Quotable quotes

[justhangn]

"Natural abilities are like natural plants; they need pruning by study."
- Francis Bacon

"If there be time to expose through discussion the falsehood and the fallacies, to avert the evil by the processes of education, the remedy to be applied is more speech, not enforced silence."
- Louis Brandeis

"I arise in the morning torn between a desire to improve (or save) the world and a desire to enjoy (or savor) the world. This makes it hard to plan the day."
- E. B. White

"The happy people are those who are producing something; the bored people are those who are consuming much and producing nothing."
- William Ralph Inge

 

[Kyle]

Originally posted by justhangn
... "I arise in the morning torn between a desire to improve (or save) the world and a desire to enjoy (or savor) the world. This makes it hard to plan the day."
- E. B. White ...[/i]

Hmmm... Shouldn't "Savor the chaos" be in there too?

 

[justhangn]

Re: Re: Quotable quotes

Originally posted by Kyle
Hmmm... Shouldn't "Savor the chaos" be in there too?

Yeah, I do love the smell of cordite in the morning.

 

[Foxhound]

“Live a good life. If there are gods and they are just, then they will not care how devout you have been, but will welcome you based on the virtues you have lived by. If there are gods, but unjust, then you should not want to worship them. If there are no gods, then you will be gone, but will have lived a noble life that will live on in the memories of your loved ones.”

― Marcus Aurelius, Meditations

 

[AnthonyJames]

“Live a good life. If there are gods and they are just, then they will not care how devout you have been, but will welcome you based on the virtues you have lived by. If there are gods, but unjust, then you should not want to worship them. If there are no gods, then you will be gone, but will have lived a noble life that will live on in the memories of your loved ones.”

― Marcus Aurelius, Meditations

Thanks Spaniard!

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[Foxhound]

“One of the great tragedies of mankind is that morality has been hijacked by religion. So now people assume that religion and morality have a necessary connection. But the basis of morality is really very simple and doesn't require religion at all.”
― Arthur C. Clarke

 

[gary_webb]

“In ancient times cats were worshipped as gods; they have not forgotten this.”
― Terry Pratchett

 

[mamatutu]

“In ancient times cats were worshipped as gods; they have not forgotten this.”
― Terry Pratchett

That is one of the best quotes of all time!

 

[DEEKAYPEE8569]

"Shoot me again" "I love the smell of burnt feathers!" - Daffy Duck

 

[ftcret]

"Bite me" - someone in the Donner Party

 

[NTNG]

" Can we just snuggle instead ?" said no man.

Ever.