Citater

Nogen gange er der en eller anden som siger noget dumt. Men det hænder også, at der er en eller anden som siger noget virkelig klogt eller sjovt. Denne side handler om de gange det sidstnævnte er indtruffet.

Matematik

"There are three kinds of lies: lies, damned lies, and statistics" -- Mark Twain alias Samuel Clemens får ofte æren for dette. Se dog denne side.

"Proof is the idol before whom the pure mathematician tortures himself." -- Sir Arthur Eddington

"Six is a number perfect in itself, and not because God created the world in six days; rather the contrary is true. God created the world in six days because this number is perfect, and it would remain perfect, even if the work of the six days did not exist." -- St. Augustine (354-430)

Fysik

"All that glitters is not gold, but at least it contains free electrons" -- Anonym

"Physics is like sex: sure, it may give some practical results, but that's not why we do it." -- Richard Feynmann

The Hitch Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy

"Bistromathics itself is simply a revolutionary new way of understanding the behavior of numbers. Just as Einstein observed that space was not an absolute but depended on the observer's movement in space, and that time was not an absolute, but depended on the observer's movement in time, so it is now realized that numbers are not absolute, but depend on the observer's movement in restaurants."-- Douglas Adams

"In the beginning the Universe was created. This has made a lot of people very angry and been widely regarded as a bad move." -- Douglas Adams

"If there's anything more important than my ego around, I want it caught and shot now." -- Zaphod Beeblebrox

"The first ten million years were the worst, and the second ten million, they were the worst too. The third ten million I didn't enjoy at all. After that I went into a bit of a decline." -- Marvin

Blandet

"Quidquid latine dictum sit, altum sonatur". ("Whatever is said in Latin sounds profound.") -- Anonym

"Jeg er aldrig blevet testet positiv." -- Bjarne Riis, efter at være blevet spurgt om han nogensinde har taget doping

"øh... mumlemumle, og 2 i mente... årh, fuck... blå?" -- Henning Makholm, i <yahhe5vbk53.fsf@pc-043.diku.dk>.

"Folk der sender Word-dokumenter via mail antager, at modtageren enten er rig eller kriminel." -- Kåre Fiedler Christiansen

"Our enemies are innovative and resourceful, and so are we. They never stop thinking about new ways to harm our country and our people, and neither do we." -- George Bush Jr., Washington, D.C., Aug. 5, 2004 En BBC-artikel om udsagnet

"Trying is the first step towards failure." -- Homer Simpson

"I'm sitting here completely surrounded by no beer"-- Onslow i "Keeping Up Appearences" (Fint skal det være)