“There are two ways of constructing a software design. One way is to make it so simple that there are obviously no deficiencies. And the other way is to make it so complicated that there are no obvious deficiencies.” - C.A.R. Hoare, from the
Top 50 Programming Quotes of All Time.
posted by Slap*Happy
on Dec 16, 2010 -
39 comments
Argentina has been eliminated from
The World Cup, but that doesn't mean we aren't free to enjoy
some quotes from the always quotable
Diego Maradona. For example, after Argentina qualified for the finals in South Africa, after looking like they would not make it, he said "To those who did not believe: now suck my d**k - I'm sorry ladies for my words - and keep on sucking it. I am either white or black. I will never be grey in my life. You treated me as you did. Now keep on sucking d**ks. I am grateful to my players and to the Argentinian people. I thank no one but them. The rest, keep on sucking d**ks."
posted by Keith Talent
on Jul 5, 2010 -
85 comments
"If that's what's on, then that's what they watch. It's either that, or a cricket match between Scotland and Bermuda. Now, I am an educated man, Charlie, but when someone tries to explain cricket to me, all I want to do is hit him in the head with a teapot."
Cricket Explained (An American Viewpoint) for those, following a recent cricket thread, that want to get it, but don't quite yet.
posted by nthdegx
on Aug 3, 2006 -
41 comments
porn quotes! porn star
kami andrews [NSFW duh] has collected her favorite quotes from porn stars. I think some are movie lines and some are from personal interraction. My favorite: "Your life story would be called When Bubble wrap isn't enough"
posted by Tryptophan-5ht
on Apr 4, 2006 -
41 comments
Clientcopia - Stupid things clients say. ex: Please also put a landlord hat on the landlord.
posted by Mick
on Oct 11, 2004 -
25 comments
Neil Armstrong. The awful truth. In 1969, Neil Armstrong made history by becoming the first man to walk on the moon, uttering the immortal phrase, "One small step for man, one giant leap for mankind." Or did he? Previously suppressed footage discovered by blogjam shows that Armstrong's reaction was a great deal more uninhibited than history suggests, and that a hasty editing job was needed to prepare the astronaut's moment of glory for broadcast.
So here, for the first time, is the unedited NASA film from the triumphant Apollo 11 mission. [Maybe NSFW]
posted by srboisvert
on Oct 30, 2003 -
51 comments
Mark Twain on
evolution:
It now seems plain to me that that theory ought to be vacated in favor of a new and truer one...the Descent of Man from the Higher Animals. And, on
war:
Statesmen will invent cheap lies, putting blame upon the nation that is attacked, and every man will be glad of those conscience-soothing falsities, and will diligently study them, and refuse to examine any refutations of them; and thus he will by and by convince himself that the war is just, and will thank God for the better sleep he enjoys after this process of grotesque self-deception. Alphabetized Mark Twain quotes.
posted by Ignatius J. Reilly
on Jul 24, 2003 -
16 comments
"That's not funny, that's sick!" goes the old National Lampoon comic caption. Well, maybe this
link's both... Again,
not for the faint of heart.
posted by BentPenguin
on Oct 24, 2002 -
32 comments
It's The Way You Quote Them: Frosties is a cracking new collection of quotations from
Ariga, expertly and eccentrically selected by one
I.Frost, who defines himself as "friend, philosopher and jurist" . Unlike many online dictionaries, it includes generous helpings from its chosen authors; proper references; unexpected quotations (rather than the same old chestnuts) and, above all, personality. Bravo!
posted by MiguelCardoso
on Sep 18, 2002 -
25 comments
(In)famous Last Words We often look to the last words of our great thinkers to tell us something about that mysterious transition between life and death. So what are we supposed to make of Walt Whitman's last words:
"Hold me up; I want to shit"? And how about Dylan Thomas' dying declaration:
"I've had eighteen straight whiskeys. I think that's the record"? What last words would
you want recorded for posterity? (via
a & l daily).
posted by pardonyou?
on Mar 18, 2002 -
38 comments
Admiral Yamamoto never said "I fear all we have done is to awaken a sleeping giant and fill him with a terrible resolve" (or something like that) after Pearl Harbor. That line came from
Tora! Tora! Tora! Worth noting because an innumerable number of newspaper columnists have been "quoting" Yamamoto in light of the WTC attack.
posted by mcwetboy
on Sep 17, 2001 -
12 comments
Generation Terrorists - This site, though oddly named, is a great site for finding quotes. It has pages and pages of fully searchable quotes. Its great for those times when you want to know who said a particular quote or the exact wording. Or even just for inspiration. My favorite is the
Crazy & Mad section. Whats your favourite quote?
posted by bytecode
on Sep 5, 2001 -
19 comments
