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We must have the real thing before we can have a science of a thing.

James Anthony Froude (2011). “Thomas Carlyle: A History of His Life in London, 1834-1881”, p.203, Cambridge University Press

Who must account for himselfe and others, must know both.

George Herbert (1874). “The Complete Works of George Herbert: Prose”, p.325

Science is not addressed to poets.

George Henry Lewes (1891). “The Principles of Success in Literature”

Moral: Don't try to Account for Anything.

George Ade (1960). “The America of George Ade, 1866-1944: Fables, Short Stories, Essays”, New York, Putnam [1960]

If you eat food or produce, you should take into account where that food comes from.

"More Than a Desperate Housewife, Eva Longoria Talks Activism". Interview with Avital Andrews, www.huffingtonpost.com. December 6, 2017.

I liked science. It was about the only thing that stayed the same wherever we moved.

Ellen Klages (2007). “Portable Childhoods”, p.96, Tachyon Publications

Science has but one fashion-to lose nothing once gained.

Edmund Clarence Stedman (1885). “Poets of America”

If you ask around, it's pretty easy to find someone who has a bank account overdraft horror story to tell.

"Deceptive Overdraft Fees: There Ought to Be a Law!" by Carolyn Maloney, www.huffingtonpost.com. March 27, 2013.

The Internet kept the joke going. Abevigoda.com was devoted to updating the actor's status, as was @AbeVigodaUpdate, a Twitter account.

"Actor Abe Vigoda Of 'The Godfather,' 'Barney Miller,' Has Died". "All Things Considered", www.npr.org. January 26, 2016.