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- Basically a dog person. I certainly, though, wouldn't want to offend my constituents who are cat people, and I should say that being, I hope, a sensitive person, that I have nothing against cats, and had cats when I was a boy, and if we didn't have the two dogs might very well be interested in having a cat now.
- Incoming Missouri Congressman James Talent, responding to the question "Are you a dog or a cat person?"
- In Washington, it's dog eat dog. In academia, it's exactly the opposite.
- Robert Reich, the Secretary of Labor
- When a dog bites a man that is not news, but when a man bites a dog that is news.
- Charles Anderson Dana
- Yesterday I was a dog. Today I'm a dog. Tomorrow I'll probably still be a dog. Sigh! There's so little hope for advancement.
- Charles M. Schulz (1922 - 2000), (Snoopy)
- Tortoise: But we must be careful in combining sentences. For instance, you'd grant that "Politicians lie" is true, wouldn't you?
Achilles: Who could deny it? Tortoise: Good. Likewise, "Cast-iron sinks" is a valid utterance, isn't it? Achilles: Indubitably. Tortoise: Then, putting them together, we get "Politicians lie in cast-iron sinks" ... - Douglas R. Hofstadter, "Godel, Escher, Bach: an Eternal Golden Braid"
- A politician will always tip off his true belief by stating the opposite at the beginning of the sentence. For maximum comprehension, do not start listening until the first clause is concluded. Begin instead at the word "but" which begins the second, or active, clause. This is the way to tell a liberal from a conservative -- before they tell you.
Thus: "I have always believed in a strong national defense, second to none, but ... " (a liberal, about to propose a $20 billion defense cut). - Frank Mankiewicz
- The danger from computers is not that they will eventually get as smart as men, but that we will meanwhile agree to meet them halfway."
- Bernard Avishai
- In a way, staring into a computer screen is like staring into an eclipse. It's brilliant and you don't realize the damage until its too late."
- Bruce Sterling
- The most likely way for the world to be destroyed, most experts agree, is by accident. That's where we come in; we're computer professionals. We cause accidents.
- Nathaniel Borenstein (1957 - )
- And, of course, you have the commercials where savvy businesspeople Get Ahead by using their MacIntosh computers to create the ultimate American business product: a really sharp-looking report.
- Dave Barry (1947 - )
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