If you want to make an apple pie from scratch, you must first create the universe. (Carl Sagan)

Once you eliminate the impossible, whatever remains, no matter how improbable, must be the truth. (Sherlock Holmes (by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1859-1930))

If you can count your money, you don’t have a billion dollars. (J. Paul Getty)

The power of accurate observation is frequently called cynicism by those who don’t have it. (George Bernard Shaw)