Fanciful Thinker Gifts

The Discovery of the Principle of the Parachute during a landslip in the Apennines

What else is there to wish for?

'Calling Tech Support does NOT count as one of my wishes!'

Playdough's The Republic

George Orwell

Science Museum. Why are you skeptical about the things scientists say? Because they claim the universe is expanding but when I visited my childhood hometown, everything was smaller.

"Wait... what was it I came up here for?"

"Your assumption that a one in a million chance event MUST be a miracle shows you drastically underestimate the total number of regularly occurring events."

Schrodinger's Black Box

'In a nutshell, foods are drugged and drugs are eaten like food.'

"When I get to Heaven, will I still have to clean my room?"

Hamlet

'No, you can't use your last wish, to wish for another three wishes!'

' Get ready to make a wish.'

'I wonder how Curious George fits into all this?'

Storm in a magic lamp.

'What can you wish for?!... Oh, I don't know... Infinite wealth, beautiful women throwing themselves at your feet, fame and admiration, perhaps?... But, don't let me influence you.'

"It'll take three wishes to get less cream cheese on your bagels in New York."

"What do you want to be when you grow up?" "Nothing. I'm going into stem cell research."

'It's a common misconception, but it's always been three fishes.'

'Don't ask questions, Ralph, just tell me who you'd rather look like - Sean Connery or Robert Redford.'

'See, dear, you can't believe everything you read. It says so right here on the internet!'

"Nicole’s parents celebrated her curious mind, even in those moments when it really depressed them."

'Can you debunk my essay?'

"If everything is God's will, tell me again why I need to study for exams?"

Inkwell Genie.

"Three wishes? Dream on. That was in the heady days before venture capital and advertising revenue disappeared."

'This is alphabet soup, Mom. I don't use the alphabet in the summer.'

Doctor to Banana: 'Looks like you're going to a ripe old age.'

I don't do wishbones. I do just-make-it-happen bones.

'You can't win - a little knowledge is a dangerous thing, but ignorance is no excuse!'

"So you want for your three wishes...world peace, happiness for friends and family...and the weekend off."

'It's called a telescope son. It's sort of like a low-tech search engine.'

'There goes another one. Galileo, don't you have any idea what makes them do that?'

"Yes, I'm sure that going to school isn't the same as eating from the Tree of Knowledge."