Linux Education

The average Ph.D thesis is nothing but the transference of bones from
one graveyard to another.
                -- J. Frank Dobie, "A Texan in England"

The avocation of assessing the failures of better men can be turned
into a comfortable livelihood, providing you back it up with a Ph.D.
                -- Nelson Algren, "Writers at Work"

        "The best thing for being sad," replied Merlin, beginning to puff
and blow, "is to learn something.  That's the only thing that never fails.
You may grow old and trembling in your anatomies, you may lie awake at
night listening to the disorder of your veins, you may miss your only love,
you may see the world about you devastated by evil lunatics, or know your
honour trampled in the sewers of baser minds. There is only one thing for
it then -- to learn.  Learn why the world wags and what wags it.  That is
the only thing which the mind can never exhaust, never alienate, never be
tortured by, never fear or distrust, and never dream of regretting.  Learning
is the only thing for you.  Look what a lot of things there are to learn."
                -- T.H. White, "The Once and Future King"

The brain is a wonderful organ; it starts working the moment you get up
in the morning, and does not stop until you get to school.

The college graduate is presented with a sheepskin to cover his
intellectual nakedness.
                -- Robert M. Hutchins

The end of the world will occur at three p.m., this Friday, with
symposium to follow.

The future is a race between education and catastrophe.
                -- H.G. Wells

The important thing is not to stop questioning.

The man who has never been flogged has never been taught.
                -- Menander

The only thing that experience teaches us is that experience teaches us nothing.
                -- Andre Maurois (Emile Herzog)