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It’s that time again. I’m clearing out my quotes section on Facebook to make way for the new ones I’m sure to amass in 2008.

“Now cracks a noble heart. Good night, sweet prince,
And flights of angels sing thee to thy rest!” - William Shakespeare; Hamlet Act V, scene ii

“The greatest risk in life is life - it has 100% chance of causing death.” - Unknown

“My memory is nearly gone, but I remember two things, that I am a great sinner, and that Christ is a great Saviour.” - John Newton

“There is nothing left to do but get drunk.” - Franklin Pierce, 14th President of the United States

“I have guidelines for my personal cell phone use while operating a vehicle. The guidelines say I can call back an awesome girl while monitoring the horizon for things that do not fit under the car.” - Matt Matteson, http://dlzip.com/wordpress/2007/11/06/come-play/

“If tyranny and oppression come to this land, it will be in the guise of fighting a foreign enemy.” - James Madison

“Oh, then it inverts! Isn’t that cute!” - Ryan
“Look, Ryan’s making cute circuits!” - Amanda

“I may not have gone where I intended to go, but I think I have ended up where I needed to be.” - Douglas Adams

“In the beginning the Universe was created. This has made a lot of people very angry and has been widely regarded as a bad move.” - Douglas Adams, Restaurant at the End of the Universe

“If you judge people, you have no time to love them.” - Mother Theresa

“The biggest problem with communication is the illusion that it has occurred.” - Alan Mulally

“Progress is made by lazy men looking for easier ways to do things.” - Robert A. Heinlein

“The greatest trick the Devil ever pulled was convincing the world that he didn’t exist.” - Verbal, “The Usual Suspects”

“It’s Not A Decision. It’s an IQ Test”. - VC Josh Kopelman on MySpace v. Facebook

“Mysteries require judgments and the assessment of uncertainty.” - Malcom Gladwell

“It should be noted that no ethically-trained software engineer would ever consent to write a DestroyBaghdad procedure. Basic professional ethics would instead require him to write a DestroyCity procedure, to which Baghdad could be given as a parameter.” - Nathaniel Borenstein

“Dear God,”
“Yes, my child?”
“I would like to file a bug report”
-XKCD (http://xkcd.com/c258.html)

“No matter where you go, there you are.” - Buckaroo Banzai

“…brick by brick like a Lego shit-house…” - Michael Hood, blatherWatch

“Ah, the things we could do if we didn’t have to waste time sleeping and eating… What an annoyance!” - Brian Layman, TheCodeCave.com