Quotes and Conundrums


"The difference between false memories and true ones is the same as for jewels; it is always the false ones that look the most real, the most brilliant."

Salvador Dali


"Never let a formal education get in the way of your learning."

Mark Twain


"To know that we know what we know, and that we do not know what we do not know, that is true knowledge."

Confucius


"I can calculate the movements of the heavenly bodies, but not the madness of human nature."

Sir Isaac Newton


"It's no good to go up against buckshot."

Bill Miner - Train Robber


"life is anything that dies when you stomp on it."

Dave Barry


"I don't suffer from insanity. I enjoy every minute of it."

Josh Stroko


"What's black and blue and floats upside down in the Irish Sea? An Englishman who keeps telling Irish jokes."

Benny Hill


"How come the people who snore are always the first to fall asleep."

George Wallace


"One of the great joys of computers is how they're great at wasting time that would otherwise be difficult to waste."

Clifford Stoll



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