Knuckling Down:
A leader is best when people barely know he exists.

"Ack! I come back from holiday and someone stole my chair, my phone cord, my
 general manager, my technical manager _and_ Emma!"
                        -- me

I figure that if the children are alive when I get home, I've done my job. 

    - Roseanne

"I wandered into a place in San Antonio which had what looked like a magnum
 of tabasco sitting in front of the counter.

 Me: 'I want!  I want!  I want!  I want!'.
 Sales dude: 'It's not for sale'.
 Me: 'Bowel movement'[0].

 [0] Or words to that effect."

-- Peter Gutmann, alt.sysadmin.recovery

"The most exciting phrase to hear in science, the one that heralds
       new discoveries, is not 'Eureka!' (I found it!) but 'That's funny
       ...'" -- Isaac Asimov