"Well, maybe none of then had a Nancy!"

-Ronald Reagan, referring to his wife, replying with his characteristic humor to his friend Mike Wallace on 60 minutes to the question of - why the presidency didn't seem to weigh as heavily on him as on other presidents. :-)

Read more of Reagan's superb humor at Ronald Reagan Remembered.

"Please refrain from asking if buffet can be taken out"

-Read near the (unlimited) buffet layout at Madras Pavilion.

An impressively polite yet firm way of saying a harsh thing. What's more, the restaurant owner is from south-India and speaks 6 languages. His brother writes 8 and his father spoke 14 ! I heard the guy speak extremely fluent Spanish. Hats off...

"I am cheaper than I'm lazy"

-A colleague of mine, describing how we get inclined to pay for
certain things, to keep our motivation up e.g. going to gym.

"Wisdom of dumbness"

-Maulin, describing how to use one of our frustratingly non-intuitive
tools... :-)

"Escalation of Commitment"

-heard from Priya, on my recent trip to TX. Discussing relationships and commitments and problems. Nothing too deep. :-)

'I decided a long time ago that you can't let fear run your life'

-Bold refusal from Meg Whitman (eBay CEO) when advised to cancel her charity trip to Guatemala due to severely insecure conditions.

"Don't ask... don't tell!"

-Aloke reminds me of this. Heard first time in India when someone told that US govt had adopted this policy for illegal immigrants to declare themselves - long timers were given green-cards silently under some quiet scheme.

"I can't be with someone like me... I hate myself!"

-Seinfeld, regurgitating after having popped the question. He is funny!