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"There is no reason anyone would want a computer in their home." -Ken Olson, president, chairman and founder of Digital Equipment Corp., 1977

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"There is no reason anyone would want a

computer in their home."-Ken Olson, president, chairman

and founder of Digital Equipment Corp., 1977

If you can't be a good example -- then you'll

just have to be a horrible

warning.

I think there is a world market for maybe five

computers.-Thomas Watson (1874-1956),

Chairman of IBM, 1943

How did it get so late so soon?

It's night before it's afternoon.

December is here before it's June.

My goodness how the time has flewn.

How did it get so late so soon? -Dr. Seuss

Pekingese + Lhasa Apso =

Peekasso, an abstract dog

Any sufficiently advanced technology is

indistinguishable from magic.

-Arthur C. Clarke

Any technology distinguishable from magic is insufficiently

advanced.-Probably not Arthur C.

Clarke

Be who you are and say what you feel, because those who mind don't matter and those who

matter don't mind. -Dr. Seuss

Pointer + Setter =

Poinsetter, a traditional Christmas pet

What you don't do is always more important than what you do do.

Computers in the future may weigh no more than

1.5 tons.-Popular Mechanics,

forecasting the relentless march of science in 1949

Terrier + Bulldog =

Terribull, a dog that makes awful mistakes

A human never stands so tall as when stooping to help a small computer.

-Infocom motto

I try to take one day at a time - but sometimes

several days attack me at once.

To err is human. To really foul things up requires a computer.

Bloodhound + Labrador =

Blabador, a dog that barks incessantly

A TV can insult your intelligence, but nothing

rubs it in like a computer.

A journey without any obstacles usually leads

nowhere.

Great Pyrenees + Dachshund =

Pyradachs, a puzzling breed

Was today really necessary?

Kerry Blue Terrier + Skye Terrier

= Blue Skye, a dog for

visionaries

To copy from one person is plagiarism. To copy

from many is research.

Labrador Retriever + Curly Coated Retriever

= Lab Coat Retriever, the

choice of research scientists

The solution to a problem changes the nature of the

problem.

If you can keep your head when all about you are

losing theirs, maybe you just don't understand the

situation.

Newfoundland + Basset Hound

= Newfound Asset Hound, a

dog for financial advisors

A computer lets you make more mistakes

faster than any invention in human history – with the possible exceptions

of handguns and tequila.-Mitch Ratcliffe,

“Technology Review” (1992)

Okay, who stopped the payment on my reality

check?

Oh, no! Not ANOTHER learning experience!

Collie + Malamute =

Commute, a dog that travels to work

Do not follow where the path may lead. Go

instead where there is no path and leave a trail.

-Ralph Waldo Emerson

Deerhound + Terrier =

Derriere, a dog that's true to the end

I may be in the gutter, but I'm looking at the

stars. -Oscar Wilde

Never forget that only dead fish swim with the

stream.-Malcolm Muggeridge

Yes there are two paths you can go by, but in the long run, there's still time to change the road you're

on. -Led Zeppelin

Love your enemies, they'll hate it!

A true friend is the one who knows the song in

your heart and sings you the song when you’re

torn apart.

I generally avoid temptation unless I can’t

resist it.-Mae West

Enjoy every minute. There's plenty of time to

be dead.

It's kind of fun to do the impossible.

-Walt Disney

Humanity has advanced, when it has advanced,

not because it has been sober, responsible, and cautious, but because it

has been playful, rebellious, and immature.

-Tom Robbins

Knowing others is intelligence;

Knowing yourself is true wisdom.

Mastering others is strength;

Mastering yourself is true power.

Don’t take life too serious. You’ll never

escape it alive anyway.-Elbert Hubbard

Without order nothing can exist – without chaos

nothing can evolve.

Experience is the best teacher, and the worst experiences teach the

best lessons.

In three words I can sum up everything I have

learned about life: It goes on.

-Robert Frost

No matter how hard the past, one can always begin again today.

-Buddha

For long you live and high you fly

And smiles you’ll give and tears you’ll cry

And all that you touch and all that you see

Is all your life will ever be.-Pink Floyd