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Jack Handey (born February 25, 1949) is an American humorist.He is best known for his "Deep Thoughts by Jack Handey", a large body of surrealistic one-liner jokes, as well as his "Fuzzy Memories" and "My Big Thick Novel" shorts, and for his deadpan delivery. [1]
The Answer to the Ultimate Question of Life, The Universe, and Everything. In the radio series and the first novel, a group of hyper-intelligent pan-dimensional beings demand to learn the Answer to the Ultimate Question of Life, The Universe, and Everything from the supercomputer Deep Thought, specially built for this purpose.
Papyrus, dated 75–125 A.D. describing one of the oldest diagrams of Euclid's Elements Ἀεὶ ὁ θεὸς γεωμετρεῖ. Aeì ho theòs geōmetreî. "God always geometrizes."
21. "Sometimes the most important thing in a whole day is the rest we take between two deep breaths." — Etty Hillesum. 22. "At this moment, you are seamlessly flowing with the cosmos.
Still waters run deep is a proverb of Latin origin now commonly taken to mean that a placid exterior hides a passionate or subtle nature. Formerly it also carried the warning that silent people are dangerous, as in Suffolk's comment on a fellow lord in William Shakespeare 's play Henry VI part 2 :
"I didn’t realize this was my proposal until my aunt, Anita, guided me down the aisle. In shock, I said ‘Shut up!,’ ” the future bride says
"They think it's all over" is a quote from Kenneth Wolstenholme's BBC TV commentary in the closing moments of the 1966 FIFA World Cup Final, when England beat West Germany 4–2 after extra time to win the FIFA World Cup.
The phrase Follow the money was mentioned by Henry E. Peterson at the 1974 Senate Judiciary Committee hearings as Earl J. Silbert was nominated to U.S. Attorney. [3] A 1975 book by Clive Borrell and Brian Cashinella, Crime in Britain Today, also uses the phrase.