4qtr2006 - Notable Quotables: Great Things I Didn't Say First!

• “We must select the illusion which appeals to our temperament and embrace it with passion, if we want to be happy. ” - Cyril Connolly
• “What can this piece of paper do; imagine?” - Alamgir Hashmi
• “Oh, how powerfully the magnet of illusion attracts.” - Gutzkow
• “One of the saddest lessons of history is this: If we've been bamboozled long enough, we tend to reject any evidence of the bamboozle. The bamboozle has captured us.” - Carl Sagan
• “Baseball is a game where a curve is an optical illusion, a screwball can be a pitch or a person, stealing is legal and you can spit anywhere you like except in the umpire's eye or on the ball.” - Jim Murray
• “Reality is merely an illusion, albeit a very persistent one.” - Albert Einstein