I quoted this in another comment, but I think it deserves to be in here as well. It used to be in the rec.backcountry FAQ.
"You have before you the disassembled parts of a high-powered hunting rifle, and the instructions written in Swahili. In five minutes an angry Bengal tiger will walk into the room."
-- Eugene Miya
I resolve to have left the room by the time five minutes are up.
(Since there didn't seem to be one for this month, and I just ran across a nice quote.)
A monthly thread for posting any interesting rationality-related quotes you've seen recently on the Internet, or had stored in your quotesfile for ages.