Percata Quotes & Sayings

The first requirement of war: allies must not kill each other. — Deborah Harkness

Never, never did I think I would be in a Disney movie. — Kristin Davis

While researching this answer, I managed to lock up my copy of Mathematica several times on balloon-related differential equations, and subsequently got my IP address banned from Wolfram|Alpha for making too many requests. The ban-appeal form asked me to explain what task I was performing that necessitated so many queries. I wrote, "Calculating how many rental helium tanks you'd have to carry with you in order to inflate a balloon large enough to act as a parachute and slow your fall from a jet aircraft." Sorry, Wolfram. — Randall Munroe

If you want to be happy, learn to be alone without being lonely. Learn that being alone does not mean being unhappy. The world is full of plenty of interesting and enjoyable things to do and people who can enrich your life. — Michael Josephson

President Bush says in the last month he has created 300,000 new jobs. Yeah, they're called Kerry campaign workers. — Craig Kilborn

Concord River is remarkable for the gentleness of its current, which is scarcely perceptible, and some have referred to its influence the proverbial moderation of the inhabitants of Concord, as exhibited in the Revolution, and on later occasions. — Henry David Thoreau

It's a long ride home with nothing but me for company. I bore myself sometimes. Not often. Just now and again. — David Hewson

Acting is the art of speaking in a loud, clear voice and the avoidance of bumping into the furniture. — Alfred Lunt

A winner forgets he's in a race, he just loves to run. — Joe Pesci