This page is dedicated to cool quotes and sigs I have found. Credit is given where possible.
This page is ALWAYS under construction and is updated as I think of
things to say.
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Computers allow humans to make mistakes at the fastest speeds known, with the possible exception of tequila and handguns
In a post Genghis Khan world, should we allow anyone to ride a horse?
There are no stupid questions, only inquisitive idiots.
Champagne for my real friends - and real pain for my sham friends /.
Life is complex because it has a real part and an imaginary part.
You can surrender without a prayer, but never really pray without surrender.
There is no amount of power too small or petty to be abused.
Post Disclaimer: I may or may not have all, some, or none of the information necessary to make an accurate, inaccurate, or totally false statement.
I don't like numbers which can't be written as fractions. It's an irrational fear.
Regarding the "War on Drugs" and SWAT Teams
Sad that it has to be said, but --um-- nonviolent suspects, bystanders, and
innocent people shouldn't be shot to death over marijuana,
or a couple of OxyContin pills.
That simply isn't an acceptable outcome. But until the public starts
demanding some real changes in policy, it will continue to be a
common one.
Reason Magazine November 6, 2006
Quiz: True or False, On a scale of 1 to 10: What is your middle name?
EaglemanBSA's .sig on SlashDot
Alcohol, Tobacco & Firearms should be a convenience store, not a government agency.
Homophobic: exhibiting an irrational fear of homosexuality. Believing
homosexuality is a sin is neither fearful nor irrational.
- Me.
Having a positive attitude won't solve all your problems, but it will annoy enough people to be worth the effort.
"I have as much authority as the pope, I just don't have as many people
who believe it"
- George Carlin
The sting of death is sin, and the power of sin is the law.
- 1 Corinthians 15:56
"Stop throwing the Constitution in my face, It's just a goddamned piece of paper!"
President of the United States of America, George W. Bush - November 2005.
reference
Eagles may soar but weasels don't get sucked into jet engines!
aeronaut on ipilot.com
Debugging is twice as hard as writing the code in the first place. Therefore,
if you write the code as cleverly as possible, you are, by definition,
not smart enough to debug it.
Brian W. Kernighan
Una actitude positiva no va solucionar todos tus problemas, pero va a molestar a suficientes personas como para que valga la pena el esfuerzo.
'If you don't read the newspaper you are uninformed, if you do read the newspaper you are misinformed.'
Mark Twain
Suppose you were an idiot. And suppose you were a member of the Government....but then I repeat myself.
Mark Twain
I contend that for a nation to try to tax itself into prosperity is like a man standing in a bucket and trying to lift himself up by the handle.
Winston Churchill
A government which robs Peter to pay Paul can always depend on the support of Paul.
George Bernard Shaw
A liberal is someone who feels a great debt to his fellow man, which debt he proposes to pay off with your money.
G Gordon Liddy
Democracy must be something more than two wolves and a sheep voting on what to have for dinner.
James Bovard, Civil Libertarian (1994)
Foreign aid might be defined as a transfer of money from poor people in rich countries to rich people in poor countries.
Douglas Casey, Classmate of Bill Clinton
Georgetown University
Giving money and power to government is like giving whiskey and car keys to teenage boys.
P.J. O'Rourke, Civil Libertarian
Government is the great fiction, through which everybody endeavours to live at the expense of everybody else.
Frederic Bastiat, French Economist (1801-1850)
Government's view of the economy could be summed up in a few short phrases: If it moves, tax it. If it keeps moving, regulate it. And if it stops moving, subsidize it
Ronald Reagan (1986)
I don't make jokes. I just watch the government and report the facts.
Will Rogers (the first John Stuart :-)
If you think health care is expensive now, wait until you see what it costs when it's free!
P.J. O'Rourke
In general, the art of government consists of taking as much money as possible from one group of citizens to give to the other.
Voltaire (1764)
Just because you do not take an interest in politics doesn't mean politics won't take an interest in you!
Pericles (430 B.C.)
No man's life, liberty, or property is safe while the legislature is in session.
Mark Twain (1866 )
Talk is cheap..except when Government does it.
Unknown
The government is like a baby's alimentary canal, with a happy appetite at one end and no responsibility at the other
Ronald Reagan
The inherent vice of capitalism is the unequal sharing of the blessings. The inherent blessing of socialism is the equal sharing of misery.
Winston Churchill
The only difference between a tax man and a taxidermist is that the taxidermist leaves the skin.
Mark Twain
The ultimate result of shielding men from the effects of folly is to fill the world with fools.
Herbert Spencer, English Philosopher (1820-1903)
What this country needs are more unemployed politicians.
Edward Langley, Artist (1928 - 1995)
A government big enough to give you everything you want, is strong enough to take everything you have.
Thomas Jefferson
