SummertimeQuips

Some notable quotes overheard during the past fortnight:

"I have only one goal: to suffice." (JD)
"This is a dumbed-down version of Windows NT — even dumber than regular NT." (RC)
"You're saying that it's more important to participate than to be right?" (^z)
"Be attentive to those who seek the truth; be wary of those who claim to have found it." (JC, quoting another)
"Far be it from me to be paranoid!" (BW)
"There's no good cop in this case — just a bad cop and a badder cop." (TF)
"We're pumping out the septic tank of knowledge." (BW)
"You never know the weight of inertia." (JD)
"A proof is that which convinces a reasonable man; a rigorous proof is that which convinces an unreasonable man." (JC, quoting another re mathematics)
"He's a weapon of mass destruction all by himself!" (TF)
"I rest your case." (JH)
"I come from [that outfit] and I can tell you, Earth is really quite different." (BB)
"Listening to you all talk is like having good sex in the mind." (LJR)

Saturday, August 05, 2000 at 19:32:48 (EDT) = 2000-08-05