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"I know that most men, including those at ease with problems of the greatest complexity, can seldom accept even the simplest and most obvious truth if it be such as would oblige them to admit the falsity of conclusions which they have delighted in explaining to colleagues, which they have proudly taught to others, and which they have woven, thread by thread, into the fabric of their lives."

By Leo Tolstoy

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"It can be shown that for any nutty theory, beyond-the-fringe political view, or strange religion there exists a proponent on the Net. The proof is left as an exercise for your kill-file."

By unattributed truth from r.g.frp

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"It is fatal to be right when the rest of the world is wrong."

By Brother Theodore

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"I will not go so far as to say that to construct a history of thought without profound study of the mathematical ideas of successive epochs is like omitting Hamlet from the play which is named after him. . . But it is certainly analogous to cutting out the part of Ophelia. This simile is singularly exact. For Ophelia is quite essential to the play, she is very charming-- and a little mad."

By Alfred North Whitehead

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"If you can give your son or daughter only one gift, let it be enthusiasm."

By Bruce Barton

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"If history repeats itself, and the unexpected always happens, how incapable must Man be of learning from experience."

By George Bernard Shaw

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"If God dropped acid, would he see people?"

By Steven Wright

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"It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it."

By Aristotle

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"If you sincerely desire a _truly_ well-rounded education, you must study the extremists, the obscure and "nutty". You need the balance! Your poor brain is already being impregnated with middle-of-the-road crap, twenty-four hours a day, _no matter what_. Network TV, newspapers, radio, magazines at the supermarket... even if you never watch, read, listen, or leave your house, even if you are deaf and blind, the _telepathic pressure alone_ of the uncountable normals surrounding you will insure that you are automatically well- grounded in consensus reality."

By Rev. Ivan Stang - High Weirdness By Mail

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"If men menstruated, they would brag about how much and for how long."

By Gloria Steinem

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"If the automobile had followed the same development cyclee as the computer, a Rolls-Royce would today cost $100, get a million miles per gallon, and explode once a year, killing everyone inside.""

By Robert X. Cringely, InfoWorld

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"It is practically impossible to teach good programming style to students that have had prior exposure to BASIC; as potential programmers they are mentally mutilated beyond hope of regeneration."

By Professor Edsger Dijkstra

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"It is against the grain of modern education to teach children to program. What fun is there in making plans, acquiring discipline in organizing thoughts, devoting attention to detail, and learning to be self-critical?"

By Alan Perlis

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"I have a cat named Trash. In the current political climate it would seem that if I were trying to sell him (at least to a Computer Scientist), I would not stress that he is gentle to humans and is self-sufficient, living mostly on field mice. Rather, I would argue that he is object-oriented."

By Roger King

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"If you wish your merit to be known, acknowledge that of other people."

By Oriental Proverb

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"If we had less statemanship we could get along with fewer battleships."

By Mark Twain

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"It is better to be hated for what you are than to be loved for what you are not."

By Andre Gide

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"If you refuse to be made straight when you are green, you will not be made straight when you are dry."