When Dr. Seuss died, they say he was working on an unfinished
book:  You're Only Old Once

For me: I'm going to write "Everything I Needed to Know About
Life - I Learned from my Tennis Companions".

1. Isidore (Izzy) Edelman (Scientist, deceased): Two classics.
     One, "David, life is a disappointment.  Get used to it."
     and Two, "You must remember this: Women ALWAYS have a plan."

2. Seymour Lieberman (Biochemist): "The spirit of University is
     based on principles."

3. Stefan Robock (Economist): "Tenure doesn't mean anything, unless
     you know what you are worth in the private sector."

4. Sey Post (Psychiatrist, deceased): "My line calls are better
     than yours.  I can only see with one eye; so I don't 
     confused with binocular vision."  Izzy summed this up as
     follows: "Psychiatrists do engage in magical thinking."  

5. Alan Heymann (Anesthesiologist): "David, you're not perfusing
     anything." (I drove to Manhattan to my doctor.  BP was 260/220.  I
     had a case of acute carbon monoxide poisoning from a puff
     back from the boiler room in my apartment building, and I
     had to spend the night in hospital).

6. Gerry Turino (Former Chair, Dept Medicine): "Goddam the
     Hospital Administration".

7. Troels Jorgansen (Mathematician):  "Izzy's Rules for Canadian
     doubles are mathematically perfect."

8. Peter Laks (Mathematician): "The fundamental Laws of
     Thermodynamics apply to drying off with a towel".  Addendum,
     Laks knew Nash *very* well; and he was present at the lecture
     at Harvard, when it was publically obvious that Nash had
     blown a circuit.  Laks reported to our group that the movie
     scene in Beautiful Mind didn't get it exactly right.

9. His Honor Judge Ed Lehner (NY Supreme Court): "Don't feel so
     bad, David.  Most men would do the same if they could."

10. Ken Craven (Philosopher, Psychologist, Literary Critic):
      "Be careful, David, or you're going to be living on the
      street."