Favourite quotes

[Arran]

“For instance, on the planet Earth, man had always assumed that he was more intelligent than dolphins because he had achieved so much—the wheel, New York, wars and so on—whilst all the dolphins had ever done was muck about in the water having a good time. But conversely, the dolphins had always believed that they were far more intelligent than man—for precisely the same reasons.”

- The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy

“Art is a lie that makes us realize truth”

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[AmmarMac]

Quotes

The computer is my favourite invention. I feel lucky to be part of the global village. I don't mean to brag, but I'm so fast with technology. People think it all seems too much, but we'll get used to it. I'm sure it all seemed too much when we were learning to walk.
Yoko ONo

 

[Gutwrench]

"When one tugs at a single thing in nature, he finds it attached to the rest of the world."
--John Muir

I spent a lot of time in Muir Woods. Great place.

'The mind will quit long before the body needs to.'

I don't know who really said it first but having spent a large part of my life training in a sport I first heard it from my college coach. It's really more than a quote but rather a training and performance lifestyle in and out of competition.

 

[determined09]

Every day, in every way, I'm getting better and better" - Emile Coue ~ a French psychologist and pharmacist

The number one reason people fail in life is because they listen to their friends, family, and neighbors. ~Napoleon Hill

Success is...knowing your purpose in life, growing to reach your maximum potential, and sowing seeds that benefit others. ~ John C. Maxwell

Be miserable. Or motivate yourself. Whatever has to be done, it's always your choice. ~Wayne Dyer

You may have to fight a battle more than once to win it. ~Margaret Thatcher

You must expect great things of yourself before you can do them. ~Michael Jordan
he reason most people never reach their goals is that they don't define them, or ever seriously consider them as believable or achievable. Winners can tell you where they are going, what they plan to do along the way, and who will be sharing the adventure with them. ~Denis Watiley

If you want to make a permanent change, stop focusing on the size of your problems and start focusing on the size of you! ~T. Harv Eker

 

[carjakester]

"The production of too many useful things results in too many useless people.”
― Karl Marx

 

[ardchoille50]

"True nobility lies not in being superior to another person, but in being superior to one's pervious self" - unknown

 

[Thomas Veil]

"When a distinguished by elderly scientist says something is possible, he is almost certainly right. If he says it's impossible, he is almost certainly wrong."
"The only way of discovering the limits of the possible is by going beyond them into the impossible."
"Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic."
-- Arthur C. Clarke

"The two most common elements in the universe are hydrogen and stupidity."
-- Harlan Ellison

 

[Siderz]

“Have you ever stopped to consider that what you call shyness might just be ego? Perhaps your anxiety over how others might perceive you is just a coward’s version of vanity” - Tom Pappalardo

 

[Siderz]

"All of us who do creative work, we get into it because we have good taste. But there is this gap. For the first couple years you make stuff, it’s just not that good. It’s trying to be good, it has potential, but it’s not. But your taste, the thing that got you into the game, is still killer. And your taste is why your work disappoints you. A lot of people never get past this phase, they quit. Most people I know who do interesting, creative work went through years of this. We know our work doesn’t have this special thing that we want it to have. We all go through this. And if you are just starting out or you are still in this phase, you gotta know it’s normal and the most important thing you can do is do a lot of work…it is only by going through a volume of work that you will close that gap, and your work will be as good as your ambitions…it’s gonna take awhile…you’ve just gotta fight your way through.” - Ira Glass

“You must lose a fly to catch a trout.” - George Herbert

“Deserve your dream.” - Octavio Paz

“Before you ask why someone hates you, ask yourself why you even care.”

“Creativity is just connecting things. When you ask creative people how they did something, they feel a little guilty because they didn’t really do it, they just saw something. It seemed obvious to them after a while.” - Steve Jobs​

 

[Shrink]

"A tale told by an idiot
full of sound and fury
Signifying nothing."

William Shakespeare

 

[mobilehaathi]

"A tale told by an idiot
full of sound and fury
Signifying nothing."

William Shakespeare

I feel like I've heard this before...

"a tale
Told by an idiot, full of sound and fury,
Signifying nothing.” William Shakespeare - MacBeth

 

[Shrink]

I feel like I've heard this before...

Well, it was either worth repeating...

OR

The dementia is getting worse!

Never mock the afflicted...

 

[davidinva]

"I have made this letter longer than usual, because I lack the time to make it short."
— Blaise Pascal

Didn't know this. My new favorite. Thanks.

 

[JoshuaAmorah]

...One of my favorites

 

[bellasophie]

"Don't try to be natural be natural" by Matt Cutts - Head of Google Webspam Team

 

[mobilehaathi]

I think we ought to read only the kind of books that wound and stab us. If the book we are reading doesn't wake us up with a blow on the head, what are we reading it for?

--Franz Kafka

 

[Shrink]

I think we ought to read only the kind of books that wound and stab us. If the book we are reading doesn't wake us up with a blow on the head, what are we reading it for?

--Franz Kafka

As a favorite of mine, all of whose writings a read many years ago...he administers a mighty blow to the head.

And in such a cheerful, uplifting, and hopeful manner, too!

 

[mobilehaathi]

As a favorite of mine, all of whose writings a read many years ago...he administers a mighty blow to the head.

And in such a cheerful, uplifting, and hopeful manner, too!

Oh yeah, Franz is all rainbows and lollipops.

 

[Siderz]

"You can never cross the ocean until you have the courage to lose sight of the shore.” - Christopher Columbus

"You miss 100% of the shots you don’t take." - Wayne Gretzky

Q: "When a producer asks you the name of your best picture, what do you tell him?"
A: "The next one I am to do for him."
- Marshall Neilan - http://i.imgur.com/5pLN8U7.jpg

 

[chown33]

"Fiat lux." - YHWH

"Oy vey." - YHWH (six days later)

 

[Siderz]

"The only way to do great work is to love what you do.” - Steve Jobs

"1-3 is pronounced the same way and means the same thing as '1, 2, 3”

“You don’t have to be great to start, but you have to start to be great.” - Rig Rogler

"Unnecessary possessions are unnecessary burdens." - Peace Pilgrim

"There are two ways to get enough: one is to continue to accumulate more and more. The other is to desire less." - G.K. Chesterton

 

[Scepticalscribe]

Some of what the Mahatma offered strikes me as worth mulling over.

Siderz has given some of the Mahatma's guiding principles; a few years ago, a journalist I respect wrote about some of the Mahatma's principles, and offered a list of the following 'sins'. I thought it interesting and thought-provoking enough to share:

Gandhi’s seven “sins”, which he described as 'sins which can break the world':

“wealth without work";

"pleasure without conscience";

"knowledge without character';

"commerce without morality";

"science without humility";

"worship without sacrifice";

and "politics without principles”.



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Oh yeah, Franz is all rainbows and lollipops.

Nailed it on the head, exactly. 'Rainbows and lollipops' - I may even borrow this particular quote for that particular gentleman. Love it, love it, love it…it actually makes me giggle….

 

[turtle777]

"What you have just said is one of the most insanely idiotic things I have ever heard.
At no point in your rambling, incoherent response were you even close to anything that could be considered a rational thought.
Everyone in this room is now dumber for having listened to it. I award you no points, and may God have mercy on your soul."

~ The Principal in Billy Madison

-t

 

[Thomas Veil]

"There are three types of persons: the wills, the won'ts, and the can'ts. The wills accomplish everything, the won'ts oppose everything, and the can'ts won't try anything."
-- V.I.N.C.E.N.T.

"There are old pilots and there are bold pilots, but there are very few old, bold pilots."
-- E. Hamilton Lee

"Any landing you can walk away from's a good one."
-- old pilot's adage

"Twitter is stupid, and Instragram is Twitter for people who can't read."
-- Max Black

 

[MattG]

"The only true currency in this bankrupt world is what we share with someone else when we're uncool."