The Great Geek Manual

They say that dogs lick their own genitalia because they can.
But I think it’s at least partially because they don’t have the Internet.

- Dilbert blog entry entitled, “My day as a Neanderthal” by Scott Adams, 2006.

Normal people believe that if it ain’t broke, don’t fix it.
Engineers believe that if it ain’t broke, it doesn’t have enough features yet.

- The Dilbert Principle by Scott Adams, 1996.

After a time, you may find that having is not so pleasing a thing, after all, as wanting.
It is not logical, but it is often true.

- The Star Trek episode “Amok Time” by Theodore Sturgeon, 1967.
Character: Mr. Spock

The original writer is not he who refrains from imitating others,
but he who can be imitated by none.

- Le génie du Christianisme by François-René de Chateaubriand, 1966.

In theory, there is no difference between theory and practice.
But, in practice, there is.

- “What Computing is all About” by Jan L. A. van de Snepscheut, 1993.
Quoting Yogi Berra, baseball player and manager.

Speak softly and carry a big stick
- you will go far.

- An old African proverb first quoted by Vice President Theodore Roosevelt
September 2, 1901 at the opening of the Minnesota State Fair in Falcon Heights, Minnesota.

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If all the cars in the United States were placed end to end,
it would probably be Labor Day Weekend.

- Doug Larson

A man said to the universe,
“Sir, I exist!”
“However,” replied the universe,
“The fact has not created in me
A sense of obligation.”

- “A Man Said to the Universe” by Stephen Crane.
From War is Kind, 1899.