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Mel Seesholtz, Penn State U. professor

Reality is a collective hunch.

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collective farm

[collective farm] {n.} A large government-run farm made by combining many small farms. * /The Russian farmers used to live on collective farms./ A Dictionary of American Idioms

in a zone

[in a zone] {adv.}, {slang}, {informal} In a daze; in a daydream; in a state of being unable to concentrate. * /Professor Smith puts everyone in a zone./ A Dictionary of American Idioms

lie in state

[lie in state] {v. phr.} Of a dead person: To lie in a place of honor, usually in an open coffin, and be seen by the public before burial. * […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

Albert Einstein

In so far as the statements of geometry speak about reality, they are not certain, and in so far as they are certain, they do not speak about reality. www.english-slang.com

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Duncan Spaeth, Princeton professor

I know why the sun never sets on the British Empire: God wouldn't trust an Englishman in the dark.

come to the point

[come to the point] or [get to the point] {v. phr.} To talk about the important thing; reach the important facts of the […]

strike one funny

[strike one funny] {v. phr.} To appear or seem laughable, curious, ironic, or entertaining. * /"It strikes me funny," he […]

P.J. O'Rourke

(1947--) U.S. humorist Never wear anything that panics the cat.

Adminisphere

[Adminisphere] The rarified organizational layers above the rank and file that makes decisions that are often profoundly […]

around the clock

[around the clock] also [the clock around] {adv. phr.} For 24 hours a day continuously all day and all night. * /The factory […]

wear thin

[wear thin] {v.} 1. To become thin from use, wearing, or the passing of time. * /My old pair of pants has worn thin at the […]