This is a complete collection of “foreign” quotes feeding the random “Think about it…” sidebar box. Russian expressions can be found in a separate post.
- “Man is the best computer we can put aboard a spacecraft... and the only one that can be mass produced with unskilled labor.”
- “Indifference will be the downfall of mankind, but who cares?”
- “Any sufficiency advanced bug is indistinguishable from a feature.”
- “What's the point of having 350 HP under the hood if you're stuck in a traffic jam?”
- “Are you always feeling free while driving down a freeway?”
- “Begin each day as if it were on purpose.”
- “There is more to life than watching other people live it.” (from "Hitch")
- “Jealousy caused more damage to love than hate itself ever did.”
- “Swearing was invented as a compromise between running away and fighting.”
- “Never be afraid to try something new. Remember, amateurs built the ark. Professionals built the Titanic.”
- “Just because nobody complains doesn't mean all parachutes are perfect.”
- “Before you criticize someone, you should walk a mile in their shoes. That way when you criticize them, you are a mile away from them and you have their shoes.”
- “The depressing thing about tennis is that no matter how good I get, I'll never be as good as a wall.”
- “Never drive through a small Southern town at 100 mph with the local sheriff's drunken 16-year-old daughter on your lap.”
- “Men marry women with the hope they will never change. Women marry men with the hope they will change. Invaribly they are both disappointed.”
- “People think it must be fun to be a super genius, but they don't realize how hard it is to put up with all the idiots in the world.” (from "Calvin and Hobbes")
- “The downhill path is easy, but there's no turning back.”
- “The most dangerous position in which to sleep is with your feet on your office desk.”
- “Once you can accept the universe as matter expanding into nothing that is something — wearing stripes with plaid comes easy.”
- “Always forgive your enemies; nothing annoys them so much.”
- “Math is like love — a simple idea which can get complicated.”
