Quote of the day
It started out as a way to save funny or interesting taglines I saw on bbs messages. I never used taglines much, but I continued to keep a collection as I browsed usenet and got email. I've since added longer quotes that I think are worth keeping around.
I will try to post one every weekday. |
'Progress might have been all right once, but it has gone on too long.'
- Ogden Nash |
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The more, the merrier.
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As in 100k of collected wisdom? Pacing and restraint are not my long suits. Oh, and expect a special guest appearance of Lazarus Long, more than once! :)
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"We have grasped the mystery of the atom and rejected the Sermon on the Mount … The world has achieved brilliance without wisdom, power without conscience. Ours is a world of nuclear giants and ethical infants." - Omar Bradley |
"The race is not always to the swift, nor the battle to the strong --
but that's the way to bet." - Damon Runyon |
The only request that I have is to emphasize quality over quantity. I think there's a timelessness to a good quote. There's already other places on the board for humor on current events.
I also am a Heinlein fan and I have several of the notebook quotes highlighted in my copy of TEFL. I just never put them in the file because I have them in the book. |
`Would you tell me, please, which way I ought to go from here?'
`That depends a good deal on where you want to get to,' said the Cat. `I don't much care where--' said Alice. `Then it doesn't matter which way you go,' said the Cat. `--so long as I get SOMEWHERE,' Alice added as an explanation. `Oh, you're sure to do that,' said the Cat, `if you only walk long enough.' - Lewis Carroll "Alice in Wonderland" |
It's a trick. Get an axe.~Ash, Army of Darkness
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marichiko's quote reminded me of this one:
The Things That Will Destroy Us Are: Politics Without Principle; Pleasure Without Conscience; Wealth Without Work; Knowledge Without Character; Business Without Morality; Science Without Humanity; And Worship Without Sacrifice. -- Mahatma Gandhi - (1869-1948) ***************** |
Hearing that President Bush called together former Secreataries of State and Defense, including Colin Powell whose advice he ignored by invading Iraq, I thought of this scene from Alice in Wonderland. Now since the book was disguised political satire, it might be that it was referring to a similar situation in British history.
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There are other aphorisms about the need for setting a goal, but none that say it quite as well.
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking Glass are both great books and full of useful tidbits like this. I find that most programmers have read them - they seem to strike some chord. Larry Wall (the author of the computer language Perl) in an interview once quoted Humpty Dumpty from Through the Looking Glass - `When I use a word,' Humpty Dumpty said, in rather a scornful tone, `it means just what I choose it to mean -- neither more nor less.' It was both humerous and a wonderful use of the quote to describe a part of the Perl language. However, the text of the interview indicated that the interviewer didn't get it. I wrote Larry to ask about the interview and actually got a reply. He also is a big fan of the books. He told me that it is no accident that his son is named Charles. |
Quote of the Day
"Never attribute to malice that which can be adequately
explained by stupidity" - Hanlon's Razor |
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