overheard

• poems are imaginary gardens with real toads in them - marianne moore
• those who are too smart to engage in politics are punished by being governed by those who are dumber. (plato)
• reality is that which, when you stop believing in it, doesn't go away (philip k. dick)
• dust is 90% human skin.
• can illusions perceive themselves or just each other? RCK ~1987
• never resist the chance to shut up!
• a black hole happens when God divides by zero.
• never strike down your old Jedi Master; he will become more powerful than you could possibly imagine.
• i bought a bed and got two free mugs.
• customers can tell you only what they think is possible. they cannot tell you what may be possible.
• banging your head against a wall uses 150 calories an hour
• after the first death, there is no other. (dylan thomas)
• vidiot, an obsessive computer gamer (patrick bryant, circa 1984)
• isn't it strange that the same people that laugh at gypsy fortune tellers take economists seriously?
• to live within our limits, without resentment or envy.
• in your presence, even my shadow acquires the sensation of touch.
• it was characteristic of Boy throughout his life that he was always the quintessence of something that somebody else had recognized and defined. (roberson davies)
• i was a collaborator with destiny, not one who put a pistol to its head and demanded particular treasures. (roberson davies)
• there is no truth so sublime but it may be trivial tomorrow in the light of new thoughts. People wish to be settled; only as far as they are unsettled is there any hope for them. (ralph waldo emerson)
• the highest reward for a person's toil is not what they get for it but what they become by it.(john ruskin)
• no i’m not a bitch; i’m the bitch, and to you that’s ms. bitch.
• digital [audio] is not the devil. it’s more like Robert Downey jr. (nimbrandal)
• the one who says it cannot be done should never interrupt the one who is doing it (the Roman rule)
• Ubi non accusator, ibi non judex. (Where there is no police, there is no speed limit.)
• when I picture a perfect reader, I always picture a monster of courage and curiosity, also something supple, cunning, cautious, a born adventurer and discoverer... (friedreich nietzsche)
• the first duty of a revolutionary is to get away with it. (abbie hoffman)
• how beautiful it is to do nothing, and then rest afterward. (Spanish proverb)

computer

• we did not write this manual for the joy of technical writing. (ReportBuilder documentation)
• help is the feature that assists in generating more questions.
• when the help feature is used correctly, users are able to navigate through a series of Help screens and end up where they started from without learning anything.
• buy a fast box with Windows NT, and you’ll spend less time with your family. (steve jobs)
• trying to fix HTML is like trying to graft arms and legs onto hamburger (ted nelson)
• beta is Latin for still doesn’t work
• <flame intensity="100%">You seem well-suited for a career in government.</flame>