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Humor is just another defense against the universe
-- Mel Brooks

Einstein argued that there must be simplified explanations of nature, because God is not capricious or arbitrary. No such faith comforts the software engineer.
-- Fred Brooks

"Character may be manifested in the great moments, but it is made in the small ones."
-- Phillips Brooks

Nothing in education is so astonishing as the amount of ignorance it accumulates in the form of inert facts.

-- Henry Brooks Adams

"It's easier to fight for one's principles than to live up to them."
-- Fred Adler

I like long walks, especially when they are taken by people who annoy me.
-- Fred Allen

The only unnatural sex act is that which you cannot perform.
-- Alfred Kinsey

It is easier to fight for one's principles than to live up to them.
-- Alfred Adler

The chief danger in life is that you may take too many precautions.
-- Alfred Adler

I have just returned from Boston. It is the only thing to do if you find yourself up there.
-- Fred Allen

God, as some cynic has said, is always on the side which has the best football coach.
-- Heywood Broun

"Imitation is the sincerest form of television."
-- Fred Allen (1894-1956)

Jesus was killed by a moral majority.

The truth is not decided by democracy.

"Loved by some, accepted by others and misunderstood by most."

Donkey: a horse designed by a study team.

For a man to truly understand rejection, he must first be ignored by a cat.

There are two ways to slide easily through life; to believe everything or to doubt everything. Both ways save us from thinking.
-- Alfred Korzybski

You rarely have time for everything you want in this life, so you have to make choices. And hopefully your choices can come from a deep sense of who you are.
-- Fred Rogers

Beware of programmers who carry screwdrivers.
-- Leonard Brandwein

Seeing a murder on television can help work off one's antagonisms. And if you haven't any antagonisms, the commercials will give you some.
-- Alfred Hitchcock

Fred Astaire: Can't act. Slightly bald. Can dance a little.

(Anonymous screen test)

There was never a saint with red hair.
(Russian proverb)

A poet is someone who is astonished by everything.

Reality is an illusion created by alcohol deficiency.

Virtue does not always demand a heavy sacrifice -- only the willingness to make it when necessary.
-- Frederick Dunn

"Never offend people with style when you can offend them with substance."
-- Sam Brown

Lead me not into temptation; I can find the way myself.
-- Rita Mae Brown

Do not mock a pain that you haven�t endured

Please do not duck the next time the clue-by-four swings your way.
-- Ben Browning