Freebsd Fortunes 2

A banker is a fellow who lends you his umbrella when the
sun is shining and wants it back the minute it begins to rain.
                -- Mark Twain

A beautiful woman is a blessing from Heaven, but a good cigar is a smoke.
                -- Kipling

A beautiful woman is a picture which drives all beholders nobly mad.
                -- Emerson

A beer delayed is a beer denied.

A beginning is the time for taking the
most delicate care that balances are correct.
                -- Princess Irulan, "Manual of Maud'Dib"

A billion here, a billion there -- pretty soon it adds up to real money.
                -- Sen. Everett Dirksen, on the U.S. defense budget

A billion seconds ago Harry Truman was president.
A billion minutes ago was just after the time of Christ.
A billion hours ago man had not yet walked on earth.
A billion dollars ago was late yesterday afternoon at the U.S. Treasury.

A biologist, a statistician, a mathematician and a computer scientist are on
a photo-safari in Africa.  As they're driving along the savannah in their
jeep, they stop and scout the horizon with their binoculars.

The biologist: "Look!  A herd of zebras!  And there's a white zebra!
        Fantastic!  We'll be famous!"
The statistician: "Hey, calm down, it's not significant.  We only know
        there's one white zebra."
The mathematician: "Actually, we only know there exists a zebra, which is
        white on one side."
The computer scientist : "Oh, no!  A special case!"

A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush.
                -- Cervantes

A bird in the hand is worth what it will bring.