Intellectual Friends Gifts

'Remember our pillow-talk session, Morton, when you said 'the risk of rejection gives love it's existential edge'?'

In the future, human thought will enter an age of clarity and purity never before dreamed of.

Skeptic Tank.

"I did the math. If we want to read all of Proust in this lifetime, we have to start tomorrow morning."

'I bought him to retrieve my e-mails.'

"Is this what I want to be doing with my death?"

Endangered Species - Hardly/Slightly/Extremely.

"Caption contest"

"These brisk fall afternoons remind me of Chekhov, which reminds me of Putin, then Trump, the alt-right, facism, nuclear weapons ... let's go home."

"Virginia Woolf meets 'Car Talk.'"

The Guru is away to negotiate movie rights for his best-selling book, 'Money Won't Make You Happy'."

'Who else have I written for? Ridge Park Avenue, 7th Street, Elm Road, Thornwood Drive...'

Rudolf Carnap

"And if you look to the right you'll see what happens if you disrupt my class."

'Money can't buy friendship.'-'Neither can poverty.'

"So you're saying if I wasn't so smart, I'd have more friends?"

Arabian Nights.

"The problem is: reasonable men may differ on what the hell reason is!"

"Good evening, Charles - windy out, is it?"

'Secretary Fish and General Grant Amused at the English Outcry over the Alabama Claims'

"No one is denying that you're smart. For that to happen someone would have to say you're smart."

Wilhelm Dilthey

"I wish I had his I.Q.!"

'Yes, I was very popular as a child. I had lots of imaginary friends.'

"My goodness, Albert! Open your eyes and watch out where you're going while grazing!"

Flowers Explosion!

'And so, you can see from the books behind me that I am not an ignoramus, as some of my political opponents claim.'

Scientist taking air quality reading on roof with canary wearing gas mask.

Christmas was one of the few times of the year that Rodney was able to take advantage of working for the genetic research laboratory.

"Not many swords in tonight..."

"It didn't work -- My imaginary playmate refused to take the rap."

Emile Durkheim