“I love deadlines. I like the whooshing sound they make as they fly by.”
– Douglas Adams


Thoughts of an old curmudgeon
“I love deadlines. I like the whooshing sound they make as they fly by.”
– Douglas Adams

“After all, what is your hosts’ purpose in having a party? Surely not for you to enjoy yourself; if that were their sole purpose, they’d have simply sent champagne and women over to your place by taxi.”
– P. J. O’Rourke

“Two and two continue to make four, in spite of the whine of the amateur for three, or the cry of the critic for five.”
– James McNeill Whistler

“Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I’m not sure about the former.”
– Albert Einstein

“The only function of economic forecasting is to make astrology look respectable.”
– John Kenneth Galbraith

“Hating the Yankees is as American as pizza pie, unwed mothers, and cheating on your income tax.”
– Mike Royko

“It is inaccurate to say that I hate everything. I am strongly in favor of common sense, common honesty, and common decency. This makes me forever ineligible for public office.”
– H. L. Mencken

“It’s very important in life to know when to shut up.
You should not be afraid of silence.”
– Alex Trebek
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“It was on my fifth birthday that Papa put his hand on my shoulder and said, ‘Remember, my son, if you ever need a helping hand, you’ll find one at the end of your arm’.”
– Sam Levenson

“My mother never saw the irony in calling me a son-of-a-bitch.”
– Jack Nicholson
