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- Long's Notes
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- 1) Always store beer in a dark place.
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- 2) Always listen to experts. They'll tell you what can't be
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- done, and why. Then do it.
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- 3) A poet who reads his verse in public may have other nasty
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- habits.
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- 4) It's amazing how much “mature wisdom” resembles being too
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- tired.
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- 5) It's better to copulate than never.
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- 6) An elephant: a mouse built to government specifications.
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- 7) God is omnipotent, omniscient, and omnibenevolent. It says
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- so right here on the label. If you have a mind capable of
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- believing all three of these divine attributes
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- simultaneously, I have a wonderful bargain for you.
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- No checks, please. Cash and in small bills.
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- 8) Beware of altruism. It is based on self-deception, the root
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- of all evil.
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- 9) Does history record any case in which the majority was
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- right?
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- 10) Never try to outstubborn a cat.
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- 11) You can go wrong by being too skeptical as readily as by
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- being too trusting.
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- 12) Pessimist by policy, optimist by temperament -- it is
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- possible to be both. How? By never taking unnecessary
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- chances and by minimizing risks you can't avoid. This
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- permits you to play the game happily, untroubled by the
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- certainty of the outcome.
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- 13) The greatest productive force is human selfishness.
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- 14) The correct way to punctuate a sentence that starts:
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- “of course it's none of my business, but....” is to place a
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- period after the word “but”. Don't use excessive force in
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- supplying such morons with a period. Cutting his throat is
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- only a momentary pleasure and is bound to get you talked
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- about.
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