Here is a list of some the more famous quotes that gus often used as the message of the day for the CS 1411 students when they logged in to work on their programs. A special thanks goes to Vernard Martin for hanging on to these!
+ + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + +
+ "In any game in the world, Rick, never bet on the amateurs, +
+ because you'll never know what in the hell they're going to do." +
+ John D. MacDonald, "A Key to the Suite", 1962. +
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+ + + +
+ + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + +
+ "Half the government is lawyers, and when they make laws, they +
+ don't write them in English. Nobody but a lawyer can tell legal +
+ from illegal, and the lawyers can't tell right from wrong anymore." +
+ Niven and Pournell, "Oath of Fealty", 1981. +
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+ "Think of it as evolution in action." +
+ Niven and Pournell, "Oath of Fealty", 1981. +
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+ + + +
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+ "Then Sir Beaumains ... rode all that ever he might ride through +
+ marshes and fields and great dales, that many times ... he +
+ plunged over the head in deep mires, for he knew not the way, but +
+ took the gainest way in that woodness. ... And at the last him +
+ happened to come to a fair green way." +
+ Malory, Le Morte d'Arthur +
+ +
+ Hang in there, hearties, you've almost done.+
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+ "Hard pounding this, gentlemen. Let's see who will pound longest." +
+ The Duke of Wellington (at Waterloo) +
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+ BRITANNUS(shocked): Caesar, this is not proper. +
+ THEODOTUS(outraged): How? +
+ CAESAR (recovering his self-possession): +
+ Pardon him, Theodotus: he is a barbarian, and thinks that the +
+ customs of his tribe and island are the laws of nature. +
+ Caesar and Cleopatra, Act II +
+ --George Bernard Shaw +
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+ "Good, fast, cheap: choose any two." +
+ Engineering dictum. +
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+ + + +
+ + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + +
+ "Sleep is food." +
+ Inuit saying. +
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+ + + +
+ + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + +
+ "An engineer is a man who can do for five +
+ bob what any bloody fool can do for a quid." +
+ Nevil Shute, "Trustee From The Toolroom", 1960. +
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+ "Free at last, free at last. Thank God Almighty, free at last." +
+ J. F. Celko, resigning his government post. +
+ (for the second time) +
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+ "In anything at all, perfection is finally attained +
+ not when there is no longer anything to add, but +
+ when there is no longer anything to take away." +
+ Wind, Sand, and Stars +
+ Saint-Exupery +
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+ Someone once asked me if there was any real difference between engineers, +
+ scientists, and managers in today's high tech companies. Although the +
+ differences are often subtle to an outsider, you can tell one from another +
+ simply by the questions they ask. +
+ +
+ Engineering: "How will this work?" +
+ Science: "Why will this work?" +
+ Management: "When will this work?" +
+ +
+ Jesse N. Schell +
+ Bell Communications Research +
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