I think perhaps the most important problem is that we are trying to understand the fundamental workings of the universe via a language devised for telling one another where the best fruit is.
-- Terry Pratchett
Friday, May 31, 2013
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Thursday, May 30, 2013
Quote of the Day
The so-called Christian nations are the most enlightened and progressive...but in spite of their religion, not because of it. The Church has opposed every innovation and discovery from the day of Galileo down to our own time, when the use of anesthetic in childbirth was regarded as a sin because it avoided the biblical curse pronounced against Eve. And every step in astronomy and geology ever taken has been opposed by bigotry and superstition. The Greeks surpassed us in artistic culture and in architecture five hundred years before Christian religion was born.
-- Mark Twain
Wednesday, May 29, 2013
Tuesday, May 28, 2013
Monday, May 27, 2013
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Boredom is a vital problem for the moralist, since at least half the sins of mankind are caused by the fear of it.
-- Bertrand Russell
Sunday, May 26, 2013
Saturday, May 25, 2013
Friday, May 24, 2013
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Visits? That would indicate visitors!
-- Air Force Captain (Plan 9 from Outer Space)
Thursday, May 23, 2013
Wednesday, May 22, 2013
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Stupid men are often capable of things the clever would not dare to contemplate...
-- Terry Pratchett (Feet of Clay)
Tuesday, May 21, 2013
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This perpetual motion machine she made is a joke: It just keeps going faster and faster. Lisa, get in here! In this house, we obey the laws of THERMODYNAMICS!
-- Homer J. Simpson
Monday, May 20, 2013
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I bet Einstein turned himself all sorts of colors before he invented the lightbulb.
-- Homer J. Simpson
Sunday, May 19, 2013
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Certainly, in the topsy-turvy world of heavy rock, having a good solid piece of wood in your hand is often useful.
-- Ian Faith
Saturday, May 18, 2013
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Certainly I see the scientific view of the world as incompatible with religion, but that is not what is interesting about it. It is also incompatible with magic, but that also is not worth stressing. What is interesting about the scientific world view is that it is true, inspiring, remarkable and that it unites a whole lot of phenomena under a single heading.
-- Richard Dawkins
Week in Review
Friday, May 17, 2013
Quote of the Day
In my land, women are for advancing the race, not for fighting man's battles.
-- Eros (Plan 9 from Outer Space)
Thursday, May 16, 2013
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Gods don't like people not doing much work. People who aren't busy all the time might start to think.
-- Terry Pratchett (Small Gods)
Wednesday, May 15, 2013
Tuesday, May 14, 2013
Quote of the Day
I went down the street to the 24-hour grocery. When I got there, the guy was locking the front door. I said, "Hey, the sign says you're open 24 hours." He said, "Yes, but not in a row."
-- Stephen Wright
Monday, May 13, 2013
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Most of what we strive for in our modern life uses the apparatus of goal seeking that was originally set up to seek goals in the state of nature.
-- Richard Dawkins
Sunday, May 12, 2013
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I don't think I'm alone when I say I'd like to see more and more planets fall under the ruthless domination of our solar system.
-- Jack Handey
Saturday, May 11, 2013
Friday, May 10, 2013
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Now, don't you worry. The saucers are up there. The graveyard is out there. But I'll be locked up safely in there.
-- Paula Trent (Plan 9 from Outer Space)
Thursday, May 09, 2013
Quote of the Day
It isn't necessary to imagine the world ending in fire or ice - there are two other possibilities: one is paperwork, and the other is nostalgia.
-- Frank Zappa
Wednesday, May 08, 2013
Quote of the Day
Of all forms of caution, caution in love is perhaps the most fatal to true happiness.
-- Bertrand Russell
Tuesday, May 07, 2013
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There are two essential rules of management. One: the customer is always right. Two: they must be punished for their arrogance.
-- Dogbert
Monday, May 06, 2013
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The language and concepts contained herein are guaranteed not to cause eternal torment in the place where the guy with the horns and pointed stick conducts his business.
-- Frank Zappa
Sunday, May 05, 2013
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C makes it easy to shoot yourself in the foot. C++ makes it harder, but when you do, it blows away your whole leg.
-- Bjarne Stroustrup
Saturday, May 04, 2013
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Math was always my bad subject. I couldn't convince my teachers that many of my answers were meant ironically.
-- Calvin Trillin
Friday, May 03, 2013
Quote of the Day
A common mistake that people make when trying to design something completely foolproof is to underestimate the ingenuity of complete fools.
-- Douglas Adams
Thursday, May 02, 2013
Quote of the Day
I'm not impressed by what college your kid is going to. George Bush went to Yale. The End.
-- Bill Maher
Wednesday, May 01, 2013
Quote of the Day
There are, it has been said, two types of people in the world. There are those who, when presented with a glass that is exactly half full, say: this glass is half full. And then there are those who say: this glass is half empty. The world belongs, however, to those who can look at the glass and say: What's up with this glass? Excuse me? Excuse me? This is my glass? I don't think so. My glass was full! And it was a bigger glass!
-- Terry Pratchett (The Truth)
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