This PhD comic isn't really a quote, but it is my version of an ideal vacation...
So I lean on a wall and handprints appear on my document! --argument against pervasive computing
A line is just a poor man's manifold.
The best computer program is the one that is never written. It takes no time debug, it takes no time to compile, and it takes no time to run.
Bank robbery is the music theory of the criminal world, it's not a viable career option.
When was the last time you stopped to enjoy a crosswalk? / Um, never. / You're not missing much. --Conversation between me and Giovanni
Good night. Go dream of programming sheep. --Alice
Everyone who believes in telekinesis, raise my hand. --Prof. Leiserson
Pears? I want them to come in equal and opposite apples. --Ashley in 8.01 (Physics) lecture
And they'll be eternally grateful...at least for a while. --Faraaz
Actually, this doesn't approach infinity, it goes to about six. --Prof. Miller
I don't know what the big deal about a thesis is. I've written so many of them. They take two to three lines and then I go on with the rest of my paper.
No party is complete without the Fourier Transform.
You should join the International Misanthropes Society. It's great, we never meet. (later...) We'd hate to have you.
When I think zest, I think Daniel Leeds.
Warning: Nerds at Play --sign posted at my MIT lab
Life is like a box of hand grenades. You never know when one is going to blow up. --Disgruntled student in mid-semester
I sometimes read it [War and Peace] three times before breakfast. --dorm-mate
Oh, I learned what CVS stands for recently. / "Concurrent Versioning System?" --Conversation while passing by a CVS drug store.
I sometimes feel like having renowned scientists give general-audience talks is a little bit like having very talented singers sing twinkle-twinkle-little-star. Not sure what I think of this statement, but it's interesting
Pray not that G-d is on our side, but that we are on G-d's side. --Abraham Lincoln
