“I’m becoming increasingly convinced that the 21st century is based on a short story by Philip K. Dick.”

        — Jason Gorman (@jasongorman) #

“Respect for the truth is an acquired taste.”

        — Mark van Doren

“All the coffee in Columbia won’t make me a morning person.”

        — Unknown

“What the world needs is more geniuses with humility, there are so few of us left.”

        — Oscar Levant

“Too much software productivity is measured by how far the bullet is from the gun, rather than how close it is to the target.”

        — Richard Dalton (@richardadalton) #

“The freedom of others extends mine infinitely.”

        — May 1968 Graffiti #

“Outside show is a poor substitute for inner worth.”

        — Aesop

“Decorate yourself from the inside out.”

        — Terri Guillemets

“One of the greatest victories you can gain over someone is to beat him at politeness.”

        — Josh Billings

“Reality shows are great because they let you watch dysfunctional people without an annoying mirror.”

        — Caprice Crane (@capricecrane) #

“Forgiveness is a virtue of the brave.”

        — Indira Gandhi

“Procrastination is the art of keeping up with yesterday.”

        — Don Marquis

“Anti-intellectualism has been a constant thread winding its way through our political and cultural life, nurtured by the false notion that democracy means that ‘my ignorance is just as good as your knowledge.’”

        — Isaac Asimov

“Don’t look where you fall, but where you slipped.”

        — African Proverb

“C++ is history repeated as tragedy. Java is history repeated as farce.”

        — Scott McKay

“For business reasons, I must preserve the outward signs of sanity.”

        — Mark Twain

“Don’t judge each day by the harvest you reap but by the seeds that you plant.”

        — Robert Louis Stevenson

“Disbelief in magic can force a poor soul into believing in government and business.”

        — Tom Robbins

“There are three kinds of men. The one that learns by reading. The few who learn by observation. The rest of them have to pee on the electric fence for themselves.”

        — Will Rogers

“Start every day with a smile and get it over with.”

        — W. C. Fields

“Gaze not into the abyss, lest you become recognized as an abyss domain expert, and they expect you keep gazing into the damn thing.”

        — Nick Mathewson #

“Life is not measured by the number of breaths we take, but by the moments that take our breath away.”

        — Hilary Cooper