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A word to the wise: Memorable sayings


"Always listen to the experts. They'll tell you what can't be done and why. Then do it."
- Robert Heinlein


"Don't worry about people stealing your ideas. If it's original, you'll have to ram it down their throats."
- Howard Aiken, creator of the IBM/Harvard Mark 1 Computer


"If you can't beat them, arrange to have them beaten."
- Comedian George Carlin


"I like long walks, especially when they are taken by people who annoy me."
- American Comedian Fred Allen (1894-1956)


"There are three kinds of lies: lies, damned lies, and statistics."
- Mark Twain


"I think we consider too much the good luck of the early bird and not enough the bad luck of the early worm."
- Theodore Roosevelt


"Never keep up with the Joneses. Drag them down to your level."
- British author and wit Quentin Crisp (1908-1999).