-From the Internet submitted by Herr Kemper
It doesn't matter how good an eggs looks. If it smells, there's something wrong.
Dieckhoff's Law
(According to the character Captain Muller in Jack Higgins' _Night of the Fox_ speaking of 'old Dieckhoff, Chief of Detectives in Hamburg'.)
Don't ask your barber if you need a haircut.
-H.D. "Cotton" Galvin
It's not my place To run the train The whistle I can't blow It's not my place To say how far The train's allowed to go
It's not my place To shoot off steam Nor even clang the bell But let the train once Jump the track.... Then see who catches hell.
-On the wall of the Stationmaster's Office, Grand Central Terminal
(Also seen in Korea circa 1965 at an especially appropriate moment.)
Knowledge tells us that a tomato is a fruit; wisdom prevents us from putting it into a fruit salad.
-Miles Kington British humorist as reported in Heinz Hellin's letter to Smithsonian Sept 2003
I have always wished that my computer would be as easy to use as my telephone. My wish has come true. I no longer know how to use my telephone.
-Bjarne Stroustrup, computer science professor, designer of C++ programming language (1950- ) As reported in A-Word-A-Day
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