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J.W. Eagan | Dave Edison | Thomas Alva Edison | Barbara Ehrenreich | Albert Einstein | Ben Elgin | George Eliot (Mary Ann Evans) | Linda Ellerbee | Erin Ellis | Harlan Ellison | Nora Ephron | Bob Ettinger


Could God have prevented the serpent from tempting Adam and Eve? If yes, why didn't he? If no, discuss the possibility that the serpent was as powerful as God.
--Harlan Ellison, "The Deathbird"

 

Never judge a book by its movie.
--J.W. Eagan

 

In my sex fantasy, nobody ever loves me for my mind.
--Nora Ephron

 

Reality is only an illusion, albeit a very persistent one.

Not everything that can be counted counts; and not everything that counts can be counted.

Your imagination is your preview of life's coming attractions.

The truth isn't always a blinding light. Sometimes it's a deep and dazzling darkness, that illuminates -- and burns -- just as surely.

Once you can accept the universe as matter expanding into nothing that is something, wearing stripes with plaid comes easy.
-- Albert Einstein

 

I would be a guy just because I like to wear pants.

That's just work. Let's go.

I don't have a cow.

It's basically, do you have a cow?

My brain has nothing to do with what comes out of my mouth.

Everyone likes slash fiction; they just don't know it yet.

Senator Erin M. Ellis, Di, Critic, Otaku, and Beloved of Mosquitos

If the child isn't in the home, why would the parents be there?

If somebody actually comes up to you and pops out an eye and says, "Here, this is for you because I love you and I've had my eye on you for a long time," you don't have to give them one of your eyes.

Comedies are harder to put non-canon characters together because you don't really know what's in their heads.
--Erin Ellis

 

If men can run the world, why can't they stop wearing neckties? How intelligent is it to start the day by tying a little noose around your neck?
--Linda Ellerbee

 

There is not a man shortage. There is actually a man excess. Look at the House of Representatives. Look at the Senate. You will see an appalling man excess, which means a woman shortage.
--Barbara Ehrenreich

 

I have not failed. I have discovered 1000 things that do not work.
--Thomas Alva Edison

 

It is a common enough case, that of a man being suddenly captivated by a woman very nearly the opposite of his ideal.
--George Eliot (Mary Ann Evans)

 

I'm desperately trying to figure out why kamikaze pilots wore helmets.
--Dave Edison

 

I'm into golf now. I'm getting pretty good. I can almost hit the ball as far as I can throw the clubs.

Relationships are hard. It's like a full-time job, and we should treat it like one. If your boyfriend or girlfriend wants to leave you, they should give you two weeks' notice. There should be severance pay, and before they leave, they should have to find you a temp.
--Bob Ettinger

 

Really, though, I knew I was doomed when at the last con I *both* bought doujinshi *and* uttered the phrase "It's so pretty..." of my own free will.
--Ben Elgin


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