“The lucidity of the battle narratives, the vigor of the prose, the strong feeling for the men from generals to privates who did the fighting, are all controlled by a constant sense of how it happened and what it was all about. Foote has the novelist's feeling for character and situation, without losing the historian's scrupulous regard for recorded fact. The Civil War is likely to stand unequalled.” MenWarCharacterFactsFeelingsFightingStrongSituationHappenedHe ManBattleLosingRegardConstantNarrativeNovelistsCivil WarProseControlledHistorianVigorStrong FeelingLucidity Author:Walter Millis
“If Diet Coke did not exist it would have been neccessary to invent it.” IfsHas BeensDietsCokeDiet Coke Author:Karl Lehenbauer
“Being against torture ought to be sort of a multipartisan thing.” OughtTorture Author:Karl Lehenbauer
“In the face of entropy and nothingness, you kind of have to pretend it's not there if you want to keep writing good code.” IfsWantWritingKindFacesCodeNothingnessEntropy Author:Karl Lehenbauer
“Nuclear war can ruin your whole compile.” WarWholeFunnyScienceTechnologyNuclearRuinsNuclear War Author:Karl Lehenbauer
“Even if you start your laundry before 8 AM on Saturday, you will not finish folding it until after midnight on Sunday.” IfsSundaySaturdayMidnightLaundryFolding Author:Karl Lehenbauer