Anyone can do any amount of work, provided it isn't the work he is supposed to be doing at that moment.

Robert Benchley · His one psychological principle of productivity, from the humour piece "How to Get Things Done".

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Falling in love is not at all the most stupid thing that people do, but gravitation cannot be held responsible for it.

Albert Einstein · Scribbled in 1933 on a letter from a man who argued that gravity, by turning people sideways and upside down as the earth rotates, explained why they do foolish things like falling in love; the meme form "Gravitation is not responsible for people falling in love" is the trimmed version.

We're all a little weird. And life is a little weird. And when we find someone whose weirdness is compatible with ours, we join up with them and fall into mutually satisfying weirdness—and call it love—true love.

Robert Fulghum · The internet credits a shortened "mutual weirdness" version to Dr. Seuss, but Quote Investigator traces it to Fulghum's 1997 book; the Seuss label first appeared in 2011, twenty years after Geisel died.

He's her lobster!

Phoebe Buffay · Lisa Kudrow's Phoebe in Friends (1994 to 2004) · Phoebe to the others as Rachel kisses Ross after watching the prom video, proof of her theory that lobsters mate for life and Ross and Rachel are each other's lobsters; writer Alexa Junge took the idea from her own husband.

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“Anyone can do any amount of work, provided it isn't the work he is supposed to be doing at that moment.”

“Falling in love is not at all the most stupid thing that people do, but gravitation cannot be held responsible for it.”

“We're all a little weird. And life is a little weird. And when we find someone whose weirdness is compatible with ours, we join up with them and fall into mutually satisfying weirdness—and call it love—true love.”

“He's her lobster!”

We Value Your Opinion Comments

Anyone can do any amount of work, provided it isn't the work he is supposed to be doing at that moment.

Falling in love is not at all the most stupid thing that people do, but gravitation cannot be held responsible for it.

We're all a little weird. And life is a little weird. And when we find someone whose weirdness is compatible with ours, we join up with them and fall into mutually satisfying weirdness—and call it love—true love.

He's her lobster!