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- It would appear that we have reached the limits of what it is possible to achieve with computer technology, although one should be careful with such statements, as they tend to sound pretty silly in 5 years.
- John Von Neumann (ca. 1949)
- After several minutes of utterly dull conversation I began to think of her not as a woman but as a human, then not as a human but as an animal, then not as an animal but as a source of high-grade protein.
- Mark Gooley
- The friendly cow all red and white,
I love with all my heart: She gives me cream with all her might; to eat with apple tart. - Robert Louis Stevenson (1850 - 1894)
- The ultimate test of a relationship is to disagree but hold hands.
- Alexander Penney
- When one is trying to do something beyond his known powers it is useless to seek the approval of friends. Friends are at their best in moments of defeat.
- Henry Miller (1891 - 1980)
- Each friend represents a world in us, a world not born until they arrive, and it is only by this meeting that a new world is born.
- Anais Nin (1903 - 1977)
- Only enemies speak the truth; friends and lovers lie endlessly, caught in the web of duty.
- Stephen King (1947 - ), Roland from "The Last Gunslinger"
- Truth, springs from agrument amongst friends.
- David Hume (1711 - 1776)
- Perhaps the reader may ask, of what consequence is it whether the author's exact language is preserved or not, provided we have his thought? The answer is, that inaccurate quotation is a sin against truth. It may appear in any particular instance to be a trifle, but perfection consists in small things, and perfection is no trifle.
- Robert W. Shaunon
- A book of quotations . . . can never be complete.
- Robert M. Hamilton
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