Definitely agree about the plastic flowers!

"Every man is wise when attacked by a mad dog; fewer when pursued by a mad woman; only the wisest survive when attacked by a mad notion."
-- Robertson Davies

"The cloning of humans is on most of the lists of things to worry about from Science, along with behaviour control, genetic engineering, transplanted heads, computer poetry and the unrestrained growth of plastic flowers."
-- Lewis Thomas

"The reason there are so few female politicians is that it is too much trouble to put makeup on two faces."
-- Maureen Murphy

"Conscience is the inner voice that warns us somebody may be looking."
-- H. L. Mencken