Be Generous:
ROMANCE MATHEMATICS
Old aunts used to come up to me at weddings, poking me in the ribs and cackling, telling me, "You're next." They stopped after I started doing the same thing to them at funerals.
Another way to look at things
One day a farmer's donkey fell into an abandoned well. The animal cried piteously for hours as the farmer tried to figure out what to do. Finally, he decided the animal was old and the well needed to be covered up anyway; so it just wasn't worth it to him to try to retrieve the donkey. He invited all his neighbors to come over and help him. They each grabbed a shovel and began to shovel dirt into the well. Realizing what was happening, the donkey at first cried and wailed horribly. Then, a few shovelfuls later, he quieted down completely. The farmer Peered down into the well, and was astounded by what he saw. With every Shovelful of dirt that hit his back, the donkey was doing something amazing. He would shake it off and take a step up on the new layer of dirt. As the farmer's neighbors continued to shovel dirt on top of the animal, he would shake it off and take a step up. Pretty soon, the donkey stepped up over the edge of the well! and trotted off, to the shock and astonishment of all the neighbors!
Life is going to shovel dirt on you, all kinds of dirt. The trick to getting out of the well is to not let it bury you, But to shake it off and take a step up. Each of our troubles is a stepping-stone. We can get out of the deepest wells just by not stopping, never giving up! Shake it off and take a step up!
Remember the five simple rules to be happy:
· Free your heart from hatred.
· Free your mind from worries.
· Live simply.
· Give more.
· Expect less.
Also, the donkey kicked the shit out of the guy that tried to bury him. Which brings me to another moral for this story: When you try to cover your ass, it always comes back and gets you.
Mark Twain
"When we remember we are all mad, the mysteries disappear and life stands explained. "
Nathaniel Lee on being consigned to a mental institution, circa 17th c.
"They called me mad, and I called them mad, and damn them, they outvoted me."
John Stuart Mill, _On Liberty_
"The liberty of the individual must be thus far limited; he must not make a nuisance of himself to other people." -
Richard Stallman
"...People find ways of getting money by impeding society. Once they can impede society, they can be paid to leave people alone. "
Thomas Szasz
"...the neurotic has problems, the psychotic has solutions."
Alexis de Tocqueville
" What is the most important for democracy is not that great fortunes should not exist, but that great fortunes should not remain in the same hands."
Italo Calvino
"The satirist is prevented by repulsion from gaining a better knowledge of the world he is attracted to, yet he is forced by attraction to concern himself with the world that repels him."
Arnold Edinborough
"Curiosity is the very basis of education and if you tell me that curiosity killed the cat, I say only the cat died nobly."
Chistopher Morley, "The Haunted Bookshop"
"Printer's ink has been running a race against gunpowder these many, many years. Ink is handicapped, in a way, because you can blow up a man with gunpowder in half a second, while it may take twenty years to blow him up with a book. But the gunpowder destroys itself along with its victim, while a book can keep on exploding for centuries." --
James Madison, April 20, 1795
"Of all the enemies to public liberty war is, perhaps, the most to be dreaded because it comprises and develops the germ of every other. War is the parent of armies; from these proceed debts and taxes. And armies, and debts, and taxes are the known instruments for bringing the many under the domination of the few. In war, too, the discretionary power of the Executive is extended. Its influence in dealing out offices, honors, and emoluments is multiplied; and all the means of seducing the minds, are added to those of subduing the force of the people. The same malignant aspect in republicanism may be traced in the inequality of fortunes, and the opportunities of fraud, growing out of a state of war...and in the degeneracy of manners and morals, engendered by both.
No nation could preserve its freedom in the midst of continual warfare."
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"War does not determine who is right, war determines who is left."
Doctor Who, Face of Evil
"The very powerful and the very stupid have one thing in common. Instead of altering their views to fit the facts, they alter the facts to fit their views... which can be very uncomfortable if you happen to be one of the facts that needs altering."
William James
"A great many people think they are thinking when they are merely rearranging their prejudices."
Spencer Ante
"The road of good intentions is paved with Hell."
Winston Churchill
"...democracy is a terrible form of government, but eight times better than any other."
James Newton
"Democracy is the only form of government. All the others are a democracy where the people have decided to allow someone else to make the decisions." see: http://tuxedo.org/~esr/writings/anarchist.html
Jim Newton (James Newtons father)
"Sincerity is the key; once you can fake that, you've got it made!"
Ashleigh Brilliant
"My opinions may have changed, but not the fact that I am right. --"
Edward Abbey
"Sentiment without action is the anathama of the soul" --
Michael J. Fromberger
"Get your mind out of the gutter---you're blocking my periscope!"
Linus Torvalds
"Some people have told me they don't think a fat penguin really embodies the grace of Linux, which just tells me they have never seen a angry penguin charging at them in excess of 100mph. They'd be a lot more careful about what they say if they had."
"Only wimps use tape backup: _real_ men just upload their important stuff on ftp, and let the rest of the world mirror it."
Clark.
"Any technology, sufficiently advanced, is indistinguishable from magic"
Asimov
"Any sufficiently advanced techmology is indistinguishable from a rigged demo"
Douglas Adams, Mostly Harmless
"The major difference between a thing that might go wrong and a thing that cannot possibly go wrong is that when a thing that cannot possibly goes wrong goes wrong it usually turns out to be impossible to get at or repair."
Bruce Hawick
Get all the techs with vibrating pagers in the conference room, prop one end of the table up, place the pagers on the elevated end, and have everyone call themselves at the same time. Voila - Pager races! --
Doug Gwyn (22/Jun/91 in comp.unix.wizards)
"GUIs normally make it simple to accomplish simple actions and impossible to accomplish complex actions."
Jonathan H N Chin
"UNIX is the answer, but only if you phrase the question very carefully."
Contrary to popular belief, Unix is user friendly. It just happens to be very selective about who its friends are.
Mark Twain
"Get the facts first, you can distort them later"
"It is far better to remain silent and appear a fool than to open your mouth and remove all doubt"
"The problem with people who have no vices is that you can be sure they're going to have some damned annoying virtues. Few things are harder to put up with, than the annoyance of a good example. "
Eleanor Roosevelt
"Great minds discuss ideas; Average minds discuss events; Small minds discuss people."
John Barrow
If a `religion' is defined to be a system of ideas that contains unprovable statements, then Godel taught us that mathematics is not only a religion, it is the only religion that can prove itself to be one.
The Dalai Lama said, "The mind is like a parachute, it works best when it is open."
Lazarus Long
"You live and learn. Or you don't live long"
"You can have peace. Or you can have freedom. Don't ever count on having both at once"
"Place your clothes and weapons where you can find them in the dark"
"Never appeal to a man's better nature. He may not have one. Invoking his self-interest gives you more leverage."
"Progress is made by lazy men looking for easier ways to do things."
Anthony DeBoer
"You'd have difficulty screwing in a lamp too. Try doing it in a bed instead."
unknown "For most of history, Anonymous was a woman." Virginia Wolf
· It will occur to you to wonder, what if Jesus had actually said "The geek shall inherit the earth", but was just misquoted? Then you'll think of Bill Gates. Then you'll start to worry.
· A professor is one who talks in someone else's sleep.
· The closest I ever got to a 4.0 in college was my blood alcohol content.
· The universe does not have laws -- it has habits, and habits can be broken.
· "Reality is that which, when you stop believing in it, doesn't go away." -- Philip K. Dick, "How to Build a Universe"
· Duct tape is like the force. It has a light side and a dark side, and it holds the universe together.
· How many of you believe in telekinesis? Raise my hands.
· "A picture is worth a thousand words, but takes the same disk space as a million words..."
· Shortest distance between two jokes = 1 straight line.
· Welcome To Shit Creek ~ Sorry, We're Out of Paddles!
· 1 kilogram of falling figs = 1 Fig Newton.
· Two things you don't want to see made -- sausage and laws - Otto Von Bismarck?
· If carrots are so good for the eyes, how come I see so many dead rabbits on the highway?
· The Lottery: A tax on people who are bad at math.
· If ignorance is bliss, you must be orgasmic.
· Did you stop to think, and forget to start again?
· Earth first ... we'll mine the other planets later.
· People are more violently opposed to fur than leather because it is safer to harrass rich women than motorcycle gangs.
· Nuke the unborn gay middle eastern whales for Jesus.
· The Idiots Guide to the Zen of Dummies in a Nutshell in Seven Days, Unleashed
· Support prayers in public schools: Give harder tests
· Jesus is coming, everyone look busy.
· "Smile" said the Lord, "things could be worse" so I did, and they were ;-(
· I'm a dislexic athiest: There is no DOG.
· I'm a frisbitarian: I believe that when you die, your spirit floats up onto a roof and stays there.
· I'm a diagnostic: I question the existance of TWO gods.
· Atheism is a non-prophet organization.
· Out of my mind. Back in five minutes.
· My mind not only wanders; sometimes it leaves completely.
· You're just jealous because the voices only talk to me.
· I don't suffer from insanity, I enjoy every minute of it.
· I live in my own little world. But it's ok...they know me here.
· OK, I'm weird, but I'm saving up to be eccentric.
· Everyday I beat my own previous record for number of consecutive days I've stayed alive.
· Always remember you're unique, just like everyone else.
· I am a nobody, and nobody is perfect; therefore I am perfect.
· I saw a woman wearing a sweatshirt with 'Guess' on it. I said, "Implants?"
· Beauty is in the eye of the beer holder.
· I got a sweater for Christmas...I wanted a screamer or a moaner.
· So you're a feminist ... Isn't that cute!
· Dyslexics have more fnu.
· Clones are people, two.
· Entropy isn't what it used to be.
· Microbiology Lab: Staph Only!
· Santa's elves are just a bunch of subordinate Clauses.
· Eschew obfuscation.
· 186,000 miles/sec (300,000km/sec): Not just a good idea, it's the LAW!
· 1.79 x 10^12 furlongs per fortnight -- it's not just a good idea, it's the law!
· Air Pollution is a mist-demeanor.
· Does the name Pavlov ring a bell?
· Editing is a rewording activity.
· Help stamp out and eradicate superfluous redundancy.
· I used to think I was indecisive, but now I'm not sure.
· IN CASE OF RIOT, BREAK GLASS
· My reality check just bounced.
· We're not surrounded, we're in a target-rich environment!
· Rap is to music, what Etch-a-Sketch is to art.
· What if there were no hypothetical questions?
· Energizer bunny arrested, charged with battery.
· No sense being pessimistic, it probably wouldn't work anyway.
· Nudists forget to clothes the door too.
· Hard work has a future payoff. Laziness pays off now.
· I'm as confused as a baby in a topless bar.
· 90% of all statistics are made up"
· "A fanatic is one who can't change his mind and won't change the subject."
· A conscience does not prevent sin. It only prevents you from enjoying it.
· Choose heaven for climate, hell for society.
· Death is life's answer to the question 'Why?'
· Everyone is entitled to my opinion.
· Bordom can be terminal: The cure for boredom is curiosity. There is no cure for curiosity.
· What we say about others says more about us than about them.
CHINESE PROVERBS (with appologies to all of Asian decent) (warning: some are crude)
Bumper stickers for women
George Carlin still is alive and cool! Remember these?
Dolly Parton
"I'm not offended by all the dumb blonde jokes, because I know I'm not dumb... and I also know that I'm not blonde."
Erica Jong
"You see a lot of smart guys with dumb women, but you hardly ever see a smart woman with a dumb guy."
Wendy Liebman
"I've been on so many blind dates, I should get a free dog."
Lizz Winstead
"I think - therefore I'm single."
Hedy Lamarr
"Any girl can be glamourous. All you have to do is stand still and look stupid."
Elayne Boosler
"When women are depressed they either eat or go shopping. Men invade another country."
Margaret Thatcher
"In politics, if you want anything said, ask a man; if you want anything done, ask a woman."
Gloria Steinem
"I have yet to hear a man ask for advice on how to combine marriage and a career."
"Some of us are becoming the men we wanted to marry."
Katharine Hepburn
"Sometimes, I wonder if men and women really suit each other. Perhaps they should live next door, and just visit now and then."
Linda Ellerbee
"If men can run the world, why can't they stop wearing neckties? How intelligent is it to start the day by tying a little noose around your neck?"
Zsa Zsa Gabor
"I am a marvelous housekeeper. Every time I leave a man I keep his house."
see also:
"The ability to quote is a serviceable substitute for wit." -- Maugham
James Michael Newton says:
Freedom is pursuing your carrot, not running from somebody's stick Does society make you enthusiastic, or fearful? The mob rules only what its members achieve.
James Newton Says:
The internet makes storing and forwarding all different types of information very easy and business that expect to make money have to do something that doesn't depend on the information part of their product remaining underwraps. They need to focus on doing good things with physical objects and new development and niche markets and other goods and services that aren't going to get replaced by the net. Many dot.coms have failed to account for the importance of and the lack of ability of the internet to deal with physical items. The internet is for information not physical objects. Seems simple, but a lot of people are missing that point.
Roman Black says:
Some minds plod, in a very average fashion. Pure brilliance involves large swings between stupid ideas and incredible ideas. And you can filter out the stupid ideas...
James Newton Says:
Mirrors, like guns, are not cruel... people who improperly use mirrors are cruel. You don't really see yourself until you look from the inside out... feel your heart beat, concentrate until you can feel each arm and leg from the bone out through the muscle and fat to the inner layers of the skin. What feels ugly in there? Go fix that first. Eat better food, drink more water, go for walks, see your doctor, dentist, nutritional advisor, join a hikeing group. Then start on the mind and liposuction all the bad thoughts and hurtful memories. Go to AA meetings, get in therapy, make better friends. THEN worry about what the outside looks like. These instructions should be part of a course required before purchase of a mirror. Like a gun safety class or a drivers license.
Benjamin Disraeli
Never apologize for showing feeling. When you do so, you apologize for the truth.
General Patton said "If everybody is thinking alike then somebody isn't thinking"