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Wisdom
This is where I store my inspirational sayings and things that make you go "Hmm."  If you would like me to post any of your favorite sayings, then e-mail me.

1 "The line between genius and insanity is so thin that few can see it."

2 "Any fool can program.  Gamemaking is an art."

3 "Patience is a virtue."

4 "What doesn't kill me only makes me stronger."

5 "Absolute power corrupts absolutely."

6 "Hope for the best, but prepare for the worst."

7 "Real Men Play Video Games!"

8 "Democracy may only be a few steps from anarchy, but at least it is not as loud."

9 "It takes a big man to cry, but it takes a very big man to laugh at that big man and an even bigger man to ask why."

10 "A fool will learn nothing from a wise man, but a wise man will learn much from a fool."

11 "Never test the depth of the water with both feet."

12 "To me, kung-fu is like a ballet, except there's no music, no choreography, and the dancers hit each other."

13 "You must always strive to be the best, but never actually believe you are."

14 "The superior man acts before he speaks, and afterwards speaks according to his action."

15 "Wealth is too precious to be entrusted to the rich!"

16 "Man who falls in vat of molten glass makes spectacle of himself."

17 "Mistakes are often the stepping stones to utter failure."

18 "There is a theory which states that if ever anyone discovers exactly what the Universe is for and why it is here, it will instantly disappear and be replaced by something even more bizarre and inexplicable."

19 "Laugh at your problems; everyone else does."

20 "The time it takes from the moment you slip on a banana peel until you hit the floor is exactly one bananosecond."

21 "Writing is the only profession where no one considers you ridiculous if you earn no money."

22 "All I ask is a chance to prove that money can't make me happy."

23 "On Monday mornings I am dedicated to the proposition that all men are created jerks."

24 A man said to the Universe:  "Sir, I exist!"  "However," replied the Universe, "that fact has not created in me a sense of obligation."

25 "Some do, some don't.  Some will, some won't.  I might."

26 "The probability of someone watching you is proportional to the stupidity of your action."

27 "The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort and convenience, but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy."

28 "The best thing about growing older is that it takes such a long time."

29 NAPOLEON:  What shall we do with this soldier, Guiseppe? Everything he says is wrong...  GUISEPPE:  Make him a general, Excellency, and then everything he says will be right.

30 "The Law, in its majestic equality, forbids the rich, as well as the poor, to sleep under the bridges, to beg in the streets, and to steal bread."

31 "Experience - a comb life gives you after you lose your hair."

32 "Procrastination avoids boredom; one never has the feeling that there is nothing important to do."

33 "A wise man will see more from the bottom of the deepest well than a fool will see from the top of the highest mountain."

34 "A bore is a man who takes away your solitude, but gives you no company."

35 "I am free of all prejudice.  I hate everyone equally."

36 "People who claim they don't let little things bother them have never slept in a room with a single mosquito."

37 "A chubby man with a white beard and a red suit will approach you soon.  Avoid him.  He's a Commie."

38 "You can't outrun Death forever, but you should make the Bastard work for it!"

39 "A toast to bread.  For without bread, there would be no toast!"

40 "Honesty is the best policy, but insanity is a much better defense."

41 "Think much.  Speak little.  Write less."

42 "The buddy system is essential to your survival; it gives the enemy somebody else to shoot at."

43 "F u cn rd ths thn u cnt spl wrth a dm!"

44 "I'm sorry, sir, that line is busy till Monday. Would you hold please?"

45 "Life is a waterfall.  We're one in the river and one again after the fall."

46 "I live in my own little world, but it's okay...they know me here."

47 "We've got enough youth.  How about a Fountain of Smart?"

48 "There is no line between genius and insanity for they are one in the same."

49 "Ignorance is bliss."

50 "Yesterday is a dream, Tomorrow is a vision, Today is a bitch."

51 "Only the young die good."

52 "Life is a whim of several billion cells to be you for a while."

53 "Contrariwise," continued Tweedledee, "if it was so, it might be, and if it were so, it would be; but as it isn't, it ain't. That's logic!"

54 "Talk sense to a fool and he calls you foolish."

55 "The right half of the brain controls the left half of the body. This means that only left handed people are in their right mind."

56 "Video games are a conduit for the soul." -- Largo (MegaTokyo)

57 "Originality is undetected plagiarism."

58 "When a true genius appears in the world, you may know him by this sign, that the dunces are all in confederacy against him." -- Jonathan Swift "Thoughts On Various Subjects"

59 "The best defense against logic is ignorance."

60 "The reasonable man adapts himself to the world; the unreasonable one persists in trying to adapt the world to himself. Therefore, all progress in the world depends on the unreasonable man."

61 "The best thing about life is eventually it ends."


I bet you didn't know:   "The very first bomb dropped by the Allies on Berlin during World War II killed the only elephant in the Berlin Zoo."

I bet you didn't know:   "In 1963, baseball pitcher Gaylord Perry remarked, "They'll put a man on the moon before I hit a home run." On July 20, 1969, a few hours after Neil Armstrong set foot on the moon, Gaylord Perry hit his first, and only, home run."

I bet you didn't know:   "The characters Bert and Ernie, on Sesame Street, were named after Bert the cop and Ernie the taxi driver in Frank Capra's "It's A Wonderful Life."

I bet you didn't know:   "A goldfish has a memory span of three seconds."

I bet you didn't know:   "A cockroach can live 10 days without it's head at which point it dies of starvation"

I bet you didn't know:   "In Iowa it is a crime to watch a one armed piano player"

I bet you didn't know:   "The first song played on Armed Forces Radio during operation Desert Shield was 'Rock the Casbah' by the Clash."

I bet you didn't know:   "Despite the many rat-infested slums in New York City, rats bite only 311 people in an average year. But 1,519 residents are bitten annually by other New Yorkers."

I bet you didn't know:   "If you are in the ocean and a shark comes up to you, you should pee because the scent will scare it away."

I bet you didn't know:   "An ant can lift 50 times its own weight, can pull 30 times its own weight, and always falls over on its right side when intoxicated."

I bet you didn't know:   "The name for Oz in the 'Wizard of Oz' was thought up when the creator, Frank Baum, looked at his filing cabinet and saw A-N, and  O-Z, hence 'Oz.'"

I bet you didn't know:   "Ohio is listed as the 17th state in the U.S., but technically it is Number 47. Until August 7, 1953, Congress forgot to vote on a resolution to admit Ohio to the Union."  

I bet you didn't know:   "When the University of Nebraska Cornhuskers play football at home to a sellout crowd, the stadium becomes the state's third largest city."

I bet you didn't know:   "The most common place to be bitten by a black widow spider is on the tip of the penis."

I bet you didn't know:   "When Bob Marley died, there were 62 species of living creatures found in his hair."

I bet you didn't know:   "A Pontiac Sunfire has less air resistance than a stealth bomber."

I bet you didn't know:   "The reason firehouses have circular stairways is from the days of yore when the engines were pulled by horses. The horses were stabled on the ground floor and figured out how to walk up straight staircases."

I bet you didn't know:   "There are only four words in the English language which end in "-dous" tremendous, horrendous, stupendous, and hazardous."

I bet you didn't know:   "Montpelier, Vermont is the only U.S. state capital without a McDonalds."

I bet you didn't know:   "The fingerprints of koala bears are virtually indistinguishable from those of humans, so much so that they could be confused at a crime scene."

I bet you didn't know:   "In England, the Speaker of the House is not allowed to speak."

I bet you didn't know:   "On a Canadian two dollar bill, the flag flying over the Parliament Building is an American flag."

I bet you didn't know:   "The Commodore 64 (C-64) was released in early 1982, and quickly became known as a gamer's computer. More than 17,000 games eventually harnessed the awesome power of its 1-MHz CPU, 64-Kb RAM, 320x200 graphics, and 3-channel sound. In some retro geek circles, "Beachhead," "California Games," and "Karateka" are still popular. To others, the C-64 wedge still makes a good doorstop."