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De - Pt| Proverbs, aphorisms, quotations (English) | by Linux fortune |
| I never made a mistake in my life. I thought I did once, but I was wrong. -- Lucy Van Pelt | |
| Use what talents you possess: the woods would be very silent if no birds sang there except those that sang best. -- Henry Van Dyke | |
| What's this script do? unzip ; touch ; finger ; mount ; gasp ; yes ; umount ; sleep Hint for the answer: not everything is computer-oriented. Sometimes you're in a sleeping bag, camping out. (Contributed by Frans van der Zande.) | |
| Interferance from the Van Allen Belt. | |
| I've finally learned what "upward compatible" means. It means we get to keep all our old mistakes. -- Dennie van Tassel | |
| "The best index to a person's character is a) how he treats people who can't do him any good and b) how he treats people who can't fight back." -- Abigail Van Buren | |
| David Letterman's "Things we can be proud of as Americans": * Greatest number of citizens who have actually boarded a UFO * Many newspapers feature "JUMBLE" * Hourly motel rates * Vast majority of Elvis movies made here * Didn't just give up right away during World War II like some countries we could mention * Goatees & Van Dykes thought to be worn only by weenies * Our well-behaved golf professionals * Fabulous babes coast to coast | |
| "I've finally learned what `upward compatible' means. It means we get to keep all our old mistakes." -- Dennie van Tassel | |
| "Well hello there Charlie Brown, you blockhead." -- Lucy Van Pelt | |
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| Van Roy's Law: An unbreakable toy is useful for breaking other toys. | |
| Van Roy's Law: Honesty is the best policy - there's less competition. Van Roy's Truism: Life is a whole series of circumstances beyond your control. | |
| If I love you, what business is it of yours? -- Johann van Goethe | |
| Shirley MacLaine died today in a freak psychic collision today. Two freaks in a van [Oh no!! It's the Copyright Police!!] Her aura-charred body was laid to rest after a eulogy by Jackie Collins, fellow member of SAFE [Society of Asinine Flake Entertainers]. Excerpted from some of his more quotable comments: "Truly a woman of the times. These times, those times..." "A Renaissance woman. Why in 1432..." "A man for all seasons. Really..." After the ceremony, Shirley thanked her mourners and explained how delightful it was to "get it together" again, presumably referring to having her now dead body join her long dead brain. | |
| They took some of the Van Goghs, most of the jewels, and all of the Chivas! | |
| I appreciate the fact that this draft was done in haste, but some of the sentences that you are sending out in the world to do your work for you are loitering in taverns or asleep beside the highway. -- Dr. Dwight Van de Vate, Professor of Philosophy, University of Tennessee at Knoxville | |
| David Letterman's "Things we can be proud of as Americans": * Greatest number of citizens who have actually boarded a UFO * Many newspapers feature "JUMBLE" * Hourly motel rates * Vast majority of Elvis movies made here * Didn't just give up right away during World War II like some countries we could mention * Goatees & Van Dykes thought to be worn only by weenies * Our well-behaved golf professionals * Fabulous babes coast to coast | |
| Whoever tells a lie cannot be pure in heart -- and only the pure in heart can make a good soup. -- Ludwig Van Beethoven | |
| Roland was a warrior, from the land of the midnight sun, With a Thompson gun for hire, fighting to be done. The deal was made in Denmark, on a dark and stormy day, So he set out for Biafra, to join the bloody fray. Through sixty-six and seven, they fought the Congo war, With their fingers on their triggers, knee deep in gore. Days and nights they battled, the Bantu to their knees, They killed to earn their living, and to help out the Congolese. Roland the Thompson gunner... His comrades fought beside him, Van Owen and the rest, But of all the Thompson gunners, Roland was the best. So the C.I.A decided, they wanted Roland dead, That son-of-a-bitch Van Owen, blew off Roland's head. Roland the headless Thompson gunner... Roland searched the continent, for the man who'd done him in. He found him in Mombasa, in a bar room drinking gin, Roland aimed his Thompson gun, he didn't say a word, But he blew Van Owen's body from there to Johannesburg. The eternal Thompson gunner, still wandering through the night, Now it's ten years later, but he stills keeps up the fight. In Ireland, in Lebanon, in Palestine, in Berkeley, Patty Hearst... heard the burst... of Roland's Thompson gun, and bought it. -- Warren Zevon, "Roland the Headless Thompson Gunner" | |
| People who fight fire with fire usually end up with ashes. -- Abigail Van Buren | |
| "I admit I've done too much playing around without understanding the issues involved over the last years as well, but it's time to stop reinventing the (sometimes octangular) wheel and learn everything from history which we can learn." - Rik van Riel | |
| "I think it's wrong any of us should claim ideas for stuff that has been done already by other people. It's time to put away the wheel reinvention kit and LEARN FROM OTHER SYSTEMS and even from *shudder* books ;)" - Rik van Riel | |
| Unix has this thing called "directories", which make it possible for you to have multiple files with the same name on your disk. - Rik van Riel explaining the concept of directories | |
| Yes, we're all anti-american terrorists who plan to make the US economy collapse by inventing lots of new words which will have to be added to the dictionary, making the US economy unable to support the ever-growing dictionaries and ensuring the Americans will be unable to (learn to) spell, leaving them dead in the water if there's ever a linguistic war between them and the UK. - Rik van Riel explaining the real reason behind spelling mistakes in the linux kernel | |
| If you _really_ feel this strongly about the bug, you could either try to increase the number of hours a day for all of us or you could talk to my boss about hiring me as a consultant to fix the problem for you on an emergency basis :) - Rik van Riel explaining what to do against kernel bugs | |
| I also never expected Intel to dispose of themselves in such a cute way. - Rik van Riel on linux-kernel | |
| Let me explain it to you slowly: Disks. Write. One. Write. At. A. Time. - Rik van Riel on linux-kernel | |
| Ricky Beam wrote: > So basically, you had no fucking clue Since you're the expert, why won't we all wait for YOUR patch to fix the problem? ;) - Rik van Riel on linux-kernel | |
| I guess thinking about the implications will come when the Hurd people seriously start porting their beast to other microkernels, say L4 ;) This should be a spectacle worth watching (from a safe distance). - Rik van Riel on linux-kernel | |
| How sharper than a serpent's tooth is a sister's "See?" -- Linus Van Pelt | |
| He thought of Musashi, the Sword Saint, standing in his garden more than three hundred years ago. "What is the 'Body of a rock'?" he was asked. In answer, Musashi summoned a pupil of his and bid him kill himself by slashing his abdomen with a knife. Just as the pupil was about to comply, the Master stayed his hand, saying, "That is the 'Body of a rock'." -- Eric Van Lustbader | |
| Alan Cox wrote: >> On any procmail new enough not to be full of security holes you set >Brain on, Imeant majordomo of course 8) You got me worried there for a brief (very brief) moment :-). -- Stephen R. van den Berg (AKA BuGless) | |
| If we could sell our experiences for what they cost us, we would all be millionaires. -- Abigail Van Buren | |
| Moneyliness is next to Godliness. -- Andries van Dam | |
| Yow! I'm imagining a surfer van filled with soy sauce! | |
