These are some of my favorite quotes that I have remembered to put
down here. By no means is this a complete list, but just a hint into
me, the observations I make, and the observations of others that
strike a chord in me.
| Original with me |
From other sources |
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| I wanted a pet. I got an imp. |
"Because a mind is a wonderful thing to twist"
HBO promotion for Peversions of Science |
| Prayer is good but automatic weapons are better. |
"That morning, Sarah decided to combine two of her primary interests, chocolate and origami, by learning how to fold cakes."
from "Cocoa Cranes" June 11, 1997; by James Spyker |
| Anyone know of a good use for 1.5 million prime numbers? |
"Predictions of suprising events always prove more accurate if not set down on paper beforehand"
Carl Sagan, Contact |
| "I know just enough psychology to be dangerous" |
"A man's knowledge is like an expanding sphere, the
surface corresponding to the boundary between the
known and the unknown. As the sphere grows, so
does its surface; the more a man learns, the more he
realizes how much he does not know. Hence, the
most ignorant man thinks he knows it all."
L. Sprague de Camp |
| "Corrupting the youth of America one pretty girl at a time." |
"Are you kidding me? That movie was so bad I'm suprised I wasn't in it!"
Robert Wuhl on HBOs Dennis Miller Live, being asked about the movie Volcano |
| "Nutrition through superior quantity." |
Buffalo Bills head coach Marv Levy on the arrest of Dallas Cowboys head coach Barry Switzer for carrying a loaded gun into the Dallas airport. "People have to remember, they were going to play the Raiders." |
| "I have an uncanny ability to put 1 and 1 together and get 11." |
"This above all else, to thine own self be true" William Shakespeare |
| "I hope I can figure out what I want out of life before it's over." |
"Science is like sex: sometimes something useful comes out, but that's not the reason we are doing it" -- Richard Feynman |
| It's as simple as a choice... as complicated as consequences |
"Women and cats will do as they please, and men and dogs should relax and get used to the idea." Robert A. Heinlein |
Other - "So sue me"
Me - "It's not a profitable course of litigation" |
""Experimentation -- TRUE experimentation --
means that you push yourself until you fail." Failure is not
only a possibility, it's a requirement, so that you learn where your
limits are, so you can address them and try again and next time push
yourself beyond the point where you failed the last time." John
Michael Strazinski, creator of Babylon 5, talking about a quote from
the US Marine Corps Commandant. |
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this page will be added to as I think of things...