Early Thinker Gifts

"Somewhere between 4th and 5th grade I lost faith in the process."

WELCOME TO KINDERGARTEN!, 'Boy, talk about psychobabbl!'

'I have a homepage, therefore I am.'

'As everyone knows, scientists are at their peaks early in their careers.'

'All dogs have 4 legs. Tabby has 4 legs. But I'm just a kid, so I don't have to think logically.'

Max Weber

'Marx and Engels - why they split.'

"I may be an aged whiskey, but inside I still feel like a fresh ear of corn!"

Auguste Comte

"Francine, you're a rebel!"

Seneca

'We think a lot alike - and that threatens my uniqueness to this company.'

Trade-Offs

"Whatever happened to throwing Frisbees around?"

'Mom, am I store-bought or homemade?'

'If you get educational toys, do you still have to go to school?'

Foot Massage

'We're looking for new, original thinkers...people who can think 'outside the box'...'

Stoics vs. Epicureans.

"When you get to be my age, you start to notice certain patterns in the river of history." "You start to notice, for instance, that the winner always loses." "What's that mean?" "Every great power defines itself as the opposite of its main enemy. Once that enemy is defeated, the great power loses its virtues, its unity... even its identity." "The great power then either creates new enemies, or it fades into history." "(Yawn) Old people talk a lot." "What I'm saying is, you were not my firs

'This 'wheel' thing of yours - does it have to be round or will any shape do?'

"Don't get too attached, everything you cherish will disappear the moment you look away. Nothing you love is permanent."

"I'm BORED with blue-sky thinking."

"The hardest part about school is trying to fit in."

Young Rubik did not get along well with his classmates.

"Five really snuck up on me."

'I had everything going for me, but I could never find the right person to inspire me.'

"May I have your attention? For Christmas, all I want is for everyone to write a note on how smart, charming and social I am. I'm collecting college reference letters before I enter my terrible teens."

'I'm working on a book that will blow the lid off the paleolithic era!'

Medieval Patent Office

Most Likely to Succeed

The evolution of an idea.

'Naughty or nice? -- I was hoping for a little more moral relativism.'

"Not bad idea! But no quit day job."

One day an idea began to form in Klog's head - he quickly took preventative action.