It is far better to grasp the Universe as it really is than to persist in delusion, however satisfying and reassuring. (Carl Sagan)

If you can’t get rid of the skeleton in your closet, you’d best teach it to dance. (George Bernard Shaw)

I don’t know why we are here, but I’m pretty sure that it is not in order to enjoy ourselves. (Ludwig Wittgenstein)

Blessed is the man, who having nothing to say, abstains from giving wordy evidence of the fact. (George Eliot)

C makes it easy to shoot yourself in the foot; C++ makes it harder, but when you do, it blows away your whole leg. (Bjarne Stroustrup)

I don’t know why we are here, but I’m pretty sure that it is not in order to enjoy ourselves. (Ludwig Wittgenstein)

Sex and religion are closer to each other than either might prefer. (Saint Thomas Moore)

I think ‘Hail to the Chief’ has a nice ring to it. (John F. Kennedywhen asked what is his favorite song)

I do not feel obliged to believe that the same God who has endowed us with sense, reason, and intellect has intended us to forgo their use. (Galileo Galilei)

Basically, I no longer work for anything but the sensation I have while working. (Albert Giacometti (sculptor))

Talent does what it can; genius does what it must. (Edward George Bulwer-Lytton)

The fundamental cause of trouble in the world is that the stupid are cocksure while the intelligent are full of doubt. (Bertrand Russell)

Basically, I no longer work for anything but the sensation I have while working. (Albert Giacometti (sculptor))

I can write better than anybody who can write faster, and I can write faster than anybody who can write better. (A. J. Liebling)

An inconvenience is only an adventure wrongly considered; an adventure is an inconvenience rightly considered. (Gilbert Keith Chesterton)

If you are going through hell, keep going. (Sir Winston Churchill)

Some cause happiness wherever they go; others, whenever they go. (Oscar Wilde)

Glory is fleeting, but obscurity is forever.(Napoleon Bonaparte)