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I would defend the liberty of consenting adult creationists to practice whatever intellectual perversions they like in the privacy of their own homes; but it is also necessary to protect the young and innocent. — Arthur C. Clarke

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If you have any trouble sounding condescending, find a Unix user to show you how it’s done. — Scott Adams

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It was not often that Flay approved of happiness in others. He saw in happiness the seeds of independence, and in independence the seeds of revolt. — Mervyn Peake, The Gormenghast Novels: Titus Groan, Gormenghast, Titus Alone

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Your theory is crazy, but it’s not crazy enough to be true. — Niels Bohr, to a young physicist