Rittner's Quotes

#1. Rittner's Computer Law: Never argue with people who write with digital ink and pay by the kilowatt-hour.

Don Rittner

#2. Civility is only a passenger - not a driver - on the information superhighway.

Don Rittner

#3. Trying to save ecosystems has more to do with changing egosystems.

Don Rittner

#4. I speak two languages: English and Sarcasm.

Don Rittner

#5. Digital wisdom is made of recycled electrons that are meaningful until you pull the plug.

Don Rittner

#6. No matter how well you know the rules of netiquette, you will eventually offend someone who doesn't.

Don Rittner

#7. You always imagine everything will go so smoothly in the Olympic season.

Ashley Wagner

#8. Look upon paintings with eyes of mystery rather than judgement. Support the need to enter into the sacred space beyond evaluation.

Michele Cassou

#9. A Leader is someone who can do everything him(her)self, but let's other people help him(her).

Don Rittner

#10. The air I dragged through my teeth strummed with frequencies beyond human interpretation. Power. Chaos. Home.

Pippa DaCosta

#11. Sometimes, we believe things without meaning to.

Natalie C. Parker

#12. While few judges or prosecutors would be afraid to exercise their perfectly legitimate discretion in favour of an ordinary man, not to mention a minority group member, most would be terrified to exercise the same discretion for someone politically, financially or socially powerful.

Conrad Black

#13. The Net is the ultimate empowerment tool. You have the right to express your opinion to a global audience, but everyone has the right not to pay any attention to it.

Don Rittner

#14. But Iris walks through the project every day. Alice asked, "Isn't it dangerous?" Iris said, "I don't know. I guess it could be, if you're afraid. I'm not because it's just something I've always done. I mean, if you live in it you aren't scared of it.

Josephine Humphreys

#15. Six foot eight and all asshole.

Lauren Beukes

#16. The best authorities are unanimous in saying that a war with H-bombs might possibly put an end to the human race. It is feared that if many H-bombs are used there will be universal death, sudden only for a minority, but for the majority a slow torture of disease and disintegration.

Bertrand Russell

#17. There are 5,000 great people for every jerk on Usenet. But that still is a lot of jerks. Proceed with caution and eyes wide open.

Don Rittner

#18. If you want to treat China as an enemy, you have a much better chance of making them an enemy than if you treat them as a potential friend.

Jim Sasser

#19. If you're looking for the suspect in a suicide bombing, here's a clue: Look for the dead guy.

Norm MacDonald