Intellectual Seeker Pillows

"Stop Calling Me 'A Cassandra'. You don't know any other Cassandras!"

Opening arguments would begin after the intimidation round.

Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn

'Niche apres tenure. Niche before and you're toast.'

Sergey Mikhaylovich Solovyov

In case of emergency: A panel of pundits.

Hypatia

'Peter the Flying Hippo is my favorite storybook character without any merchandising tie-ins.'

"... and I have a follow-up question regarding rawhide."

Fear/Knowledge

"Would you like me to annotate that for you?"

Typical Brain Versus Einstein's Brain

'Never mind inspiration. I need background material on atomic physics.'

'We've financed three more startups for no fathomable reason.'

'Our parents were replaced by machines - We'll be replaced with new software.'

Eternal Student.

Thinking Gears

' A good idea '

Sometimes he just stood back and admired the breathtaking scenery of his life.

"There's something weird about Emily. She actually likes school!"

"According to mom the answers are all in this book!" "Too bad there's no pictures at which to look!"

The Bookworm

"Teach yourself what you don't know you don't know."

"I had all the right answers, but I had them in the wrong order."

Historical memory is on life support.

"Ooh, ooh, I know this koan! I got it! Pick me! Pick me!"

"Pssst! Do you have anything on American history?"

Robotic Man

"I think I may have stumbled on something, Walpole."

Interdisciplinary studies.

Do your research!

"Miss Rogers told me I have a personal 'cloud' to store knowledge in."

"You have to believe what you're doing will lead to something valuable, even though it probably won't."

Eureka!

'Great news, Dear! I've been traded to a think tank in California for a PhD Specializing in the Baltics!'