"You must be superrational in order to deal with my irrationalities."
- Yisrael Aumann, "Rationality and Bounded Rationality"
"Computer science is no more about computers than astronomy is about telescopes."
- Edsger Dijkstra
"Basic research is what I'm doing when I don't know what I'm doing."
- Wernher von Braun
Homer: "You know, Mr. Burns, you're the richest guy I know. Way richer than Lenny."
Burns: "Oh yes. But I'd trade it all for a little more."
- The Simpsons, "Mountain of Madness"
"However beautiful the strategy, you should occasionally look at the results."
- Winston Churchill
"Politics: A strife of interests masquerading as a contest of principles."
- Ambrose Bierce, The Devils Dictionary
"In the game of chess you must never allow your opponent to see your pieces."
- Zapp Brannigan, Futurama
"Never interrupt your enemy when he is making a mistake."
- Napoleon Bonaparte
"If you're going through hell, keep going."
- Winston Churchill
"Hah! Attempted murder? Now honestly, what is that? Do they give a Nobel prize for attempted chemistry?"
- Sideshow Bob, The Simpsons
"Auctioneer, n. The man who proclaims with a hammer that he has picked a pocket with his tongue."
- Ambrose Bierce, The Devils Dictionary
"The original title was 'Men are from Mars, Women are from Venus, Self Help Books are from Uranus'."
- Craig Ferguson, Late Late Show
"We started out like Romeo and Juliet, but it ended up in tragedy."
- Milhouse, The Simpsons
Kramer & Mickey: "Rock, paper, scissors match."
Mickey: "All right, rock beats paper!"
(Mickey smacks Kramer's hand for losing)
Kramer: "I thought paper covered rock?"
Mickey: "Nah, rock flies right through paper."
Kramer: "What beats rock?"
Mickey: "(looks at hand) Nothing beats rock."
Kramer: "All right, come on."
Kramer & Mickey: "Rock, paper, scissors match."
Kramer: "Rock."
Mickey: "Rock."
- Seinfeld, "The Stand-in"
"You show me a good loser and I'll show you a loser."
- Stu Ungar
"We will make electricity so cheap that only the rich will burn candles."
- Thomas Edison
"Play the game for more than you can afford to lose... only then will you learn the game."
- Winston Churchill
"God moves in extremely mysterious, not to say, circuitous ways. God does not play dice with the universe; He plays an ineffable game of His own devising, which might be compared, from the perspective of any of the other players, [ie., everybody.] to being involved in an obscure and complex version of poker in a pitch-dark room, with blank cards, for infinite stakes, with a Dealer who won't tell you the rules, and who smiles all the time."
- Terry Pratchett & Neil Gaiman, "Good Omens"
"!false. It's funny 'cause it's true."
- Me, late at night, probably not first source.
"Is there anything I cannot do? I mean besides selfcontradictory stuff. Am I a maximally consistent doer or what?"
- Daniel Andersson
"Vote, n. The instrument and symbol of a freeman's power to make a fool of himself and a wreck of his country."
- Ambrose Bierce, The Devils Dictionary
- Yisrael Aumann, "Rationality and Bounded Rationality"
"Computer science is no more about computers than astronomy is about telescopes."
- Edsger Dijkstra
"Basic research is what I'm doing when I don't know what I'm doing."
- Wernher von Braun
Homer: "You know, Mr. Burns, you're the richest guy I know. Way richer than Lenny."
Burns: "Oh yes. But I'd trade it all for a little more."
- The Simpsons, "Mountain of Madness"
"However beautiful the strategy, you should occasionally look at the results."
- Winston Churchill
"Politics: A strife of interests masquerading as a contest of principles."
- Ambrose Bierce, The Devils Dictionary
"In the game of chess you must never allow your opponent to see your pieces."
- Zapp Brannigan, Futurama
"Never interrupt your enemy when he is making a mistake."
- Napoleon Bonaparte
"If you're going through hell, keep going."
- Winston Churchill
"Hah! Attempted murder? Now honestly, what is that? Do they give a Nobel prize for attempted chemistry?"
- Sideshow Bob, The Simpsons
"Auctioneer, n. The man who proclaims with a hammer that he has picked a pocket with his tongue."
- Ambrose Bierce, The Devils Dictionary
"The original title was 'Men are from Mars, Women are from Venus, Self Help Books are from Uranus'."
- Craig Ferguson, Late Late Show
"We started out like Romeo and Juliet, but it ended up in tragedy."
- Milhouse, The Simpsons
Kramer & Mickey: "Rock, paper, scissors match."
Mickey: "All right, rock beats paper!"
(Mickey smacks Kramer's hand for losing)
Kramer: "I thought paper covered rock?"
Mickey: "Nah, rock flies right through paper."
Kramer: "What beats rock?"
Mickey: "(looks at hand) Nothing beats rock."
Kramer: "All right, come on."
Kramer & Mickey: "Rock, paper, scissors match."
Kramer: "Rock."
Mickey: "Rock."
- Seinfeld, "The Stand-in"
"You show me a good loser and I'll show you a loser."
- Stu Ungar
"We will make electricity so cheap that only the rich will burn candles."
- Thomas Edison
"Play the game for more than you can afford to lose... only then will you learn the game."
- Winston Churchill
"God moves in extremely mysterious, not to say, circuitous ways. God does not play dice with the universe; He plays an ineffable game of His own devising, which might be compared, from the perspective of any of the other players, [ie., everybody.] to being involved in an obscure and complex version of poker in a pitch-dark room, with blank cards, for infinite stakes, with a Dealer who won't tell you the rules, and who smiles all the time."
- Terry Pratchett & Neil Gaiman, "Good Omens"
"!false. It's funny 'cause it's true."
- Me, late at night, probably not first source.
"Is there anything I cannot do? I mean besides selfcontradictory stuff. Am I a maximally consistent doer or what?"
- Daniel Andersson
"Vote, n. The instrument and symbol of a freeman's power to make a fool of himself and a wreck of his country."
- Ambrose Bierce, The Devils Dictionary
