Quotes of the day, #38

Four for the price of one today because I just realised that it’s a week since I last posted. Where the hell do the days go?

The censors say they’re protecting the family unit in America, when the reality is, if you suck a tit, you’re an X, but if you cut it off with a sword, you’re a PG.
– Jack Nicholson

If I had a large amount of money I should found a hospital for those whose grip upon the world is so tenuous that they can be severely offended by words and phrases yet remain all unoffended by the injustice, violence and oppression that howls daily about our ears.
– Stephen Fry

Ninety-eight percent of the adults in this country are decent, hardworking, honest Americans. It’s the other lousy two percent that get all the publicity. But then, we elected them.
– Lily Tomlin

I like having a machine called ‘elvis’ on the network because that way, I can say ‘ping elvis’ and have it come back with ‘elvis is alive’.
– Carl Shipley, overheard at the Usenix/LISA V Conference, San Diego, CA, 1991

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2 Responses to “Quotes of the day, #38”

Knock Knock Mary
July 8th, 2006 11:50
1

I was about to e-mail you and let you know I was going through Daisy withdrawal. That’s something you don’t want to see – very sad, indeed. Now, all is well with the world.
daisy
July 8th, 2006 16:48
2

*gulp* thank you Mary!

I was thinking of you when I added the Lily Tomlin quote ;-)