A Great Quote

From the book I'm currently reading: "When Will There be Good News" by Kate Atkinson.
"Twenty-five million sperm needed to fertilize an egg, because only one will stop to ask directions."

Ecological Complexity

I like this comment from Sharon Begley's column in the June 9, 2008 issue of Newsweek:
"Biologists draw an analogy between ecosystems and airplanes. The latter can fly without some of their rivets, and the former can survive without some of their species. But in neither case can you tell how many, or which ones, are dispensable until the thing crashes."

Another Groucho Marx Quote

"Time flies like an arrow; fruit flies like a banana."

This is one of my favorites. I didn't know it was by Groucho Marx until I googled it.

Groucho Marx Quote

"Outside of a dog, a book is a man's best friend.
Inside of a dog, it is too dark to read."

Seen on a t-shirt in the Swarthmore College bookstore.