• Suddenly unable to log into your ZooVille account? This might be the reason why: CLICK HERE!

Deep quotes you heard or made up?

Mankind has grown strong through eternal struggle and shall only perish through eternal peace.

Thot you'd like that from the famousist Austrian.
Just as the chick in the shell and the butterfly in the cocoon. struggle is a requirement for development.
 
Just as the chick in the shell and the butterfly in the cocoon. struggle is a requirement for development.
Stalin had some good ones too. A single death a tragedy, a million a statistic.
Perfect is the enemy of good enough.

Nothing from pinochet or Kim jong Duh, however.
 
"You can never conclusively say that something can’t be explained—only that it hasn’t been explained yet."
 
"It’s just that…well, it’s somewhat unusual in the annals of Starfleet to come across energy beings that can be studied at leisure rather than trying to kill you, take over your body or subject you to testing.”
 
"Cruelty is a virus, perpetuating itself, making its victims into carriers. Forgiveness is the only inoculation. The only way to break the cycle is to refuse to react to violence with more violence, hate with more hate."
 
“Gentlemen, you can't fight in here. This is the war room.” —President Merkin Muffley
 
Hope for the best, but expect the worst and you'll never be disappointed.
- My grandpa (who almost certainly picked it up from somebody else)
I use and quote that one very often.

Or more precisely, I often live by that one and quote:
"A pessimist is just a life seasoned optimist"
To anyone that is not happy with me stating the worst possible scenario along with the positive one
 
Hope for the best, but expect the worst and you'll never be disappointed.
- My grandpa (who almost certainly picked it up from somebody else)
I prefer to always expect the worst. Either I'm right or I'm positively surprised by something less than the worst. Sometimes even something positive.
I'm usually pretty spot on though.


As I said in another thread:
"Hope is the first step on the road to disappointment"
 
Back
Top