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“One of the first sights that shocked me, when I came to Israel in 1921, was an Arab turning over a field with a very primitive plow; pulling the plow were an ox and a woman. Now, if it means that we have destroyed this romantic picture by bringing in tractors, combines, and threshing machines, this is true: we have.”

Ifs Firsts Mean Humor Funny Fields Humorous Machines Sight Israel Destroyed Primitive Pulling Shocked Tractors

Author:Golda Meir

“Come, let us hasten to a higher plane, Where dyads tread the fairy fields of Venn, Their indices bedecked from one to _ n, Commingled in an endless Markov chain!”

Fields Higher Humorous Endless Chains Planes Fairy

Book:The Cyberiad

Source: The Cyberiad

“Success in almost any field depends more on energy and drive than it does on intelligence. This explains why we have so many stupid leaders.”

Doe Funny Success Energy Business Leader Stupid Fields Depends Humorous Silly Presentation Funny Business

Book:What shall we wear to this party?: The man in the gray flannel suit twenty years before & after

Source: What shall we wear to this party?: The man in the gray flannel suit twenty years before & after

“If you were plowing a field, which would you rather use? Two strong oxen or 1024 chickens?”

Ifs Two Use Strong Powerful Fields Humorous Witty Chickens Plowing Oxen

Author:Seymour Cray

“Because of its vitality, the computing field is always in desperate need of new cliches: Banality soothes our nerves.”

Needs Technology Fields Humorous Cliche Computing

Author:Alan Perlis

“Many, many of you have written to me asking the following question: 'Dave, have their been any new advancements in the field of artificial falcon insemination, and could these developments be used to improve the American electoral process?'”

Used Process Written Fields Development Humorous Asking Profound Following Insane Artificial Advancement Dave Falcon Electoral Process

Author:Dave Barry

“THE NAME OF THE WIND has everything fantasy readers like, magic and mysteries and ancient evil, but it's also humorous and terrifying and completely believable. As with all the very best books in our field, it's not the fantasy trappings (wonderful as they are) that make this novel so good, but what the author has to say about true, common things, about ambition and failure, art, love, and loss.”

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Author:Tad Williams