Miscellaneous Amusements and
Notable Quotables
Brian . . . . . also collects "verbal memorabilia"
First, an old favourite - which I'm sure I would still think amusing if my subject wasn't Mathematics!
From the notebook of Lazarus Long, aged a little over 1000 years . . .
"Anyone who cannot cope with Mathematics is not fully human. At best (he) is a tolerable sub-human who has learned to wear shoes, bathe, and not make messes in the house"
From "Time Enough For Love" by Robert A. Heinlein.
A few other favourites. Do send us your favourites too - what separates us from the apes is the extent of our ability to steal - oops, I mean share - the ideas of others . . . then maybe I can change the "thought for the week" on my office wall into "thought for the day"!
No Lemons, No Lemonade
Unknown source
Do Not Adjust Your Mind - There Is A Fault In Reality
Unknown source
Nil Carborundum Illegitimae
Unknown source
Vorsprung Durch Technik
from the Audi car advert: “Progress Through Technology”
The secret of the universe is this: the universe doesn’t care. That part of the job is yours.
David Gerrold
The universe did not invent justice. Man did. Unfortunately, Man must reside in the universe.
Roger Zelazny
Being right too soon is socially unacceptable.
Robert A. Heinlein
Future history will be a race between education and catastrophe.
H. G. Wells
It is no wonder that people are so horrible when they start out life as children.
Kingsley Amis
Adolescence is that time in your life when you discover your ability to be depressed.
David Gerrold
The meek shall inherit the earth; now let’s check who gets heaven.
J.Neil Shulman
If a thing is not worth doing, it not worth doing well.
Jerry Pournelle
When you pass the buck, don’t ask for change.
David Gerrold.
You learn by pleasure and you learn by pain.
Roger Zelazny
You live and learn, or you don’t live long.
Robert A. Heinlein
To be free, one must first want to be free.
To want to be free one must know what freedom is.
Chester Anderson
If a thing is worth doing, it’s worth doing for money.
David Gerrold
Half of being smart is knowing what you’re dumb at
David Gerrold
Facts do not cease to exist because they are ignored.
Aldous Huxley
Humans are almost always lonely.
Frank Herbert
Moral indignation is jealousy with a halo.
H. G. Wells
Favourite famous last words:
And for a complete summary of the human condition?
I Think Therefore I’m Spam.
Unknown source - Monty Python?
(The Eurocentric version . . .I’m Pink Therefore I’m Spam)
If you are still with me, you can still find a few other favourites ...
| Amusing Quotes | Verses and Poems |
| More Amusing Quotes | More Favourite Verses |
| Yet More Quotables | A Shakespeare Sonnet |
| More Quotables - Q4 | Viola-isms |
| Favourite Images | |
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