Open mouth, Insert foot. % Sushido, n.: The way of the tuna. % He who slings mud generally loses ground. % Why use Windows, since there is a door? % Xerox never comes up with anything original. % Within a computer, natural language is unnatural. % Interchangeable parts won't. % Save energy: be apathetic. % Anything that is good and useful is made of chocolate. % No matter what happens, someone always knew it would. % How come wrong numbers are never busy? % Don't forget: Hiroshima '45, Chernobyl '86, Windows '95 % Cannibals agree: A mime is a terrible thing to baste. % It's been discovered that research causes cancer in rats. % Beware of programmers carrying screwdrivers. % Nobody said computers were going to be polite. % Friendorphobia: The fear of being asked "Who goes there?" % Life is something none of us get out of alive. % If you choke a smurf, what color does it turn? % Energizer Bunny Arrested! Charged with battery. % Barium: what you do with dead chemists. % Veni, Vidi, Velcro: I Came, I saw, I stuck around. % Shin: a device for finding furniture in the dark % Okay, so what's the speed of dark? % Corduroy pillows: They're making headlines! % All those who believe in psychokinesis, raise my hand. % An unbreakable toy is useful for breaking other toys. % Never be afraid to tell the world who you are. % The more things change, the more they stay insane. % Memory fault - where am I? % Satire does not look pretty upon a tombstone. % A person with a tidy desk is doing no work. % A penny saved is ... a penny saved. Think bigger. % If everything goes well, you've overlooked something. % The software required Win95 or better. I installed Linux. % "If you can't make it good, make it LOOK good." - B Gates % "Once," adverb: Enough. % A belly button is for salt when you eat celery in bed. % A big enough hammer can usually fix anything. % A closed mouth gathers no flies. % A closed mouth gathers no foot. % A conclusion is where you got tired of thinking. % A dime saved is a dollar earned. The rest is Uncle Sam's. % A diploma proves only that you know how to find an answer. % A dry sense of humor is better than slobbering everywhere. % A flying particle will seek the nearest eye. % A friend is something you earn. % A generation which ignores history has no past or future. % A good angle to approach any problem is the try-angle. % A good pun is its own reword. % A hangover: the wrath of grapes. % A hen who lays an egg cackles as if it was an asteroid. % A hole is nothing but you can still break your neck in it. % A hundred stars do not equal the light of the one moon. % A KGB keyboard has no key. % A leading authority is someone lucky who guessed right. % A learned fool is more foolish than an ignorant fool. % A little knowledge is a dangerous thing. % A long time ago in a galaxy far far away, or was it here? % A mainframe: The biggest PC peripheral available. % A man should live forever, or die trying. % A man who smiles when things go wrong knows who to blame. % A man's house is his hassle. % A mob has many heads, but no brains. % A mouse is an elephant built in Japan. % An elephant: A mouse built to government specifications. % An elephant is a mouse with an operating system. % A pen is mightier than a sword except it runs out of ink. % A penny saved is a Congressional oversight. % A person does not have a sense of humor, it has you. % A person with two watches is never sure what time it is. % A problem can be found for almost every solution. % A small object that is accidentally dropped will hide. % A statesman shears sheep, a politician skins them. % A truly wise man never plays leapfrog with a unicorn. % A verbal contract isn't worth the paper its written on. % A)bort R)etry G)et a gun and kill it. % AAAAA: American Association Against Acronym Abuse. % Abdominos... sit-ups & pizza. % Abolish mornings. % ACK and ye shall receive. % Acting is the art of keeping the audience from coughing. % Actions are usually right, but the reasons seldom are. % Adult: One old enough to know better. % After a snowstorm, everybody's lawn looks the same. % After four decimal places, nobody gives a damn. % Age is never a bar to human immaturity. % Age is only important if you're a cheese. % aibohphobia, n., The fear of palindromes. % Computers are like air conditioners: they stop working properly when you open Windows. % Aliens have invaded Earth! How else do you explain DOS? % All for one; one for all, except me above all. % All I ask is to prove that money can't make me happy. -- Spike Milligan % All power corrupts, but we need electricity. % All real programs contain errors. % All true wisdom is discovered in tag lines. % All wanting joy must share it, happiness was born a twin. % All warranties expire upon payment of this invoice. % All words are pegs on which to hang ideas. % All your future lies beneath your hat. % Always be smarter than the people who hire you. % Always look out for #1 and be careful not to step in #2. % Always put your brain in gear before starting your mouth. % Always remember where you came from so you can return. % Always remember you're unique - just like everyone else. % Always smile. It makes people wonder what you're up to. % Always take aim at the Tidy Bowl Man. % Amazing how much you learn after thinking you know it all. % America was not discovered by Americans, shame on them. % Among economists, the real world is often a special case. % An attacker must vanquish, a defender need only survive. % An idea is not responsible for fools who believe in it. % An inch of dog is better than a mile of pedigree. % An optimist invented an airplane; a pessimist a parachute. % An ounce of example is worth a ton of advice. % And on the seventh day, He exited from append mode. % Anger always drives the mouth faster than the mind. % Anger is a wind which blows out the lamp of reason. % Antonym: The opposite of the word you're searching for. % Any given program, when running correctly, is obsolete. % Any IC protected by a fast acting fuse protects the fuse. % Any sufficiently advanced magic looks like technology. % Any sufficiently advanced technology looks like magic. % Any sufficiently advanced bug will become a feature. % Anybody can say they'll do something, few actualize it. % Anything is good if it's made of chocolate. % Anything not nailed down is a cat toy. % Anything that is too stupid to be spoken can be sung. % Anything worth doing is worth getting someone else to do. % Anything worth doing, is worth doing for a profit. % Apathy Error: Don't Bother Striking Any Key. % Architecture is the art of how to waste space. % Are RAM chips better than EWE chips? % Artificial intelligence is no match for natural stupidity. % As for me, all I know is that I know nothing. % As I learn, I know about more things I don't yet know. % As I said last week, I'll be done tomorrow. % As I said before, I never repeat myself. % As you stroll through life always remember: Hell sucks! % Ask not for whom the bell tolls; the answer can be deadly. % Ask not for whom the bell tolls; let the machine get it. % Assassination is the extreme form of censorship. % Assumption #1: Dan Quayle is smarter than broccoli. % At all ages you are certain you still have another year. % At least you can always use my code as a bad example. % Avoid the 5 o'clock rush - always leave work at noon. % Bad command or file name. Go stand in the corner. % Bad officials: elected by good citizens who fail to vote. % Bank Rule: To get a loan, first prove you don't need it. % Baroque: When you are out of Monet. % Bathroom scale: Something you stand on and swear at. % Be mischievous and creative, if they fit you. % Be reasonable ... Let's do it my way. % Be vewy, vewy quiet ... I'm hunting tagwines. % Beam me up Scotty... I swallowed my Phaser. % Before advising "be yourself", reassess his character. % Being alive: Concentrating on goals, not limitations. % Being punctual makes people think you have nothing to do. % Best thing about the future: it comes one day at a time. % Best way to appreciate a job: imagine yourself without it. % Beware of low-flying butterflies. % Biography: One of the terrors of death. % Blame Murphy when you dig at the wrong end of a rainbow. % Blessed are the pessimists, for they have made backups. % Blow your mind, smoke gunpowder. % Boy: A noise with dirt on it. % Bug free, cheap, on time, works. Pick two. % Bugs are sons of glitches. % Bureaucrat, n.: A person who cuts red tape sideways. % By the time I have money to burn, my fire will be out. % By the time we've made it, we've had it. % California is a fine place to live, if you are an orange. % California raisins murdered! Cereal killer suspected. % Can I blame all of my spelling errors on line noise? % Can I go back to bed now? % Cats, proof that eating and sleeping isn't all bad. % Cats teach that not everything in nature has a function. % Cats took many thousands of years to domesticate humans. % Caution: Breathing may be hazardous to your health. % Caution! - Bug squashing in progress. % Cesarean Section: A historic district in Rome. % Character is much easier kept than recovered. % Childish Game: One at which your spouse beats you. % Children are curly, dimpled lunatics. % Climate is what we expect, weather is what we get. % Common sense isn't. % Complexity isn't the answer - it's the problem. % Computations which yield 0 are probably all for naught. % Computer: a device designed to drive human beings insane. % Computers also eliminate spare time. % Computers are not intelligent. They only think they are. % Computers byte and run. % Consult with a real expert - Call your mother. % Correct me if I'm wrong ... everybody else does. % DANGER: Human at keyboard. % Dawn: the time when men of reason go to bed. % Day-by-day a day goes by. % Death is certain, life isn't. % Death is nature's way for telling you you've slowed down. % Defeat is worse than death since you have to live with it. % Desk: A very large wastebasket with drawers. % Detour: The roughest distance between two points. % Did you know that no-one ever reads these things? % Difficult? I wish it had been impossible! % Why be difficult when, with a bit of effort, you could be impossible? % Discoveries are often made by not following instructions. % Do not adjust your mind, the fault is with reality. % Documentation: The last resort. % Don't force it, get a larger hammer. % Don't look at me in that tone of voice! % Don't Panic. Just push the Reset button. % Don't question authority; it doesn't know either. % Don't try to have the last word. You might get it. % Don't use a big word where a diminutive one will suffice. % Don't worry, I'm fluent in weirdo. % Drilling for oil is boring. % Due to inflation, all clouds will now be lined with zinc. % Dumb v2.0: Upgrade from stupid. % Emergency repair procedure #1: Kick it. % Empty vessels make the most sound. % Endocannibalism: The result of a really hungry cannibal. % Entropy isn't what it used to be. % Epitaph on a gravestone: Cheerio, see you soon. % Even when you're running the world, you can't get off. % Every human comes equipped with a brain at no extra cost. % Every person you meet knows something you don't. Learn. % Every solution breeds new problems. % Everyone is gifted. but some open the package sooner. % Everything goes wrong all at once. % Fact of life #15: Heads bleed, walls don't. % Fact: fourteen out of every ten people like chocolate. % Farfignewton: German for "ergonomic cookie." % Farfrompoopin: German word for constipation. % Fingers not found - Pound head on keyboard to continue. % Fire, Ready, Aim! % Flamers have uncontrollable vowel movements. % For every vision there is an equal and opposite revision. % For many, the declension of life is: I go, you go, ego. % Four food groups: Fast, Frozen, Instant and Microwavable! % Give a small boy a hammer and everything needs pounding. % Give them all they want, and all they will want is more. % Glory may be fleeting, but obscurity is forever. % Go ahead, back up to the RAM disk. I dare you. % God heals, but always someone else wants a fee. % Good luck is a lazy man's estimate of a worker's success. % Good memories are what your heart carries in its pockets. % Government expands to absorb revenue and then some more. % Growing old is mandatory, growing up is optional. % Growing old is mandatory, but growing wise is optional. % Happiness can't buy money. % Happiness, like misery, is usually self-inflicted. % Happiness: a combination of good health and a bad memory. % Hardware: The parts of a computer that can be kicked. % Have you seen my mind? It was wandering again. % He who laughs last probably made a backup. % Hearts will never be practical 'til they're unbreakable. % Help me quick! Someone must have turned reality back on. % Hex Dump: Place for witches to get rid of used curses. % HHeellpp.. II''mm ssttuucckk iinn hhaallff--dduupplleexx.. % WWhhaatt ddooeess ffuull dduupplleexx mmeeaann?? % Hire a teenager while they still know it all. % Home, to a young boy, is merely a filling station. % Hospitals: Places where the run down wind up. % Hot water heaters? Hot water needs heating? % Hotel: A place you give good dollars for bad quarters. % How time flies, when you have a heap of problems. % How you look depends on who is looking. % Hug your kids at home and belt 'em in the car. % Hug: A roundabout way of expressing affection. % Human Being: An ingenious assembly of portable plumbing. % Humankind cannot bear very much reality. % I almost stole another tagline. I'm so ashamed. % I always laugh at the wrong time. At my own funeral.... % I am always exact and precise (more or less). % I am not a dictator. It's just I have a grumpy face. % I am perfectly sane, and so am I. % I am the terror that posts in the night. % I base my fashion taste on what doesn't itch. % I came; I saw; I screwed up. % I can be decisive, I think. % I can resist anything but temptation. % I can't use Windows. My cat ate my mouse. % I cna ytpe 300 wrods pre mniuet. % I consider cake and ice-cream my just desserts. % I didn't believe in reincarnation the last time, either. % I didn't get the documentation for the manuals. % I didn't write this; a very complex macro did. % I distinctly remember forgetting that. % I don' gotta show you no steenking tag line. % I don't believe in miracles, I rely on them. % I don't have to look up my family tree. I'm the sap. % I don't have the time for a hobby. I have a computer. % I don't know what it is, but it's in great condition. % I don't want to be there when it's time for me to die. % I finally got it all together, but forgot where I put it. % I got lost in thought. I was in unfamiliar territory. % I had a dislocated funny bone but it's better now. % I don't repeat gossip, so listen carefully. % I have a rock garden. Last week three of them died. % I have a really good memory, except it's short. % I have often regretted my speech, never my silence. % I haven't lost the weight, it's right here behind me. % I just found the last bug. % I just took an IQ test. The results were negative. % I know nothing, I see nothing, I didn't wake up yet. % I know the answer, as long as you ask the right question. % I lost a button hole today. % I love standards, there are so many of them! % I may have settled in shipping. % I may not be perfect, but I am all I got. % I only wrote the thing, I don't have to understand it. % I tried to drown my problems but they can swim. % I was on a roll, until I slipped on the butter. % I wish I could come up with an original tagline. % I'm a pilot. I pick it up here and pile it there. % I'm feeling argumentative. Please contradict me. % I'm making this up as I go along. % I'm not messy, I just ran out of STACK space. % I'm on the trailing edge of technology. % Ideas may be whole- left- right- or no-brained. % If all papers were smart enough, they would be currency. % If everyone thinks alike then somebody isn't thinking. % If I feel like exercise, I lie down until it passes. % If I were you, who'd be me? % If it wasn't for the last minute, nothing would get done. % If it works, it must be obsolete. % If it works perfectly, there's something wrong. % If it works; always tear it apart and find out why. % If it's more than you need, it's greed. % If it's not worth doing, it's not worth doing well. % If it's not on fire, it's a software problem. % If reality wants to reach me, it knows where I am. % If you can't convince them, confuse them. % If you can't make it good, make it big. % If you can't make it work, make a statistic of it. % If you continually give you will continually have. % If you didn't vote, no complaints about who's in or out. % If you explain so that nobody misunderstands, some will. % If you knew what you're talking about, you'd be dangerous. % If you know the spelling of a word, you will err anyway. % If you lie to the computer, it will get you in the end. % If you like this one, wait until you hear my next story. % If you NEED to count your money, you're not really rich. % If you search for the unknown, expect to be surprised. % If you think nobody cares, miss a couple of payments. % If you think education is expensive, try ignorance. % If you're feeling good, don't worry. You'll get over it. % If your feet smell and your nose runs, you're upside down. % If your work speaks for itself, don't interrupt. % Imagination is the one weapon in the war against reality. % Important letters develop errors in the mail. % In space, lemmings have to shoot themselves. % In spite of the cost of living, it's still popular. % Inflation is a result of legalized counterfeiting. % Irony: Giving father a billfold for Christmas. % Is a proofreader a blooper snooper? % It usually takes weeks to prepare an impromptu speech. % It will be done on time, if I can find the time. % It's a poor sort of memory that only works backwards. % It's always darkest before you step on the cat. % It's amazing how mature wisdom resembles being tired. % It's not how much an item costs, it's how much you save. % It's okay to wear the same thing every day: a smile. % Junk - stuff we throw away. Stuff - junk we keep. % Junk will accumulate to overflow space provided for it. % Just when I make ends meet, someone moves one end. % Just when I've found the answer, you change the question. % Just when you think it's hopelessly broken, it works. % Keyboard, n.: Hardware used to enter errors into a computer. % Kindergarten Rules: Be kind. Be safe. Be protective. % Kleptomaniac: A thief that can afford a shrink. % Humpty Dumpty was pushed. % Laundry: A place where clothes are mangled. % Law of Supply: It's yours if you don't need nor want it. % Law of Window Cleaning: The smudge is always on the other side. % Laws are like sausages, it is better to not see them made. % Let me know if this message doesn't get through to you. % Let's see your tagline hunting permit, sir. % Life is much easier if you look at the source code. % Life is something that happens when you can't sleep. % Life is unsure, always eat your dessert first. % Manuals come out, after all possible keystrokes fail. % Misspelled? No way! I use an error-correcting modem. % MS-DOS is a boot sector virus. % Multitasking allows screwing up several things at once. % Music is the only sensual pleasure without vice. % My hard disk went on a diet and lost its FAT. % My opinions expressed above are not necessarily mine. % My other tagline is a footnote. % Network management is like trying to herd cats. % Never buy a software package bigger than your head. % Never eat prunes when you're famished. % Never, never, never moon a werewolf! % Never say "oops." % Never test for a condition you don't know how to handle. % Never test for an error unless you're ready to handle it. % No job is too simple nor too small to make a mess out of. % Nothing is very funny when you're underneath it. % Notice: All incoming fire has the right of way. % OK, I'm weird! But I'm saving up to be eccentric. % One who is always in a stew generally goes to pot. % Only adults have difficulty with childproof caps. % Only God can make a random selection. % Only the lead dog sees the scenery change. % Open mouth, insert foot, echo stupidity internationally. % Operator!....Trace this call and tell me where I am. % Orator: a two minute idea, a two hour vocabulary. % Paranoia: the feeling that a tagline is about you. % Parts that cannot be assembled in improper order will be. % Pedestrians come in two types: Quick or Dead. % Poets are rather silent on the subject of cheese. % Police tagline. Do not cross. % Press any key... NO!... except that one. % Psychoceramics: The study of crackpots. % Purring ... the sound of a cat manufacturing cuteness. % Save the whales. Collect the whole set. % Say something soft & sweet. Marshmallow. % Seek not to follow footsteps but what they sought. % Shared pain is lessened; shared joy is increased. % Silent gratitude isn't of much value to anyone. % Sleep is a poor substitute for caffeine. % Snails' pace: .00758 mph. % Some are wise; others are otherwise.... % Some days it takes effort to just keep up with the losers. % Some lose their tempers from seeing others keep theirs. % Someone superglued all my bytes onto my hard drive. % Sometimes the only solution is to find a new problem. % Sorry, a fatal error has occurred. You're dead. % Stay away from flying saucers today. % Still here? The message is over.... Go Home. Go On! % Stupidity has no limits, genius does. % Support FREE software. Write it yourself. % Synonym: A word you use when you can't spell the other. % SYSOP: The guy that is laughing at your typing. % Tact: Recalling a lady's birthday but forgetting her age. % Talk is cheap, until you hire a lawyer. % Taxation is little more than legalized extortion. % That must be wonderful. I don't understand it at all. % That was a pointing device? My cat thought it was dinner. % That which can be imagined can also actually be reality. % The answer is easier when the question is hypothetical. % The best insomnia cure is a good night's sleep. % The buck doesn't even slow down here. % The buck stops here, the doe just visits. % Inflation is when the buck doesn't stop anywhere. % The characters in this message are recyclable. % The client who pays the least, always complains the most. % The future is not what it used to be. % The law of intelligent tinkering: save all the parts. % The longer the title, the less important the job. % The mistake you make is in trying to figure it out. % The most expensive component always breaks first. % The most useless computer tasks are the most fun to do. % The old make the rules, the young make up the exceptions. % The only roses without thorns are love and friendship. % The only time I open my mouth is to change feet. % The other line always moves faster. % There's a brain in my tumor. % There's a whole generation of people out there my age. % There's nothing wrong with DOS that Unix wouldn't fix. % They're only trying to make me LOOK paranoid. % This button doesn't do anything. Please press it again. % This is a test. Please ignore -- oops, too late ;'). % This machine is an instrument of terror. % This software will eliminate all misakes. % This tagline is umop apisdn. % Throw the keyboard out the window to continue. % Time slows if you're on the outside of the bathroom door. % Tips: Wages we pay other people's hired help. % To a cat, "NO!" means "Not while I'm looking." % To be or not to be... What a stupid question. % Tonight's forecast: dark, followed by light. % Too much of a good thing is wonderful. % Tower: "Say position." Pilot: "Position." % I tried to play my shoehorn... all I got was footnotes! % True dignity: Remaining aloof during a prostate exam. % True terror: A female Klingon with PMS. % Truncated: What happened to the peanut at the zoo. % Typos? Blame my cat. % UFO's are for real: the Air Force doesn't exist. % User Friendly, if you don't use it - its friendly. % VirusScan - "Windows found: Remove it? (Y/y)" % Waiter, I'll have what the guy writhing on the floor had. % Warning: Drinking tap water may kill your thirst. % We are all related...relatively speaking. % We're lost, but we're making good time. % We've replaced the Dilithium with new Folger's Crystals. % What hallucinations? % What light speed? I can even surpass dark speed. % What the text giveth, the footnote taketh away. % Whatever you delete today, you desperately need tomorrow. % Whatever you have, spend less. % When all else fails, read the instructions. % When all else fails, dig out the dusty user's manual. % When all think alike, then no one is thinking. % When down in the mouth, think of Jonah, he came out OK. % When everything comes your way, you're in the wrong lane. % When someone turns things around, don't get run over. % When the going gets weird, the weird turn pro. % When the going gets tough, the smart get lost. % When uncertain, or in doubt, run in circles and scream. % When you are in it up to your ears, keep your mouth shut. % When you deal with the insane, always pretend you're sane. % When you do not know what you are doing, do it neatly. % When you're over the hill, you begin to pick up speed. % Where are those flashbacks they promised me? % Where are we going, and why am I in this handbasket? % Where there is a will, I want to be in it. % Where there's a will, there's an Inheritance Tax. % Where's there's smoke, there's toast. % Wherever you came from, you're not there now. % Who says you can't have it all? % Who's the Round Table's roundest knight? Sir Cumference. % Why are there so many gnarly limbs on my family tree? % Why can't women remember to put the seat back up? % Why can't you be a non-conformist like everyone else? % Why do I always shrug my shoulders? I have no idea. % Why do they call them briefings when they take so long? % Why do they call it a TV set when you only get one? % Why is the alphabet in that order, because of the song? % Why isn't there a special name for the tops of your feet? % Window-screen: An arrangement for keeping flies in. % Windows '95 - From the people who brought you EDLIN. % Windows '95 - The best $95 solitaire game you can buy. % Windows Error: 004 -- Operator fell asleep while waiting. % Windows, Icons, Mouse and Pointer = WIMP. % Windows is a real pane. % Windows, Just Say No. % Windows, An answer to a question nobody has ever asked. % Winter in Arizona falls on a Tuesday this year. % With clothes the new are best, with friends the old. % With some foreign food the less authentic, the better. % With two ways to spell a word, the wrong one will be used. % Without love and trust all you can be in life is alone. % Women do come with instructions, ask them! % Work is for those who have nothing better to do. % Worry is the interest paid on trouble in advance. % You can always easily find anything you don't want. % You can close your eyes to reality but not to memories. % Freedom of speech does not mean I have to listen. % You can't fall off the floor. % You live and you learn - or you don't live long. % You must know your limits to break through them. % You think you have troubles? Even my sundial is slow. % You'll always overlook one of those pins in a new shirt. % My best response: Seethe and fume and throw a tantrum. % Your call will be answered in the order it was ignored. % My Yin and Yang are no longer on speaking terms. % Youth + confidence + myopia = naivete. % Youth isn't a time of life, but a state of mind. % "Apple" (C) Copyright 1767, Sir Isaac Newton. % #include % (A)bort, (R)etry, (P)retend this never happened... % 2B, or not 2B, or should I use a pen? % 3 out of 4 Americans make up 75% of the population. % A good way to deal with predators is to taste terrible. % A hunch is creativity trying to tell you something. % A little greed can get you lots of stuff. % A little inaccuracy sometimes saves tons of explanation. % All life's answers are on TV. -- Bart Simpson % All stressed out, and no one to choke... % All the easy problems have been solved. % Always forgive your enemies, nothing annoys them so much. % Don't get so worked up, it's only ones and zeros. % And now for something ruder... % Answers: $1 Correct answers: $5 Dumb looks: Free! % As a matter of fact, no, I don't have a life. % Bo Peep did it for the insurance. % Don't take life seriously, it is not permanent. % Don't buy furs, it takes trees to make protest signs. % Don't just do something!!! Stand there!!! % Don't look at me in that tone of voice! % Drink wet cement, and get completely stoned. % Either this man is dead or my watch has stopped. % Elevators smell different to midgets. % Guru, n: One who knows more jargon than you. % Guru, n: A computer owner who can read the manual. % I don't need a disclaimer. I own the company! % I have a speech impediment... my foot. % I have seen the evidence. I want different evidence! % I like to leave messages *before* the beep. % I was arrested for walking in someone else's sleep. % I wish life had a scroll-back buffer. % I've been seduced by the dark side of the chocolate. % If I had anything witty to say, I wouldn't put it here. % It's easy to apply yourself, just use crazy glue! % It's smart to pick your friends, but not your nose. % Microfiche: Sardines. % Misfortune: The kind of fortune that never misses. % Pet Store: "Buy one, get one flea." % Pizza IS the four food groups! % Sign on Closed Nuclear Power Plant... "Gone Fission" % The road to success is always under construction. % The simple explanation always follows the complex solution. % Today is Monday, cleverly disguised as Tuesday. % Too bad stupidity isn't painful. % Too much month at the end of the money. % Trees hit cars only in self-defense. % Vultures only fly with carrion luggage. % Wanted: Volcano. Average size. Must be active. % Evil thrives when good people do nothing. % Whoever said you can't buy happiness forgot about puppies. % Oxymoron #50: Act naturally % Oxymoron #49: Found missing % Oxymoron #48: Resident alien % Oxymoron #47: Advanced BASIC % Oxymoron #46: Genuine imitation % Oxymoron #45: Airline Food % Oxymoron #44: Good grief % Oxymoron #43: Same difference % Oxymoron #42: Almost exactly % Oxymoron #41: Government organization % Oxymoron #40. Sanitary landfill % Oxymoron #39: Alone together % Oxymoron #38: Legally drunk % Oxymoron #37: Silent scream % Oxymoron #36: British fashion % Oxymoron #35: Living dead % Oxymoron #34: Small crowd % Oxymoron #33: Business ethics % Oxymoron #32: Soft rock % Oxymoron #31: Butt Head % Oxymoron #30: Military Intelligence % Oxymoron #29: Software documentation % Oxymoron #28: New York culture % Oxymoron #27: New classic % Oxymoron #26: Sweet sorrow % Oxymoron #25: Childproof % Oxymoron #24: "Now, then ..." % Oxymoron #23: Synthetic natural gas % Oxymoron #21: Passive aggression % Oxymoron #20: Taped live % Oxymoron #19: Clearly misunderstood % Oxymoron #18: Peace force % Oxymoron #17: Extinct Life % Oxymoron #16: Temporary tax increase % Oxymoron #15: Computer jock % Oxymoron #14: Plastic glasses % Oxymoron #13: Terribly pleased % Oxymoron #12: Computer security % Oxymoron #11: Political science % Oxymoron #10: Tight slacks % Oxymoron #9: Definite maybe % Oxymoron #8: Pretty ugly % Oxymoron #7: Twelve-ounce pound cake % Oxymoron #6: Diet ice cream % Oxymoron #5: Rap music % Oxymoron #4: Working vacation % Oxymoron #3: Exact estimate % Oxymoron #2: Tax refund % Oxymoron #1: Microsoft Works % The only difference between a rut and a grave is the depth. % It's hard to make a comeback when you haven't been anywhere. % Eagles may soar, but weasels don't get sucked into jet engines. % Indecision is the key to flexibility. % How long is this Beta guy going to keep testing our stuff? % "I am not young enough to know everything." -- Oscar Wilde % "When the gods wish to punish us, they answer our prayers." -- Oscar Wilde % A witty saying proves nothing. -- Voltaire % (calloc(1,sizeof(geek))) % Computers make very fast, very accurate mistakes. % For a real sponge cake, borrow all the ingredients. % The difference between tax avoiding and evasion is 10 Years. % Originality is the art of concealing your sources. % Paper clips are the larval stage of coat hangers. % People will buy anything that's one to a customer. % Always remember to pillage BEFORE you burn. % Never ask a barber if you need a haircut % A fail-safe circuit will destroy others. % The world is coming to an end. Please log off. % "Nuclear war would really set back cable." -- Ted Turner % Reality -- what a concept! -- Robin Williams % Unnamed Law: If it happens, it must be possible. % bug, n: A son of a glitch. % Let not the sands of time get in your lunch. % Ambiguity: Telling the truth when you don't mean to. % In specifications, Murphy's Law supersedes Ohm's. % Sattinger's Law: It works better if you plug it in. % To teach is to learn. % That that is is that that is not is not. % Life is both difficult and time consuming. % Am I ranting? I hope so. My ranting gets raves. % There's only one everything. % He who dies with the most toys... still dies. % If you're not outraged - you're not paying attention. % My other tagline is funny. % The face is familiar - but I can't quite remember my name. % The more things change, the more they remain insane. % Those who abandon their dreams will discourage yours. % Those who live by the sword get shot by those who don't. % You're just jealous because the voices are talking to ME. % Nudists are people who wear one-button suits. % Cannibal: Someone who is fed up with people. % Handkerchief: Cold Storage. % Yawn: An honest opinion openly expressed. % Tomorrow: One of the greatest labor saving devices of today. % No matter how hard you try, you can't baptize cats. % Reading what people write on desks can teach you a lot. % Never hold a dustbuster and a cat at the same time. % School lunches stick to the wall. % You can't hide a piece of broccoli in a glass of milk. % A pencil without an eraser may as well just be a pen. % Sometimes the best one in the play has the fewest lines. % Sometimes your best move is blocked by your own checkers. % Crawling still gets you there. % If you want a kitten, start out by asking for a horse. % You can't start over just because you're losing the game. % If a tree had apples last year, don't expect pears this year. % You can't be everyone's best friend. % If you want someone to listen to you, whisper it. % Silence can be an answer. % People who talk about infallibility are on very shaky ground. % Oregano, n.: The ancient Italian art of pizza folding. % The program isn't debugged until the last user is dead. % Cat, n.: Lapwarmer with built-in buzzer. % We lie loudest when we lie to ourselves. -- Eric Hoffer % You can't hold a man down without staying down with him. % When people say nothing, they don't necessarily mean nothing. % Truth has no past and no future. It is, that's all it needs to be. % Tomorrow will be canceled due to lack of interest. % Things will get better despite our efforts to improve them. % Love is the only game that is not called on account of darkness. % There are three kinds of people: men, women, and unix. % Behind every great computer sits a skinny little geek. % Buy land now. It's not being made any more. % I used to have a handle on life, but it broke. % Delay is preferable to error. -- Thomas Jefferson % "I am a great believer in luck, and I find the harder I work the more I have of it." -- Thomas Jefferson % "The spirit of resistance to government is so valuable on certain occasions, that I wish it always to be kept alive." -- Thomas Jefferson % "When the people fear their government, there is tyranny; when the government fears the people, there is liberty." -- Thomas Jefferson % "I believe that banking institutions are more dangerous to our liberties than standing armies." -- Thomas Jefferson % "Trust me": Translation of the Latin "caveat emptor." % Cursor, n.: One whose program will not run. -- Robb Russon % The only thing better than love is chocolate milk. % Call on God, but row away from the rocks. -- Indian proverb % White dwarf seeks red giant for binary relationship. % Pound for pound, the amoeba is the most vicious animal on earth. % I have seen the Great Pretender and he is not what he seems. % To err is human, to moo bovine. % The way some people find fault, you'd think there was a reward. % What goes up must come down. Ask any system administrator. % "I can't believe I ate that whole pineapple!" Tom said, Dolefully. % "That's the last time I'll ever pet a lion," Tom said offhandedly. % <---- The information went data way. ----> % Forgiveness is love in its most noble form. % Rehab is for quitters. % Well, what if there is no tomorrow? There wasn't one today. % Why is American beer served cold? So you can tell it from urine. % I live the way I type; fast, with a lot of mistakes. % You can't propel yourself forward by patting yourself on the back. % If you do a job too well, you'll get stuck with it. % Learning at some schools is like drinking from a firehose. % Actually, my goal is to have a sandwich named after me. % If practice makes perfect, and nobody's perfect, why practice? % If it's not in the computer, it doesn't exist. % Stamp out organized crime! Abolish the IRS. % History repeats itself only if one does not listen the first time. % We have enough youth, how about a fountain of Smart? % Born free...Taxed to death. % Jack Kevorkian for White House Physician. % Reality? Is that where the pizza delivery guy comes from? % Warning: Dates in Calendar are closer than they appear. % Someday we'll look back on all this and plow into a parked car. % "Gravity is a harsh mistress." -- The TICK % Take my advice, I'm not using it. % Don't steal, the government hates competition. % I started out with nothing, and I still have most of it. % Great minds run in great circles. % "I like my job, I like my work, I LOVE my days off." % idleness, n.: Leisure gone to seed. % Trust in God, but lock your car. % When programmers die, they get deallocated. % When programmers die, their values become undefined. % When programmers die, they get re-initialized. % When programmers die, their structures break down. % When programmers die, they start dropping bits. % It's a small world, but I wouldn't want to have to paint it. % Never reveal your best argument. % If life is a stage, I want some better lighting. % Sanity and insanity overlap a fine grey line. % It's been Monday all week today. % No one gets too old to learn a new way of being stupid. % Fame may be fleeting but obscurity is forever. % Never eat anything bigger than your head. % You can only live once, but if you do it right, once is enough. % My life has a superb cast, but I can't figure out the plot. % The trouble with money is it costs too much! % As Zeus said to Narcissus, "Watch yourself." % No Jesus, no peace. Know Jesus, know peace. % Smith & Wesson: The original point and click interface. % DCE seeks DTE for mutual exchange of data. % Quantum Mechanics: The dreams stuff is made of. % The only substitute for good manners is fast reflexes. % Dust: Mud with the juice squeezed out. % Raisin: Grape with a sunburn. % A signature reveals ones character, and sometimes their name. % You can run, but you'll just die tired. % Clones are people, two. % Microbiology Lab: Staph Only! % Support bacteria; It's the only culture some people have. % Does the name Pavlov ring a bell? % Actual headline: Police Begin Campaign to Run Down Jaywalkers % I don't suffer from stress. I'm a carrier. % L-U-C-K -- Laboring Under Correct Knowledge. % Statistics are like bikinis. What they conceal is more important than what they reveal. % Help, I've fallen and I can't... Hey, nice carpet! % And now for some feedback: EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE % The difference between ignorance and apathy? I don't know it, and I couldn't care less... % ZenCrafters: Total Enlightenment in about an hour. % Some mistakes are too much fun to only make once. % Q: What's brown and sticky? A: A stick! % Q: What's the difference between roast beef and pea soup? A: Anyone can roast beef. % You may be only one person in the world, but you may also be the world to one person. % Microsoft is not the answer. Microsoft is the question. NO (or Linux) is the answer. % The nice thing about Windows is - It does not just crash, it displays a dialog box and lets you press 'OK' first. % I/O, I/O, It's off to disk I go, A bit or byte to read or write, I/O, I/O, I/O... % I'm so dumb I don't even have wisdom teeth. % "One World, One Web, One Program" - Microsoft Promotional Ad "Ein Volk, Ein Reich, Ein Fuhrer" - Adolf Hitler % Warning: I have an attitude and I know how to use it. % Of course I don't look busy. I did it right the first time. % You get a democracy when three wolves and a sheep vote on what to have for dinner. % "You are in front of me. If you value your lives, be somewhere else." -- Ambassador Delenn, B5 % Having a non-smoking section in a restaurant is like having a non-peeing section in a pool. % If you can't play with words, what good are they? % If crime doesn't pay, why do we have so many politicians? % "If it's not loud, it doesn't work!" -- Blank Reg, from "Max Headroom" % Warning: Some of my best mistakes are yet to be made. If we learn from our mistakes, I will learn a lot today. % Nice boy, but about as sharp as a sack of wet mice. -- Foghorn Leghorn % The early bird gets the worm, but the second rat gets the cheese. % WWRD? RWRTFM! - Greg Andrews in the Scary Devil Monastery % Q: How many IBM CPU's does it take to execute a job? A: Four; three to hold it down, and one to rip its head off. % Funny, I don't remember being absent minded. % When you come to the end of your rope, tie a knot and swing. % The road to success is marked with many tempting parking places. % Procrastinate Now % Ham and Eggs A day's work for a chicken; A lifetime commitment for a pig. % My wild oats have turned to shredded wheat. % Smoking: Suicide on an installment plan. % You and I do not see things as they are. We see things as we are. % Everyone has a right to be stupid. Some just abuse the privilege. % Yesterday is history. Tomorrow a mystery. Today is a gift. That's why it's called the present! % When it comes to helping you, some people stop at nothing. % He gave her a look that you could have poured on a waffle. -- Unknown % History is on our side (as long as we can control the historians). % If at first you fricassee, fry, fry again. % Atheism is a non-prophet organization. % Do jellyfish get gas from eating jellybeans? % If white wine goes with fish, do white grapes go with sushi? % The first myth of management is that it exists. % Men are like blisters: They don't show up until all the work is done! % The Earth Is Full - Go Home % Cleverly disguised as a responsible adult. % If we quit voting will they all go away? % I do whatever my rice krispies tell me to. % Boldly Going Nowhere % Body By Nautilus; Brain By Mattel % If the shoe fits, it's ugly. % Polarize: What penguins see with. % "There's always free cheese in a mousetrap." -- Ben Shepley % A bad day gone worse only makes for a better day tomorrow. -- Ben Shepley % Tell me what you need, and I'll tell you how to get along without it. % Everybody is somebody else's weirdo. % Nurphy's law: Anything that can't be misspelled will be. % Life is like photography. We use the negative to develop. % "Faith is a refusal to panic." -- D. Martyn Lloyd-Jones % You can't have everything. Where would you put it? % I'm not a complete idiot, some parts are missing. % As long as there are tests, there will be prayer in public schools. % Consciousness: that annoying time between naps. % I'm out of bed and dressed; what more do you want? % No one is listening until you make a mistake. % If love is blind, why is lingerie so popular? % Give a man a fish and you feed him for a day; teach him to use the Web and he won't bother you for weeks. % I'm not aging, I just need re-potting. % My idea of cleaning the house is sweeping the floor with a glance. % My house is protected by killer dust bunnies. % Experience varies directly with the equipment ruined. % Experience is that marvelous thing that enables you recognize a mistake when you make it again. -- F. P. Jones % Experience is recognizing what didn't work last time either. % Experience is what you get when you don't get what you want. % A little experience often upsets a lot of theory. % "Good judgment comes from experience, and experience comes from bad judgment." -- Barry LePatner % A learning experience is one of those things that says, "You know that thing you just did? Don't do that." -- Douglas Adams % The one good thing about repeating mistakes is you know when to cringe. -- D. Joseph Creighton % "WARNING - Do not swallow the battery door" -- Motorola minipager Instruction Manual. % If NT is your answer, you don't understand the question. % Very few profundities can be expressed in less than 80 characters. % "Don't be so humble. You're not that great." -- Golda Meir % "If you lend me some money, it'll be my treat." -- Akane Tendo "Ranma 1/2" % Other than that, Mrs. Lincoln, how was the play? % Before you criticise someone, walk a mile in their shoes. That way, you're a mile away and you have their shoes too. % "Help Microsoft stamp out Piracy. Give Linux to a Friend Today!" -- SurfUp on Slashdot % "So Linus, what are we doing tonight?" "The same thing we do every night Tux. Try to take over the world!" % Windows 2000: Designed for the Internet The Internet: Designed for UNIX % [It is] best to confuse only one issue at a time. -- K&R % "I am a human being, being human." -- Nyssa@ChaoticMUX % "If you continue running Windows, your system may become unstable." -- Windows 95 BSOD % I owe, I owe, It's off to work I go... % If ignorance is bliss, why aren't there more happy people? % If you can't read this, blame a teacher. % Screw world peace; visualize using your turn signal! % Shortest distance between two jokes: A straight line. % Living might mean taking chances, but they're worth taking. Loving might be a mistake, but it's worth making. -- Lee Ann Womack % Wait a minute, we have an infinite number of monkeys, and Usenet looks nothing like Shakespeare! % Sanity is not a normal state of mind. % Is there a lawyer in the house? BANG! Any more? % EMACS - Eight Megabytes And Constantly Swapping % Quote of the day: ` % Quote of the day: ' % Quote of the day: " % There is no such thing as sufficiently intimidating. -- numerous residents of the Scary Devil Monastery % whose? my your his her our their *its* who's? I'm you're he's she's we're they're *it's* % "Screams erupted at a nearby hotel, where Microsoft founder Bill Gates was addressing an education and technology conference." -- 01/03/2001 % Never test the depth of the water with both feet. % "I'd tell you but I'd have to kill you." "Okay, but it better be good." % It's not the bullet that has your name on it you have to worry about, It's all those other ones marked 'To whom it may concern'! % "The avalanche has already started. It is too late for the pebbles to vote." -- Kosh, "Babylon 5" % Today is the last day of your life, so far. % It isn't difficult to make a mountain out of a molehill - just add a little dirt. % The mighty oak tree was once a little nut that held its ground. % Ask not what's inside your head, but what your head's inside of. -- J.J. Gibson % If you give a man a fire, he's warm for a night. If you set a man on fire, he's warm for the rest of his life. % "Outlook not so good." That magic 8-ball knows everything! I'll ask about Exchange Server next. % I think ... therefore, I am overqualified. % Hell, I can *never* afford to go by Fry's. It always wants to turn into 'go buy Fry's'. -- Shalon Wood in the Scary Devil Monastery % A balanced diet is a cookie in each hand. % Men are from earth. Women are from earth. Deal with it. % Never refuse a breath mint when offered. % Nothing is more fun than evangelism. -- Larry Wall % If I could find the words I would write it all down, If I could only find a voice I would speak. -- Meatloaf % "Incontinence Helpline ... Please hold" % Why do programmers always get Haloween and Christmas confused? Because Oct(31)==Dec(25) % "They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety." -- Benjamin Franklin % "There is a fine line between coincidence and fate." - The Mummy Returns % "You stink so bad you make Right Guard turn left, Speed Stick slow down, Secret obvious, and Sure confused." -- Anonymous % Sometimes the best medicine is to stop taking something. % Time is the best teacher... Unfortunately, it eventually kills all of its students. -- Robin Williams % Life is like a diaper -- short and loaded. % Quidquid latine dictum sit, altum viditur. [Whatever is said in Latin sounds profound.] % Dime is money. % A shortcut is the longest distance between two points. % "By the time they had diminished from 50 to 8, the other dwarves began to suspect "Hungry." -- a Larson cartoon % Life is a series of rude awakenings. -- R.V. Winkle % Even bytes get lonely for a little bit. % It occurred to me lately that nothing has occurred to me lately. % Dr. Jekyll had something to Hyde. % No matter how cynical you think you are, reality is going to find a way to make you look naive. -- Shmuel in the Scary Devil Monastery % There are 10 types of people: Those who understand binary, and those who don't. % If swimming is so good for your figure, how do you explain whales? % Did Noah keep his bees in archives? % How can there be self-help "groups"? % The difference between 'involvement' and 'commitment' is like an eggs and ham breakfast: the chicken was 'involved', the pig was 'committed'. % 596F75206A7573742076696F6C617465642074686520444D43412E0A 7777772E616E74692D646D63612E6F72670A % Stubbornness will get you where self-esteem won't let you go. -- Queen of Swords in the Scary Devil Monastery % When the SysAdmin answers the phone politely, say "sorry", hang up and run awaaaaay! % Never put both feet in your mouth at the same time, because then you don't have a leg to stand on. % Transvestite: A guy who likes to eat, drink and be Mary! % The difference between the Pope and your boss: The Pope only expects you to kiss his ring. % My mind works like lightning. One brilliant flash and it's gone. % "Man invented language to satisfy his deep need to complain." -- Lily Tomlin % Lava Lamps: Visual Valium % For the best seat in the house, move the cat. % "Alexander Hamilton started the U.S. Treasury with nothing - and that was the closest our country has ever been to being even." -- Will Rogers % "Nuclear physics is much easier than tax law. It's rational and always works the same way." -- Jerold Rochwald % O'Toole's corollary: Murphy was an optimist. % I know God won't give me anything I can't handle. I just wish He didn't trust me so much! % vi vi vi -- The Editor of the Beast % "Whenever I hear anyone arguing for slavery, I feel a strong impulse to see it tried on him personally." -- Abraham Lincoln % "Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man's character, give him power." -- Abraham Lincoln % "Failure is not an option. It comes bundled with your Microsoft product." -- Ferenc Mantfeld in the the Scary Devil Monastery % Contrary to popular belief, Unix is user friendly. It just happens to be very selective about who its friends are. -- Kyle Hearn % "Security-wise, NT is a server with a 'Kick me' sign taped to it." -- Peter Gutmann in the Scary Devil Monastery % Not to be taken internally, literally or seriously. % Tech Support: The guys who follow the 'Parade of New Products' with a shovel. -- Jay Mottern in the Scary Devil Monastery % () ASCII ribbon campaign - Against HTML mail. /\ - Against Microsoft attachments. % Microsoft is to software what McDonalds is to gourmet cooking. % Home is where your house is. % "It is better for civilization to be going down the drain than coming up it." -- Allen's Law % Ten people who speak make more noise than ten thousand who are silent. % Hofstadter's law: "It always takes longer than you expect, even when you take Hofstadter's law into account." % Children seldom misquote you. In fact, they usually repeat word for word what you shouldn't have said. % "I'm offended by political jokes. Too often they get elected." -- Henny Youngman % "If breathing required conscious thought, the world population would be on a sharp decline." -- Greg in the Scary Devil Monastery % If clues were shoes, most people would be barefoot. % "South Carolina: Too small for a country, too big for an insane asylum." -- David Ralston % A lie is terminological inexactitude. -- Sir Winston Churchill % I am ready to meet my maker, but whether my maker is prepared for the great ordeal of meeting me is another matter. -- Sir Winston Churchill % It is a mistake to try to look too far ahead. The chain of destiny can only be grasped on link at a time. -- Sir Winston Churchill % When you have to kill a man it costs nothing to be polite. -- Sir Winston Churchill % Courage is resistance to fear, mastery of fear - not absence of fear. -- Mark Twain % Love your enemy, it will scare the hell out of them. -- Mark Twain % Never let school interfere with your education. -- Mark Twain % The world owes you nothing. It was here first. -- Mark Twain % Be careful about reading health books. You may die of a misprint. -- Mark Twain % Clothes make the man. Naked people have little or no influence on society. -- Mark Twain % I am opposed to millionaires, but it would be dangerous to offer me the position. -- Mark Twain % I have never let my schooling interfere with my education. -- Mark Twain % Let us so live that when we come to die even the undertaker will be sorry. -- Mark Twain % Fiction is obliged to stick to possibilities. Truth isn't. -- Mark Twain % Truth is stranger than fiction, because fiction has to make sense. -- Mark Twain % Whenever you find that you are on the side of the majority, it is time to reform. -- Mark Twain % A classic is something that everybody wants to have read and nobody wants to read. -- Mark Twain % I am not one of those who in expressing opinions confine themselves to facts. -- Mark Twain % A lie can travel halfway around the world while the truth is putting on its shoes. -- Mark Twain % Few things are harder to put up with than the annoyance of a good example. -- Mark Twain % It is better to keep your mouth closed and let people think you are a fool than to open it and remove all doubt. -- Mark Twain % The difference between the right word and the almost right word is the difference between lightning and a lightning bug. -- Mark Twain % If you tell the truth you don't have to remember anything. -- Mark Twain % Truth is more of a stranger than fiction. -- Mark Twain % "When I was younger, I could remember anything, whether it had happened or not." -- Mark Twain % Expecting the world to treat you fairly because you are a good person is a little like expecting the bull not to attack you because you are a vegetarian. -- Dennis Wholey % perl -we 'print((split("","HJPacehklnorstu \n"))[1,14,12, 13,15,3,9,10,13,6,5,11,15,2,5,11,8,15,0,3,4,7,5,11,16]);' % perl -wle 'print((split(""," anotherlcksuJPH")) [13..11,4,0..7,0,14,6..8,0,15,1,9,10,6,7]);' % perl -e '$_="4A75737420616E6F74686572205065726C20 4861636B65720A";print chr hex for(split(/(..)/))' % Never take a sleeping pill and a laxative on the same night. % There is no such thing as a "worst-case scenario." Things could always be worse. % Please avoid sending me Word or PowerPoint attachments. See http://www.fsf.org/philosophy/no-word-attachments.html % "Depend on the rabbit's foot if you will, but remember it didn't work for the rabbit." -- R.E. Shay % "The other day I... uh, no, that wasn't me." -- Steven Wright % "I just bought a microwave fireplace... You can spend an entire evening in front of it in only eight minutes." -- Steven Wright % "If you shoot at mimes, should you use a silencer?" -- Steven Wright % Ennui is sometimes good. It's a lot less taxing than an emotional crisis. -- Phinnia on LiveJournal % I've got that happy, just-licked-out-the-brownie-batter-bowl kinda feelin' -- Solcita on LiveJournal % Every MS product is a "demo". -- Kenny McCormack in comp.editors % When it comes down to it, searching the web without Google is like straining sewage with your teeth. -- UserFriendly, Mike % "Personally, I think that shinymorninghappy people are either drugged or just not paying attention." -- ororo on LiveJournal % Lots of couples say, "We want a baby." I never heard one say, "We want a teen-ager." -- Ruth Moore % You have to live like there's no tomorrow, love like you've never been hurt, dance like nobody's watching and work like you don't need the money. % Never attribute to malice that which can be adequately explained by stupidity. -- Hanlon's Razor % Stupidity, when maintained long enough, _is_ a form of malice. -- Richard's corollary to Hanlon's Razor. % "Understanding is a three-edged sword. Your side, their side, and the truth." -- JMS, "Babylon 5" % If you place a small value on yourself, rest assured, the world will not raise your price. % I think it's a beautiful day to go to the zoo and feed the ducks. ...To the lions. -- Brian Kantor % Violence is the last resort of the incompetent. The competent, of course, make it their *first* resort. % "Power corrupts, PowerPoint corrupts absolutely." -- Vint Cerf % Remember, a lone amateur built the ark but a group of professionals built the Titanic. % "Why is it, 'A penny for your thoughts,' but, 'you have to put your two cents in?' Somebody's making a penny." -- George Carlin % Alternate definitions, #1: Coffee (n.), a person who is coughed upon. % Alternate definitions, #2: Flabbergasted (adj.), appalled over how much weight you have gained. % Alternate definitions, #3: Abdicate (v.), to give up all hope of ever having a flat stomach. % Alternate definitions, #4: Esplanade (v.), to attempt an explanation while drunk. % Alternate definitions, #5: Negligent (adj.), describes a condition in which you absentmindedly answer the door in your nightie. % Alternate definitions, #6: Lymph (v.), to walk with a lisp. % Alternate definitions, #7: Gargoyle (n.), an olive-flavored mouthwash. % Alternate definitions, #8: Flatulence (n.) the emergency vehicle that picks you up after you are run over by a steamroller. % Alternate definitions, #9: Balderdash (n.), a rapidly receding hairline. % Alternate definitions, #10: Rectitude (n.), the formal, dignified demeanor assumed by a proctologist immediately before he examines you. % Alternate definitions, #11: Oyster (n.), a person who sprinkles his conversation with Yiddish expressions. % Alternate definitions, #12: Frisbeetarianism (n.), The belief that, when you die, your soul goes up on the roof and gets stuck there. % Alternate definitions, #13: Pokemon (n), A Jamaican proctologist. % Saying "back in my day" is an admission that today is not your day. % "I had no shoes and I pitied myself. Then I met a man who had no feet, so I took his shoes." -- Dave Barry % "You can only be young once. But you can always be immature." -- Dave Barry % Eat right. Stay fit. Die anyway. % A fine is a tax for doing wrong. A tax is a fine for doing well. % Expecting the world to treat you fairly because you are good is like expecting the bull not to charge because you are a vegetarian. % I'm out of my mind, but feel free to leave a message... % It might look like I'm doing nothing, but at the cellular level I'm really quite busy. % Money does not talk. It just goes without saying. % Just remember, you can't spell Manslaughter without Laughter! % Most men would die for the one they loved -- that's easy. The question is would they live for her? That's the hard part. % "It's not that our liberal friends are ignorant. It's just that they know so much that isn't so." -- Ronald Reagan % How do you spot an extroverted computer geek? He stares at *your* shoes when talking to you. % Don't anthropomorphize computers. They hate that. % What people commonly call fate is mostly their own stupidity. - Arthur Schopenhauer % "The incredible always happens in real life," Tse-Mallory chided her. "It's the expected which makes up most fiction." -- Alan Dean Foster % It is no measure of health to be well adjusted to a profoundly sick society. -- Krishnamurti % Only a dead fish goes with the flow. -- Ethan Evans % Don't you wish there were a knob on the TV to turn up the intelligence? There's one marked 'Brightness,' but it doesn't work. -- Gallagher % "Two things are infinite: the universe and human stupidity; and I'm not sure about the universe." -- Albert Einstein % If knowledge can create problems, it is not through ignorance that we can solve them. -- Isaac Asimov % The most exciting phrase to hear in science, the one that heralds new discoveries, is not "Eureka!" (I found it!) but "That's funny ..." -- Isaac Asimov % "Vehemence is no guarantee of truth." -- Isaac Asimov % It pays to be obvious, especially if you have a reputation for subtlety. -- Isaac Asimov % Life is pleasant. Death is peaceful. It's the transition that's troublesome. -- Isaac Asimov % Those people who think they know everything are a great annoyance to those of us who do. -- Isaac Asimov % I do not fear computers. I fear the lack of them. -- Isaac Asimov % Never let your sense of morals get in the way of doing what's right. -- Isaac Asimov % It's easy to love people in China. It's tougher to love the person living next door. % Sex isn't life. But life's impossible with out it. % No amount of money in the world is worth not being able to look at yourself in the mirror. % I'm worried that the universe will soon need replacing. It's not holding a charge. -- Edward Chilton % Strange as it seems, no amount of learning can cure stupidity, and higher education positively fortifies it. -- Stephen Vizinczey % Some people like my advice so much that they frame it upon the wall instead of using it. -- Gordon R. Dickson % This isn't right. This isn't even wrong. -- Wolfgang Pauli % Life is something that everyone should try at least once. -- Henry J. Tillman % Nobody believes the official spokesman... but everybody trusts an unidentified source. -- Ron Nesen % The cat could very well be man's best friend but would never stoop to admitting it. -- Doug Larson % "Reality is the leading cause of stress amongst those in touch with it." -- Jane Wagner % A fellow who is always declaring he's no fool usually has his suspicions. -- Wilson Mizner % "I think my toes are jealous of my fingers because they get to point at things." -- Jon in "Garfield" % "A fanatic is one who can't change his mind and won't change the subject." -- Winston Churchill % "Cynicism is an unpleasant way of saying the truth." -- Lillian Hellman % "I don't necessarily agree with everything I say." -- Marshall McLuhan % "The big thieves hang the little ones." -- Czech Proverb % "The surest way to make a monkey of a man is to quote him." -- Robert Benchley % The trouble with having an open mind, of course, is that people will insist on coming along and trying to put things in it. -- Terry Pratchett % "The trouble with the rat race is that even if you win, you're still a rat." -- Lily Tomlin % "What can you say about a society that says that God is dead and Elvis is alive?" -- Irv Kupcinet % Knowledge is knowing that a tomato is a fruit. Wisdom is not putting it in a fruit salad. % It takes 23 muscles to frown but only six to pull the pin out of a grenade. % "There is nothing worse than aggressive stupidity." -- Johann Wolfgang von Goethe % "Usually, terrible things that are done with the excuse that progress requires them are not really progress at all, but just terrible things." -- Russell Baker % If you believe everything you read, better not read. -- Japanese Proverb % "One machine can do the work of fifty ordinary men. No machine can do the work of one extraordinary man." -- Elbert Hubbard % "English doesn't borrow from other languages. English follows other languages down dark alleys, knocks them over and goes through their pockets for loose grammar." -- Unknown % "When they discover the center of the universe, a lot of people will be disappointed to discover they are not it." -- Bernard Bailey % "It is dangerous to be right when the government is wrong." -- Voltaire % "Freedom of the press is limited to those who own one." -- A. J. Liebling % "What's the use of a good quotation if you can't change it?" -- Doctor Who % "First things first, but not necessarily in that order." -- Doctor Who % Criticism is something you can easily avoid by saying nothing, doing nothing, and being nothing. % "Two wrongs don't make a right, but they make a good excuse." -- Thomas Szasz % Close only counts in horseshoes and hand grenades. % "Facts do not cease to exist because they are ignored." -- Aldous Huxley % "Love is not blind - it sees more, not less. But because it sees more, it is willing to see less." -- Rabbi Julius Gordon % "If you want to know what God thinks of money, just look at the people He gives it to." -- Dorothy Parker % Silence is golden, but duct tape is silver. % "Drama is life with the dull bits cut out." -- Alfred Hitchcock % "Those who flee temptation generally leave a forwarding address." -- Lane Olinghouse % "When only cops have guns, it's called a 'police state.'" -- Robert Heinlein % "Progress isn't made by early risers. It's made by lazy men trying to find easier ways to do something." -- Robert Heinlein % "Take sides! Always take sides! You will sometimes be wrong--but the man who refuses to take sides must always be wrong! Heaven save us from poltroons who fear to make a choice. Let us stand up and be counted." -- Robert Heinlein % "I'm not screwed. I'm beyond screwed. Screwed is sitting across the room, waving at me, and saying, 'Hi! Glad I'm not you!'" -- Unknown % "The really frightening thing about middle age is that you know you'll grow out of it." -- Doris Day % "Don't worry about people stealing an idea. If it's original, you will have to ram it down their throats." -- Howard Aiken % "Never keep up with the Joneses. Drag them down to your level." -- Quentin Crisp % "No fair!" is the protest of one who didn't think of it first. % "Liberty means responsibility. That is why most men dread it." -- George Bernard Shaw % "A government that robs Peter to pay Paul can always depend on the support of Paul." -- George Bernard Shaw % "You can't wait for inspiration. You have to go after it with a club." -- Jack London % "A committee is a cul-de-sac down which ideas are lured and then quietly strangled." -- Sir Barnett Cocks % "A superstition is a premature explanation that overstays its time." -- George Iles % Linux: because rebooting is for adding new hardware. % "In Hollywood a marriage is a success if it outlasts milk." -- Rita Rudner % "Never interrupt your enemy when he is making a mistake." -- Napoleon Bonaparte % "If you choose not to decide, you still have made a choice." -- Rush % A conservative is a liberal who just got mugged. A liberal is a conservative who just got arrested. % "Sanity calms, but madness is more interesting." -- John Russell % "Never explain--your friends do not need it and your enemies will not believe you anyway." -- Elbert Hubbard % Did Sigmund's wife wear Freudian slips? % "The battle is the LORD's" -- 1 Samuel 17:45-47 % Adam fell that men might be; and men are, that they might have joy. -- 2 Nephi 2:25 % "A bore is a man who deprives you of solitude without providing you with company." -- Gian Vincenzo Gravina % "My life has no purpose, no direction, no aim, no meaning, and yet I'm happy. I can't figure it out. What am I doing right?" -- Charles M. Schulz % Times have not become more violent. They have just become more televised. -- Marilyn Manson % "The tooth fairy teaches children that they can sell body parts for money." -- David Richerby % The only thing that saves us from the bureaucracy is inefficiency. An efficient bureaucracy is the greatest threat to liberty. - Eugene McCarthy % "The 'Net is a waste of time, and that's exactly what's right about it." -- William Gibson % "Millions long for immortality who don't know what to do with themselves on a rainy Sunday afternoon." -- Susan Ertz % "The nine most terrifying words in the English language are, 'I'm from the government and I'm here to help.'" -- Ronald Reagan % "It's a dangerous business going out your front door." -- J.R.R. Tolkien % “Do not meddle in the affairs of Wizards, for they are subtle and quick to anger.” -- J.R.R. Tolkien % "A good novel tells us the truth about its hero; but a bad novel tells us the truth about its author." -- G. K. Chesterton % "A celebrity is a person who works hard all his life to become well known, then wears dark glasses to avoid being recognized." -- Fred Allen % "I do not want people to be agreeable, as it saves me the trouble of liking them." -- Jane Austen % "Nothing fixes a thing so intensely in the memory as the wish to forget it." -- Michel de Montaigne % "To do just the opposite is also a form of imitation." -- Georg Christoph Lichtenberg % "Formerly, when religion was strong and science weak, men mistook magic for medicine; now, when science is strong and religion weak, men mistake medicine for magic." -- Thomas Szasz % "There is no nonsense so gross that society will not, at some time, make a doctrine of it and defend it with every weapon of communal stupidity." -- Robertson Davies % "It is said that power corrupts, but actually it's more true that power attracts the corruptible. The sane are usually attracted by other things than power." -- David Brin % "You are not superior just because you see the world in an odious light." -- Vicomte de Chateaubriand % "Our doubts are traitors, And make us lose the good we oft might win By fearing to attempt." -- Shakespeare "Measure for Measure" (1.4.87-9) % "About the time we think we can make ends meet, somebody moves the ends." -- Herbert Hoover % "The most dangerous strategy is to jump a chasm in two leaps." -- Benjamin Disraeli % "People should not be afraid of their governments. Governments should be afraid of their people." -- V in "V for Vendetta" % Remember, remember the 5th of November. The gunpowder, treason, and plot. I know of no reason why the gunpowder treason should ever be forgot. -- V for Vendetta % Evey: "Are you, like, a crazy person?" V: "I am quite sure they will say so." -- V for Vendetta % Corn oil comes from corn and olive oil comes from olives, so where does baby oil come from? % "Write a wise saying and your name will live forever." -- Anonymous % "The most radical revolutionary will become a conservative the day after the revolution." -- Hannah Arendt % "Societies not only evolve, they also rot." -- Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia % "Ninety percent of everything is crap." -- Sturgeon's Law "This is also true of the remaining ten percent." -- Whitten's Corollary % "They misunderestimated me." -- George W. Bush, Bentonville, Ark., Nov. 6, 2000 % "It has been proven that more Americans watch television than any other appliance." -- Gary Mule Deer % "Men occasionally stumble over the truth, but most of them pick themselves up and hurry off as if nothing ever happened." -- Sir Winston Churchill % "Rumor has it that if you play Microsoft CDs backwards you will hear satanic messages. Worse still, is that if you play them forwards they will install Windows." -- Unknown % "Don't worry about people stealing an idea. If it's original, you will have to ram it down their throats." -- Howard Aiken % "A great many people think they are thinking when they are really rearranging their prejudices." -- William James % Cogito cogito ergo cogito sum. (I think that I think, therefore I think that I am.) -- Ambrose Bierce % "The optimist proclaims that we live in the best of all possible worlds; and the pessimist fears this is true." -- James Branch Cabell % "Sometimes I lie awake at night, and I ask, 'Where have I gone wrong?' Then a voice says to me, 'This is going to take more than one night.'" -- Charles M. Schulz % "To have a right to do a thing is not at all the same as to be right in doing it." -- G. K. Chesterton % "The trouble about trying to make yourself stupider than you really are is that you very often succeed." -- C. S. Lewis % "Living in a vacuum sucks." -- Adrienne E. Gusoff % "Virtue is its own punishment." -- Aneurin Bevan % "Careful. We don't want to learn from this." -- Bill Watterson % "The power of accurate observation is commonly called cynicism by those who have not got it." -- George Bernard Shaw % "It only takes 20 years for a liberal to become a conservative without changing a single idea." -- Robert Anton Wilson % "We rarely think people have good sense unless they agree with us." -- Francois de La Rochefoucauld % $this->hasFlavr() ? $nom->nom('nom') : $want->doNot(); % "Death is your reward for surviving life." -- Scott % "Public speaking is the art of diluting a two-minute idea with a two-hour vocabulary." -- Evan Esar % "Never believe anything until it has been officially denied." -- Claud Cockburn % "If people never did silly things, nothing intelligent would ever get done." -- Ludwig Wittgenstein % "You can only be young once. But you can always be immature." -- Dave Barry % "Until you've lost your reputation, you never realize what a burden it was." -- Margaret Mitchell % "That we occasionally violate our own stated moral code does not imply that we are insincere in espousing that code." -- Neal Stephenson