This is a set of collected quotes from various people's signature files as posted to Usenet or mailing lists.

Other people collect signature quotes as well.


A number of quotes come from cartoon strips. Some of these are Calvin & Hobbes and Dilbert.


Some people use quotes from various comedians like Dave Barry and Steven Wright. Other people have more extensive collections of Steven Wright quotes such as


Politics and politions are always a source for quotable material. Some polititions say enough all by themselves to warrant a separate section like Dan Quayle (who makes it almost too easy), and George Bush. All of the rest have been gathered into a catch all file of political quotes.


This is a computer network, and many of the quotes are about computers. Some are from particular people who tend to get quoted like Henry Spencer and Larry Wall (of Perl fame). There is an "official" list of Larry Wall quotes stored in the CPAN archives and another at perl.org.

Some topics just get beat to death, like Signature Virus.

Some companies and operating systems have their own categories, like Micro$oft, Linux, and Unix. Note that lots of people have things to say about MicroSoft, you might want to take a look at:

There is a Windows 95 support page which will help you solve most problems with this OS. It is less expensive then M$ Tech Support and a little quicker. Of course, you could take another look at Linux for a more stable solution.

Finally, a catch all category about computers that has computer related comments that fit noplace else.


People tend to talk about religion, both for and against. Some of those discussions get quoted. Some are quotes. #straight from some version of the #Bible.


Technology shows up in a variety of places besides computers. There are snippets about aviation and general science.

Not all is in a serious vein and some is about science fiction and Star Trek. There is a collection of Babylon 5 quotes maintained by albert@cs.tut.fi.


Finally, much material refuses to be pigeon holed, so ends up in a pile at the end here.