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Rather than you loading the server by requesting the index page over and over just so you by chance can see different random quotes, here's a page where you can see three at a time..



Celestial navigation is based on the premise that the Earth is the center of the universe. The premise is wrong, but the navigation works. An incorrect model can be a useful tool.

— Kelvin Throop III




All men are mortal. Socrates was mortal. Therefore, all men are Socrates.

— Woody Allen




St. Mary's home for the occasionally coherent is sponsoring a staring contest

— George Carlin



By the way, many of the quotes are from the unix fortune file (heavily culled to only include my absolute favorites). Some are from Usenet, some are from email, and other are simply from the real world.


Page updated Sep 10, 1999 at 15:19 • Email: jens@panix.com

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