X-Git-Url: https://git.donarmstrong.com/?a=blobdiff_plain;f=signature_stuff%2Fquote.txt;h=32d86f87c720e552970480fc3520e88af28fed93;hb=3cdcfcc3e5a6cbf3719d6e415a5fffe45bb57f8a;hp=e500fdb44e656580673df85e5e7a14e6c9d35f2d;hpb=c306d196963b41903e8d4888786a1afdbd8da0c7;p=lib.git diff --git a/signature_stuff/quote.txt b/signature_stuff/quote.txt index e500fdb..32d86f8 100644 --- a/signature_stuff/quote.txt +++ b/signature_stuff/quote.txt @@ -511,10 +511,6 @@ won't rise again. Leukocyte... I am your father. -- R. Stevens http://www.dieselsweeties.com/archive.php?s=1546 % -Your village called. -They want their idiot back. - -- xkcd http://xkcd.com/c23.html -% S: Make me a sandwich B: What? Make it yourself. S: sudo make me a sandwich @@ -861,7 +857,7 @@ 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 +power, I have always thought, is to ensure the absolute unthinkability of oneself not being there." -- Terry Pratchett _Unseen Academicals_ p391 % @@ -1091,3 +1087,24 @@ I'm So Meta, Even This Acronym done by people who think, genuinely think, that they're doing it for the best, especially if there is some god involved. -- Terry Pratchett _Snuff_ p185 +% +"I always tend to assume there's an infinite amount of money out +there." "There might as well be, [...] but most of it gets spent on +pornography, sugar water, and bombs. There is only so much that can be +scraped together for particle accelerators." + -- Neal Stephenson _Anathem_ p262 +% +"Do you need [...] [t]ools? Stuff?" +"Our opponent is an alien starship packed with atomic bombs. [...] We +have a protractor." + -- Neal Stephenson _Anathem_ p320 +% +The whole modern world has divided itself into Conservatives and +Progressives. The business of Progressives is to go on making +mistakes. The business of the Conservatives is to prevent the mistakes +from being corrected. + -- G. K. Chesterton "Illustrated London News (1924-04-19)" +% +You are educated when you have the ability to listen to almost +anything without losing your temper or self-confidence. + -- Robert Frost