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Thursday, July 29

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Freedom
Feeling gratitude and not expressing it is like wrapping a present and not giving it.
- William Arthur Ward

The preservation of the sacred fire of liberty and the destiny of the republican model of government are justly considered, perhaps, as deeply, as finally, staked on the experiment entrusted to the hands of the American people.
- George Washington

No one is more cherished in this world than someone who lightens the burden of another. Thank you.


Eternal vigilance is the price of liberty.
- Thomas Jefferson

The stern hand of fate has scourged us to an elevation where we can see the great everlasting things that matter for a nation; the great peaks of honour we had forgotten - duty and patriotism, clad in glittering white; the great pinnacle of sacrifice pointing like a rugged finger to heaven.
- David Lloyd George

Geek
Please send all flames, trolls, and complaints to /dev/toilet


I never felt that the naming issue was all that important, but I was obviously wrong, judging by how many people felt. I tell people to call it just plain Linux and nothing more.
- Linus Torvalds

A consumer doesn't take anything away: he doesn't actually consume anything. Giving the same thing to a thousand consumers is not really any more expensive than giving it to just one.
- Linus Torvalds

My boss can't ask me to do something to Linux that I wouldn't want to do.
- Linus Torvalds

You won't get sued for anticompetitive behavior.
- Linus Torvalds

Politics
Actually, I -- this may sound a little West Texan to you, but I like it. When I'm talking about -- when I'm talking about myself, and when he's talking about myself, all of us are talking about me.
- George W. Bush

The size of the federal budget is not an appropriate barometer of social conscience or charitable concern.
- Ronald Reagan

You don't need to be smart to be president.
- George W. Bush

I think we agree, the past is over.
- George W. Bush

If you want to make enemies, try to change something.
- Woodrow Wilson

Technology
The Twentieth Century, the innovative century that brought you WW I, WW II, and WWW.
- Bill Higgins , .sig

Everything that I've learned about computers at MIT I have boiled down into three principles- Unix: You think it won't work, but if you find the right wizard, they can make it work. Macintosh: You think it will work, but it won't. PC/Windows: You think it won't work, and it won't.
- Philip Greenspun

We've all heard that a million monkeys banging on a million typewriters will eventually reproduce the entire works of Shakespeare. Now, thanks to the Internet, we know this is not true.
- Robert Wilensky

Everything that can be invented has been invented.
- Charles H. Duell, Commissioner, U.S. Office of Patents , 1899

The world isn't run by weapons anymore, or energy, or money. It's run by little ones and zeroes, little bits of data. It's all just electrons.
- Cosmo , Sneakers

Wisdom
Plough deep while sluggards sleep.
- Benjamin Franklin

The heart of a fool is in his mouth, but the mouth of a wise man is in his heart.
- Benjamin Franklin

Behold the turtle. He makes progress only when he sticks his neck out.
- James Bryant Conant

Those who mind don't matter, and those who matter don't mind.
- Bernard Baruch

Trust your hunches. They are usually based on facts filed away just below the conscious level.
- Dr. Joyce Brothers

 

 

 

 

 

 
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