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Some Quotes from Non-Physics Classes

in describing the Scottish sporran (belt pouch): This would carry the things the warrior would need while away in battle...like sandwiches, drinks, and a knife.
They were married and then he became her husband.

Econ 102: micro-economics - Prof. Larry Debrock

When people get laid off, one of the first things they do is stop by the store and lay in a supply of mac and cheese.
I don't want to make those poor people feel they don't deserve to suffer.
They needed ice to keep their ground beef from spoiling or to keep their beer cold.
Never underestimate the ability for economists to be bad mathematicians.
What happens between Chapter 10 and Chapter 12 is a chapter called Chapter 11.
This is kinda like a dream scenario.
You are in business in order to maximize your killing.
We're going to build a yard stick.
Put on the hat of the benevolent dictator.
I'm going to label it by the great symbol r.
This is like a trip down memory lane.
I wanted the world to be 2-dimensional.
Are economists who work for them like prostitutes? They do what they want to do?

We've got to walk before we can run.
That's superimposed on the wild thermal dance.
This is going to be one of those fast and dirt derivations where a factor of 2 may be sacrificed.
We can all go to Murphy's and research fluid dynamics.
The same thing is true for holes if you stand on your head.
You can apply a voltage and get a perfectly flat band. You'll also have a flaming device from too much current.

Here are a couple from when Prof. Kevin Kim was covering the class for Prof. Tucker.

Ece 360: coherent optics -Prof. George Papen