Friday, Aug. 24, 2001, 11:23 a.m., quotablequotes

"I hope we shall crush in its birth the aristocracy of our moneyed corporations which dare already to challenge our government in a trial of strength, and bid defiance to the laws of our country." -- Thomas Jefferson

"There seemed to be some disagreement as to whether slavery was or was not justified by the Bible, an argument ultimately settled by who had the most guns." -- Damien Sullivan, LMB list

"Individuals aren't naturally paid-up members of the human race, except biologically. They need to be bounced around by the Brownian motion of society, which is a mechanism by which human beings constantly remind one another that they are ... well ... human beings." -- Terry Pratchett, Men At Arms

"'Romanus Eunt Domus' or was it 'Romani Ite Domum' (Romans - Go Home!) (from Life of Brian - see here" -- PolloDiablo, alt.fan.pratchett

"Ends the tale that has no sequel
Twenty tonnes of TNT
Now in death are all men equal"
-- Flanders and Swann, 20 Tonnes of TNT

"For a while, the coldest point in the universe was somewhere inside the University of Colorado at Boulder." -- Mary Messall, alt.fan.pratchett (on Bose-Einstein condensate; Tue, 9 Oct 2001)

"My definition of a free society is a society where it is safe to be unpopular" -- Adlai Stevenson

added 4 Nov 2001
"'What [the politicians] are really saying is: "If you think as I do, you can die for me. If you don't, you bastard, you swine, you piece of dirt, you deserve to be hung, drawn and quartered." Above all don't make the wrong choice! It's so much more pleasant to enjoy a round of golf!'" -- Maurice Chevalier (Thank Heaven For Little Girls by Edward Behr, Ch.12; M.C.'s feelings at the time of 1937-8)

added 12 Nov 2001
"Two places away to the left was the don who had been Richard's Director of Studies in English, who showed no signs of recognising him at all. This was hardly surprising since Richard had spent his three years here assiduously avoiding him, often to the extent of growing a beard and pretending to be someone else." -- Douglas Adams, Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency

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