Gordon's Favorite Pearls O' Wisdom

Some of these are mine, some of these are others'. They are in no order at all.

• It's nice to blow your nose at the rink 'cause your snot is warm! (GZ, 2/11/04)
• Dear Angela:
  I know in the past I've caused you pain, and I'm sorry. And I'll always be sorry, 'til the day I die. And I hate this pen I'm holding,because I should be holding you. I hate this paper under my hand, because it isn't you. I even hate this letter, because it's not the whole truth.Because the whole truth is...so much more than a letter can even say. If you wanna hate me, go ahead. If you wanna burn this letter, do it. You could burn the whole world down. You could tell me to go to hell -- I'd go, if you wanted me to. And I'd send you a letter from there. Sincerely, Jordan Catalano ("Brian Krakow"'s letter for Jordan, ABC's "My So-Called Life")
• I think it's going to be too long, but I'll try it.  (ALH, re: tying a cherry stem)
• Playing music is supposed to be fun. It's about heart, it's about feelings, moving people, and something beautiful, and it's not about notes on a page. I can teach you notes on a page, I can't teach you that other stuff.   ("Glenn Holland", from the movie "Mr. Holland's Opus")
• The God who gave us life, gave us liberty at the same time; the hand of force may destroy, but cannot disjoin them.  (Thomas Jefferson, 1774)
• My top is all open and warm and bubbly.  (ALH, re: her voice range)
• I am a singer. Being a singer doesn't mean I have signed up to clap my hands, stomp my feet, snap my fingers, or sway in any kind of rhythmic manner. If I wanted to do that I would have taken mambo lessons.  (GZ 9/9/02)
• Let's roll. (Todd M. Beamer, 9/11/01)
• We will not tire, we will not falter, and we will not fail.  (President George W. Bush, 9/20/01)
• Because, you know, all I care about is vinyl.  (ALH, re: recordings)
• Let our friendship be marked by kind words, kind deeds, and lasting cooperation in our common work; and, remembering that our inspiration is from on High, from the God of all creatures, we should ever be constant in our humble attitude to this great source.   Let our sincerity be manifest to all.  Hypocrisy should be unknown to us, and a solicitude for our fellows should dominate our every word and action.  Then our nobility will shine forth in our characters, and our motto shall ever be, "Nothing mean or unmanly is of a Sinfonian."  (Ossian E. Mills, founder of Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia)
• Sometimes I think of Abraham
  How one star he saw had been lit for me....("Sometimes by step", Rich Mullins)
• God, the Father of mercies,
  through the death and resurrection of his Son
  has reconciled the world to himself
  and sent the Holy Spirit among us
  for the forgiveness of sins;
  through the ministry of the Church
  may God give you pardon and peace,
  and I absolve you from your sins
  in the name of the Father, and of the Son, +
  and of the Holy Spirit.  (Words of absolution, from the Rite of Reconciliation)
• If you think something is beneath your dignity, maybe your dignity isn't deep enough.   (GZ)
• o/~ Iiiii'm too sexy for this group!
  o/~ Too sexy for this group!
  o/~ So sexy I make you poop!
  o/~ Oh-I'm an admin, y'know what I mean, and I do my little dance at the bash-prompt..
  o/~ At the bash-prompt...At bash-prompt, yeah! I do my little dance at the bash-prompt..   (Bowie Poag)
• This it is to be a man of the highest type. To be and not seem; to do and not simply to talk; to have the right ideal, the true motive and patiently to transform conduct in accordance with it. (Ossian Everett Mills, founder of Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia, March 15, 1912)
• Faith and reason are like two wings on which the human spirit rises to the contemplation of truth.... (John Paul II, "Fides et Ratio")
• Software is a place where dreams are planted and nightmares harvested, where terrible demons compete with magical panaceas, a world of werewolves and silver bullets.   ("Planning the Software Industrial Revolution", IEEE Software, November 1990)
• Every new beginning comes from some other beginning's end.  ("Closing Time", Semisonic)
• In my experience, people who say they like math just haven't had enough of it. (GZ)
• . . . every time I sit in front of an Intel box, I feel likeI have to take a shower. (Dave McGuire)
• Usenet is not a right.  Usenet is a right, a left, a jab, and a sharp uppercut to the jaw.  The postman hits! You have new mail.  (Ed Vielmetti)
• Roma locuta, causa finita est. [Rome has spoken, the case is closed] (St. Augustine)
• No job is thankless if someone says "thank you." (GZ)
• Ignorance of Scripture is ignorance of Christ. (St. Jerome)
• You're so beautiful, it hurts to look at you. ("Angela Chase", ABC's "My So-Called Life")
• Every time I look at this company, it looks like we have two years to live. (GZ)
• Live Lent in the fast lane. (Marty Helgesen)
• Christus vincit, Christus regnat, Christus imperat. [Christ conquers, Christ reigns, Christ commands]
• Love is not a secret you take to the grave. (Debbie Gibson)

Last updated February 17, 2004.

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