First Poll for 2006
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Chevy Chase movies seem to have most of my favorites. Here are some from Caddyshack:
"A flute without holes, is not a flute. A donut without a hole, is a Danish."
"Thank you very little."
"Hey, did somebody step on a duck?"
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I know you believe you understand what you thought I said but I'm not quite sure that what you heard is what I meant.
Murphy was an optimist.
What can we do today that's even dumber than what we did yesterday?
I'm experiencing amnesia and deja vu at the same time.
-Steven Wright
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Buy the ticket, take the ride. -- Hunter S. Thompson -
From my unit's Wall of Wisdom:
If it's on the Internet, it's real.
Remember that the most widely used programming language (profanity) does not help.
Don't automate broken processes. Technology doesn't make you less stupid; it just makes you stupid faster.
And a favorite of mine from Dee Hock:
Simple, clear purpose and principles give rise to complex, intelligent behavior. Complex rules and regulations give rise to simple, stupid behavior.
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I have quite a fe but some of my favorites are:
-- How hard can it be?
-- You know, I was thinking.... (usually means it going to be expensive)
-- Everyone has a but
-- Want to see something cool (break out the expense account)
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"Procrastination will get me nowhere." My wife said that over the hollidays in reference to going out to pickup some last minute gifts.
Cliff
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It doesn't take all kinds, we just all have to be here.
Kevin Pollack, channelling Christopher Walken: "Frankenstein never scared me. Marsupials do. Because they're fast..."
When theory meets reality, reality always wins.
I was asked to describe myself in ten words or less. I said, "Succint."
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In theory, theory and practice are the same. In practice, they are not.
There’s no place like 127.0.0.1 -Dorothy's geek sister
The ability to quote is a wonderful substitute for wit. – Somerset Maugham
There are three kinds of accountants; those who can count, and those who cannot.
The bus station is where the bus stops.
The train station is where the train stops.
On my desk, I have a workstation.
--Steven Wright?
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The good thing about standards is there are so many to choose from.
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Frequent appendages to my email:
The generation of random numbers is too important to be left to chance.
Robert R. Coveyou
Fallacies do not cease to be fallacies because they become fashions.
G. K. Chesterton (1874 - 1936)
Education has produced a vast population able to read but unable to distinguish what is worth reading.
G. M. Trevelyan (1876 - 1962)
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Even a blind chicken gets a piece of corn now and again ...
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Two that seem to have universal application:
If wishes were horses my stable'd be full!
Nature bats last...
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DBA stands for Don't Bother Asking!
"We are what we repeatdly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit" Aristotle
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Patience is a virtue...I've never claimed to be virtuous.
It is what it is.
The fit just hit the shan.
Michelle -
"MY investment is in the future because I plan to spend the rest of my life there."
-- unknown
Artificial Intelligence stands no chance against Natural Stupidity.
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Another Churchill one:
"It is a good thing for an uneducated man to read books of quotations."
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