Made into a very good song by Melody Sheep. You can find it on YouTube.
Two of my favourites from the same man.
"Fashion is a form of ugliness so intolerable that we have to alter it every six months."
"I am not young enough to know everything."
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Two of my favourites from the same man.
"Fashion is a form of ugliness so intolerable that we have to alter it every six months."
"I am not young enough to know everything."
Brilliant.
Having just reread my own post, it looks like I might be suggesting that my two quotes are from Carl Sagan!
“Hard work beats talent when talent doesn’t work hard” - Tim Notke
That one always stuck with me throughout my artistic career.
Oh, and the immortal:
"Guns don't kill people, rappers do" - Goldy Looking Chain
That one always stuck with me throughout my artistic career.
Oh, and the immortal:
"Guns don't kill people, rappers do" - Goldy Looking Chain
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Sorry if it has been posted already.
"Arguing with an idiot is like playing chess with a pigeon. It'll just knock over all the pieces, Crap* on the board, and strut about like it's won anyway." - Anonymous
(*Changed for swear filter)
And my own one -" Don't worry about stuff until it happens"
(*Changed for swear filter)
And my own one -" Don't worry about stuff until it happens"
Written on a mug that I bought for my brother;
"Black with two Anadin please".
"Black with two Anadin please".
Bob Lighthouse
Banned
Feynman is great, his cargo cult talk is a classic.
Which brings to mind this gem:
“If someone doesn't value evidence, what evidence are you going to provide to prove that they should value it? If someone doesn’t value logic, what logical argument could you provide to show the importance of logic?”
― Sam Harris
Bob Lighthouse
Banned
“He fights his battles with the same weapon as that with which Samson smote the Philistines—the jawbone of an .”
St. James’s Magazine
"My father used to say: 'The first time someone calls you a horse you punch him on the nose, the second time someone calls you a horse you call him a jerk but the third time someone calls you a horse, well then perhaps it's time to go shopping for a saddle.'"
The Rabbi
St. James’s Magazine
"My father used to say: 'The first time someone calls you a horse you punch him on the nose, the second time someone calls you a horse you call him a jerk but the third time someone calls you a horse, well then perhaps it's time to go shopping for a saddle.'"
The Rabbi
"The difference between a coward and a hero is a coward is unable to set his fear aside and use it as a source of strength. Cowards should not be punished, but rather, pitied because of what they must think of themselves. And no one knows until the sticking point who will be a hero and who will be a coward. Combat/crisis is the only yardstick to determine such."
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“I have an apple that thinks its a pear. And a bun that thinks it’s a cat. And a lettuce that thinks its a lettuce."
"It’s a clever lettuce, then."
"Hardly," she said with a delicate snort. "Why would anything clever think it’s a lettuce?"
"Even if it is a lettuce?" I asked.
"Especially then," she said. "Bad enough to be a lettuce. How awful to think you are a lettuce too.”
Auri, The Wise Man's Fear, Patrick Rothfuss
“Call a jack a jack. Call a spade a spade. But always call a * a lady. Their lives are hard enough, and it never hurts to be polite.”
Arliden, The Name of the Wind, Patrick Rothfuss
Am I being clear enough? If you like fantasy or literature, go read this man's books. Will post more if you need convincing.
Dang filters. * is the technically accurate name for a "lady of the night".
"It’s a clever lettuce, then."
"Hardly," she said with a delicate snort. "Why would anything clever think it’s a lettuce?"
"Even if it is a lettuce?" I asked.
"Especially then," she said. "Bad enough to be a lettuce. How awful to think you are a lettuce too.”
Auri, The Wise Man's Fear, Patrick Rothfuss
“Call a jack a jack. Call a spade a spade. But always call a * a lady. Their lives are hard enough, and it never hurts to be polite.”
Arliden, The Name of the Wind, Patrick Rothfuss
Am I being clear enough? If you like fantasy or literature, go read this man's books. Will post more if you need convincing.
Dang filters. * is the technically accurate name for a "lady of the night".
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"All are mere words, of what use are they to you? You are entangled in the web of verbal definitions and formulations. Go beyond your concepts and ideas: in the silence of desire and thought the truth is found."
- Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj from "I Am That" page 295
- Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj from "I Am That" page 295