名人名言 - 14-01-2016_120001

No. 0. Quote:
For the fashion of Minas Tirith was such that it was built on seven levels,
each delved into a hill, and about each was set a wall, and in each wall
was a gate.
-- J.R.R. Tolkien, "The Return of the King"

[Quoted in "VMS Internals and Data Structures", V4.4, when
referring to system overview.]


No. 1. Quote:
This night methinks is but the daylight sick.
-- William Shakespeare, "The Merchant of Venice"

No. 2. Quote:
Q: How many IBM 370's does it take to execute a job?
A: Four, three to hold it down, and one to rip its head off.

No. 3. Quote:
You need more time; and you probably always will.

No. 4. Quote:
Remark of Dr. Baldwin's concerning upstarts: We don't care to eat toadstools
that think they are truffles.
-- Mark Twain, "Pudd'nhead Wilson's Calendar"

No. 5. Quote:
A kind of Batman of contemporary letters.
-- Philip Larkin on Anthony Burgess

No. 6. Quote:
A vivid and creative mind characterizes you.

No. 7. Quote:
You will probably marry after a very brief courtship.

No. 8. Quote:
You own a dog, but you can only feed a cat.

No. 9. Quote:
Q: How do you stop an elephant from charging?
A: Take away his credit cards.

No. 10. Quote:
For courage mounteth with occasion.
-- William Shakespeare, "King John"

No. 11. Quote:
Beware of a dark-haired man with a loud tie.

No. 12. Quote:
You're currently going through a difficult transition period called "Life."

No. 13. Quote:
The better part of valor is discretion.
-- William Shakespeare, "Henry IV"

No. 14. Quote:
You love your home and want it to be beautiful.

No. 15. Quote:
Communicate! It can't make things any worse.

No. 16. Quote:
Q: What happens when four WASPs find themselves in the same room?
A: A dinner party.

No. 17. Quote:
Beware of low-flying butterflies.

No. 18. Quote:
Q: What's the difference between the 1950's and the 1980's?
A: In the 80's, a man walks into a drugstore and states loudly, "I'd
like some condoms," and then, leaning over the counter, whispers,
"and some cigarettes."

No. 19. Quote:
You love peace.

No. 20. Quote:
If you pick up a starving dog and make him prosperous, he will not bite you.
This is the principal difference between a dog and a man.
-- Mark Twain, "Pudd'nhead Wilson's Calendar"

No. 21. Quote:
That secret you've been guarding, isn't.

No. 22. Quote:
Awash with unfocused desire, Everett twisted the lobe of his one remaining
ear and felt the presence of somebody else behind him, which caused terror
to push through his nervous system like a flash flood roaring down the
mid-fork of the Feather River before the completion of the Oroville Dam
in 1959.
-- Grand Panjandrum's Special Award, 1984 Bulwer-Lytton
bad fiction contest.

No. 23. Quote:
Keep it short for pithy sake.

No. 24. Quote:
You'll feel much better once you've given up hope.