Self-conceit1 may lead to self-destruction. Aesop (620 BC - 560 BC), The Frog and the Ox The smaller the mind the greater the conceit. Aesop (620 BC - 560 BC) When they discover the center of the universe, a lot of people will be disappoint...

The computing1 field is always in need of new cliches. Alan Perlis Computers make it easier to do a lot of things, but most of the things they make it easier to do dont need to be done. Andy Rooney (1919 - ) The great thing about a computer...

Incompetents2 invariably make trouble for people other than themselves. Larry McMurtry (1936 - ), Lonesome Dove Competence3, like truth, beauty and contact lenses, is in the eye of the beholder4. Laurence J. Peter (1919 - 1988), The Peter P...

The best political community is formed by citizens of the middle class. Aristotle (384 BC - 322 BC), Politics Isnt everyone a part of everyone else? Budd Schulberg, O Magazine, November 2003 First it is necessary to stand on your own two fe...

Good communication is as stimulating1 as black coffee and just as hard to sleep after. Anne Morrow Lindbergh, Gift From the Sea Every improvement in communication makes the bore more terrible. Frank Moore Colby The constant free flow of com...

Common sense is the collection of prejudices acquired by age eighteen. Albert Einstein (1879 - 1955), (attributed) Stupid is forever, ignorance can be fixed1. Don Wood The last time anybody made a list of the top hundred character attribute...

Civilization advances by extending the number of important operations which we can perform without thinking of them. Alfred North Whitehead (1861 - 1947) Civilization degrades the many to exalt1 the few. Amos Bronson Alcott (1799 - 1888), T...

I never believed in Santa Claus because I knew no white dude would come into my neighborhood after dark. Dick Gregory (1932 - ) A turkey never voted for an early Christmas. Irish Proverb I dont like green Christmases. Theyre not greentheyre...

There was a time when we expected nothing of our children but obedience1, as opposed to the present, when we expect everything of them but obedience. Anatole Broyard I would be the most content if my children grew up to be the kind of peopl...

Charm is a way of getting the answer yes without asking a clear question. Albert Camus (1913 - 1960) You know what charm is: a way of getting the answer yes without having asked any clear question. Albert Camus (1913 - 1960), La Chute (The...