“As is so often the case with pieces that appear in the 'Onion,' I honestly could not decide whether this was a clever hoax or not - the arguments were almost exactly as stupid as the real thing.” RealCasesPiecesStupidEvolutionArgumentHonestlyCleverReal ThingsOnionsHoaxes Author:Christopher Hitchens
“There is no such thing as too much swearing. Swearing is just a piece of linguistic mechanics. The words in-between are the clever ones.” Too MuchPiecesCleverMechanicSwearing Author:Peter Capaldi
“Grass [marijuana] probably helped me as much as it hurt me. Especially as a performer. When you're high, it's easy to kid yourself about how clever certain mediocre pieces of material are. But, on the other hand, pot opens windows and doors that you may not be able to get through any other way.” WayMayHandsKidsAbleCertainEasyHurtPiecesDoorsMaterialsWindowCleverGrassPotPerformersMarijuanaIt HurtsMediocreHurt MeWindows And Doors Author:George Carlin
“How baffling it was that even the most cunning and clever people would frequently see only what they wanted to see, and would rarely look beyond the thinnest of facades. Or they would ignore reality, dismissing it as the facade. And then, when their whole world fell to pieces...they would tear their topknots or rend their clothes and bewail their karma, blaming gods or kami or luck or their lords or husbands or vassals-anything or anyone-but never themselves.” PeopleWorldLooksWholeRealityWantedLordPiecesTearsHusbandClothesBlameLuckKarmaCleverWhole WorldCunningFacade Book:SHOGUN Source: SHOGUN
“Always think about how a piece of code should be used: good interfaces are the essence of good code. You can hide all kinds of clever and dirty code behind a good interface if you really need such code.” IfsThinkingNeedsShouldKindUsedBehindsPiecesEssenceCleverAll KindsCodeDirtyInterfaces Author:Bjarne Stroustrup