"And how do we keep our balance?
That I can tell you in one word!"
Tevye in Fiddler on the Roof

"The object and characteristic of 'traditions,'
including invented ones, is invariance."
Eric Hobsbawm, introduction (link added)
     to The Invention of Tradition

"Math is all about questions and answers."
Prof. John D. McCarthy, Michigan State U.,
    Monday afternoon, October 1, 2012

"Who knows where madness lies?"
Man of La Mancha
    (linked to here Monday morning)