The times they are a-changin’.
This post seems to be older than 15 years—a long time on the internet. It might be outdated.
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
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