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A complex system that works is invariably found to have evolved from a simple system that worked.-- John Gall ("Systemantics")
Emacs is a good operating system, but I prefer Unix.
I wouldn't touch the Metric System with a 3.048m pole.
Punctuation is important. There is a world of semantic difference between "Damn straight." and "Damn, straight."
There's an argument to be made that beneath every cynic there is a frustrated romantic. (Fringe)
X.400 is the mail system of the future, and I hope it stays that way.-- Erik Fair
"The best education consists in immunizing people against systematic attempts at education."-- Paul Karl Feyerabend
A Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer is to computing what a McDonalds Certified Food Specialist is to fine cuisine.
Be warned that being an expert is more than understanding how a system is supposed to work. Expertise is gained by investigating why a system doesn't work.-- Brian Redman
I must invent my own philosophical systems, or else be enslaved by other men's.-- William Blake
The irony is that Bill Gates claims to be making a stable operating system and Linus Torvalds claims to be trying to take over the world.
Peace is not the absence of war. Peace is the presence of a system for resolving conflicts before war becomes necessary. War never creates peace.
"You assist an evil system most effectively by obeying its orders and decrees. An evil system never deserves such allegiance. Allegiance to it means partaking of the evil. A good person will resist an evil system with his or her whole soul."-- Mahatma Gandhi
"I really don't see anything romantic in proposing. It is very romantic to be in love. But there is nothing romantic about a definite proposal. Why, one may be accepted. One usually is, I believe. Then the excitement is all over."-- Oscar Wilde (The Importance of Being Earnest)