Chris' quotes

Here are some of my favorite quotes - there's even a few original ones.

Original

The best time saver is lowering your standards.

There are two kinds of people in the world - those of us with original thoughts and those without. Notice I say 'us' that's because this is an original thought.

I don't hire primarily on the basis of good technical skills. I hire based on good attitude. You can't teach that.

You can tune a guitar but you can't tunafish. No, you *can* tunafish.


Others said these

It's bad luck to be superstitious.

Marriage - you don't know the meaning of the word.
It's not a word, it's a sentence!

Prepare to meet thy mood!

When I was young I could remember everything, whether it happened or not. -Mark Twain


Here's some nifty .signatures I've seen over time:

Operating a bicycle is more like driving than riding. Operating an automobile is more like riding than driving. -John P. Serafin

Since we got a video player, I hardly ever read any more. I used to be quite a bookworm. Now I'm more of a tapeworm. -Bill Taylor

You are in a twisty little passage of standards, all conflicting. -Dan Yergeau

"This is not a quote. No-one ever really said this." (Although Chris Someone did quote it once.) -David Weisberger

The city, 1:00am. People in their rooms, asleep, lonely, depressed. One of them gets the urge to pet a small, furry animal. That's where I come in. My name's Friday. I carry a badger. -Matt "Matt" Blum

Nothing is so small that it can't be blown out of proportions. - Henk-Jan Visscher

If you're not part of the solution, you're part of the precipitate -Drew Lawson

A host is a host from coast to coast
& no one will talk to a host that's close
Unless the host (that isn't close)
is busy, hung or dead
-wb8foz@skybridge.scl.cwru.edu

Klein flask for rent. Inquire within. -Richard Childers

The speed of time is 1 second per second -Dave Boll

We are sorry, but the number you have dialed is imaginary. Please rotate your phone 90 degrees and try again. -David Grabiner


My next book is going to be called "Tears of the Heart".

Christine A. Quinn (quinn@eecf.Stanford.EDU)
(415) 723-1004
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Electrical Engineering Computer Facility
Stanford University
Stanford, CA 94305-4055