profQUOTES

"When all else fails, quack like a duck."

Dube, FR 192A

"We don't teach nonlinearity enough. I could go to a pub and say to a UW grad, 'HEY! Can you take two solutions and superimpose them to get another solution ALL the time?' And they'd say, 'Duuuhhh... yeah!'"

Stastna, AMATH 361

"The reason why this is — almost is proof by picture."

Chan, CS 341

"By now you know how worthless first ideas are."

Chan, CS 341

"Oops, the magic doesn't work."

Chan, CS 341

"I don't really care about your stress, but I do care about my stress."

Kierstead, CS 343

"I will hang you outside my office as a public effigy for people to mock at."

Kierstead, CS 343

"Copying is the only way anyone learns anything."

Cormack, CS 343

"The boys will say 'I'm a boy' far more often than the girls will."

Spencer, PSYCH 253

"That's how you teach a class at university: you don't have to know what you're doing... just present it confidently."

Goulden, MATH 239

Prof: "So I'm going to put that down and play with my toys."
Student: "Toys!"
Prof: "Toys: Perfect for a Friday morning."

Goulden, MATH 239

"I can't spell, but I know tons of synonyms!"

Wolczuk, AMATH/PMATH 332

"What's an equation without plugging in numbers? It's like having a can of beer and not opening it."

Bissonnette, CHEM 123

"You know, my wife is right: I need glasses. Whatever, I'm still the best driver on the road."

Bissonnette, CHEM 123

"If I had hardware that worked like that, I would call up Intel and tell them 'you suck' [hangs up invisible phone], and then I would do that everyday for twenty years: 'you suck' [hang up], 'you suck' [hang up]"

Brecht, CS 350

"Now, I don't want to do your homework for you, so I'll just go really close and use ones instead of twos."

Younger, MATH 235

"I guess if I was doing the homework I'd have to check this."

Younger, MATH 235