Tough neighborhood

“I came from a real tough neighborhood. I put my hand in some cement and felt another hand.”

- Rodney Dangerfield

Tough competition

“I have been up against tough competition all my life. I wouldn’t know how to get along without it.”

- Walt Disney

Take it and like it

“When you’re slapped you’ll take it and like it.”

- Sam Spade in “Maltese Falcon”

Make my day

“Go ahead, make my day.”

- Det. Harry Callahan in “Sudden Impact”

Step aside

“It is time I stepped aside for a less experienced and less able man.”

- Professor Scott Elledge on his retirement from Cornell

Tragedy and Comedy

“Tragedy is when I cut my finger. Comedy is when you walk into an open sewer and die.”

- Mel Brooks

The attention of the world

“When you do the common things in life in an uncommon way, you will command the attention of the world.”

- George Washington Carver (1864-1943)

Counting what counts

“Not everything that can be counted counts, and not everything that counts can be counted.”

- Albert Einstein (1879-1955)

Why are we here?

“I don’t know why we are here, but I’m pretty sure that it is not in order to enjoy ourselves.”

- Ludwig Wittgenstein (1889-1951)

Ready to meet my Maker

“I am ready to meet my Maker. Whether my Maker is prepared for the great ordeal of meeting me is another matter.”

- Sir Winston Churchill (1874-1965)