Balrogs Quotes & Sayings

What was said before is not important. — Ahmed Chalabi

No fate could rob us of our own
No circumstance can make it less;
What time removes was but a loan,
For what was ours we still possess. — Ella Wheeler Wilcox

Fancy algorithms are slow when N is small, and N is usually small. — Rosamund Pike

It must be so, Plato, thou reason'st well! — Joseph Addison

You may take my purse; but I cannot have my moral Self annihilated. The purse is any Highwayman's who might meet me with a loaded pistol: but the Self is mine and God my Maker's; it is not yours; and I will resist you to the death, and revolt against you ... — Thomas Carlyle

The trick in foraging for a tooth lost in coffee grounds is not to be misled by the clumps. The only way to be sure is to rub each clump between your thumb and index finger, which makes a mess of your hands. — Roger Rosenblatt