PELTON'S STEPFATHER'S LAW

"Always sell the thing that people want, to the people who have the most money."- Adventurer Robert Young Pelton's stepfather, who was a hydrologist for the government of Saudi Arabia (who had plenty of people looking for oil but a need for, and lack of people exploring for, water).

GILL'S 80TH LAW

"Even a dead gecko sticks." - me

https://www.iflscience.com/plants-and-animals/death-will-not-stop-geckos-sticking-walls/

KERR'S LAW

"Professors are a series of individual faculty entrepreneurs held together by a common grievance over parking.”- former University of California President Clark Kerr.

ADVICE FROM A VERY OLD POSTCARD

"Love many, trust few, always paddle your own canoe."- Found written on an old postcard dated 1909, but it's still great advice today!

LETTERMAN'S LAMENT

"America is a country where people believe the moon landing is fake, but wrestling is real."-  David Letterman, February 1, 2001