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#161876 09/01/2006 5:15 PM
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Thought I'd share this witty collection of quotes.

#161877 09/05/2006 2:18 PM
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"If a million people say a stupid thing, it is still a stupid thing."
-- Anatole France


"Computer science is no more about computers than astronomy is about telescopes."
-- Edsgar Dijkstra


"Some people think they're thinking, when they're just rearranging their prejudices."
-- William James


"Great things can be reduced to small things; small things can be reduced to nothing."
-- Chinese proverb


"Wit is invisible to the man who has none."
-- Ben Franklin?


"A mathematician is a device for turning coffee into theorems."
-- Paul Erdös


"They accepted the products of science, but rejected its methods."
-- Carl Sagan's suggested epitaph for planet Earth

#161878 09/08/2006 7:02 AM
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Everywhere is within walking distance if you've got the time
- S. Wright

#161879 09/08/2006 10:10 AM
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Quote:

Everywhere is within walking distance if you've got the time
- S. Wright




And can hold your breath long enough.


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