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[Amy-chan]

"The report of my death was an exaggeration."


"If you aren't fired with enthusiasm, you will be fired with enthusiasm."


"Americans detest all lies except lies spoken in public or printed lies."


"That's the secret to life... replace one worry with another...."

[Strangelove]

It would be spiteful, to put a Jellyfish in a trifle

-Karl Pilkington

[Amy-chan]

"Most people ignore most poetry because most poetry ignores most people."


"It is fun to be in the same decade with you."


"...when you have eliminated the impossible, whatever remains, however improbable, must be the truth."


"The only time people dislike gossip is when you gossip about them."

[Fyuria'sLeo]

"Acceptance without proof is the fundamental characteristic of Western religion, rejection without proof is the fundamental characteristic of Western science."


"A man is rich in proportion to the number of things he can afford to let alone."


"If one sticks too rigidly to one's principles, one would hardly see anybody."


"A lot of people mistake a short memory for a clear conscience."

[Amy-chan]

"We hang the petty thieves and appoint the great ones to public office."


"The only reason some people get lost in thought is because it's unfamiliar territory."


"Boys will be boys, and so will a lot of middle-aged men."


"I am just going outside and may be some time."

[Fyuria'sLeo]

"A truly great book should be read in youth, again in maturity and once more in old age, as a fine building should be seen by morning light, at noon and by moonlight."


"Frisbeetarianism is the belief that when you die, your soul goes up on the roof and gets stuck."


"Disobedience, in the eyes of anyone who has read history, is man's original virtue. It is through disobedience and rebellion that progress has been made."


"Egotism is the anesthetic that dulls the pain of stupidity."

[Shadow Wolf]

Hmmm...

"A fool flatters himself, a wise man flatters the fool."

"In the end, all that matters... is Love."

Edited by Shadow Wolf, 20 June 2012 - 03:33 PM.

[Fyuria'sLeo]

"Anyone who goes to a psychiatrist ought to have his head examined."


"Look wise, say nothing, and grunt. Speech was given to conceal thought."


"Happiness isn't something you experience; it's something you remember."


"I can forgive Alfred Nobel for having invented dynamite, but only a fiend in human form could have invented the Nobel Prize."

[Burning_Wulf]

"Its easier to act stupid, than pretending to be smart."

"I'm a leaf on the wind...watch how I soar."

[Amy-chan]

"No one goes there nowadays, it's too crowded."


"Turn the world over on its side and everything loose will land in Los Angeles."


"A book of quotations . . . can never be complete."


"A little inaccuracy sometimes saves tons of explanation."

[Fyuria'sLeo]

"USA Today has come out with a new survey - apparently, three out of every four people make up 75% of the population."


"A joke's a very serious thing."


"The trouble with being punctual is that nobody's there to appreciate it."


"More than any other time in history, mankind faces a crossroads. One path leads to despair and utter hopelessness. The other, to total extinction. Let us pray we have the wisdom to choose correctly."

[joeguam047]

Our life is made by the death of othes - Leonardo DaVinci

[jworks]

I'm not seeing any credits for the quotes people are posting. It would be helpful to indicate if you know where or who the quote from. It can add context which can enrich the implications of the quote and people can look up the author if they like a quote to see more.

"All our knowledge has its origins in our perceptions." - Leonardo Da Vinci

"Anyone who conducts an argument by appealing to authority is not using his intelligence; he is just using his memory." - Leonardo Da Vinci

"Everybody experiences far more than he understands. Yet it is experience, rather than understanding, that influences behavior." - Marshall McLuhan

[Toasty Warrior]

"Don't just sit there and waste your precious time. When you want to do something, do it right away. Do it when you can. It's the only way to live a life without regrets." - Sonic The Hedgehog

[Fyuria'sLeo]

"A kleptomaniac is a person who helps himself because he can't help himself." - Henry Morgan


"There is a great deal of difference between an eager man who wants to read a book and the tired man who wants a book to read." - G. K. Chesterton


"It is said that power corrupts, but actually it's more true that power attracts the corruptible. The sane are usually attracted by other things than power." - David Brin


"Many would be cowards if they had courage enough." - Thomas Fuller

[Nee-sama]

"Pucker up, Legolas." -Ironman to Hawkeye just before he flys him to the top of the Stark tower.

[Strangelove]

"You know, deleting Caroline just now taught me a valuable lesson, the best solution to a problem is usually the easiest one."

-GLaDOS

[Fyuria'sLeo]

"The easiest way for your children to learn about money is for you not to have any." - Katharine Whitehorn


"A wise man can see more from the bottom of a well than a fool can from a mountain top." - Unknown


"There are 10^11 stars in the galaxy. That used to be a huge number. But it's only a hundred billion. It's less than the national deficit! We used to call them astronomical numbers. Now we should call them economical numbers." - Richard Feynman


"Grown-ups never understand anything for themselves, and it is tiresome for children to be always and forever explaining things to them." - Antoine de Saint-Exupery

[Amy-chan]

"The enemy is anybody who's going to get you killed, no matter which side he's on." - Joseph Heller


"Everything happens to everybody sooner or later if there is time enough." - George Bernard Shaw


"Those who dream by day are cognizant of many things which escape those who dream only by night." - Edgar Allan Poe


"I like an escalator because an escalator can never break, it can only become stairs. There would never be an escalator temporarily out of order sign, only an escalator temporarily stairs. Sorry for the convenience." - Mitch Hedberg

[Strangelove]

This coming election, don't vote. You won't make any change in your life if you do, except having to go to Jury Duty in one to two years.

-I did, I wrote that. Strangelove did.