Doug Devries:
CLASS OF 2008
Martingrove Collegiate InstituteClass of 2008
Etobicoke, ON
Doug's Story
Doug is from Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Doug's schools include Martingrove Collegiate Institute.
Music Doug likes includes Metallica, Testament, Howard Shore. Books Doug likes include The Horse and His Boy, The Return of the King, The Holy Bible. Movies Doug likes include Monty Python & the Holy Grail, The Lord of the Rings Trilogy (Official Page), Gettysburg. TV shows Doug likes include The Big Bang Theory, Living Truth, The Agenda.
One of Doug's favorite quotes is:"-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
"Do unto others what you would have others do to you." - Jesus Christ
"The tongue also is a fire, a world of evil among the parts of the body. It corrupts the whole person, sets the whole course of his life on fire, and is itself set on fire by hell." James 3:6
"Praise the Lord and pass the ammunition!"
- Lieutenant Howell Forgy during the Japanese bombing of Pearl Harbour
"Read my lips: no new taxes. I did not have sex with that woman Monica Lewinsky. I smoked but didn't inhale. Saddam Hussein has weapons of mass destruction and has ties to Al Qaida. Why would anybody believe these people?" - Gerald Celente's response to a reporter who asked him why he was telling people not to trust their ...Expand for more
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"The strong do what they can, the weak suffer what they must." - Thucydides, Melian Dialogue (This pretty much sums up human history).
"Hard times ahead." - Unintentionally brilliant Chinese road hazard sign
"What do you mean you're CLOSE? 'Close' only counts for bowling and grenades!"
- Mr Melnyk complaining about his students' attempting to justify their mathematical errors.
"Is there 'gold' in 'them there hills'?"
- CSC104 instructor introducing the class to strings in python.
"That's natural selection!"
- Prof Shawn Lehman talking about j-walking while listening to an iPod at full volume, tanning in tanning booths, and other ludicrous behaviour he attributed to teens and young adults.
"Democracy descends naturally into despotism." - Plato's all too correct assessment of unchecked majority rule.
"When my children asked me if Santa Claus was real, I said 'yes, but he's dead now, and I can show you where he is buried!' In retrospect, perhaps that was not the best way to tell them the truth about Santa Claus."
- Professor Silano lecturing on Catholic Bishops including St Nicholas of Myra (270 - 6 December 346).
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