I know _someone_ else must want to talk about the marvellous Irving!

Earlier today, I was setting up a profile in some website or other, and there was a section for personal quote. Immediately, I thought of a quote from The Hotel New Hampshire--and no, it wasn't "Keep passing the open windows". My favorite quote from that book--and possibly Irving's whole oeuvre--would have to be "Intellectuals are in notoriously bad shape".

So, does anyone else have a favorite Irving quote and a boring anecdote by which to introduce it?