Wireless music box

July 8, 2010
The wireless music box has no imaginable commercial value. Who would pay for a message sent to nobody in particular?
-- David Sarnoff's associates in response to his urging for investment in the radio in the 1920s 
 

Big person not needed

July 7, 2010
It don't take a very big person to carry a grudge.
-- Will Rogers
 

Do not worry

July 6, 2010
Do not worry about your problems with mathematics, I assure you mine are far greater." 
-- Albert Einstein
 

Programming today

July 6, 2010
Programming today is a race between software engineers striving to build bigger and better idiot-proof programs, and the Universe trying to produce bigger and better idiots. So far, the Universe is winning.
-- Rich Cook.
 

Happy 4th of July!

July 4, 2010
What should you drink with 4th Of July firecrackers?

Firemilk.
 

What to teach women

July 3, 2010
If women are expected to do the same work as men, we must teach them the same things.
-- Plato
 

End of war

July 2, 2010
Only the dead have seen the end of war.
-- Plato
 

Wise men

July 1, 2010
Wise men talk because they have something to say; fools, because they have to say something.
-- Plato
 

Marriage and career

June 30, 2010
He believes that marriage and a career don't mix. So after the wedding he plans to quit his job.
-- Source Unknown
 

Always drink

June 29, 2010
Always drink upstream from the herd.
-- Will Rogers
 

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