Study Notes Dated : 2004-06-
Short Answer Type Questions
Question 1:
What animal or insect do you wish humans could eradicate?
Answer :
We should be as careful of the books we read, as of the company we keep. The dead
very often have more power than the living.
Question 2:
What\u2019s your favorite way to waste time?
Answer :
One of the greatest victories you can gain over someone is to beat him at
politeness.
Question 3:
When people make mistakes about food (especially foreign food), do you feel the
need to correct them? (i.e.\u00a0sushi \/ sashimi\u00a0or\u00a0stromboli \/
calzone)
Answer :
This is one of those cases in which the imagination is baffled by the facts.
Question 4:
What is a fashion trend you are really glad went away?
Answer :
Never leave that till to-morrow which you can do to-day.
Question 5:
What is your favorite sports team?
Answer :
For the parents of a Little Leaguer, a baseball game is simply a nervous breakdown
into innings.
Question 6:
What's the best way to travel? (Plane, car, train, etc.)
Answer :
People are brave enough to spit into an open wound, the problem is that they're so
afraid, that they'll only do it after the beast is dead
Question 7:
What's your favorite number? Why?
Answer :
Cure yourself of the inclination to bother about how you look to other people. Be
concerned only ... with the idea God has of you.
Question 8:
Where is the worst place you have been stuck for a long time?
Answer :
I always read the last page of a book first so that if I die before I finish I'll
know how it turned out.
Question 9:
What's the best pet name you can come up with for a specific type of pet? (Like
these\u00a0orange cat names.)
Answer :
Mathematics consists of proving the most obvious thing in the least obvious way.
Question 10:
What\u2019s your favorite way to waste time?
Answer :
When we are chafed and fretted by small cares, a look at the stars will show us the
littleness of our own interests.