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A Thousand Things Advance; Nine Hundred And Ninety-nine Retrea
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A thousand things advance; nine hundred and ninety-nine retreat:
that is progress.
-- Henry Frederic Amiel, Swiss philosopher
Related:
The technology involved in making anything invisible is so infinitely complex that nine hundred and ninety-nine billio
ine hundred and ninety-nine million, nine hundred and ninety-nine thousand, nine hundred and ninety-nine times out of a trillion it is much simpler and more effective just to take the thing away and do without it....
SAUCE, n. The one infallible sign of civilization and enlightenment.
A people with no sauces has one thousand vices; a people with one sauce has only nine hundred and ninety-nine....
I have defined the hundred per cent American as ninety-nine per cent an idiot.
-- George Bernard Shaw...
How many mothers in law -- does it take to change a light bulb?
A hundred. One to change it and the other ninety nine to say, "I told you so!...
How many sopranos -- does it take to screw in a light bulb?
One hundred. One to do it, and ninety-nine to discuss how it was really too high for her....
How many pre-med students -- does it take to change a light bulb?
One hundred; one to change the light bulb, the other ninety-nine to stand around wondering why they weren't chosen....
Pooh, will you always remember me, even when I'm a hundred?
asked Christopher Robin. Pooh thought for a minute....
Two-hundred-thirty-nine pounds?! I'm a blimp! Why are all the good things so tasty?
-- Homer Simpson Brush With Greatne...
AAGGGHHH! TWO HUNDRED AND THIRTY NINE POUNDS!!! Ohh, I'm a blimp.
Why are the good things so tasty? -- Homer weighs himself, "Homer's Night Ou...