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Robert Bakker, paleontologist

I want to find a voracious, small-minded predator and name it after the IRS.

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open-minded

[open-minded] {adj.} Having no dogmatic or biased views on matters of theory, religion, politics, etc. * /Fred is easy to talk to about anything; he is a highly intelligent and […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

narrow-minded

[narrow-minded] {adj. phr.} Limited in outlook; resistant to new ideas; bigoted. * /He is generally very open about everything, but when it comes to politics, he is terribly narrow-minded./ A Dictionary of American Idioms

nobody home

[nobody home] {slang} 1. Your attention is somewhere else, not on what is being said or done here; you are absent-minded. * /The teacher asked him a question three times […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

Robert Orben

(1927-- ) U.S. humorist, writer for Red Skelton and Jack Paar Happiness is a very small desk and a very big wastebasket. www.english-slang.com

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Kingsley Amis

(1922-1995) English author It is no wonder that people are so horrible when they start life as children.

hell and high water

[hell and high water] {n. phr.} Troubles or difficulties of any kind. * /After John's father died he went through hell and […]

put someone on

[put someone on] {v.} To play a joke on someone by saying or doing things that are only pretense; kid. * /When the voice on […]

Napoleon Bonaparte

You can stop while you are raising, but not when you are falling.

many hands make light work

[many hands make light work] If many people work together, even a hard job becomes easier. - A proverb. * /Come on boys, […]

up and at them

[up and at them] 1. {adv. phr.} Actively engaged in a task as if doing combat. * /"You want to know whether he will make a […]