Oh, dear . . . too much truth in the first quote!

"There are 10^11 stars in the galaxy. That used to be a huge number. But it's only a hundred billion. It's less than the national deficit! We used to call them astronomical numbers. Now we should call them economical numbers."
-- Richard Feynman

"The easiest way for your children to learn about money is for you not to have any."
-- Katharine Whitehorn

"A wise man can see more from the bottom of a well than a fool can from a mountain top ."
-- Unknown

"Grown-ups never understand anything for themselves, and it is tiresome for children to be always and forever explaining things to them."
-- Antoine de Saint-Exupery