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My own suspicion is that the universe is not only queerer than we suppose, but queerer than we *can* suppose.: J. B. S. Haldane (1892 - 1964), "On Being the Right Size" in the (1928) book "Possible Worlds"
The fathers of the field had been pretty confusing: John von Neumann speculated about computers and the human brain in analogies sufficiently wild to be worthy of a medieval thinker, and Alan Turing thought about criteria to settle the question of whether machines can think, a question of which we now know that it is about as relevant as the question of whether submarines can swim.: E. W. Dijkstra, at the ACN South Central Regional Conference, Austin, Texas, 16 to 18 November 1984
Sweetest things turn sourest by their deeds; Lilies that fester smell far worse than weeds.: William Shakespeare (1564 - 1616), Sonnet XCIV
The modern conservative is engaged in one of man's oldest exercises in moral philosophy; that is, the search for a superior moral justification for selfishness.: John Kenneth Galbraith (1908 - 2006)
The use of COBOL cripples the mind; its teaching should, therefore, be reguarded as a criminal offense.: E. W. Dijkstra
Strike the tent.: Robert E. Lee (1807 - 1870), last words, 12 October 1870.
I have tried so hard to do the right.: Grover Cleveland (1837 - 1908), last words, 1908.
God does not play dice with the universe; He plays an ineffable game of his own devising, which might be compared, from the perspective of any of the other players, to being involved in an obscure and complex version of poker in a pitch dark room, with blank cards, for infinite stakes, with a dealer who won't tell you the rules, and who smiles all the time.: Terry Pratchett, "Good Omens"
A few days ago I walked along the edge of the lake and was treated to the crunch and rustle of leaves with each step I made. The acoustics of this season are different and all sounds, no matter how hushed, are as crisp as autumn air.: Eric Sloane
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The world of the commodity is a world upside-down, which bases itself not upon life but upon the transformation of life into work.: Raoul Vaneigem

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