“If the automobile had followed the same development cycle as the computer, a Rolls-Royce would today cost $100, get a million miles per gallon, and explode once a year, killing everyone inside.” Continue reading
Category Archives: Funny
Lewis Thomas on Language
“The great thing about human language is that it prevents us from sticking to the matter at hand.” Continue reading
Caskie Stinnett on Diplomacy
“A diplomat… is a person who can tell you to go to hell in such a way that you actually look forward to the trip.” Continue reading
Oscar Wilde on Knowledge
“There are only two kinds of people who are really fascinating: people who know absolutely everything, and people who know absolutely nothing.” Continue reading
Cullen Hightower on Knowledge
“Saying what we think gives us a wider conversational range than saying what we know.” Continue reading
Dave Barry on Sports
“Skiing combines outdoor fun with knocking down trees with your face.” Continue reading
Aristotle on Humor
“Humor is the only test of gravity, and gravity of humor; for a subject which will not bear raillery is suspicious, and a jest which will not bear serious examination is false wit.” Continue reading
Robert W. Sarnoff on Finance
“Finance is the art of passing money from hand to hand until it finally disappears.” Continue reading
H. L. Mencken on Humanity
“The capacity of human beings to bore one another seems to be vastly greater than that of any other animal.” Continue reading
Mark Twain on Life
“When we remember we are all mad, the mysteries disappear and life stands explained.” Continue reading