Amusing and inspiring quotes migrated from a dedicated github repo.

Favorite quotes

These are some of my favorite quotes of all time.

Free software isn’t free, but expensive software is expensive.

I heard that at Usenix in San Antonio and I’ve used it as my email signature for several years.

The great thing about standards is there are so many to choose from.

I say this every week it seems. It applies to so many areas of technology. Thankfully the same idea has now been immortalized by xkcd.

Good quotes

Genius is one percent inspiration and ninety-nine percent perspiration.

Some­times a concept is baffling not because it is profound but because it’s wrong.

I think it’s intoxicating when somebody is so unapologetically who they are.

You are so brave and quiet I forget you are suffering.

Art washes from the soul the dust of everyday life.

Seven blunders of the world that lead to violence: wealth without work, pleasure without conscience, knowledge without character, commerce without morality, science without humanity, worship without sacrifice, politics without principle.

The difference between peace and fuck is one finger.

Technology quotes

Systems administration is boredom punctuated with typing the exact right command.

If you’re still awake to type it, I suppose. There was a similar quote about war, but wars end and systems administration is eternal. 🔫

Q: What is the best platform for running Oracle?

A: A PowerPoint presentation!

The answer used to be a “slide projector”, but nobody knows what that is anymore.

Awfluence

Christine H’s name for Confluence

Funny quotes

If trees could scream, would we be so cavalier about cutting them down? We might, if they screamed all the time, for no good reason.

The time you enjoy wasting is not wasted time.

— Bertrand Russell

OpenX quotes

During my days at OpenX we often said:

We do it to ourselves.

and

Tested in Production

Kelly even had brandy snifters printed up with “Tested in Production” etched on them. Many lol’s and toasts ensued.

Rhonda quotes

My cousin Rhonda is full of amusing quotes, often with a rustic ring.

If it was easy anybody could do it.

We know these people

Great minds think alot.

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