I've been capsized in a canoe when there was a foot of snow on the ground and ice around the edges of the lake. I didn't think I would ever warm up again. Also lost some valuable equipment. Now, I don't go out in a canoe unless it's warm enough to go swimming.

He who joyfully marches in rank and file has already earned my contempt. He has been given a large brain by mistake, since for him the spinal cord would suffice.

- Albert Einstein