Favorite Quotes

"Two men looked out from prison bars, one saw mud, the other stars"

Frederick Langbridge

 

"God will give me justice" - Count Of Monte Cristo

 

Also, by Francis Bacon (and often mis-ascribed to Edgar Allan Poe):

"There is no excellent beauty that hath not some strangeness in the proportion. "

 

^^^ Now that is a quote to describe @Cave Troll if ever there was one.

 

"I feel it right to warn the reader that he can very well skip this chapter without losing the thread of the story as I have to tell, since for most part it is nothing more than the account of a conversation that I had with Larry. However, I should add that except for this conversation, I would perhaps not have thought it worthwhile to write this book."

W. Somerset Maugham, The Razor's Edge

 

“Everywhere is within walking distance if you have the time.”

Steven Wright, comedian

 

Loved his stuff!

 

Such dry yet effective humour!

 

Except where oceans are concerned.
I mean, I can swim, but not for thousands of miles.

 

Do what is meaningful, not what is expedient

Prof J Peterson

 

Is the expedient necessarily meaningless?

 

Is Bismark a herring?

 

Possibly, if it is red.

 

Is meaning necessary?

 

Whatever you ascertain is necessary, is meaningful.

 

Using Linux is like having a wacky girlfriend; most of the time, the advantages outweigh the aggravation.

- Anon.

 

Dude is a total boss.

 

Destination is only determined by direction.

~ Drunken elderly man in local Irish pub (yes it did have an open fire)

 

Reminds me of Lewis Carol:

 

I bet Lewis Carol didn’t slur “I don’t buy rounds”