Modern Philosophy
- ON METAPHYSICS
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Deja Fu: The feeling that somehow, somewhere, you've been kicked in the head like this before.
- ON HIGHER EDUCATION
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College is a fountain of knowledge... and the students are there to drink.
- ON MATHEMATICAL TRANSFORMS
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A polar bear is a rectangular bear after a coordinate transform.
- ON PROBLEM SOLVING
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When the only tool you own is a hammer, every problem begins to resemble a nail.
-- Abraham Maslow
- ON MATERIALISM
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He who dies with the most toys, is, nonetheless, still dead.
- ON INFINITY
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If you had everything, where would you keep it?
- ON ECONOMICS
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The cost of living hasn't affected demand.
- ON PUBLISHING OR PERISHING
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I am returning this otherwise good typing paper to you because someone has printed gibberish all over it and put your name at the top.
-- English Professor, Ohio University
- ON REVISIONIST HISTORY
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What was sliced bread the greatest thing since?
- ON POETIC LOVE
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When you're swimmin' in the creek
And an eel bites your cheek
That's a moray!
-- Fabulous Furry Freak Brothers
- ON MODERNISM
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Q: How many surrealists does it take to screw in a lightbulb?
A: Two. One to hold the giraffe and the other to fill the bathtub with brightly colored machine tools.
- ON MATERIAL SCIENCE
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Character density: The number of very weird people in the office.
- ON EXTINCTION
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Save the whales. Collect the whole set.
- ON LITERATURE
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This is not a novel to be tossed aside lightly. It should be thrown with great force.
-- Dorothy Parker
- ON HUMILITY
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To err is human, to moo bovine.
- ON PROPHECY
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The meek shall inherit the earth -- they are too weak to refuse.
- ON SUCCESS
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So what if you win the rat race... You're still a rat. (anon)
- ON NUMBERS
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Grabel's Law: 2 is not equal to 3 -- not even for very large values of 2.
- ON WORLD POLITICS
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Diplomacy is the art of saying "nice doggy" until you can find a rock.