“Third Doctor: A straight line may be the shortest distance between two points, but it is by no means the most interesting”

“A straight line is not the shortest distance between two points.”

“In other words, to put it into Euclid, or old-fashioned plane geometry, a straight line is not the shortest distance between two points.”

“The shortest distance between two points is the line from me to you.”

“The shortest distance between two points is a time line, a schedule, a map of your time, the itinerary for the rest of your life.Nothing shows you the straight line from here to death like a list.”

“In philosophy, as in politics, the longest distance between two points is a straight line.”

“The shortest distance between two points is often unbearable.”