Rathsallagh Quotes & Sayings

L'enfer c'est les autres.
aka, "Hell is others." . — Jean-Paul Sartre

There is one very good reason to learn programming, but it has nothing to do with preparing for high-tech careers or with making sure one is computer literate in order to avoid being cynically manipulated by the computers of the future. The real value of learning to program can only be understood if we look at learning to program as an exercise of the intellect, as a kind of modern-day Latin that we learn to sharpen our minds. — Roger Schank

The Doctor: This is bad, I don't like this. [kicks console and yells in pain] Never use force, you just embarrass yourself. Unless you're cross, in which case ... always use force!
Amy: Shall I run and get the manual?
The Doctor: I threw it in a supernova.
Amy: You threw the manual in a supernova? Why?
The Doctor: Because I disagreed with it! Now stop talking to me when I'm cross! — Steven Moffat

There is no such thing as human superiority. — Dwight D. Eisenhower

Among a list of measures effective for inducing vomiting, she included: Injections of tobacco into the anus through a pipe stem. — Erik Larson

It was not until I was over twenty that I realised that my home standard had been unusually high and that actually I was quite as quick or quicker than the average. Inarticulate I shall always be. It is probably one of the causes that have made made me a writer. — Agatha Christie

What sound does forgetfulness make?' She hardly had to think. 'It's the sound of the wind in dead grasses on a hot summer's day. — Terry Pratchett

Think new thoughts. Grab life with both hands, take opportunities you have, & create the ones you need. — Debby Ryan

Why if every practising polygamist went home from the Congress there would not be a quorum left to do business. — Various

Something as simple as parental grooming was changing the expression of a living animal's genetic code. — Anonymous