[Concerning the size of the sun: it is] the width of a human foot ~ Heraclitus, Fragments

And furthermore, my bowling average is unimpeachable!!!

No one cares what my definition of "is" is.

[... in the words of Heraclitus,] "the prince of lies." ~ Heraclitus, Fragments

"On the Internet, no one knows you're using Windows NT" (Submitted by Ramiro Estrugo, restrugo@fateware.com)

It encourages you to focus on your work and the generosity that comes from interacting with (and helping) your community. -- Seth Godin , Graceful

[Norm is angry.] Woody: What can I get you, Mr. Peterson? Norm: Clifford Clavin's head. -- Cheers, The Triangle Sam: Hey, what's happening, Norm? Norm: Well, it's a dog-eat-dog world, Sammy, and I'm wearing Milk-Bone underwear. -- Cheers, The Peterson Principle Sam: How's life in the fast lane, Normie? Norm: Beats me, I can't find the on-ramp. -- Cheers, Diane Chambers Day

I wish my name was Todd, because then I could say, "Yes, my name's Todd. Todd Blankenship." Oh, also I wish my last name was Blankenship. -- Jack Handey

Before I was shot, I always thought that I was more half-there than all-there - I always suspected that I was watching TV instead of living life. Right when I was being shot and ever since, I knew that I was watching television. -- Andy Warhol

We have phasers, I vote we blast 'em! -- Bailey, "The Corbomite Maneuver", stardate 1514.2

A woman should have compassion. -- Kirk, "Catspaw", stardate 3018.2

Moe: What did you give your wife for Valentine's Day? Joe: The usual gift -- she ate my heart out.

The Seventy Maxims of Maximally Effective Mercenaries #28 If the price of collateral damage is high enough, you might be able to get paid for bringing ammunition home with you.

It is the cells which create and maintain in us, during the span of our lives, our will to live and survive, to search and experiment, and to struggle. ~ Albert Claude

New York City has over 800 miles of subway track.

He keeps some goats, and a garden patch. In autumn he goes wandering over the island, alone, in the forests, on the mountainsides, through the valleys of the rivers. I lived there once with him, when I was younger than you are now. I didn't stay long, I hadn't the sense to stay. I went off seeking evil, and sure enough I found it... But you come escaping evil; seeking freedom; seeking silence for a while, until you find your own way. There you will find kindness and silence, Tenar. There the lamp will burn out of the wind awhile. Ursula K. Le Guin, The Tombs of Atuan

How many things we held yesterday as articles of faith which today we tell as fables. It is the mind that maketh good or ill, That maketh wretch or happy, rich or poor. ~ Michele de Montaigne

Boredom makes you do crazy things. -- Jenny Holzer

Wanted: 50 girls for stripping machine operators in factory.

If a psychiatric and scientific inquiry were to be made upon our rulers, mankind would be appalled at the disclosures. ~ Alfred Korzybski