Quotes

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"Does it occur to you, the fallibility of CIT thinking? Flux-thinking. You have prophetic dreams, remember? You can dream about a man drinking a glass of milk. A week later you can see Yanni drinking tea at lunch and if seeing him do that has a high shock-value, you'll super the dream-state right over him, you'll swear you dreamed about him doing that, exactly at that table, and even psychprobe can't sort it out after that."
-- C.J. Cherryh (Cyteen, Grant ALX)

Coincidences are spiritual puns.
-- G. K. Chesterton

"The poets have been mysteriously silent on the subject of cheese."
-- G. K. Chesterton

"Art, like morality, consists of drawing the line somewhere."
-- G. K. Chesterton

It is the test of a good religion whether you can joke about it.
-- Gilbert K. Chesterton

Psychiatrists say that one out of four people are mentally ill. Check three friends. If they're OK, chances are you're the one.

We cherish our friends not for their ability to amuse us, but for ours to amuse them.
-- Evelyn Waugh

"I don't use drugs, my dreams are frightening enough."
-- M. C. Escher

Baby orang-otans look like surprised coconuts.
-- Terry Pratchett

Music Teacher's Door: "Out Chopin"

"I'd probably be famous now if I wasn't such a good waitress."
-- Jane Siberry

Smoking is one of the leading causes of statistics.
-- Fletcher Knebel

If you're not part of the freaks, you're part of the boredom.
-- Perry Farrell

I tried marijuana once. I did not inhale.
-- William J. Clinton

"And then the world went mad. All right, madder."
-- Terry Pratchett (Pyramids)

"Five exclamation marks, the sure sign of an insane mind."
-- Terry Pratchett

Tourist, Rincewind decided, meant "idiot".
-- Terry Pratchett ("The Colour of Magic")

Real stupidity beats artificial intelligence every time.
-- Terry Pratchett (Hogfather)