There is a reason behind every single epigram selected for the list.

>As Will Rogers would have said, "There is no such thing as a free variable."

If you meditate for a while on any epigram on the list, you'll start thinking about another meaning.

One of the more interesting examples - if you have a somewhat broad overview of programming languages, and a pinch of cross-cultural awareness: If your computer speaks English it was probably made in Japan.