The Wall of Wisdom
This page has absolutely nothing to do with Pink Floyd. The story of The Wall dates back to early 2000,
when I began writing words of wisdom on the wall near my desk. Sort of like "Chicken Soup for the Disgruntled EECS Major". It has become a repository for jokes, mostly. But there are still a few nuggets of wisdom slipped in.
Did I forget your great quote? Let me know.
"How important is it to generate and to communicate knowledge on Peer Reviewing and quality standards for different ends/means of Knowledge Communication?"
– Knowledge Communication and Peer Reviewing survey
"I think this motorcycle really brings out my facial hair."
– Me
"Economics is simply the product of intellectual incontinence."
– Cory K.
"Solving a problem simply means representing it so as to make the solution transparent."
– Herbert Simon
"It's not murder if it's in the family."
– Steve H.
"No voice = No good."
– Heather (in regard to instant messaging)
"Fridge is working,
Lightbulb is not.
Don't panic,
Our nonexistent food won't spoil."
– Me (a haiku for Steve H.)
"The best word in the english language is PANTS.
PANTS contains inexplicable power and goodness, which I cannot begin to understand.
Just say it outloud, over-enunciated...you can sense it..."
– Pete R.
"When people who are songwriters say 'That's my property and if you give it away for free then I'll lose my incentive,' then, well, good riddance."
– Ian MacKaye of Fugazi
"I've had the attitude that giving money to the bastards in Washington who gave us these problems is the wrong approach," Gilmore says. "That seems to be their game: We create problems and then take money from you to solve them."
– John Gilmore, co-founder of the Electronic Frontier Foundation
"Maybe if I schlep over to the Stats Department, that will increase the probability of finding somebody to help me with SAS."
– Cory K.
"Prohibition will work great injury to the cause of temperance. It is a species of intemperance within itself, for it goes beyond the bounds of reason in that it attempts to control a man's appetite by legislation, and makes a crime out of things that are not crimes. A Prohibition law strikes a blow at the very principles upon which our government was founded."
– Abraham Lincoln
"To announce that there must be no criticism of the president, or that we are to stand by the president, right or wrong, is not only unpatriotic and servile, but is morally treasonable to the American public. "
– Theodore Roosevelt
"Why do you write to me "God should punish the English"? I have no close connection to either one or the other. I see only with deep regret that God punishes so many of His children for their numerous stupidities, for which only He Himself can be held responsible; in my opinion, only His nonexistence could excuse Him. "
– Albert Einstein