- A ex-cannibal is someone who is fed up with people.
- A banker is a fellow who lends you his umbrella when the sun is shining and wants it back the minute it begins to rain.
- An economist is an expert who will know tomorrow why the things he predicted yesterday didn't happen today.
- A statistician is someone who is good with numbers but lacks the personality to be an accountant.
- A programmer is someone who solves a problem you didn't know you had in a way you don't understand.
- A mathematician is a blind man in a dark room looking for a black cat that isn't there.
- A lawyer is a person who writes a 10,000-word document and calls it a "brief."
- A psychologist is someone who watches everyone else when a beautiful girl enters the room.
- A professor is one who talks in someone else's sleep.
- A committee is a body that keeps minutes and wastes hours.