corruptisima re publica plurimae leges
(In the most corrupt state are the most laws)
- Terence
(In the most corrupt state are the most laws)
- Terence
What are your favourite non-biblical quotes?
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I collect quotes... see http://www.udmercy.edu/crna/agm/quotes.htm Lots are about anesthesia (I'm a CRNA), but many are about life. I also collect Yogi Berra-isms
e.g. Never miss a good opportunity to shut up. Robert Gates
e.g. Never miss a good opportunity to shut up. Robert Gates
"Nobody loves me but my mother...
...and she may be jivin' too."
B.B. King and Lucille
...and she may be jivin' too."
B.B. King and Lucille
"Driver picks the music and shotgun shuts his cakehole" - Supernatural
"Said that she did"-Yoda Meme
"I've eaten a river of liver and an ocean of fish! I've eaten so much fish, I'm ready to grow gills! I've eaten so much liver, I can only make love if I'm smothered in bacon and onions!" - Alan Alda as Hawkeye in M*A*S*H.
“When religion and politics travel in the same cart, the riders believe nothing can stand in their way. Their movements become headlong - faster and faster and faster. They put aside all thoughts of obstacles and forget the precipice does not show itself to the man in a blind rush until it's too late.” ― Frank Herbert
"Wish in one hand and crap in the other. See which one gets filled first" - Grandpa Guffason in Grumpy Old Men
"Human beings can always be relied upon to exert, with vigor, their God-given right to be stupid".- Dean Koontz
"We make up horrors to help us cope with the real ones." Stephen King
“People are stupid. They will believe a lie because they want to believe it's true, or because they are afraid it might be true.” ― Terry Goodkind, Wizard's First Rule
"Sic Vis Pacem Para Bellum (If you want Peace, prepare for war)" - The Punisher
"I'll stop there... there are many quotes that I like.
"Said that she did"-Yoda Meme
"I've eaten a river of liver and an ocean of fish! I've eaten so much fish, I'm ready to grow gills! I've eaten so much liver, I can only make love if I'm smothered in bacon and onions!" - Alan Alda as Hawkeye in M*A*S*H.
“When religion and politics travel in the same cart, the riders believe nothing can stand in their way. Their movements become headlong - faster and faster and faster. They put aside all thoughts of obstacles and forget the precipice does not show itself to the man in a blind rush until it's too late.” ― Frank Herbert
"Wish in one hand and crap in the other. See which one gets filled first" - Grandpa Guffason in Grumpy Old Men
"Human beings can always be relied upon to exert, with vigor, their God-given right to be stupid".- Dean Koontz
"We make up horrors to help us cope with the real ones." Stephen King
“People are stupid. They will believe a lie because they want to believe it's true, or because they are afraid it might be true.” ― Terry Goodkind, Wizard's First Rule
"Sic Vis Pacem Para Bellum (If you want Peace, prepare for war)" - The Punisher
"I'll stop there... there are many quotes that I like.
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That will feel better when it stops hurting
My favorite quote:
"Blessed is the man who, having nothing to say, abstains from giving us wordy evidence of the fact. - George Elliot
Can't believe no one has mentioned Will Rogers:
"I don't make jokes. I just watch the government and report the facts."
Matt
"Blessed is the man who, having nothing to say, abstains from giving us wordy evidence of the fact. - George Elliot
Can't believe no one has mentioned Will Rogers:
"I don't make jokes. I just watch the government and report the facts."
Matt
There's always money in the banana stand - George Bluth
Decades ago I read as much Junichiro Tanizaki as I could find and I have always remembered the proverb that inspired his book "Some Prefer Nettles".
"Every worm to his taste. Some prefer to eat nettles. "
I know a nettle eater or two.
"Every worm to his taste. Some prefer to eat nettles. "
I know a nettle eater or two.
"Stupid is as stupid does" Forrest Gump's Mama
By Terry Pratchett:
Inside every old person is a young person wondering what happened - Moving Pictures
- "What is it that a man may call the greatest things in life?"
- "Hot water, good dentishtry and shoft lavatory paper."
- Cohen the Barbarian, The Light Fantastic
Getting an education was a bit like a communicable disease. It made you unsuitable for a lot of jobs and then you had the urge to pass it on. - Hogfather
'Aye, Daft Wullie, ye are right in whut ye say. It was unricht o' me to say that. It was the heat o' the moment, an' I am full sorry for it. As I stand here before ye now, I will say: Daft Wullie, ye DO hae the brains o' a beetle, an' I'll fight any scunner who says different! - Rob Anybody, A Hat Full of Sky.
Inside every old person is a young person wondering what happened - Moving Pictures
- "What is it that a man may call the greatest things in life?"
- "Hot water, good dentishtry and shoft lavatory paper."
- Cohen the Barbarian, The Light Fantastic
Getting an education was a bit like a communicable disease. It made you unsuitable for a lot of jobs and then you had the urge to pass it on. - Hogfather
'Aye, Daft Wullie, ye are right in whut ye say. It was unricht o' me to say that. It was the heat o' the moment, an' I am full sorry for it. As I stand here before ye now, I will say: Daft Wullie, ye DO hae the brains o' a beetle, an' I'll fight any scunner who says different! - Rob Anybody, A Hat Full of Sky.
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Quotes that get used at least once a month, if not weekly
Romanes Eunt Domus.
Yes, we're all individuals!
-You're all different.
Yes, we are all different!
(I'm not)
I *warned* you, but did you listen to me? Oh, no, you *knew*, didn't you? Oh, it's just a harmless little *bunny*, isn't it?
It's certainly uncontaminated by cheese.
E's kicked the bucket, 'e's shuffled off 'is mortal coil, run down the curtain and joined the bleedin' choir invisible!!
A wafer thin mint.
Dinsdale
you can't expect to wield supreme executive power just because some watery tart threw a sword at you.
One day lad, all this will be yours.
We are three wise men.
- Well, what are you doing creeping around a cow shed at two o'clock in the morning? That doesn't sound very wise to me.
Romanes Eunt Domus.
Yes, we're all individuals!
-You're all different.
Yes, we are all different!
(I'm not)
I *warned* you, but did you listen to me? Oh, no, you *knew*, didn't you? Oh, it's just a harmless little *bunny*, isn't it?
It's certainly uncontaminated by cheese.
E's kicked the bucket, 'e's shuffled off 'is mortal coil, run down the curtain and joined the bleedin' choir invisible!!
A wafer thin mint.
Dinsdale
you can't expect to wield supreme executive power just because some watery tart threw a sword at you.
One day lad, all this will be yours.
We are three wise men.
- Well, what are you doing creeping around a cow shed at two o'clock in the morning? That doesn't sound very wise to me.
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“A human being should be able to change a diaper, plan an invasion, butcher a hog, conn a ship, design a building, write a sonnet, balance accounts, build a wall, set a bone, comfort the dying, take orders, give orders, cooperate, act alone, solve equations, analyze a new problem, pitch manure, program a computer, cook a tasty meal, fight efficiently, die gallantly. Specialization is for insects.”
― Robert A. Heinlein
“Progress isn't made by early risers. It's made by lazy men trying to find easier ways to do something.”
― Robert A. Heinlein
― Robert A. Heinlein
“Progress isn't made by early risers. It's made by lazy men trying to find easier ways to do something.”
― Robert A. Heinlein
"Do I believe in free will? Of course; I have no choice."
--Isaac Bashevis Singer
--Isaac Bashevis Singer
"I disapprove of what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it"
- Evelyn Beatruce Hall on Voltaire
- Evelyn Beatruce Hall on Voltaire
I think about this quote when wearing a suit, "To score a ten would be just fine but I’d rather be dressed to the nines".
“The fundamental cause of the trouble is that in the modern world the stupid are cocksure while the intelligent are full of doubt.”
― Bertrand Russell
― Bertrand Russell
Faster, faster, until the thrill of speed overcomes the fear of death. - Hunter S. Thompson
You can learn a line from a win and a book from a defeat. - Paul Brown
Ka is a wheel. - Roland Deschain
You can learn a line from a win and a book from a defeat. - Paul Brown
Ka is a wheel. - Roland Deschain
Do you know the date of this quote? I wonder if he got that from Yeats or Yeats got it from him. Here's what Yeats wrote in The Second Coming and it was published in The Dial in 1920:
"The best lack all conviction while the worst
are full of passionate intensity."