From c5c95079622d55ef5097b1d7808015e1fbc95056 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Thedro Neely Date: Mon, 29 Nov 2021 13:57:02 -0500 Subject: generators/fortune: Add quotes seen last week. Fix a few quotes. --- generators/fortune/quotes.fortune | 42 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-- 1 file changed, 40 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/generators/fortune/quotes.fortune b/generators/fortune/quotes.fortune index 0eaecb1..f44b56e 100644 --- a/generators/fortune/quotes.fortune +++ b/generators/fortune/quotes.fortune @@ -1377,7 +1377,9 @@ Talent does what it can. Genius does what it must. You do what you get paid to do. % -Experiments must be reproducible; they should all fail in the same way. +Finagle’s Fifth Rule: Experiments should be +reproducible — they should all fail in the same +way. % When the ax entered the forest, the trees said, “The handle is one of us!” — Turkish Proverb @@ -3256,7 +3258,7 @@ journalists, and they believe what they read. — Karl Kraus, Aphorisms and More Aphorisms (1909) % Great men are not always wise: neither do the aged understand -judgment. — Job +judgment. — Elihu % NP: Non—deterministic Polynomial Time. % @@ -3458,3 +3460,39 @@ 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 +% +“You really think someone would do that? Just go on TV and tell +lies?” +% +Ginsberg’s Theorem: +(0) There is a game. +(1) You can’t win. +(2) You can’t even break even. +(3) You can’t even quit the game. +% +Commoner’s Second Law of Ecology: +Nothing ever goes away. +% +The snake shall eat its own tail. +% +Finagle’s First Rule: To study a subject best, understand +it thoroughly before you start. +% +The Course of Progress: Most things get steadily worse. +— Issawi’s Laws of Progress +% +The Path of Progress: A shortcut is the longest distance between +two points. +— Issawi’s Laws of Progress +% +The Dialectics of Progress: Direct action produces direct +reaction. +— Issawi’s Laws of Progress +% +The Pace of Progress: Society is a mule, not a car ... If +pressed too hard, it will kick and throw off its rider. +— Issawi’s Laws of Progress +% +SDSM: Super Duper Secure Mode +% +Three–strikes Law: Three strikes and you’re out. -- cgit v1.2.3