X-Git-Url: https://git.donarmstrong.com/?a=blobdiff_plain;f=signature_stuff%2Fquote.txt;h=d7b3a8beda58722aa792531b196a1f68ab81c533;hb=4e137eada37165a0cf1c1ed9d49cfa326c330160;hp=adfa4c2aa5ee2d06ed1f21d9dc622e9bd20b6907;hpb=a2e0eb79ca73ba839b5e030d36618cc78fa4de05;p=lib.git diff --git a/signature_stuff/quote.txt b/signature_stuff/quote.txt index adfa4c2..d7b3a8b 100644 --- a/signature_stuff/quote.txt +++ b/signature_stuff/quote.txt @@ -218,7 +218,7 @@ forces have swooped on an Iraqi Primary School and detained 6th Grade teacher Mohammed Al-Hazar. Sources indicate that, when arrested, Al-Hazar was in possession of a ruler, a protractor, a set square and a calculator. US President George W Bush argued that this was clear -and overwhelming evidence that Iraq indeed possessed weapons of maths +and overwhelming evidence that Iraq indeed possessed weapons of math instruction. % I'd never hurt another living thing. @@ -696,3 +696,14 @@ Religion is religion, however you wrap it, and like Quell says, a preoccupation with the next world clearly signals an inability to cope credibly with this one. -- Richard K. Morgan "Broken Angels" p65 +% +After the first battle of Sto Lat, I formulated a policy which has +stood me in good stead in other battles. It is this: if an enemy has +an impregnable stronghold, see he stays there. + -- Terry Pratchett _Jingo_ p265 +% +Vimes hated and despised the priviledges of rank, but they had this to +be said for them: At least they meant that you could hate and despise +them in comfort. + -- Terry PRatchett _The Fifth Elephant_ p111 +