Deep quotes you heard or made up?

[ShanoirII]

Better the hard truth, I say, than the comforting fantasy.
And in the final tolling, it often turns out that the facts were more comforting than the fantasy.

-Carl Sagan

 

[rockymountaindog]

'Cause I don't know what to do
It's not like I get to choose
Who I love

-girl in red

 

[Melony]

I'll invent a quote: "What is often understood to be one's values and beliefs is commonly a blind imitation of the values and beliefs of one's tribe."

 

[dartel]

"Lead follow or get out of the way."
"Ok, I'll lead."
"That's not an option! Your options are to follow or get out of the way."

 

[dartel]

"To say that the universe works in mysterious ways is to admit one's ignorance, for any mystery can be solved through the application of knowledge and unrelenting effort."

 

[HugDoggy]

"Lead follow or get out of the way."
"Ok, I'll lead."
"That's not an option! Your options are to follow or get out of the way."

But good leaders are hard to find, that's why I follow myself.

 

[YIMBY]

But good leaders are hard to find, that's why I follow myself.

Chasing your own tail?

 

[dartel]

"How come the uglier something looks the more of them there are?"

 

[nekdoneco123]

"God is dead. Embrace the suck."

 

[ShanoirII]

It is better to keep your mouth closed and have everyone think you are a fool
than to open your mouth and remove all doubt.

-Abraham Lincoln

 

[Ted Danson Machine]

"The industrial revolution to me is just like a story i know called the puppy who lost his way. The world was changing, and the puppy was getting bigger...So you see, the puppy was like industry, in that they were both lost in the woods and nobody, especially the little boy, "society", knew where to find them. Except that the puppy was a dog, but the industry my friends, that was a revolution. Knibb High football rules!"

-A manchild named Billy

 

[dartel]

"No offense intended, but why would you be stupid enough to care what people think?"

 

[dartel]

"What does better than mean to those of us who have passed beyond notions of good and evil?"

 

[Ted Danson Machine]

"Sweep the leg Johnny! Sweep the leg."

 

[humananimal]

It is better to keep your mouth closed and have everyone think you are a fool
than to open your mouth and remove all doubt.

-Abraham Lincoln

Or in Proverbs 17:28
“Even a fool, when he holdeth his peace, is counted wise: and he that shutteth his lips is esteemed a man of understanding.”

 

[dartel]

"Deception begins with bureaucracy."

 

[hwa935]

"Now?"

 

[dartel]

"Where there is money to be made, the lives of ordinary citizens are of little consequence."

 

[HugDoggy]

Chasing your own tail?

All to often, but like all jobs, someone's got to do it.

 

[HugDoggy]

"How come the uglier something looks the more of them there are?"

Because Beauty is a rare and precious thing.

 

[Baron73]

I am not who you think I am
I am not who I think I am
I am who I think you think I am

 

[Baron73]

not my circus
not my monkey

 

[dartel]

"How many times have I told you, everything must have a kill button?"

 

[dartel]

"Boy, I don't understand a word you just said."

 

[dartel]

"My, you have all the sophistication of a stampeding bull."

 

[humananimal]

NIETZSCHE : “TO DO IS TO BE”

KANT : “TO BE IS TO DO”

SINATRA : “DO BE DO BE DO”

 

[ShanoirII]

"An intellectual is someone that has found a pursuit that interest them more than sex."
-Isaac Asimov

 

[dartel]

"Being young is a wondrous thing. One can only believe in his potential and hurry toward it with all speed. But lad, there's a name for that, it's over confidence. By the time you realize someone stronger than you will always be there it's much too late."

 

[dartel]

"I'm sorry, were you waiting for me to give a damn?"

 

[dartel]

"Nothing renews your appreciation for the military like the threat of invasion by life sucking aliens."