10 types of people, those who understand binary and those who don't

My friend Paul has a fabulous sense of humor, he's a talented developer and thoughtful friend. He recently helped me while developing a curriculum called "First Steps" in answering the questions about origins, morality, meaning, and destiny. This idea of two types of people from a binary perspective is from him.

So what would a post of mine be without referencing the Bible? This reminds of the Ten Commandments being in two categories.
1) our relationship with God (1-4), 2) our relationships with People (5-10)

1. I am the Lord, your God.
2. Thou shall bring no false idols before me.
3. Do not take the name of the Lord in vain.
4. Remember the Sabbath and keep it holy.
5. Honor thy father and thy mother.
6. Thou shall not kill/murder†.
7. Thou shall not commit adultery.
8. Thou shall not steal††.
9. Thou shall not bear false witness against your neighbor.
10. Thou shall not covet‡ your neighbor's wife (or anything that belongs to your neighbor).

Jesus affirms this notion of two commandments from 10, in Matthew 22:38-40 

Matthew 7:12

In everything, then, do to others as you would have them do to you. For this is the essence of the Law and the prophets.

Galatians 5:14

The entire Law is fulfilled in a single decree: "Love your neighbor as yourself."

The Fulfillment of the Law in Matthew 5:16-18

In the same way, let your light shine before men, that they may see your good deeds and glorify your Father in heaven. Do not think that I have come to abolish the Law or the Prophets; I have not come to abolish them, but to fulfill them. For I tell you truly, until heaven and earth pass away, not a single jot, not a stroke of a pen, will disappear from the Law until everything is accomplished.

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"A self-made man who worships his creator" -John Bright

My dad and people from his generation send "chain emails" with "fw: fw: fw:" in the subject line. This one from my uncle Joe made me laugh about how civil the insults of the generation before theirs was. Jokes about death, friendship and the lack thereof. So for internet's sake, here you go...

When Insults Had Class...
 

These glorious insults are from an era “ before” the English language got boiled down to 4-letter words.
 
 
A member of Parliament to Disraeli: "Sir, you will either die on the gallows or of some unspeakable disease.”
"That depends, Sir, " said Disraeli, "whether I embrace your policies or your mistress."
 
"He had delusions of adequacy ."
-Walter Kerr
 
"He has all the virtues I dislike and none of the vices I admire."
- Winston Churchill
 
"I have never killed a man, but I have read many obituaries with great pleasure."
-Clarence Darrow
 
"He has never been known to use a word that might send a reader to the dictionary."
-William Faulkner (about Ernest Hemingway)
 
"Thank you for sending me a copy of your book; I'll waste no time reading it."
-Moses Hadas
 
"I didn't attend the funeral, but I sent a nice letter saying I approved of it."
-Mark Twain
 
"He has no enemies, but is intensely disliked by his friends."
-Oscar Wilde
 
"I am enclosing two tickets to the first night of my new play; bring a friend, if you have one."
-George Bernard Shaw to Winston Churchill
 
"Cannot possibly attend first night, will attend second... if there is one."
-Winston Churchill, in response
 
"I feel so miserable without you; it's almost like having you here."
-Stephen Bishop
 
"He is a self-made man and worships his creator."
-John Bright
 
"I've just learned about his illness. Let's hope it's nothing trivial."
-Irvin S. Cobb
 
"He is not only dull himself; he is the cause of dullness in others."
-Samuel Johnson
 
"He is simply a shiver looking for a spine to run up."
- Paul Keating
 
"In order to avoid being called a flirt, she always yielded easily."
-Charles, Count Talleyrand
 
"He loves nature in spite of what it did to him."
-Forrest Tucker
 
"Why do you sit there looking like an envelope without any address on it?"
-Mark Twain
 
"His mother should have thrown him away and kept the stork."
-Mae West
 
"Some cause happiness wherever they go; others, whenever they go."
-Oscar Wilde
 
"He uses statistics as a drunken man uses lamp-posts... for support rather than illumination."
-Andrew Lang (1844-1912)
 
"He has Van Gogh's ear for music."
-Billy Wilder
 
"I've had a perfectly wonderful evening. But I'm afraid this wasn't it."
-Groucho Marx

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