It is not worth an intelligent man's time to be in the majority. By definition, there are already enough people to do that.
~ G. H. Hardy
Success is the ability to go from one failure to another with no loss of enthusiasm.
~ Sir Winston Churchill
The only thing that saves us from the bureaucracy is inefficiency. An efficient bureaucracy is the greatest threat to liberty.
~ Eugene McCarthy (1916 - 2005)
To err is human, but to really foul things up requires a computer.
~ Farmers' Almanac, 1978
Imagine if every Thursday your shoes exploded if you tied them the usual way. This happens to us all the time with computers and nobody thinks of complaining.
~ Jeff Raskin
Equal opportunity means everyone will have a fair chance at being incompetent.
~ Laurence J. Peter
"To the dolphin alone, nature has given that which the best philosophers seek: Friendship for no advantage. Though it has no need of help from any man, it is a genial friend to all and has helped mankind." ~ Plutarch
Thursday, March 15, 2007
Random quotes I read recently and liked
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Hahaha! Thanks for posting those. They really brightened my afternoon!
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