Quotes You Like

And just to follow up without a snark (which I am aware I am overly fond of):

" Come to my arms, my beamish boy! O frabjous day! Callooh! Callay!"

(And yeah, that's one of the few poems I can recite by heart.)

@shallow-blue said
If Douglas Adams really did say that, he never programmed a computer in his life. Because I was in the 1990s (and still am), and trust me - most of us had our code fixed long before you Boomer commentariat ever got your knickers in a twist about an ex-problem.

There’s tons of quotes out there about crappy programmers.

A man thinks that by mouthing hard words he understands hard things.

~ Herman Melville
US novelist & sailor (1819 - 1891)

We make a living by what we get, but we make a life by what we give.
- Winston Churchill

To me a lush carpet of pine needles or spongy grass is more welcome than the most luxurious Persian rug.

~ Helen Keller
US blind & deaf educator (1880 - 1968)

Humans are the only animals that have children on purpose with the exception of guppies, who like to eat theirs.

~ P. J. O'Rourke

History will judge us by the difference we make in the everyday lives of children.

Nelson Mandela

"I've seen things you people wouldn't believe. Attack ships on fire off the shoulder of Orion. I watched C-beams glitter in the dark near the Tannhäuser Gate. All those moments will be lost in time, like tears in rain. Time to die."

- rutger hauer as roy batty in blade runner

@moonbus said
Actually it’s Merkin Muffly who has that line, but yes, the movie is Dr. Strangelove. And may you conserve your precious bodily fluids.

you'll have to answer to the coca cola company

@moonbus said
Actually it’s Merkin Muffly who has that line, but yes, the movie is Dr. Strangelove. And may you conserve your precious bodily fluids.

"i deny them my essence"

@rookie54 said
"i deny them my essence"

Who would want it? 😛 😉

-VR

“The problem with politicians is they tell people what they wish to hear instead of what they need to know.”
― Carmine Savastano

"believe in yourself, even if nobody else will"

~ sasquatch

“Women & cats will do as they please, and men and dogs should relax & get used to the idea.”
― Robert A. Heinlein

@rookie54 said
"I've seen things you people wouldn't believe. Attack ships on fire off the shoulder of Orion. I watched C-beams glitter in the dark near the Tannhäuser Gate. All those moments will be lost in time, like tears in rain. Time to die."

- rutger hauer as roy batty in blade runner

Classic.