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• Data, I would like to have been consulted. I have not observed anyone else on board consulting you about their procreation, Captain.
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• We should be glad we're living in the time that we are.
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• If the Lord God Almighty had consulted me before embarking upon the Creation, I would have recommended something simpler.
  -- Alfonso the Wise, 13th Century King of Castile, Commenting on the Almagest, by Ptolemy....
• Q. What's the difference between Noah's Ark and Joan of Arc?
  A. Noah's Ark was made of wood; Joan of Arc was Maid of Orleans....
• The following appeared in a memo from a vice president of a large, highly diversified company.
  "Ten years ago our company had two new regional office buildings built in two different regions....
• Ninety percent of the time things turn out worse than you thought they would.
  The other ten percent of the time you had no right to expect that much....
• Ninety percent of the time things turn out worse than you thought they would.
  The other ten percent of the time you had no right to expect that much. -- Augustine...