Please Share one of your Favourite Quotations (page 3)

slimboyfat

Sorry, may I be permitted a few?

When you have exhausted all the possibilities, remember this: you haven't - Thomas Edison

The man who is not dead still has a chance - Lebanese proverb

We are on earth to do good to others. What others are for, I don't know - W H Auden

God doesn't exist, the bastard - Jean Paul Sartre

There are no facts, only interpretations - Nietzsche

I am not simply the one who say 'I' - Derrida

I am the one who knocks, I am the danger - Walter White

I am large, I contain multitudes - Walt Whitman (the other WW)

transhuman68

Nobody can give you equality or justice or anything. If you're a man, you take it.
-Malcolm X

I always liked this saying. Sort of like... who dares wins...

ablebodiedman

All truth passes through three stages.

First, it is ridiculed.

Second, it is violently opposed.

Third, it is accepted as being self-evident.

Arthur Schopenhauer

ablebodiedman

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The early worm, gets eaten by the bird

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cantleave

"And I am not frightened of dying. Any time will do, I don't mind. Why should I be frightened of dying? There's no reason for it – you've got to go some time".

— Gerry O'Driscoll, Abbey Road Studios janitorial "browncoat" overlaid on The great Gig in the Sky

ablebodied man I am not so fond of that quotation because all manner of crackpots tend to use it to justify all sorts of nonsense on the basis that someday it will become accepted truth. Such nitwittery almost elevates ridicule to a proof of veracity. However some ideas are so stupid that they simply languish at stage one forever, and rightly so.

life is to short

When you have compassion for evil, it shows disdain for the innocent. Dr. Laura

The fly in the vinegar was happy until he got out and tasted honey.

It easier to fool people then to convince them that they have been fooled. Mark Twain

A man with experience is not at the mercy of a man with an an opinion.

Unthinking respect for authority is the greatest enemy of the truth. Albert Einstein

cofty

Some great thoughts already. Thanks for your contributions.

It wasn't my intention to debate the merits of other's musings here.

I think the words we find inspiring reveals something about us.

Splash

The worst phrase I often hear roll off peoples tongues is
"Where there's smoke there's fire".

I despise this phrase. With this you can start a rumour then give it credence all at the same time.

It is the phrase of a small minded person.

Splash.

slimboyfat

My dad always says to fight fire with fire. I guess that's why he lost his job at the fire department.

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