"Pet good fire. Spank bad fire." -a former roommate of mine (long story behind that)

"As you know, a square is a circle." -Peter Orlik, my topology professor at the UW

"the Iron Chef is speaking...through the fish! -Iron Chef (a show on the Food Network)

Student in Prof. Kahn's topology class: "So what's lemma 3?"
Kahn: "It's a snake swallowing a dinosaur."
Student: "...so, what's lemma 3?"
Kahn: "Have you ever read The Little Prince by Antoine de Saint Exupery? It's about a man dying of thirst in the desert."
Student: "..."
(a paraphrase of an actual conversation)

"I can't picture my dad as a member of The Who." --Ryan, while listening to some random Who song

Second Law of Final Exams:
In your toughest final -- for the first time all year -- the most distractingly attractive student in the class will sit next to you. (from the Unix "fortune" program)

Enough of this silliness...