me; when I knew it was the wrong, I was happy. So the false optimism, [...]

The Purple Cow
I never saw a purple cow
I never hope to see one
But I can tell you anyhow
I’d rather see than be one!
Confession
Ah yes, I wrote “The Purple Cow”
I’m Sorry now I wrote it
But I can tell you Anyhow
I’ll Kill you if you Quote it!

No man ever steps in the same river twice, for it’s not the same river and he’s not the same man.

Time is the substance from which I am made. Time is a river which carries me along, but I am the river; it is a tiger that devours me, but I am the tiger; it is a fire that consumes me, but I am the fire.

A couple of months in the laboratory can frequently save a couple of hours in the library.