We all agree on the necessity of compromise. We just can't agree on when
it's necessary to compromise. -- Larry Wall
Tuesday, December 31, 2013
Monday, December 30, 2013
Fortune Quote #513
This has been planned for some time. I guess we'll just have to find
someone with an exceptionally round tuit. -- Larry Wall
someone with an exceptionally round tuit. -- Larry Wall
Sunday, December 29, 2013
Fortune Quote #512
The computer should be doing the hard work. That's what it's paid to do,
after all. -- Larry Wall
after all. -- Larry Wall
Saturday, December 28, 2013
Friday, December 27, 2013
Fortune Quote #510
Over the long term, symbiosis is more useful than parasitism. More fun,
too. Ask any mitochondria. -- Larry Wall
too. Ask any mitochondria. -- Larry Wall
Thursday, December 26, 2013
Wednesday, December 25, 2013
Fortune Quote #508
Not that I have anything much against redundancy. But I said that
already. -- Larry Wall
already. -- Larry Wall
Tuesday, December 24, 2013
Fortune Quote #507
No, I'm not going to explain it. If you can't figure it out, you didn't
want to know anyway... -- Larry Wall
want to know anyway... -- Larry Wall
Monday, December 23, 2013
Fortune Quote #506
It doesn't much matter whether the universe itself is true or false, just
as long as it makes a good story. -- Larry Wall
as long as it makes a good story. -- Larry Wall
Sunday, December 22, 2013
Saturday, December 21, 2013
Fortune Quote #504
As usual, I'm overstating the case to knock a few neurons loose, but the
truth is usually somewhere in the muddle, uh, middle. -- Larry Wall
truth is usually somewhere in the muddle, uh, middle. -- Larry Wall
Friday, December 20, 2013
Fortune Quote #503
And don't tell me there isn't one bit of difference between null and
space, because that's exactly how much difference there is. --
Larry Wall
space, because that's exactly how much difference there is. --
Larry Wall
Thursday, December 19, 2013
Fortune Quote #502
By steadily disciplining the animal nature, until it becomes one pointed,
it is possible to establish conscious awareness of The Eternal. --
Lao-Tzu
it is possible to establish conscious awareness of The Eternal. --
Lao-Tzu
Wednesday, December 18, 2013
Fortune Quote #501
Lady Astor: "Sir, if you were my husband, I would poison your drink."
Winston Churchill: "Madam, if you were my wife, I would drink it." [This
quotation is probably apocryphal; Fred Shapiro, in The Yale Book of
Quotations, tracked the origins of the phrase to a joke line from a 1900
edition of The Chicago Tribune.]
Winston Churchill: "Madam, if you were my wife, I would drink it." [This
quotation is probably apocryphal; Fred Shapiro, in The Yale Book of
Quotations, tracked the origins of the phrase to a joke line from a 1900
edition of The Chicago Tribune.]
Tuesday, December 17, 2013
Fortune Quote #500
Bessie Braddock: "Winston [Churchill], you are drunk, and what's more,
you are disgustingly drunk." Winston Churchill: "And I might say, Mrs.
Braddock, you are ugly, and what's more, disgustingly ugly. But
tomorrow, I shall be sober."
you are disgustingly drunk." Winston Churchill: "And I might say, Mrs.
Braddock, you are ugly, and what's more, disgustingly ugly. But
tomorrow, I shall be sober."
Monday, December 16, 2013
Fortune Quote #499
Why is it that our memory is good enough to retain the least triviality
that happens to us, and yet not good enough to recollect how often we have
told it to the same person? -- La Rochefoucauld
that happens to us, and yet not good enough to recollect how often we have
told it to the same person? -- La Rochefoucauld
Sunday, December 15, 2013
Saturday, December 14, 2013
Friday, December 13, 2013
Fortune Quote #495
In a world as crazy as this one, it ought to be easy to find something
that happens solely by chance. It isn't. -- Kevin McKeen
that happens solely by chance. It isn't. -- Kevin McKeen
Thursday, December 12, 2013
Wednesday, December 11, 2013
Fortune Quote #493
Just as too much charity is the handiwork of a fool, so too much patience
is the hallmark of a coward. -- Kabbalah
is the hallmark of a coward. -- Kabbalah
Tuesday, December 10, 2013
Sunday, December 8, 2013
Fortune Quote #491
As scarce as truth is, the supply has always been in excess of the
demand. -- Josh Billings
demand. -- Josh Billings
Saturday, December 7, 2013
Friday, December 6, 2013
Thursday, December 5, 2013
Fortune Quote #488
Every man is rich or poor according to the proportion between his desires
and his enjoyments. -- Johnson
and his enjoyments. -- Johnson
Wednesday, December 4, 2013
Fortune Quote #487
Slumps are like a soft bed. They're easy to get into and hard to get out
of. -- Johnny Bench
of. -- Johnny Bench
Tuesday, December 3, 2013
Fortune Quote #486
Before I got married I had six theories about bringing up children; now I
have six children and no theories. -- John Wilmot
have six children and no theories. -- John Wilmot
Monday, December 2, 2013
Sunday, December 1, 2013
Fortune Quote #484
The highest reward for a person's toil is not what they get for it, but
what they become by it. -- John Ruskin
what they become by it. -- John Ruskin
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