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- The question of whether a computer can think is no more interesting than the question of whether a submarine can swim.
- E. W. Dijkstra
- A good relationship is like fireworks: loud, explosive, and liable to maim you if you hold on too long.
- Jeph Jacques, Questionable Content, 11-14-08
- There are two ways to pass a hurdle: leaping over or plowing through... There needs to be a monster truck option.
- Jeph Jacques, Questionable Content #1356, 03-10-09
- What's the point of havin' a rapier wit if I can't use it to stab people?
- Jeph Jacques, Questionable Content, #1615, March 2010
- If only corporal punishment cured low self-esteem.
- Jeph Jacques, Questionable Content, She's A Bit of A Pout, author's note, 08-31-11
- We never stop investigating. We are never satisfied that we know enough to get by. Every question we answer leads on to another question. This has become the greatest survival trick of our species.
- Desmond Morris
- In the attitude of silence the soul finds the path in a clearer light, and what is elusive and deceptive resolves itself into crystal clearness. Our life is a long and arduous quest after Truth.
- Mahatma Gandhi (1869 - 1948)
- I know of no more encouraging fact than the unquestioned ability of a man to elevate his life by conscious endeavor.
- Henry David Thoreau (1817 - 1862)
- Fear is a question: What are you afraid of, and why? Just as the seed of health is in illness, because illness contains information, your fears are a treasure house of self-knowledge if you explore them.
- Marilyn Ferguson
- Animals are such agreeable friends - they ask no questions, they pass no criticisms.
- George Eliot (1819 - 1880), 'Mr. Gilfil's Love Story,' Scenes of Clerical Life, 1857
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