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Trivia Quotes

Trivia rarely affect efficiency. Are all the machinations worth it, when their primary effect is to make the code less readable?

Brian W. Kernighan, P. J. Plauger (1978). “The Elements of Programming Style”, Computing McGraw-Hill

We're all going to die, all of us, what a circus!

Charles Bukowski (2009). “The Captain is Out to Lunch”, p.10, Harper Collins

Telling a story of illness, one pulls a thread through a narrow opening flanked on one side by shame and the other by trivia.

Susan Griffin (2011). “What Her Body Thought: A Journey Into the Shadows”, p.21, Harper Collins

Anything television trivia I'm good at. But when you're on your couch, you're really good at it, but when you're standing there, it's probably scary.

"Sarah Silverman talks boobs, and answers our 11 questions". Interview with Marah Eakin, tv.avclub.com. September 23, 2014.

Human lives are too short to waste in trivialities.

Laurell K. Hamilton (2002). “Circus of the Damned: An Anita Blake, Vampire Hunter Novel”, p.210, Penguin