Inanimate objects are classified scientifically into three categories—those that don't work, those that break down, and those that get lost. The goal of all inanimate objects is to resist man and ultimately to defeat him, and the three major classifications are based on the method each object uses to achieve its purpose

Is fuel efficiency really what we need most desperately? I say that what we really need is a car that can be shot when it breaks down.

Scientists have been struck by the fact that things that break down virtually never get lost, while things that get lost hardly ever break down.