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Reading computer manuals without the hardware is as frustrating as reading sex manuals without the software.
Arthur C. Clarke
(1917 – ) English physicist & science fiction author
Computers
Science/Weather
Sex
Things
The vehicle in front of you is traveling slower than you are.
Barrett's Laws of Driving II
Autos
Driving
Murphy’s Laws
Science/Weather
Speed
The most exciting phrase to hear in science, the one that heralds new discoveries, is not ‘Eureka!’, but ‘That’s funny…’
Isaac Asimov
(1920 – 1992) American science and science fiction author & professor
Communication
Science/Weather
Speech
The speed of exit of a civil servant is directly proportional to the quality of his service.
Nader's Law
Murphy’s Laws
Science/Weather
Work
Civil servants
Quality
Speed
The speed of an oncoming vehicle is directly proportional to the length of the passing zone.
Reece's Second Law
Activities
Driving
Murphy’s Laws
Science/Weather
Speed
The two most common elements in the universe are hydrogen and stupidity.
Harlan Ellison
(1934 – ) writer & editor
Intelligence
People
Places
Science/Weather
Stupidity
Universe
I'm glad we don't have to play in the shade.
Bobby Jones
professional golfer
Golf
Heat
Science/Weather
Sports
On being told that the temperature in a tournament was 105 degrees in the shade
In creating the human brain, evolution has wildly overshot the mark.
Arthur Koestler
(1905 – 1983) Hungarian-British author & journalist
People
Science/Weather
Evolution
Technological progress has merely provided us with more efficient means for going backwards.
Aldous Huxley
(1894 – 1963) English writer
Past
Science/Weather
Time
Technology
If the thermometer had been an inch longer we’d all have frozen to death.
Mark Twain
Samuel Clemens (1835 – 1910) author & humorist
Cold
Science/Weather
Situations
Thermometer
In Vegas, I got into a long argument with the man at the roulette wheel over what I considered to be an odd number.
Steven Wright
(1955 – ) comedian, actor & writer
Places
Science/Weather
Las Vegas
Odd number
Roulette
The coldest winter I ever spent was a summer in San Francisco.
Mark Twain
Samuel Clemens (1835 – 1910) author & humorist
Cold
Places
Science/Weather
San Francisco
Science is an intellectual dead end, you know? It’s a lot of little guys in tweed suits cutting up frogs on foundation grants.
Woody Allen
(1935 – ) movie actor, director & comedian
Science/Weather
TV/Movie Quotes
As Miles Monroe in “Sleeper”
We shall never be content until man makes his own weather and keeps it to himself.
Jerome K. Jerome
(1859 – 1927) English writer
Science/Weather
If the facts do not conform to the theory, they must be disposed of.
Maier's Law
Facts
Murphy’s Laws
Science/Weather
It was so cold… politicians stopped blowing hot air.
Anonymous
Cold
Exaggerations
Science/Weather
In mathematics you don't understand things… you just get used to them.
John von Neumann
(1903 – 1957) Hungarian-American mathematician
Intelligence
Science/Weather
Understanding
Mathematics
Five out of every three people have trouble understanding fractions.
Kenneth Dodd
(1927 – 2018) British comedian, singer & songwriter
Science/Weather
Wordplay
Arithmetic
Fractions
Plenty of people believe in energy conservation – mainly their own.
Alfred E. Neuman
fictional mascot and cover boy of
Mad
, an American humor magazine
Science/Weather
Energy conservation
It's always darkest just before the lights go out.
Clark's Law
Murphy’s Laws
Science/Weather
Light
It’s absolutely stupid that we live without an ozone layer; we have men, we’ve got rockets, we’ve got Saran Wrap – FIX IT!
Problems
Science/Weather
Ozone layer
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