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- From: flournoy@Xenon.Stanford.EDU (Raymond Suke Flournoy)
- Subject: Humorous quotes?
- Message-ID: <1993Jan21.085703.4214@CSD-NewsHost.Stanford.EDU>
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- Organization: Computer Science Department, Stanford University.
- Date: Thu, 21 Jan 1993 08:57:03 GMT
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- This might be slightly inappropriate for this group, since I'm not
- looking for DB quotes specifically, but I was looking to collect a
- small handful of light-hearted quotes to use during an interview.
- Essentially, I want some conversation starters, but ones which aren't
- too heavy.
-
- I have 3 criteria for the quotes:
-
- 1) They should be light-hearted,
- 2) They should be about something, whether it is a specific
- issue, or just a philosophy of living,
- 3) They shouldn't be completely over the top; there should be
- an element of truth to them, and not be pure farce.
-
- Examples of some that fall into these categories are:
-
- "See, when the GOVERNMENT spends money, it creates jobs; whereas when
- the money is left in the hands of TAXPAYERS, God only knows what they
- do with it. Bake it into pies, probably. Anything to avoid creating
- jobs." -- Dave Barry
-
- "As far as I'm concerned, if something is so complicated that you can't
- explain it in 10 seconds, then it's probably not worth knowing anyway."
- -- Calvin
-
- "I think it's about time we voted for senators with breasts. After
- all, we've been voting for boobs long enough."
- -- AZ senatorial candidate, Claire Sargent
-
-
- Can anyone help me? The P.J. O'Rourke quotes that people posted
- before have fallen off my system, else I would peruse those.
-
- Anyway, thanks in advance for any suggestions!
-
-
- --Raymond Flournoy
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