Computing is not about computers any more. It is about living. ~Nicholas Negroponte
There is as much difference between good poetry and fine verses, as between the smell of a flower-garden and of a perfumer's shop. ~Augustus William Hare and Julius Charles Hare, Guesses at Truth, by Two Brothers, 1827
There are exactly as many special occasions in life as we choose to celebrate. ~Robert Brault, www.robertbrault.com
Better to write for yourself and have no public, than to write for the public and have no self. ~Cyril Connolly
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In every part and corner of our life, to lose oneself is to be the gainer; to forget oneself is to be happy. ~Robert Louis Stevenson
A law is unjust if it is inflicted on a minority that, as a result of being denied the right to vote, had no part in enacting or devising the law. Who can say that the legislature of Alabama which set up the state's segregation laws was democratically elected? ~Martin Luther King, Jr., "Letter from Birmingham Jail," Why We Can't Wait, 1963
It is impossible to imagine the universe run by a wise, just and omnipotent God, but it is quite easy to imagine it run by a board of gods. ~H.L. Mencken
When a diplomat says yes he means perhaps; when he says perhaps he means no; when he says no he is no diplomat. ~Author Unknown
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We have a choice every day - to act on yesterday's good intentions or get an early start on tomorrow's regrets. ~Robert Brault, www.robertbrault.com
If you sincerely desire a truly well-rounded education, you must study the extremists, the obscure and "nutty." You need the balance! Your poor brain is already being impregnated with middle-of-the-road crap, twenty-four hours a day, no matter what. Network TV, newspapers, radio, magazines at the supermarket... even if you never watch, read, listen, or leave your house, even if you are deaf and blind, the telepathic pressure alone of the uncountable normals surrounding you will insure that you are automatically well-grounded in consensus reality. ~Ivan Stang, High Weirdness By Mail If you smile at someone, they might smile back. ~Author Unknown
If you must drink and drive, drink Pepsi. ~Author unknown, as seen on a bumper sticker
You cannot step into the same river twice. ~Heraclitus, in Diogenes Laertius, Lives
For me, mowing the lawn with a very loud gas-powered mower is the best time for karaoke. And I'm sure my neighbors would agree. ~Author Unknown
Education is the best provision for old age. ~Aristotle
Publication - is the auction of the Mind of Man. ~Emily Dickinson
American means white, and Africanist people struggle to make the term applicable to themselves with ethnicity and hyphen after hyphen after hyphen. ~Toni Morrison, Playing in the Dark: Whiteness and the Literary Imagination, 1992
Creativity is allowing yourself to make mistakes. Art is knowing which ones to keep. ~Scott Adams
A touchstone to determine the actual worth of an "intellectual" - find out how he feels about astrology. ~Robert A. Heinlein
Life beats down and crushes the soul and art reminds you that you have one. ~Stella Adler
If there is one spot of sun spilling onto the floor, a cat will find it and soak it up. ~Jean Asper McIntosh
The world is mud-luscious and puddle-wonderful. ~e.e. cummings
A man has one hundred dollars and you leave him with two dollars. That's subtraction. ~Mae West
Do not regret growing older. It is a privilege denied to many. ~Author Unknown
A letter is an unannounced visit, the postman the agent of rude surprises. One ought to reserve an hour a week for receiving letters and afterwards take a bath. ~Friedrich Nietzsche
