Escritas — Poems List

Mehmet Murat Ildan

Spring blossoms are fairy tales,

Spring blossoms are fairy tales, autumn leaves are tragic dramas.

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John Wanamaker

Half the money I spend

Half the money I spend on advertising is wasted, the trouble is I don't know which half.

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Jeff Meyer

pixel, n.: A mischievous, magical

pixel, n.: A mischievous, magical spirit associated with screen displays. The computer industry has frequently borrowed from mythology: Witness the sprites in computer graphics, the demons in artificial intelligence, and the trolls in the marketing department.

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Jean Rostand

Kill one man and you

Kill one man and you are a murderer. Kill millions and you are a conqueror. Kill all and you are a God.

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Dax Ward

Mighty are the winds of

Mighty are the winds of time, which sweep away the despair of a broken heart, which blow back the essence of life, which refresh the soul with yet another sweet countenance.

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Mehmet Murat Ildan

The army of Truth is

The army of Truth is the real Invincible Armada. Truths are always destined to be victorious.

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Roger King

I have a cat named

I have a cat named Trash. In the current political climate it would seem that if I were trying to sell him (at least to a Computer Scientist), I would not stress that he is gentle to humans and is self-sufficient, living mostly on field mice. Rather, I would argue that he is object-oriented.

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Rita Mae Brown

If the world were a

If the world were a logical place, men would ride sidesaddle.

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Izaak Walton

Those little nimble musicians of

Those little nimble musicians of the air, that warble forth their curious ditties, with which nature hath furnished them to the shame of art.

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Mehmet Murat Ildan

What makes a man heavy

What makes a man heavy is the gravity of virtue. Without it, man will be so light that he will be drifted in the winds of immorality.

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G. Hopper

Life was simple before World

Life was simple before World War II. After that, we had systems.

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H. G. Wells

Advertising is legalized lying.

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Mehmet Murat Ildan

If you want to be

If you want to be shot down by the Arrows of Eros, you should get rid of the iron shield called Logic!

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Izaak Walton

Good company and good discourse

Good company and good discourse are the very sinews of virtue.

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Popular Mechanics

Where a calculator on the

Where a calculator on the ENIAC is equpped with 18,000 vaccuum tubes and weighs 30 tons, computers in the future may have only 1,000 vaccuum tubes and perhaps weigh 1 1

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Oscar Wilde

Journalism justifies its own existence

Journalism justifies its own existence by the great Darwinian principle of the survival of the vulgarist.

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Mehmet Murat Ildan

Shepherds know many mysterious languages;

Shepherds know many mysterious languages; they speak the language of sheep and dogs, language of stars and skies, flowers and herbs.

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Izaak Walton

God has two dwellings one

God has two dwellings one in heaven, and the other in a meek and thankful heart.

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Alan Perlis

It is against the grain

It is against the grain of modern education to teach children to program. What fun is there in making plans, acquiring discipline in organizing thoughts, devoting attention to detail, and learning to be self-critical?

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H. L. Mencken

New York: A third-rate Babylon.

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Mehmet Murat Ildan

Dwarfs can make revolutions easier

Dwarfs can make revolutions easier than giants, because theirs will be unexpected!

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Izaak Walton

So long as thou are

So long as thou are ignorant be not ashamed to learn. Ignorance is the greatest of all infirmities, and when justified, the chiefest of all follies.

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Arthur Rimbaud

Morality is the weakness of

Morality is the weakness of the mind.

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Robert L. Kruse

An apprentice carpenter may want

An apprentice carpenter may want only a hammer and saw, but a master craftsman employs many precision tools. Computer programming likewise requires sophisticated tools to cope with the complexity of real applications, and only practice with these tools will build skill in their use.

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