Favourite Quotes

[Havelock Vetenari]

“My books are water; those of the great geniuses are wine. Everybody drinks water.”

“What is the difference between a taxidermist and a tax collector? The taxidermist takes only your skin.”

Mark Twain

 

[arf777]

More Karl -
"The development of civilization and industry in general has always shown itself so active in the destruction of forests that everything that has been done for their conservation and production is completely insignificant in comparison." (Capital)

Just one of many quotes where he predicted (in places in great detail) the environmental crisis. And

"Social progress can be measured by the social position of the female sex." (Grundrisse)

 

[Crohnie]

"Politicians and diapers must be changed often, and for the same reason."

Mark Twain

 

[DDave]

 

[grokit]

"I am an old woman, named after my mother...
my old man is another... child who's grown old."


~ John Prine (not an old woman)

 

[basement farmer]

"Praise the darkness and creation unfinished."

"Why didn't God make a perfect world? He made it imperfect so we'd have something to do. Thank heavens the world isn't perfect because that gives each of us the chance to give our existence meaning."

 

[Crohnie]

"The word 'NO' is the most powerful aphrodisiac known to humanity."

 

[Nooky72]

 

[Crohnie]

"The Bible is full of interest.
It has noble poetry in it;
and some clever fables;
and some blood-drenched history;
and some good morals;
and a wealth of obscenity;
and upwards of a thousand lies."


Mark Twain

 

[Nooky72]

 

[Crohnie]

"I must not fear. Fear is the mind-killer. Fear is the little-death that brings total obliteration. I will face my fear. I will permit it to pass over me and through me. And when it has gone past I will turn the inner eye to see its path. Where the fear has gone, there will be nothing...only I will remain."


Dune

 

[Paperback Writer]

“In the beginner’s mind there are many possibilities, but in the expert’s there are few”
― Shunryu Suzuki, Zen Mind, Beginner's Mind: Informal Talks on Zen Meditation and Practice

 

[t-dub]

“Every normal man must be tempted, at times, to spit on his hands, hoist the black flag, and begin slitting throats.”

― H.L. Mencken, Prejudices: First Series

 

[Crohnie]

"A person needs new experiences. They jar something deep inside, allowing him to grow. Without change, something sleeps inside us and seldom awakens.
The sleeper must awaken."

Frank Herbert, DUNE

 

[Crohnie]

"I would not kill my enemies, but I will make them get down on their knees. I will, I can, I must."


Maria Callas

 

[Gangee]

Happiness consists in realizing it is all a great strange dream. - Jack Kerouac

"I shoulda stood in bed." - Joe Jacobs

I was reminded of the Kerouac quote in a book I just read and the Joe Jacobs quote is one of my favorites. I never realized how nicely they go together.

Nice,

 

[Crohnie]

"Touch me! Touch me or I'll find someone who will!"

The Legend of Hell House, 1973

 

[Radio]

The Edge... there is no honest way to explain it because the only people who really know where it is are the ones who have gone over.

-Dr. Hunter S. Thompson

 

[DDave]

You can't be a real country unless you have a beer and an airline. It helps if you have some kind of a football team, or some nuclear weapons, but at the very least you need a beer.
-Frank Zappa

 

[FlyingLow]

Quick- Somebody grab my legs!

-Anonymous, at a kegger

 

[Crohnie]

"The day I need a friend like you, I'll have myself a little squat and shit one out."


The Mist (2007)

 

[EveryDayAmnesiac]

 

[DDave]

Up to now, the only person I strove to be better than, was myself!

Elizabeth, it seems, has just raised the bar!!!!!


“I’m here. I love you. I don’t care if you need to stay up crying all night long, I will stay with you. There’s nothing you can ever do to lose my love. I will protect you until you die, and after your death I will still protect you. I am stronger than Depression and I am braver than Loneliness and nothing will ever exhaust me.”
― Elizabeth Gilbert, Eat, Pray, Love

 

[Crohnie]

"So sober. So weak."


Bender, Futurama

 

[DDave]