X-Git-Url: https://git.donarmstrong.com/?a=blobdiff_plain;f=signature_stuff%2Fquote.txt;h=12a5ab54641e93a1c0f4680e3f622d8daf000464;hb=74dc4af6b96a7c038c3a2326b8eddf2ce9ea0b9c;hp=bac6b430a4f14abe217a3e07fe99f4216c8392bc;hpb=f43b5fe5a3ad73351835dac1fc689f3acba64037;p=lib.git diff --git a/signature_stuff/quote.txt b/signature_stuff/quote.txt index bac6b43..12a5ab5 100644 --- a/signature_stuff/quote.txt +++ b/signature_stuff/quote.txt @@ -853,3 +853,16 @@ Rule 30: "A little trust goes a long way. The less you use, the further you'll go." -- Howard Tayler _Schlock Mercenary_ March 8th, 2003 http://www.schlockmercenary.com/d/20030308.html +% +There is no form of lead-poisoning which more rapidly and thoroughly +pervades the blood and bones and marrow than that which reaches the +young author through mental contact with type metal. + -- Oliver Wendell Holmes (Tilton 1947 p67) +% +It is easier to build strong children than to repair broken men. + -- Frederick Douglass +% +"That is why I am still tyrant of [Ankh-Morpork]. The way to retain +power, I have always thought, is to ensure the absolute unthinkabilty +of oneself not being there." + -- Terry Pratchett _Unseen Academicals_ p391