Manglement
Manglement is largely by definition doing "sweet fuck all" but unfortunately some of the more "gifted" manglers take the "fuck all" part literally and consequently screw everything royally.
Anonymous Coward
Flan
My whole existence is flan.
Trent Reznor
Not Wrong
"Das ist nicht nur nicht richtig; es ist nicht einmal falsch!"
(That is not only not right, it is not even wrong!)
Every Choice
Every choice
Is a knife,
And I’ve lived
Half a life
Bleeding.
I’ve begged
The stars to
Cauterize,
But they always
Say “too soon.”
Complex Systems Evolution
A complex system that works is invariably found to have evolved from a simple system that worked.
A complex system designed from scratch never works and cannot be patched up to make it work.
You have to start over with a working, simple system.
John Gall, 1975
Poverty
My definition of poor are those who need too much. Because those who need too much are never satisfied.
Jose Mujica
Powerful and Stupid
You know, the very powerful and the very stupid have one thing in common. They don't alter their views to fit the facts. They alter the facts to fit their views, which can be uncomfortable if you happen to be one of the facts that needs altering.
Dr. Who
Being Somebody
I always wanted to be somebody, but now I realise I should have been more specific.
Lilly Tomlin
Literacy
Frederick Douglass taught that literacy is the path from slavery to freedom. There are many kinds of slavery and many kinds of freedom, but reading is still the path.
Carl Sagan
Creativity
The creative adult is the child who has survived
Ursula K. Le Guin