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Of all forms of caution, caution in love is the most fatal.

Of all forms of caution, caution in love is the most fatal.

In a world where the heart often takes precedence over the mind, countless tales emerge that serve as poignant reminders of the perils of unbridled passion and the pitfalls of misguided devotion

"Adopted kids are such a pain" - you have to teach them how to look like you ... -- Gilda Radner

"Adopted kids are such a pain" - you have to teach them how to look like you ... -- Gilda Radner

You will hear good news from one you thought unfriendly to you.

You will hear good news from one you thought unfriendly to you.

But sex and drugs and rock & roll, why, they'd bring our blackest day.

But sex and drugs and rock & roll, why, they'd bring our blackest day.

Modem, adj.: Up-to-date, new-fangled, as in "Thoroughly Modem Millie." An unfortunate byproduct of kerning.

Modem, adj.: Up-to-date, new-fangled, as in "Thoroughly Modem Millie." An unfortunate byproduct of kerning.

"Never volunteer for anything." - Lackland

"Never volunteer for anything." - Lackland

"Madam, there's no such thing as a tough child" - if you parboil them first for seven hours, they always come out tender. -- W. C. Fields

"Madam, there's no such thing as a tough child" - if you parboil them first for seven hours, they always come out tender. -- W. C. Fields

Love

LOVE: When you like to think of someone on days that begin with a morning.

LOVE: When you like to think of someone on days that begin with a morning.

In a world where love is often seen as a fleeting feeling, many individuals have struggled to find lasting connections with others

"Fortune and love befriend the bold." - Ovid

"Fortune and love befriend the bold." - Ovid

"A man always remembers his first love with special tenderness, but after that begins to bunch them." - H. L. Mencken

"A man always remembers his first love with special tenderness, but after that begins to bunch them." - H. L. Mencken

The only thing better than love is milk.

The only thing better than love is milk.

"Love is a slippery eel that bites like hell." - Matt Groening

"Love is a slippery eel that bites like hell." - Matt Groening

To love is good, love being difficult.

To love is good, love being difficult.

"I acted to show my love for Jodie Foster." - John Hinckley

"I acted to show my love for Jodie Foster." - John Hinckley

Artificial Intelligence

"First Corollary of Taber's Second Law: Machines that piss people off get murdered." - Pat Taber

"First Corollary of Taber's Second Law: Machines that piss people off get murdered." - Pat Taber

In a groundbreaking discovery that has sparked both intrigue and concern among technophiles and laypersons alike, renowned computer scientist Pat Taber has unveiled the First Corollary of Taber's Second Law

"He does it with a better grace, but I do it more natural." - William Shakespeare, "Twelfth-Night"

"He does it with a better grace, but I do it more natural." - William Shakespeare, "Twelfth-Night"

The only thing cheaper than hardware is talk.

The only thing cheaper than hardware is talk.

QOTD: "I'd never marry a woman who didn't like pizza. I might play golf with her, but I wouldn't marry her."

QOTD: "I'd never marry a woman who didn't like pizza. I might play golf with her, but I wouldn't marry her."

That does not compute.

That does not compute.

Keep it short for pithy sake.

Keep it short for pithy sake.

"If that makes any sense to you, you have a big problem." - C. Durance, Computer Science 234

"If that makes any sense to you, you have a big problem." - C. Durance, Computer Science 234

Resilience

Screw up your courage! You've screwed up everything else.

Screw up your courage! You've screwed up everything else.

In an age of unyielding adversity and relentless turmoil, there remains an undeniable pervasiveness in the human condition to persevere, adapt, and ultimately triumph over seemingly insurmountable obstacles

"Peterson's Admonition: When you think you're going down for the third time" - just remember that you may have counted wrong.

"Peterson's Admonition: When you think you're going down for the third time" - just remember that you may have counted wrong.

"What!? Me worry?" - A. E. Neuman

"What!? Me worry?" - A. E. Neuman

God must love the Common Man; He made so many of them.

God must love the Common Man; He made so many of them.

"If at first you don't succeed, try, try again." - W. E. Hickson

"If at first you don't succeed, try, try again." - W. E. Hickson

"Nothing shortens a journey so pleasantly as an account of misfortunes at which the hearer is permitted to laugh." - Quentin Crisp

"Nothing shortens a journey so pleasantly as an account of misfortunes at which the hearer is permitted to laugh." - Quentin Crisp

This unit... must... survive.

This unit... must... survive.

Philosophy

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"Marriage is the only adventure open to the cowardly." - Voltaire

Kleeneness is next to Godelness.

Philosophy, n.: Unintelligible answers to insoluble problems.

"God made everything out of nothing, but the nothingness shows through." - Paul Valery

"God may be subtle, but He isn't plain mean." - Albert Einstein

ArtificialIntelligence

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"In less than a century, computers will be making substantial progress on ... the overriding problem of war and peace." - James Slagle

The more things change, the more they'll never be the same again.

"Never worry about theory as long as the machinery does what it's supposed to do." - Robert A. Heinlein

"I cannot conceive that anybody will require multiplications at the rate of 40,000 or even 4,000 per hour ..." - F. H. Wales (1936)

Hug me now, you mad, impetuous fool!! Oh wait... I'm a computer, and you're a person. It would never work out. Never mind.

Education

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If you can't read this, blame a teacher.

"Iowa State" - the high school after high school! -- Crow T. Robot

"Education is learning what you didn't even know you didn't know." - Daniel J. Boorstin

"What does education often do? It makes a straight cut ditch of a free meandering brook." - Henry David Thoreau

"Familiarity breeds contempt" - and children. -- Mark Twain