When life gives you lemons, please, just don't squirt them in other people's eyes. ~J. Andrew Helt
A man who doesn't trust himself can never really trust anyone else. ~Cardinal De Retz
If two wrongs don't make a right, try three. ~Author Unknown
Liberty means responsibility. That is why most men dread it. ~George Bernard Shaw, Man and Superman, "Maxims: Liberty and Equality," 1905
Hunger is not the worst feature of unemployment; idleness is. ~William E. Barrett
The microwave oven is the consolation prize in our struggle to understand physics. ~Jason Love
When one of Lisa's baby teeth fell out here, the tooth fairy left her 50 cents. Another tooth fell out when she was with her father in Las Vegas, and that tooth fairy left her $5. When I told Elvis that 50 cents would be more in line, he laughed. He knew I was not criticizing him; how would Elvis Presley know the going rate for a tooth? ~Priscilla Presley
Some men's memory is like a box where a man should mingle his jewels with his old shoes. ~George Savile
Another effective technique is to explain your code to someone else. This will often cause you to explain the bug to yourself. Sometimes it takes no more than a few sentences, followed by an embarrassed "Never mind, I see what's wrong. Sorry to bother you." This works remarkably well; you can even use non-programmers as listeners. One university computer center kept a teddy bear near the help desk. Students with mysterious bugs were required to explain them to the bear before they could speak to a human counselor. ~Brian Kernighan and Rob Pike, about debugging
Your heart knows which path leads to joy and your mind keeps you on the right track. ~J Beard, @promoterofpeace
A cigarette is the perfect type of a perfect pleasure. It is exquisite, and it leaves one unsatisfied. What more can one want? ~Oscar Wilde, The Picture of Dorian Gray
I can no longer think of anything but you. In spite of myself, my imagination carries me to you. I grasp you, I kiss you, I caress you, a thousand of the most amorous caresses take possession of me. ~Honore de Balzac, letter to Evelina Hanska, June 1836
Your responsibility as a parent is not as great as you might imagine. You need not supply the world with the next conqueror of disease or major motion-picture star. If your child simply grows up to be someone who does not use the word "collectible" as a noun, you can consider yourself an unqualified success. ~Fran Lebowitz, "Parental Guidance," Social Studies, 1981 Your responsibility as a parent is not as great as you might imagine. You need not supply the world with the next conqueror of disease or major motion-picture star. If your child simply grows up to be someone who does not use the word "collectible" as a noun, you can consider yourself an unqualified success. ~Fran Lebowitz, "Parental Guidance," Social Studies, 1981
It's like, at the end, there's this surprise quiz: am I proud of me? I gave my life to become the person I am right now! Was it worth what I paid? ~Richard Bach
A consultant is a man sent in after the battle to bayonet the wounded. ~Author Unknown
Life is simple, it's just not easy. ~Author Unknown
To hear many religious people talk, one would think God created the torso, head, legs and arms, but the devil slapped on the genitals. ~Don Schrader
Fans never fall asleep at our games, because they're afraid they might get hit by a pass. ~George Raveling
If you keep rephrasing the question, it gradually becomes the answer. ~Robert Brault, www.robertbrault.com
Of all eloquence a nickname is the most concise; of all arguments the most unanswerable. ~William Hazlitt
Children begin by loving their parents; as they grow older they judge them; sometimes they forgive them. ~Oscar Wilde
Fear can be headier than whiskey, once man has acquired a taste for it. ~Donald Dowes
A private man, however successful in his own dealing, if his country perish is involved in her destruction; but if he be an unprosperous citizen of a prosperous city, he is much more likely to recover. Seeing, then, that States can bear the misfortunes of individuals, but individuals cannot bear the misfortunes of States, let us all stand by our country. ~Thucydides
We must try not to sink beneath our anguish... but battle on. ~J.K. Rowling
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