Quotes
Do your best and have fun. --My Dad People have to talk about something just to keep their voice boxes in working order, so they'll have good voice boxes in case there's ever anything really meaningful to say. --Kurt Vonnegut in "Cat's Cradle" For instance, on the planet Earth, man had always assumed that he was more intelligent than dolphins because he had achieved so much--the wheel, New York, wars and so on--while all the dolphins had ever done was muck about in the water having a good time. But conversely, the dolphins had always believed that they were far more intelligent than man--for precisely the same reasons. --Douglas Adams, "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy" When you've seen beyond yourself-then you may find, Peace of mind, is waiting there-and the time will come When you see we're all one, And life flows on within you and without you. --George Harrison, "Within You, Without You" The speed of light sucks. --John Carmack The point is obvious. There is more than one way to burn a book. And the world is full of people running about with lit matches. Every minority, be it Baptist/Unitarian, Irish/Italian/Octogenarian/Zen Buddhist, Zionist/Seventh-day Adventist, Women's Lib/Republican, Mattachine/Four Square Gospel feels it has the will, the right, the duty to douse the kerosene, light the fuse. Every dimwit editor who sees himself as the source of all dreary blanc-mange plain porridge unleavened literature, licks his guillotine and eyes the neck of any author who dares to speak above a whisper or write above a nursery rhyme. --Ray Bradbury Yes, I am a criminal. My crime is that of curiosity. My crime is that of judging people by what they say and think, not what they look like. My crime is that of outsmarting you, something that you will never forgive me for. I am a hacker, and this is my manifesto. You may stop this individual,but you can't stop us all... after all, we're all alike. --The Mentor Q: Why do computer scientists confuse Christmas and Halloween? A: Because Oct 31 = Dec 25 When I play with my cat, how do I know that she is not passing time with me rather than I with her? --"An Apology for Raymond Sebond", Michel de Montaigne You know, there's a million fine looking women in the world, dude. But they don't all bring you lasagna at work. Most of 'em just cheat on you. --Silent Bob in "Clerks" It is a truth universally acknowledged that a single man in possession of a good fortune must be in want of a wife. --Jane Austen, "Pride and Prejudice"