"I believe that the very purpose of our life is
to seek happiness.
- the Dalai Lama, The first line of 'The Art of Happiness'
"In the beginning the Universe was created. This
has made a lot of people very angry and been widely
regarded as a bad move."
- Douglas Adams, 'The Restaurant at the End of the Universe'
"Fix bayonets ! Charge ! Fix bayonets ! Charge ! Fix Bayonets !
Charge !"
- Colonel Joshua Chamberlain, (Michael Shaara),
'The Killer Angels'
(An order to his men - having withstood attacks all day, outnumbered,
exhausted, completely out of ammunition and seeing the enemy was yet
again attacking his position. His wheeling charge saved the Union
position on the second day of the Battle of Gettysburg - and may have
preserved the Union.)
"The award for best new process was won by the group who made up the
process for awarding awards."
- from an Email, Scott Adams, The Dilbert Principle.
"I never thought so"
- Charles Kuralt (On whether the American involvement in Viet Nam was immoral),
A Life on the Road