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- 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 - )
- Good breeding consists of concealing how much we think of ourselves and how little we think of the other person.
- Mark Twain (1835 - 1910)
- Irrigation of the land with seawater desalinated by fusion power is ancient. It's called rain.
- Michael McClary
- Patriotism is the willingness to kill and be killed for trivial reasons.
- Bertrand Russell (1872 - 1970)
- If we fight a war and win it with H-bombs, what history will remember is not the ideals we were fighting for but the methods we used to accomplish them. These methods will be compared to the warfare of Genghis Khan who ruthlessly killed every last inhabitant of Persia.
- Hans A. Bethe
- Oh, I don't blame Congress. If I had $600 billion at my disposal, I'd be irresponsible, too.
- Lichty and Wagner
- I am not in this world to live up to other people's expectations, nor do I feel that the world must live up to mine.
- Fritz Perls
- A fellow who is always declaring he's no fool usually has his suspicions.
- Wilson Mizner (1876 - 1933)
- When a thing has been said, and said well, have no scruple. Take it and copy it.
- Anatole France (1844 - 1924)
- The only reason some people get lost in thought is because it's unfamiliar territory.
- Paul Fix
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