Quotes

[Fetzenfisch]

The cruelty of most people is lack of imagination, their brutality is ignorance.

For four years there have been whole squaremiles of land, were murder was obligatory, while half an hour away it was strictly prohibited. Did i say Murder? Of course. Soldiers are murderers.

SAM: Max, in America, it's customary to drive on the right.
MAX: It's turning into a damn police state, Sam!

 

[4nthr4x]

"The early bird might get the worm, but the second mouse gets the cheese"

my motto

 

[SsilverR]

"History is written by the winner"

 

[Outright Villainy]

Life's but a walking shadow, a poor player
That struts and frets his hour upon the stage
And then is heard no more: it is a tale
Told by an idiot, full of sound and fury,
Signifying nothing.

That bit really got to me when I read that play...

 

[TheKagestar]

"The size and age of the Cosmos are beyond ordinary human understanding. Lost somewhere between immensity and eternity is our tiny planetary home. In a cosmic perspective, most human concerns seem insignificant, even petty. And yet our species is young and curious and brave and shows much promise. In the last few millennia we have made the most astonishing and unexpected discoveries about the Cosmos and our place within it, explorations that are exhilarating to consider. They remind us that humans have evolved to wonder, that understanding is a joy, that knowledge is prerequisite to survival. I believe our future depends powerfully on how well we understand this Cosmos in which we float like a mote of dust in the morning sky."

~ Carl Sagan; Cosmos.

 

[Stein Inge]

Great thread!
Here are some of my favorites. Some profound. Some not so:

"A man is a success if he gets up in the morning and gets to bed at night, and in between he does what he wants to do." - Bob Dylan

"All I can do is to be me. Whoever that is" - Bob Dylan

"Its always funny until someone gets hurt. Then it´s just hilarious." - Bill Hicks

"It's just a ride and we can change it any time we want. It's only a choice. No effort, no work, no job, no savings and money, a choice, right now, between fear and love. The eyes of fear want you to put bigger locks on your door, buy guns, close yourself off. The eyes of love instead see all of us as one.? - Bill Hicks

?You believe the world's 12 thousand years old? "That's right." Okay I got one word to ask you, a one word question, ready? "Uh huh." Dinosaurs. You know the world's 12 thousand years old and dinosaurs existed, they existed in that time, you'd think it would have been mentioned in the fucking Bible at some point. "And lo Jesus and the disciples walked to Nazareth. But the trail was blocked by a giant brontosaurus...with a splinter in his paw. And O the disciples did run a shriekin': 'What a big fucking lizard, Lord!' But Jesus was unafraid and he took the splinter from the brontosaurus's paw and the big lizard became his friend.? - Bill Hicks

"I´d rather have a bolttle in front of me than a frontal lobotomy" - Tom Waits

?Champagne for my real friends and real pain for my sham friends.? - Tom Waits

?I'm so horny the crack of dawn better watch out.? - Tom Waits

 

[Shoqiyqa]

Hrrrmmm ...

One from The Crow for all the tabloid front pages this year:

Some dude. Some *****. So what?

Really, if your story boils down to "woman has had sex with men" or "woman wears bikini at beach" it's not a story.

As for deep, I give you

Spoiler: Chris Rock on war and party politics

Chris Rock on war and party politics:

The whole country's got a *****d-up gang mentality. Republicans are ******g idiots and Democrats are ******g idiots and conservatives are idiots and liberals are idiots. Anyone who makes up their mind before they hear the issue is a fool. Everyone's so busy wantin' to be down with the gang: 'I'm a conservative;' 'I'm a liberal;' 'I'm a conservative.' It's BULLSHIT. BE A PERSON!

... and the more topical but still enduringly relevant

Spoiler: John le Carre

John le Carre [http://news.bbc.co.uk/today/hi/today/newsid_8978000/8978744.stm]

We considered we had some kind of moral duty exactly as a journalist does to speak truth to power. What we've seen in the last years, tragically to my mind, has been an over-politicisation of intelligence, which is actually what led to the justification, supposedly, of the Iraq War, and that was a tragedy.

...

I personally believe as I think very many otherwise sensible people believe that the whole anti-terror threat has been terribly useful to politicians. It's been a way of manipulating us. It's been a way of giving police excessive powers which they then misuse. ... Now it seems that we have lost our nerve somewhat, with the encouragement of the government.

...

I absolutely believe we are guilty of {over-demonising our opponents}. ... The United States has an enormous standing army. The United States is not Switzerland. It cannot be a peace-time army. Therefore our main ally is one that is always looking to turn over its military, give people battle experience. They MUST have a war running. You cannot have a huge peace-time military, run from the Pentagon, which is not engaged in any front line. Secondly the creation of an enemy. If you haven't got him to begin with you go on raising the rhetoric; you'll get him by the end. I believe that we've done a huge amount of bad work in creating the Islamist threat by exaggerating the rhetoric from the start.

 

[Samwise137]

"Men sleep peacefully in their beds at night because the Batman stands ready to do violence on their behalf." -George Orwell

 

[Queen Michael]

"Give a man a fire and he's warm for one day, set a man on fire and he's warm for the rest of his life." -Terry Pratchett

 

[Sronpop]

'Billy Corgan - Smashing Pumpkins' 'Homer Simpson - Glad to meet you' Love that quote

The entire script of Fear And Loathing In Las Vegas. Ever. Single. Line.

And one that I am highly considering getting tattooed on my arm. 'A slave obeys, a man chooses' by guess who

 

[Hybridwolf]

October. This is one of the peculiarly dangerous months to speculate in stocks in. The others are July, January, September, April, November, May, March, June, December, August, and February.

Mark Twain

I can calculate the motions of heavenly bodies but not the madness of men.

Issac Newton

There is no 'overkill'. There is only 'open fire' and 'I need to reload'

Have a guess.

 

[DangerFish]

liberty prime is online
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=298Cw3_qGwE

also"I've had it with your disingenuous accusations"

 

[MetalDooley]

"Be excellent to each other"
"Party on dudes"

- Bill S.Preston Esq and Ted Theodore Logan

 

[Duskwaith]

Napoleon: Courage Quotations
He who fears being conquered is sure of defeat.

Japanese Proverb: Courage Quote
Fall seven times; stand up eight.

Larry Csonka: Courage Quotes
Any time you try to win everything, you must be willing to lose everything.

Gandhi: Famous Quotes on Courage
There would be nothing to frighten you if you refused to be afraid.

Robert C. Savage: Famous Quotes: Courage
You can measure a man by the opposition it takes to discourage him.

Confucius: Quotations about Courage
To know what is right and not do it is the worst cowardice.

Lucius Annaeus Seneca: Quotations on Courage
Sometimes even to live is an act of courage.

Andrew Jackson: Quotations: Courage
One man with courage makes a majority

John Berryman: Quote on Courage
We must travel in the direction of our fear.

Abraham Lincoln: Quote: Courage
It often requires more courage to dare to do right than to fear to do wrong.

Elmer Davis: Quotes about Bravery
The first and great commandment is: Don't let them scare you.

Albert Einstein: Quotes on Sacrifice
Only a life lived for others is worth living.

John Wooden: Quotes: Sacrifice
You can't live a perfect day without doing something for someone who will never be able
to repay you.

Nelson Henderson: Sacrifice Quotes
The true meaning of life is to plant trees, under whose shade you do not expect to sit

Just a list of awesome quotes i made.

 

[Sjakie]

"The bigger they are, the harder they will kick your ass." - Dr. Gregory House

"Two working hands do more good in the whole world then a hundred pair locked in prayer." - (forgot)

"It's called The American dream, because you have to be asleep to believe it." - George Carlin [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=acLW1vFO-2Q]

"i'm going to become rich and famous after i invent a device that allows you to stab people in the face over the internet" - someone on IRC

"I'm not saying there should be a capital punishment for stupidity, but why don't we just take the safety labels off of everything and let the problem solve itself?"

 

[Queen Michael]

"Praying is like masturbating: It might not be good for anything, but at least it makes you feel better while you do it. Just please don't feel the need to tell me I'm in your thoughts when you do it, because it always makes you sound creepy!" -Me

 

[Anarchemitis]

"I would rather break my leg and laugh, than trip and seek revenge on its behalf."

 

[Thedayrecker]

My main thing which I live by is my belief that guys look fucking stupid in cardigans. I know a lot of guys (I believe it's the current fashion) who wear these women's jumpers and they look so ridiculous it actually makes me angry. Women wear cardigans, men wear sweaters/hoodies, that's just how it should be. So I believe I'll get through life just fine so long as I never wear a bloody cardigan

Quotes from films/TV which I just love/live by:
"I'm a mushroom cloud-laying ************, ************!" - Pulp Fiction
"Do or do not, there is no try" - Yoda, The Empire Strikes Back
"So say we all" - Admiral William Adama, Battlestar Galactica
"The needs of the many outweigh the needs of the few... or the one" - Spock, The Wrath Of Khan

Pretty much anything, said by Samuel L. Jackson, in this movie.

Also: "I am he, as you are he, as you are me, and we are all together" -John Lennon, "I am the Walrus" (because he was on acid when he wrote it)

 

[Jazzyjazz2323]

"If a man dedicates his life to good deeds and the welfare of others,he will die unthanked and unremembered. If he exercises his genius bringing misery and death to billions, his name will echo down through the ages for lifetime to come.Infamy is always more preferable to ignominy."-Fabius Bile

 

[Dango]

I love these two Star Wars quotes:

"You can't win, Darth. If you strike me down, I shall become more powerful than you could possibly imagine."
-Obi-Wan

"Don't be too proud of this technological terror you've constructed; the ability to destroy a planet is insignificant next to the power of the Force."
-Darth Vader

I just love the symbolic meaning behind both of them.