Friday, September 20, 2024

Quote of the Day

I find television very educating. Every time somebody turns on the set, I go into the other room and read a book.
-- Groucho Marx

Thursday, September 19, 2024

Quote of the Day

In the game of chess you can never let your adversary see your pieces.
-- Captain Zapp Brannigan

Wednesday, September 18, 2024

Quote of the Day

True, it returns "" for false, but "" is an even more interesting number than 0.
-- Larry Wall in <199707300650.XAA05515@wall.org>

Tuesday, September 17, 2024

Quote of the Day

America's health care system is second only to Japan... Canada, Sweden, Great Britain... well, all of Europe. But you can thank your lucky stars we don't live in Paraguay!
-- Homer J. Simpson

Monday, September 16, 2024

Quote of the Day

Patriotism is the last refuge of a scoundrel.
-- Samuel Johnson

Sunday, September 15, 2024

Quote of the Day

Washington couldn't tell a lie, Nixon couldn't tell the truth, and Reagan couldn't tell the difference.
-- Mort Sahl

Saturday, September 14, 2024

Quote of the Day

Colonel Klink, why have you forsaken me?
-- Homer J. Simpson

Friday, September 13, 2024

Quote of the Day

I'll be more enthusiastic about encouraging thinking outside the box when there's evidence of any thinking going on inside it.
-- Terry Pratchett

Thursday, September 12, 2024

Quote of the Day

I don't own a computer, or a modem, or anything like that; I still work on a manual typewriter, by choice, and to those who consider me a Luddite I say: Fuck you and yo mama. I operate at the level of technology that best suits my needs. And I type at 120 words per minute --two fingers --I make no mistakes, and my manuscripts are real. You can pick them up and hold them. My typewriter doesn't dump it's memory --I don't lose a book.
-- Harlan Ellison

Wednesday, September 11, 2024

Quote of the Day

Words are the litmus paper of the minds. If you find yourself in the power of someone who will use the word "commence" in cold blood, go somewhere else very quickly. But if they say "Enter", don't stop to pack.
-- Terry Pratchett (Small Gods)

Tuesday, September 10, 2024

Quote of the Day

As in certain cults it is possible to kill a process if you know its true name.
-- Ken Thompson and Dennis M. Ritchie

Monday, September 09, 2024

Quote of the Day

I tell ya, I knew my morning wasn't going right. When I put on my shirt the button fell off, when I picked up my briefcase, the handle fell off, I tell ya, I was afraid to go to the bathroom.
-- Rodney Dangerfield

Sunday, September 08, 2024

Quote of the Day

Never hurts to have a second set of prints on a gun.
-- Nelson Muntz

Saturday, September 07, 2024

Quote of the Day

I'm a firm believer in the philosophy of a ruling class. Especially since I rule.
-- Randal Graves

Friday, September 06, 2024

Quote of the Day

Indeed, history is nothing more than a tableau of crimes and misfortunes.
-- Voltaire

Thursday, September 05, 2024

Quote of the Day

You live and learn. At any rate, you live.
-- Douglas Adams

Wednesday, September 04, 2024

Quote of the Day

Talent is cheap, and many talents treat themselves cheaply.
-- Bill Evans

Tuesday, September 03, 2024

Quote of the Day

Marriage is the only adventure open to the cowardly.
-- Voltaire

Monday, September 02, 2024

Quote of the Day

He wrapped himself in quotations- as a beggar would enfold himself in the purple of Emperors.
-- Rudyard Kipling

Sunday, September 01, 2024

Quote of the Day

You know what, I am gonna have that third steak after all.
-- Ron Swanson