"Software: These programs give instruction to the CPU,……" — Dave Barry
"Software: These programs give instruction to the CPU, which processes billions of tiny facts called bytes, and within a fraction of a second it sends you an error message that requires you to call the customer-support hot line and be placed on hold for approximately the life-span of a caribou."
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508 Quotes by Dave Barry
Dave Barry has 508 quotes on this site.
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Although golf was originally restricted to wealthy, overweight Protestants, today it's open to anybody who owns hideous clothing.
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Skiing combines outdoor fun with knocking down trees with your face.
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Thus the metric system did not really catch on in the States, unless you count the increasing popularity of the…
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The Democrats seem to be basically nicer people, but they have demonstrated time and again that they have the management…
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'Escargot' is French for 'fat crawling bag of phlegm'.
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The simple truth is that balding African-American men look cool when they shave their heads, whereas balding white men look…
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We believe that electricity exists, because the electric company keeps sending us bills for it, but we cannot figure out…
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The word user is the word used by the computer professional when they mean idiot.
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The four building blocks of the universe are fire, water, gravel and vinyl.
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Your modern teenager is not about to listen to advice from an old person, defined as a person who remembers…
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As we have seen, WikiLeaks is a robust organization. During my time in solitary confinement in the basement of a…
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Eugene is located in western Oregon, approximately 278 billion miles from anything.
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I have been a gigantic Rolling Stones fan since approximately the Spanish-American War.
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Mr. Speaker, Delaware River's regional ports handle approximately 58 million tons of cargo yearly.
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My approach to cutting spending as president, is to do a ten percent across the board cut of all federal…
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The risk of developing carcinoma of the lung increases steadily as the amount smoked increases. If the risk among non-smokers…
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A multitude of souls fall into the depths of Hell, and it is of the faith that all who die…
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Domestic violence causes far more pain than the visible marks of bruises and scars. It is devastating to be abused…
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We have approximately 60,000 thoughts in a day. Unfortunately, 95% of them are thoughts we had the day before.
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Does there, I wonder, exist a being who has read all, or approximately all, that the person of average culture…
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For those [observations] that I made in Leipzig in my youth and up to my 21st year, I usually call…
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