chansen's Quote Board, page 1
Boasting 30 quotes!
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Sometimes it pays to stay in bed on Monday, rather than spending the rest of the week debugging Monday’s code
Speaker: Dan SalomonPosted: 05 Oct 2009 at 9:11 AMComments: None... Be the first to comment! -
Using Linux over Windows is like wearing boxers over briefs. The freedom you feel is amazing.
Speaker: Chad HansenSource: I said this.Posted: 03 Sep 2009 at 2:39 PMComments: None... Be the first to comment! -
We don’t make movies to make money, we make money to make more movies.
Speaker: Walt DisneyPosted: 27 Mar 2009 at 8:51 AMComments: None... Be the first to comment! -
Microsoft has a majority market share in the new desktop PC
marketplace. This is a bug, which Ubuntu is designed to fix.Speaker: Mark ShuttleworthPosted: 06 Mar 2009 at 8:57 AMComments: None... Be the first to comment! -
Il y a deux tragédies dans la vie. L’une est de ne pas obtenir ce que l’on désire ardemment, et l’autre de l’obtenir.
Speaker: George Bernard ShawSource: Homme et surhommePosted: 13 Feb 2009 at 10:05 AMComments: None... Be the first to comment! -
Life is a Dance…so, when you stumble, make it part of the dance.
Speaker: GaySource: I read something like it somewhere and this is all that my brain could retain.Posted: 20 Nov 2008 at 8:46 AMComments: None... Be the first to comment! -
Television has brought back murder into the home – where it belongs.
Speaker: Alfred HitchcockPosted: 20 Nov 2008 at 2:08 PMComments: None... Be the first to comment! -
When a cat is dropped, it always lands on its feet, and when toast is dropped, it always lands with the buttered side facing down. I propose to strap buttered toast to the back of a cat; the two will hover, spinning, inches above the ground. With a giant buttered-cat array, a high-speed monorail could easily link New York with Chicago.
Speaker: John FrazeeSource: The Journal of Irreproducible ResultsPosted: 31 Oct 2008 at 2:07 PMComments: 1 -
I’m glad you asked that question, seigway dude!
Speaker: Dr. Mike GoodrichSource: CS 470Posted: 30 Oct 2008 at 11:39 AMComments: None... Be the first to comment! -
The American people will never knowingly adopt Socialism, but under the name of ‘liberalism,’ they will adopt every fragment of the Socialist program until one day America will be a Socialist nation without knowing it happened.
Speaker: Normon M. ThomasSource: Campaign Speech 1948Posted: 24 Oct 2008 at 8:58 AMComments: None... Be the first to comment! -
Always end the name of your child with a vowel, so that when you yell the name will carry.
Speaker: Bill CosbyPosted: 13 Oct 2008 at 9:09 AMComments: None... Be the first to comment! -
That’s beyond the scope of this class. It would make a good exam question.
Speaker: Dr. Mike GoodrichSource: CS 470 Fall 2008Posted: 02 Oct 2008 at 11:31 AMComments: None... Be the first to comment! -
This is how humans are: We question all our beliefs, except for the ones that we really believe in, and those we never think to question.
Speaker: Andrew WigginSource: Speaker for the Dead by Orson Scott CardPosted: 01 Oct 2008 at 4:18 PMComments: None... Be the first to comment! -
Insanity: Doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results.
Speaker: Albert EinsteinPosted: 01 Oct 2008 at 4:16 PMComments: None... Be the first to comment! -
Outside of a dog, a book is man’s best friend. Inside of a dog it’s too dark to read.
Speaker: Groucho MarxPosted: 01 Oct 2008 at 4:15 PMComments: None... Be the first to comment! -
It is a mistake to think you can solve any major problems just with potatoes.
Speaker: Douglas AdamsPosted: 01 Oct 2008 at 4:13 PMComments: None... Be the first to comment! -
First we thought the PC was a calculator. Then we found out how to turn numbers into letters with ASCII — and we thought it was a typewriter. Then we discovered graphics, and we thought it was a television. With the World Wide Web, we’ve realized it’s a brochure.
Speaker: Douglas AdamsPosted: 01 Oct 2008 at 4:12 PMComments: None... Be the first to comment! -
I love deadlines. I like the whooshing sound they make as they fly by.
Speaker: Douglas AdamsPosted: 01 Oct 2008 at 4:11 PMComments: None... Be the first to comment! -
So many books, so little time.
Speaker: Frank ZappaPosted: 01 Oct 2008 at 4:11 PMComments: None... Be the first to comment! -
A room without books is like a body without a soul.
Speaker: Marcus Tullius CiceroPosted: 01 Oct 2008 at 4:10 PMComments: None... Be the first to comment!