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- templarUSA
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well, i could make tons of posts with all the quotes i have, most of which must have been taken. or i can just go to the source.
http://www.quotationspage.com/subjects/
But my favorites are:
"If there are no stupid questions, then what kind of questions do stupid people ask? Do they get smart just in time to ask questions?"
-Scott Adams
"We've heard that a million monkeys at a million keyboards could produce the complete works of Shakespeare; now, thanks to the Internet, we know that is not true."
-Robert Wilensky
"Everyone is entitled to be stupid, but some abuse the privilege."
-Unknown
"Genius may have its limitations, but stupidity is not thus handicapped."
-Elbert Hubbard
"Talk sense to a fool and he calls you foolish."
-Euripides
"Faith is a cop-out. If the only way you can accept an assertion is by faith, then you are conceding that it can’t be taken on its own merits."
-Dan Barker
"If you live to be one hundred, you've got it made. Very few people die past that age."
-George Burns
"A single death is a tragedy; a million deaths is a statistic."
-Joseph Stalin
"For three days after death hair and fingernails continue to grow but phone calls taper off."
-Johnny Carson
"Life is pleasant. Death is peaceful. It's the transition that's troublesome."
-Isaac Asimov
"Life is a sexually transmitted disease."
-R. D. Laing
"War is a series of catastrophes that results in a victory."
-Georges Clemenceau
"The belief in a supernatural source of evil is not necessary; men alone are quite capable of every wickedness."
-Joseph Conrad
And some funny ones about reality:
"Reality is merely an illusion, albeit a very persistent one."
-Albert Einstein
"Everything is a dangerous drug except reality, which is unendurable."
-Cyril Connolly
"I believe in looking reality straight in the eye and denying it."
-Garrison Keillor
"The real distinction is between those who adapt their purposes to reality and those who seek to mold reality in the light of their purposes."
-Henry Kissinger
"Realism...has no more to do with reality than anything else."
-Hob Broun
"Reality is nothing but a collective hunch."
-Jane Wagner
"Reality is the leading cause of stress amongst those in touch with it."
-Jane Wagner
"Reality is something you rise above."
-Liza Minnelli
"I've wrestled with reality for 35 years, Doctor, and I'm happy to state I finally won out over it."
-Mary Chase
"Reality is that which, when you stop believing in it, doesn't go away."
-Philip K. Dick
"Humankind cannot stand very much reality."
-T. S. Eliot
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http://www.quotationspage.com/subjects/
But my favorites are:
"If there are no stupid questions, then what kind of questions do stupid people ask? Do they get smart just in time to ask questions?"
-Scott Adams
"We've heard that a million monkeys at a million keyboards could produce the complete works of Shakespeare; now, thanks to the Internet, we know that is not true."
-Robert Wilensky
"Everyone is entitled to be stupid, but some abuse the privilege."
-Unknown
"Genius may have its limitations, but stupidity is not thus handicapped."
-Elbert Hubbard
"Talk sense to a fool and he calls you foolish."
-Euripides
"Faith is a cop-out. If the only way you can accept an assertion is by faith, then you are conceding that it can’t be taken on its own merits."
-Dan Barker
"If you live to be one hundred, you've got it made. Very few people die past that age."
-George Burns
"A single death is a tragedy; a million deaths is a statistic."
-Joseph Stalin
"For three days after death hair and fingernails continue to grow but phone calls taper off."
-Johnny Carson
"Life is pleasant. Death is peaceful. It's the transition that's troublesome."
-Isaac Asimov
"Life is a sexually transmitted disease."
-R. D. Laing
"War is a series of catastrophes that results in a victory."
-Georges Clemenceau
"The belief in a supernatural source of evil is not necessary; men alone are quite capable of every wickedness."
-Joseph Conrad
And some funny ones about reality:
"Reality is merely an illusion, albeit a very persistent one."
-Albert Einstein
"Everything is a dangerous drug except reality, which is unendurable."
-Cyril Connolly
"I believe in looking reality straight in the eye and denying it."
-Garrison Keillor
"The real distinction is between those who adapt their purposes to reality and those who seek to mold reality in the light of their purposes."
-Henry Kissinger
"Realism...has no more to do with reality than anything else."
-Hob Broun
"Reality is nothing but a collective hunch."
-Jane Wagner
"Reality is the leading cause of stress amongst those in touch with it."
-Jane Wagner
"Reality is something you rise above."
-Liza Minnelli
"I've wrestled with reality for 35 years, Doctor, and I'm happy to state I finally won out over it."
-Mary Chase
"Reality is that which, when you stop believing in it, doesn't go away."
-Philip K. Dick
"Humankind cannot stand very much reality."
-T. S. Eliot
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God, I love Full Metal Jacket, and I love the Marine Corp. Hoorah!
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This is what I thought right after I had nearly swung a sledgehammer into my own crotch. In my defense I was carrying a huge bunch of tools when this happened.
This is what I thought right after I had nearly swung a sledgehammer into my own crotch. In my defense I was carrying a huge bunch of tools when this happened.
An ancient proverb summed it up: when a wizard is tired of looking for broken glass in his dinner, it ran, he is tired of life.
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"Very often, the light at the end of the tunnel is a train." Talking head on ABC News.
"Well, I guess we now know what Dick Cheney keeps in that man-sized safe: the Dick from 1994." Jon Stewart after seeing a clip of Dick Cheney in a 1994 interview saying that if we invaded Iraq it would be a quagmire and Iraq would fall apart so violently that there would be pieces everywhere.
"Well, I guess we now know what Dick Cheney keeps in that man-sized safe: the Dick from 1994." Jon Stewart after seeing a clip of Dick Cheney in a 1994 interview saying that if we invaded Iraq it would be a quagmire and Iraq would fall apart so violently that there would be pieces everywhere.
Geology classes in Alabama now mandating alternative "Paul_Bunyan" theory
Worst fund raiser:Walk for paraplegia.
Worst fund raiser:Walk for paraplegia.
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Because in about two weeks, you can cover near about every angle of the debate--- and still convince no one to change their mind (and convince yourself that everyone needs to think like you do).
This thread is entertainment. The human mind's need for entertainment -- and to be entertaining in turn-- never fades, and will remain constant.
(heheh, my hubby's keyboard has a working comma! woot!)
and the moral state of the world at large? Largely unchanged after all this time: why? The whole range of human behavior will always be represented in the general population. Law of averages I'm afraid.
This thread is entertainment. The human mind's need for entertainment -- and to be entertaining in turn-- never fades, and will remain constant.
(heheh, my hubby's keyboard has a working comma! woot!)
and the moral state of the world at large? Largely unchanged after all this time: why? The whole range of human behavior will always be represented in the general population. Law of averages I'm afraid.
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"Baravelli, you've got the brain of a four-year-old boy, and I'll bet he was glad to get rid of it."
--Groucho Marx in Horse Feathers
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If websites were movies, The Website would be all six Star Wars films—starring a wizard named Gandalf and an eclectic orc named Jim—packaged into one unbelievably shiny and attractive box with a fearsome and plaid dinosaur on the front."
--one of my good friends (and co-authors) describing his website (modestly titled "The Website")
"Baravelli, you've got the brain of a four-year-old boy, and I'll bet he was glad to get rid of it."
--Groucho Marx in Horse Feathers
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