this economist really got it right

If you put the federal government in charge of the Sahara Desert, in 5 years there'd be a shortage of sand.
~Milton Friedman

sympathy

"if you want sympathy, it's in the dictionary, right between shit and syphilis"
~Major Payne

Slashdot quote I liked

If violence didn't work, it's because you didn't use enough of it!
~SleazyRidr

Life Lesson

"LIVE AS IF YOU WERE TO DIE TOMORROW. LEARN AS IF YOU WERE TO LIVE FOREVER."
- MOHANDAS GANDHI