Some quotations

[dreamer_easy]

"A key point is this: rules don't make people do anything; people use rules to coordinate action with others. In chess, for example, you can't win by smashing your opponent's king, throwing the board in the air, and shouting, 'Spassky!'"
- Michael Schwalbe, Rigging the Game: How Inequality is Reproduced in Everyday Life

"Ne jamais interrompre votre ennemi quand il fait une erreur."
- Napoleon Bonaparte

"I ask if he has published anything lately. He says that his work is not, and never can be, for publication. Thought passes through my mind to the effect that this attitude might with advantage be adopted by many others."
- E.M. Delafield, Diary of a provincial lady

"Don't you love it when the fatigue poisons build to the point where you can actually hallucinate?"
- William Gibson, at Constantinople in Melbourne, 2 April 1994

Comments

[alawston.livejournal.com]

"Boney, I said, the thing you've got to remember is never to interrupt an enemy while he's making a mistake. My word this is splendid Gorgonzola, Jo..."

[murasaki-1966.livejournal.com]

You know, it took a little while, but I finally worked out the Boney quote.

[mrteufel.livejournal.com]

Babelfish is your friend. Or at least a casual acquaintance.

[acelightning.livejournal.com]