It is a privilege to present to you now the distinguished
virgin of Governor's Island...

A closed mouth gathers no feet.

All that glitters has a high refractive index.

"If I have seen farther than others, it is because I was
standing on the shoulders of giants." 

     - Isaac Newton 

"If I have not seen as far as others, it is because giants
were standing on my shoulders." 

     - Hal Abelson 


"In computer science, we stand on each other's feet." 

     - Brian Reid 

If a conservative is a liberal who's been mugged, a liberal is
a conservative who's been arrested.
        
                                            --Tom Wolfe