Gnus, wombats and ducks: March 2012

Favourite quotes

If I know that I do not understand people and I devote all this energy and effort to figuring them out, do I have more or less empathy than people who not only do not understand me, but who do not even notice that they do not understand me? ~Jim Sinclair
I love deadlines. I especially like the whooshing sound they make as they go flying by. ~Douglas Adams
Anatidaephobia: The fear that somewhere, somehow, a duck is watching you. ~Gary Larson
“Lord Ronald said nothing; he flung himself from the room, flung himself upon his horse and rode madly off in all directions” ~Stephen Leacock
One of the greatest labour-saving inventions of today is tomorrow. ~Vincent T. Foss