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Anyone who considers protocol unimportant has never dealt with a cat.

Mon, 27 Apr 2009 10:35:56 +0200

Quote: Anyone who considers protocol unimportant has never dealt with a cat.
Person: Robert A. Heinlein
Last Modified: 27 April 2009
Source: http://twitter.com/iheartquotes/status/1627749946
Language: en

Nine out of ten voices in my head say I'm totally healthy. The tenth one is humming the Tetris soundtrack.

Wed, 15 Apr 2009 13:13:27 +0200

Quote: Nine out of ten voices in my head say I'm totally healthy. The tenth one is humming the Tetris soundtrack.
Person: Autarkis
Last Modified: 15 April 2009
Source: http://twitter.com/Autarkis/status/1496383698
Language: en
Addition: on Twitter

If the English language made any sense, a catastrophe would be an apostrophe with fur.

Wed, 25 Feb 2009 08:20:25 +0100

Quote: If the English language made any sense, a catastrophe would be an apostrophe with fur.
Person: Doug Larson
Last Modified: 25 February 2009
Source: http://www.quotationspage.com/quote/23648.html
Language: en

The male is a domestic animal which, if treated with firmness, can be trained to do most things.

Wed, 25 Feb 2009 08:17:15 +0100

Quote: The male is a domestic animal which, if treated with firmness, can be trained to do most things.
Person: Jilly Cooper
Last Modified: 25 February 2009
Source: http://www.quotationspage.com/quote/23707.html
Language: en

Practice safe design: Use a concept.

Mon, 02 Feb 2009 15:44:26 +0100

Quote: Practice safe design: Use a concept.
Person: Petrula Vronkitis
Last Modified: 2 February 2009
Source: http://quotesondesign.com/petrula-vronkitis/
Language: en

If your apartment looks like an IKEA catalog exploded, you may be gay or European, but you are not an interior decorator.

Sun, 01 Feb 2009 13:20:52 +0100

Quote: If your apartment looks like an IKEA catalog exploded, you may be gay or European, but you are not an interior decorator.
Last Modified: 1 February 2009
Source: http://twitter.com/jeremiahlee/status/860658308
Language: en

Ekhöfchen, halten Sie noch Ihr Maul! Höfchen –, ich fühle, daß meine rosenfarbene Laune beginnt, schon braun zu werden. Hüten Sie sich, daß sie nicht schwarz wird, oder, hol mich der Teufel, ich werfe Sie zum Zimmer hinaus und die Treppe hinunter.

Sun, 01 Feb 2009 12:56:56 +0100

Quote: Ekhöfchen, halten Sie noch Ihr Maul! Höfchen –, ich fühle, daß meine rosenfarbene Laune beginnt, schon braun zu werden. Hüten Sie sich, daß sie nicht schwarz wird, oder, hol mich der Teufel, ich werfe Sie zum Zimmer hinaus und die Treppe hinunter.
Person: Karoline Schulze-Kummerfeld
Last Modified: 1 February 2009
Source: http://www.zeno.org/Kulturgeschichte/M/Schulze-Kummerfeld,+Karoline/Lebenserinnerungen/Band+1/Bremen/Maler+Stein+und+Herr+Schiro
Language: de
Addition: zu Konrad Eckhof, der gut 25 Jahre älter war als sie.

Computers make it easier to do a lot of things, but most of the things they make it easier to do don't need to be done.

Sat, 31 Jan 2009 09:09:58 +0100

Quote: Computers make it easier to do a lot of things, but most of the things they make it easier to do don't need to be done.
Person: Andy Rooney
Last Modified: 31 January 2009
Source: http://www.quotationspage.com/quote/882.html
Language: en

Frisbeetarianism is the belief that when you die, your soul goes up on the roof and gets stuck.

Sat, 17 Jan 2009 09:02:11 +0100

Quote: Frisbeetarianism is the belief that when you die, your soul goes up on the roof and gets stuck.
Person: George Carlin
Last Modified: 17 January 2009
Source: http://www.quotationspage.com/quote/284.html
Language: en

Procrastination is the art of keeping up with yesterday.

Mon, 12 Jan 2009 09:07:03 +0100

Quote: Procrastination is the art of keeping up with yesterday.
Person: Don Marquis
Last Modified: 12 January 2009
Source: http://www.quotationspage.com/quote/1412.html
Language: en

The nice thing about egotists is that they don't talk about other people.

Tue, 07 Oct 2008 12:37:23 +0200

Quote: The nice thing about egotists is that they don't talk about other people.
Person: Lucille S. Harper
Last Modified: 7 October 2008
Source: http://www.quotationspage.com/quote/23572.html
Language: en

Das Leben sollte frittiert sein.

Fri, 05 Sep 2008 14:15:05 +0200

Quote: Das Leben sollte frittiert sein.
Person: Andi Jacomet
Last Modified: 5 September 2008
Source: http://blog.jacomet.ch/?p=996
Language: de

Die Tiere können spielen, also sind sie bereits mehr als mechanische Dinge. Wir spielen und wissen, dass wir spielen, also sind wir mehr als bloss vernünftige Wesen, denn das Spiel ist unvernünftig.

Thu, 21 Aug 2008 09:53:51 +0200

Quote: Die Tiere können spielen, also sind sie bereits mehr als mechanische Dinge. Wir spielen und wissen, dass wir spielen, also sind wir mehr als bloss vernünftige Wesen, denn das Spiel ist unvernünftig.
Person: Johan Huizinga
Last Modified: 21 August 2008
Language: de

We are what we pretend to be, so we must be careful what we pretend to be.

Thu, 21 Aug 2008 06:51:01 +0200

Quote: We are what we pretend to be, so we must be careful what we pretend to be.
Person: Kurt Vonnegut
Last Modified: 21 August 2008
Source: http://www.quotationspage.com/quote/30420.html
Language: en

Never attribute to malice that which can be adequately explained by stupidity.

Sun, 17 Aug 2008 08:46:31 +0200

Quote: Never attribute to malice that which can be adequately explained by stupidity.
Person: Robert J. Hanlon
Last Modified: 17 August 2008
Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hanlon%27s_Razor
Language: en

The moon and sun are eternal travellers. / Even the years wander on. /A lifetime adrift in a boat, /or in old age leading a tired horse into the years, / every day is a journey, / and the journey itself is home.

Sun, 17 Aug 2008 07:43:40 +0200

Quote: The moon and sun are eternal travellers. / Even the years wander on. /A lifetime adrift in a boat, /or in old age leading a tired horse into the years, / every day is a journey, / and the journey itself is home.
Person: Matsuo Bashō
Last Modified: 17 August 2008
Source: http://blog.bjork.com/2008/08/16/the-journey-itself-and-home/
Language: en

The real art of conversation is not only to say the right thing at the right place but to leave unsaid the wrong thing at the tempting moment.

Fri, 08 Aug 2008 21:35:48 +0200

Quote: The real art of conversation is not only to say the right thing at the right place but to leave unsaid the wrong thing at the tempting moment.
Person: Dorothy Nevill
Last Modified: 8 August 2008
Source: http://www.quotationspage.com/quote/1384.html
Language: en

Jeder junge Mensch, der nur ungefähr der deutschen Sprache gewachsen ist und hier und da etwas gelesen hat, gibt jetzt ein Blog heraus.

Fri, 25 Jul 2008 18:33:01 +0200

Quote: Jeder junge Mensch, der nur ungefähr der deutschen Sprache gewachsen ist und hier und da etwas gelesen hat, gibt jetzt ein Blog heraus.
Person: Gotthold Ephraim Lessing
Last Modified: 25 July 2008
Language: de

Reality is just a question of imagination.

Mon, 21 Jul 2008 13:34:15 +0200

Quote: Reality is just a question of imagination.
Person: Kaspar Manz
Last Modified: 21 July 2008
Language: en

If your apartment looks like an IKEA catalog exploded, you may be gay or European, but you are not an interior decorator.

Thu, 17 Jul 2008 10:16:18 +0200

Quote: If your apartment looks like an IKEA catalog exploded, you may be gay or European, but you are not an interior decorator.
Person: Jeremiah Lee Cohick
Last Modified: 17 July 2008
Source: http://twitter.com/jeremiahlee/statuses/860658308
Language: en

Who ever thought green was the new black is seriously disturbed.

Sun, 13 Jul 2008 10:06:27 +0200

Quote: Who ever thought green was the new black is seriously disturbed.
Person: Frederik Roijé
Last Modified: 13 July 2008
Source: http://mocoloco.com/archives/004307.php
Language: en

Listen. / With faint dry sound, / Like steps of passing ghosts, / The leaves, frost-crisp'd, break from the trees / And fall.

Sat, 12 Jul 2008 08:39:05 +0200

Quote: Listen. / With faint dry sound, / Like steps of passing ghosts, / The leaves, frost-crisp'd, break from the trees / And fall.
Person: Adelaide Crapsey
Last Modified: 12 July 2008
Source: http://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Adelaide_Crapsey
Language: en
Addition: : November Night

pity this busy monster, manunkind, / not. Progress is a comfortable disease: / your victim (death and life safely beyond) / plays with the bigness of his littleness / - electrons deify one razorblade / into a mountainrange; lenses extend / unwish through curving wherewhen till unwish / returns on its unself. / A world of made / is not a world of born - pity poor flesh / and trees, poor stars and stones, but never this / fine speciment of hypermagical / ultraomnipotence. We doctors know / a hopeless case if - listen: there's a hell / of a good universe next door; let's go

Sat, 12 Jul 2008 08:34:07 +0200

Quote: pity this busy monster, manunkind, / not. Progress is a comfortable disease: / your victim (death and life safely beyond) / plays with the bigness of his littleness / - electrons deify one razorblade / into a mountainrange; lenses extend / unwish through curving wherewhen till unwish / returns on its unself. / A world of made / is not a world of born - pity poor flesh / and trees, poor stars and stones, but never this / fine speciment of hypermagical / ultraomnipotence. We doctors know / a hopeless case if - listen: there's a hell / of a good universe next door; let's go
Person: e. e. cummings
Last Modified: 12 July 2008
Source: http://www.cs.rice.edu/~ssiyer/minstrels/poems/57.html
Language: en

Part of the inhumanity of the computer is that, once it is competently programmed and working smoothly, it is completely honest.

Wed, 02 Jul 2008 08:09:15 +0200

Quote: Part of the inhumanity of the computer is that, once it is competently programmed and working smoothly, it is completely honest.
Person: Isaac Asimov
Last Modified: 2 July 2008
Source: http://www.quotationspage.com/quote/23606.html
Language: en

The most exciting phrase to hear in science, the one that heralds new discoveries, is not 'Eureka!' but 'That's funny ...'

Wed, 02 Jul 2008 08:08:13 +0200

Quote: The most exciting phrase to hear in science, the one that heralds new discoveries, is not 'Eureka!' but 'That's funny ...'
Person: Isaac Asimov
Last Modified: 2 July 2008
Source: http://www.quotationspage.com/quote/470.html
Language: en

It pays to be obvious, especially if you have a reputation for subtlety.

Wed, 02 Jul 2008 08:06:45 +0200

Quote: It pays to be obvious, especially if you have a reputation for subtlety.
Person: Isaac Asimov
Last Modified: 2 July 2008
Source: http://www.quotationspage.com/quote/730.html
Language: en

Wer keine Silhouette vorweisen kann, die einen peinfreien Strandaufenthalt ermöglicht, sollte vom Transparent-Look absehen. Sonst sieht das durchscheinende Outfit nicht aus wie ein Nebel, der eine Elfe umweht, sondern wie der Schweif eines einschlagenden Kometen.

Thu, 19 Jun 2008 11:29:29 +0200

Quote: Wer keine Silhouette vorweisen kann, die einen peinfreien Strandaufenthalt ermöglicht, sollte vom Transparent-Look absehen. Sonst sieht das durchscheinende Outfit nicht aus wie ein Nebel, der eine Elfe umweht, sondern wie der Schweif eines einschlagenden Kometen.
Person: Tillman Prüfer
Last Modified: 19 June 2008
Source: http://www.zeit.de/leben/leben-magazin/index
Language: de
Addition: über transparente Kleidung.

My work is a game, a very serious game.

Fri, 27 Jun 2008 16:21:03 +0200

Quote: My work is a game, a very serious game.
Person: M.C. Escher
Last Modified: 27 June 2008
Source: http://www.quotationspage.com/quote/1403.html
Language: en

Business cards are for old people. If someone cant remember my name and Google me, I dont want to be contacted.

Thu, 19 Jun 2008 11:32:26 +0200

Quote: Business cards are for old people. If someone cant remember my name and Google me, I dont want to be contacted.
Person: Jeremiah Lee Cohick
Last Modified: 19 June 2008
Source: http://twitter.com/jeremiahlee/statuses/805778741
Language: en

I'm good with holes.

Sat, 28 Jun 2008 19:06:20 +0200

Quote: I'm good with holes.
Person: John Barrowman
Last Modified: 28 June 2008
Source: http://youtube.com/watch?v=IWHoOgk-pCY
Language: en
Addition: on Al Murray's Happy Hour.

i dont make babies. i make concepts instead.

Tue, 24 Jun 2008 12:19:20 +0200

Quote: i dont make babies. i make concepts instead.
Person: "TRUE BOY"
Last Modified: 24 June 2008
Source: http://twitter.com/TRUE/statuses/210150592
Language: en

The problem with defending the purity of the English language is that English is about as pure as a cribhouse whore. We don't just borrow words; on occasion, English has pursued other languages down alleyways to beat them unconscious and riffle their pockets for new vocabulary.

Tue, 24 Jun 2008 12:15:58 +0200

Quote: The problem with defending the purity of the English language is that English is about as pure as a cribhouse whore. We don't just borrow words; on occasion, English has pursued other languages down alleyways to beat them unconscious and riffle their pockets for new vocabulary.
Person: James Nicoll
Last Modified: 24 June 2008
Source: http://groups.google.com/group/rec.arts.sf-lovers/msg/c961c46670ca97d6
Language: en

Sex should be like Google: One slot, two buttons and zero surprises.

Fri, 27 Jun 2008 16:16:14 +0200

Quote: Sex should be like Google: One slot, two buttons and zero surprises.
Person: Charles from Diesel Sweeties
Last Modified: 27 June 2008
Source: http://www.dieselsweeties.com/archive/2045
Language: en

However, bottomless pits are a notoriously unreliable means of death in comic books.

Tue, 01 Jul 2008 14:01:10 +0200

Quote: However, bottomless pits are a notoriously unreliable means of death in comic books.
Person: Wikipedia
Last Modified: 1 July 2008
Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harley_Quinn
Language: en
Addition: about Harley Quinn.

Ich habe immer den Traum gehabt, dass ein Computer so einfach zu benutzen ist wie ein Telefon. Heute ist mein Traum wahr geworden: Ich verstehe nicht mehr, wie ich mein Telefon benutzen kann.

Thu, 19 Jun 2008 11:24:33 +0200

Quote: Ich habe immer den Traum gehabt, dass ein Computer so einfach zu benutzen ist wie ein Telefon. Heute ist mein Traum wahr geworden: Ich verstehe nicht mehr, wie ich mein Telefon benutzen kann.
Person: Bjarne Stroustrup
Last Modified: 19 June 2008
Language: de
Addition: (Erfinder der Programmiersprache C++)

If you’re in a mediocre band, just fire the drummer, and chances are you’ll have the best band in the world.

Fri, 20 Jun 2008 19:52:12 +0200

Quote: If you’re in a mediocre band, just fire the drummer, and chances are you’ll have the best band in the world.
Person: Owen Pallett
Last Modified: 20 June 2008
Source: http://www.nytimes.com/2008/05/18/magazine/18bands-t.html
Language: en

Only people who create artworks that redefine the world should be called Artists.

Thu, 19 Jun 2008 17:01:29 +0200

Quote: Only people who create artworks that redefine the world should be called Artists.
Person: Takayoshi Sato
Last Modified: 19 June 2008
Source: http://tale-of-tales.com/blog/interviews/interview-with-takayoshi-sato/
Language: en

Deer walk upon our mountains, and quail / Whistle about us their spontaneous cries; / Sweet berries ripen in the wilderness; / And, in the isolation of the sky, / At evening, casual flocks of pigeons make / Ambiguous undulations as they sink, / Downward to darkness, on extended wings.

Thu, 19 Jun 2008 11:23:23 +0200

Quote: Deer walk upon our mountains, and quail / Whistle about us their spontaneous cries; / Sweet berries ripen in the wilderness; / And, in the isolation of the sky, / At evening, casual flocks of pigeons make / Ambiguous undulations as they sink, / Downward to darkness, on extended wings.
Person: Wallace Stevens
Last Modified: 19 June 2008
Language: en
Addition: (Sunday Morning (excerpt))

Die Kunst des inneren Hohngelächters

Tue, 24 Jun 2008 12:22:08 +0200

Quote: Die Kunst des inneren Hohngelächters
Person: Reiner Kröhnert
Last Modified: 24 June 2008
Source: http://www.zeit.de/2007/35/Merkel-Humor
Language: de
Addition: über Angela Merkel.

Friends are not priceless. Friends are too expensive.

Thu, 19 Jun 2008 11:15:11 +0200

Quote: Friends are not priceless. Friends are too expensive.
Person: Richard Stevens
Last Modified: 19 June 2008
Source: http://twitter.com/rstevens/statuses/832344998
Language: en

In zwanzig Jahren wird es noch zwei Arten von Publikationen geben: Boulvardtrash mit gigantischer Auflage und elitäre Tageszeitungen und Magazine mit klugen Analysen und Meinungen.

Thu, 19 Jun 2008 10:53:43 +0200

Quote: In zwanzig Jahren wird es noch zwei Arten von Publikationen geben: Boulvardtrash mit gigantischer Auflage und elitäre Tageszeitungen und Magazine mit klugen Analysen und Meinungen.
Person: Tyler Brûlé
Last Modified: 19 June 2008
Source: http://dasmagazin.ch/index.php/warmer-werden/
Language: de

Sometimes, a bowl of coffee beans with milk is the only appropriate cereal.

Thu, 19 Jun 2008 11:10:51 +0200

Quote: Sometimes, a bowl of coffee beans with milk is the only appropriate cereal.
Person: Richard Stevens
Last Modified: 19 June 2008
Source: http://twitter.com/rstevens/statuses/824183305
Language: en

Originality is the fine art of remembering what you hear but forgetting where you heard it.

Thu, 19 Jun 2008 10:51:21 +0200

Quote: Originality is the fine art of remembering what you hear but forgetting where you heard it.
Person: Laurence J. Peter
Last Modified: 19 June 2008
Source: http://www.quotationspage.com/quote/26194.html
Language: en

Her majesty goes dessert.

Thu, 19 Jun 2008 09:12:17 +0200

Quote: Her majesty goes dessert.
Person: Barbara Kranz
Last Modified: 19 June 2008
Language: en

I am the manufacturer who creates the doll from the blueprint that the caller provides me.

Thu, 19 Jun 2008 09:55:50 +0200

Quote: I am the manufacturer who creates the doll from the blueprint that the caller provides me.
Person: Phone Sex: The Book
Last Modified: 19 June 2008
Source: http://phonesexthebook.com/main.php?id=8
Language: en

Invisible Pink Unicorns are beings of great spiritual power. We know this because they are capable of being invisible and pink at the same time. Like all religions, the Faith of the Invisible Pink Unicorns is based upon both logic and faith. We have faith that they are pink; we logically know that they are invisible because we can't see them.

Thu, 19 Jun 2008 09:04:20 +0200

Quote: Invisible Pink Unicorns are beings of great spiritual power. We know this because they are capable of being invisible and pink at the same time. Like all religions, the Faith of the Invisible Pink Unicorns is based upon both logic and faith. We have faith that they are pink; we logically know that they are invisible because we can't see them.
Person: Steve Eley
Last Modified: 19 June 2008
Language: en

Abnormal is so common, it’s practically normal.

Thu, 19 Jun 2008 09:53:56 +0200

Quote: Abnormal is so common, it’s practically normal.
Person: Cory Doctorow
Last Modified: 19 June 2008
Language: en

Ich bin auch ein Tsunami!

Thu, 19 Jun 2008 09:11:45 +0200

Quote: Ich bin auch ein Tsunami!
Person: Barbara Kranz
Last Modified: 19 June 2008
Language: de

Don't accept rides from strange men, and remember that all men are strange.

Thu, 19 Jun 2008 10:50:19 +0200

Quote: Don't accept rides from strange men, and remember that all men are strange.
Person: Robin Morgan
Last Modified: 19 June 2008
Source: http://www.quotationspage.com/quote/1004.html
Language: en

Das Perfekte ist oft der Feind des Spontanen.

Thu, 19 Jun 2008 09:10:45 +0200

Quote: Das Perfekte ist oft der Feind des Spontanen.
Person: Barbara Kranz
Last Modified: 19 June 2008
Language: de