Words of Wisdom: 1-2-2008

  • It has just been discovered that research causes cancer in rats.
  • Pro is to con as progress is to Congress
  • Remember that whatever misfortune may be your lot, it could only be worse in Cleveland
  • Sex is not the answer. Sex is the question. “Yes” is the answer.
  • It is impossible to make anything foolproof because fools are so ingenious.
  • Lubarsky’s Law of Cybergenic Entomology: There’s always one more bug.
  • Paul’s Law: You can’t fall off the floor.
  • Heller’s Law: The first myth of management is that it exists.
  • First law of Bicycling: No matter which way you ride, it’s always uphill and against the wind.
  • Osborne’s Law: Variables won’t; constants aren’t.
  • Weinberg’s Second Law: If builders built buildings the way programmers wrote programs, the first woodpecker that came along would destroy civilization.
  • First Law of Socio-Genetics: Celibacy is not hereditary.
  • Hartly’s First Law: You can lead a horse to water, but if you can get him to float on his back, you’ve got something.
  • Dentist: A prestidigitator who, putting metal in one’s mouth, pulls coins from one’s pockets. -Ambrose Pierce
  • Someone ought to cross ball point pens with coat hangers so the pens will multiply instead of disappear.
  • You don’t have to think too hard while talking to teachers. – J.D. Salinger
  • If bankers can count, why do they have eight windows and only four tellers?
  • Those who can’t write, write manuals.
  • Never call a man a fool. Borrowws from him.
  • A truly wise man never plays leapfrog with a unicorn.
  • “He was so narrow-minded, he could see through a keyhole with both eyes…”
  • The average woman would rather have beauty than brains, because the average man can see better than he can think.
  • You have the capacity to learn from your mistakes. You’ll learn a lot today.
  • Paranoids are people too; they have their own problems. It’s easy to critisize, but if everyone hated you, ytou’d be paranoid, too.
  • I’d give my right arm to be ambidexterous.
  • Nudists are people who wear one-button suits.
  • Main’s Law: For every action there is an equal and opposite government program.
  • If you don’t care where you are, then you aren’t lost.
  • Duct tape is like the Force. It has a light side, and a dark side, and it holds the universe together.
  • About the time we make ends meet, somebody moves the ends.
  • Beware of strong drink. It can make you shoot at tax collectors and miss.
  • Stealing a rhinocerous should not be attempted lightly.
  • All I ask for is a chance to prove that money can’t make me happy.
  • If you can count your money, you don’t have a billion dollars.
  • I used to think I was indecisive, but now I’m not so sure.
  • Armadillo: To provide weapons to a Spanish pickle.
  • There are three ways to get something done: do it yourself, hire someone else, or forbid your kids to do it.
  • How come wrong numbers are never busy?
  • Serving coffee on an airplane causes turbulence.
  • You never really learn to swear until you learn to drive.
  • Frisbeetarianism: the belief that when you die, your soul goes up on the roof and gets stuck.
  • When you’re in it uop to your ears, keep your mouth shut.
  • Iron Law of Distribution: Them that has, gets.
  • Clothes make the man. Naked people have little or no influence on society.
  • Blessed are they who Go Around in Circles, for they Shall be Known as Wheels.
  • I really hate this damned machine/I wish that they would sell it/It never does quite what I want/But only what I tell it
  • Worst Vegetable of the Year: the brussle sprout. This is also the worst vegetable of next year.
  • Cole’s Law: Thinly sliced cabbage
  • Drive defensively: Buy a tank.
  • Anything is good if it’s made of chocolate.
  • Always remember to pillage BEFORE you burn
  • Moderation is for monks.
  • Never underestimate the power of human stupidity.
  • How long a minute is depend on which side of the bathroom door you’re on.
  • Life is like a dog-sled team… If you ain’t the lead dog, the scene never changes.
  • If there’s artificial intelligence, there’s bound to be some artificial stupidity.