Brevity is the soul of wit.

– Polonius, from William Shakespeare’s Hamlet

An old one, but a good one.

A random sampling of history’s most clueless predictions — from faulty scientific forecasts to sweeping political statements.

I can’t help clicking for just one more quote. (via mental_floss)

Nietzsche famously said “Whatever doesn’t kill you makes you stronger.” But what he failed to stress is that it almost kills you. Disappointment stings and, for driven, successful people like yourselves it is disorienting. What Nietzsche should have said is “Whatever doesn’t kill you, makes you watch a lot of Cartoon Network and drink mid-price Chardonnay at 11 in the morning.”

(via Neatorama)

In response to Jobs referring to PCs as “trucks”, Ballmer replied “Well, there may be a reason why they call them ‘Mac’ trucks!”.

Fantastic.

A life, Jimmy, you know what that is? It’s the shit that happens while you’re waiting for moments that never come.

Inspired, as are many other quotes from The Wire.

An inspiring quote by Conan O’Brien:

All I ask is one thing, particularly of young people that watch. Please do not be cynical. I hate cynicism. It’s my least favorite quality. Nobody in life gets exactly what they thought they were going to get. But if you work really hard, and are kind, amazing things will happen.

(found on the Panic Blog)