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This is a collection of humorous quotes from scientific and technical talks, classes, etc. that I've attended.
Note: One of the ground rules for this collection is that I had to witness the event. I'm not looking for outside submissions. Consider starting your own list.
As you may infer from the significant number of quotes from a single source, this collection started with a professor from my undergraduate days, who had a penchant for quotable comments in his lectures. We students started writing down these quotes, and at the end of the semester, we typed them up and gave him a copy. He seemed to enjoy it (he put it on his office door), and so did we.
Ever since then, I've been trying to take note of the humor in things that can often be rather dry. And now, I'm posting it on the virtual equivalent of my office door. (The real thing is too covered with cartoons to have room for all of this anyway.)
Note that every quote has an HTML id attribute, allowing you to link directly to a specific quote if you want to. Just hover your mouse over the beginning of the quote and a link symbol (🔗) should appear. You can copy the link address, or you can click on it to jump to the particular link in your browser.
And thanks to my colleague Sarat Sreepathi for motivating me to get this back online, after a long hiatus.
So, enjoy...
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