Molecule, n.:
The ultimate, indivisible unit of matter. It is distinguished
from the corpuscle, also the ultimate, indivisible unit of matter, by a closer resemblance to the atom, also the ultimate, indivisible unit of matter ... The ion differs from the molecule, the corpuscle and the atom in that it is an ion ...
-- Ambrose Bierce, "The Devil's Dictionary"
Chaos demands to be recognised and experienced before letting itself be converted into a new order.
-- Herman Hesse (still relevant)
You know it's going to be a bad day when you want to put on the clothes you wore home from the party and there aren't any.
Many people are desperately looking for some wise advice which will recommend that they do what they want to do.
If you find a solution and become attached to it, the solution may become your next problem.
What is important is food, money and opportunities for scoring off one's enemies. Give a man these three things and you won't hear much squawking out of him.
-- Brian O'Nolan, "The Best of Myles"
When you jump for joy, beware that no-one moves the ground from beneath your feet.
-- Stanislaw Lec
There's an old proverb that says just about whatever you want it to.
Anyone who is capable of getting themselves made President
should on no account be allowed to do the job.
-- Douglas Adams, "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy"
That secret you've been guarding, isn't.
If you can survive death, you can probably survive anything.
If we all work together, we can totally disrupt the system.
Paradox: A truth standing on its head to attract attention.
Alexander Hamilton started the U.S. Treasury with nothing - and that was the closest our country has ever been to being even.
-- The Best of Will Rogers
Around computers it is difficult to find the correct unit of time to
measure progress. Some cathedrals took a century to complete. Can you
imagine the grandeur and scope of a program that would take as long?
-- Epigrams in Programming, ACM SIGPLAN Sept. 1982
Common sense is the collection of prejudices acquired by age
[twenty-five].
-- Albert Einstein
"An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of purge."
Ducharme's Precept:
Opportunity always knocks at the least opportune moment.
Ducharme's Axiom:
If you view your problem closely enough you will recognize
yourself as part of the problem.