Saturday, February 14, 2009

Quotaria

"The way to get started is to quit talking and begin doing."
- Walt Disney

If you put tomfoolery into a computer, nothing comes
out of it but tomfoolery. But this tomfoolery, having
passed through a very expensive machine, is somehow
enobled and no-one dares criticize it. - Pierre Gallois

"For a list of all the ways technology has failed
to improve the quality of life, please press three."
- Alice Kahn

It may be that the old astrologers had the truth
exactly reversed, when they believed that the
stars controlled the destinies of men. The time
may come when men control the destinies of stars.
- Arthur C. Clarke

In real life, unlike in Shakespeare, the
sweetness of the rose depends upon the
name it bears. Things are not only what
they are. They are, in very important
respects, what they seem to be.
- Hubert H. Humphrey

In my many years I have come to a
conclusion that one useless man is
a shame, two is a law firm, and three
or more is a congress.
- John Adams

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