From 7419a228681350288004074cdece038a33592d6a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Thedro Neely Date: Thu, 11 Nov 2021 02:34:25 -0500 Subject: generators/fortune: Add quotes seen last week --- generators/fortune/quotes.fortune | 81 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++- 1 file changed, 80 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/generators/fortune/quotes.fortune b/generators/fortune/quotes.fortune index 41645b7..0eaecb1 100644 --- a/generators/fortune/quotes.fortune +++ b/generators/fortune/quotes.fortune @@ -3378,4 +3378,83 @@ Woolsey—Swanson Rule: People would rather live with a problem they cannot solve rather than accept a solution they cannot understand. % -I'm proud of my humility. +I’m proud of my humility. +% +It’s a questionable day. Ask somebody something. +% +Age and treachery will always overcome youth and skill. +% +This is the tomorrow you worried about yesterday. +And now you know why. +% +Dawn: The time when men of reason go to bed. +— Ambrose Bierce, “The Devil’s Dictionary” +% +If you waste your time cooking, you’ll miss the next meal. +% +The most disagreeable thing that your worst enemy says to +your face does not approach what your best friends say +behind your back. — Alfred De Musset +% +All great ideas are controversial, or have been at one time. +% +Profits over people. +% +I know what you download... +% +Armchair Politics. +% +Cutler Webster’s Law: There are two sides to +every argument, unless a person is personally +involved, in which case there is only one. +% +An apple every eight hours will keep three +doctors away. +% +Always try to do things in chronological order; +it’s less confusing that way. +% +Wisdom is rarely found on the best—seller list. +% +If you can keep your head when everybody round +you is losing theirs, then it’s very probable that +you don’t understand the situation. +% +Power corrupts. Absolute power is kind of neat. +— John Lehman +% +Leadership involves finding a parade and getting +in front of it. — John Naisbitt, “Megatrends” +% +Telling the truth to people who misunderstand you +is generally promoting a falsehood, isn’t it? +— Anthony Hope +% +Davis’s Dictum: Problems that go away by +themselves, come back by themselves. +% +A gossip is one who talks to you about others, a bore is +one who talks to you about himself; and a brilliant +conversationalist is one who talks to you about yourself. +— Lisa Kirk +% +Practice yourself what you preach. — Titus Maccius Plautus +% +“Don’t worry about people stealing your ideas. If +your ideas are any good, you’ll have to ram them down +people’s throats.” — Howard Aiken +% +Steinbach’s Guideline for Systems Programming: Never test +for an error condition you don’t know how to handle. +% +Nothing succeeds like success. +% +The only constant is change. +% +Misery loves company. +% +The cost of living only goes up. +% +If you owe the bank a hundred thousand dollars, the bank +owns you. If you owe the bank a hundred million dollars, +you own the bank. — American Proverb -- cgit v1.2.3