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Facts are the air of scientists. Without them you can never fly.

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"The secret of life is honesty and fair dealing. If you can fake that, you've got it made."

Groucho Marx

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“Your own mouth condemns you, not mine; your own lips testify against you.”

Job 15:6

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“Happiness can be found in the darkest of times, if one only remembers to turn on the light”

Albus Dumbledore
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban

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The cure for boredom is curiosity. There is no cure for curiosity.

Ellen Parr

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I have no special talent, I am only passionately curious.

Albert Einstein

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If a dog jumps up on your lap, it's because he's found of you. If a cat does, it's because it's warmer there.

A. N. Whitehead

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“Gentlemen, you can’t fight in here. This is the war room.”

Dr. Strangelove

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Gentlemen, you can fight in here. This is the General Forum.

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@moonbus said
If a dog jumps up on your lap, it's because he's found of you. If a cat does, it's because it's warmer there.

A. N. Whitehead
FOND of you

Stupid autodiscorrect.

Whenever I text my wife, “honey, I’ve lost my keys again” it types “honey, I’ve lost my jews again,” !!

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@ghost-of-a-duke said
“Gentlemen, you can’t fight in here. This is the war room.”

Dr. Strangelove
Actually it’s Merkin Muffly who has that line, but yes, the movie is Dr. Strangelove. And may you conserve your precious bodily fluids.

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@divegeester said
“Your own mouth condemns you, not mine; your own lips testify against you.”

Job 15:6
Keep in mind who says that, and what is later said to him...

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@shallow-blue said
Keep in mind who says that, and what is later said to him...
Okay, thanks for the heads up.

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Computing related quotes:


“I really didn't foresee the Internet. But then, neither did the computer industry. Not that that tells us very much of course--the computer industry didn't even foresee that the century was going to end.”

- Douglas Adams

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@divegeester said
Computing related quotes:


“I really didn't foresee the Internet. But then, neither did the computer industry. Not that that tells us very much of course--the computer industry didn't even foresee that the century was going to end.”

- Douglas Adams
If Douglas Adams really did say that, he never programmed a computer in his life. Because I was in the 1990s (and still am), and trust me - most of us had our code fixed long before you Boomer commentariat ever got your knickers in a twist about an ex-problem.

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