Thread in which we quote famous philosophers, statesmen, and playwrights

[Gladstone]

"I have often wondered how it is that every man loves himself more than all the rest of men, but yet sets less value on his own opinions of himself than on the opinions of others."

- Marcus Aurelius

"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."

- Macbeth in Macbeth[/i]

“There, peeping among the cloud-wrack above a dark tor high up in the mountains, Sam saw a white star twinkle for a while. The beauty of it smote his heart, as he looked up out of the forsaken land, and hope returned to him. For like a shaft, clear and cold, the thought pierced him that in the end the Shadow was only a small and passing thing: there was light and high beauty for ever beyond its reach.”

- JRR Tolkien

"This is the biggest crock of shit I've ever read. Good Lord in the late 60 ' s and 70 ' s the butt hole was a fancy feast. Who is anybody to think butt fucking is on the upswing. Every couple, except More_cock and his wife, have made woopie in the butt Bob. People are people."

- @puppylove_sugarsteel

 

[BennyBeaver]

Worried bout you Gladdy

 

[DerekJohnson]

"As soon as the young man makes his cataclysmic announcement, I'll post my interview with him. But for now, its to the fireplace for knitting and a bottle of Yoo-Hoo!"

--- Roof Robbins

 

[Swaye]

“The unexamined life is not worth living” – Socrates.

“Where of one cannot speak, thereof one must be silent” – Ludwig Wittgenstein.

“Entities should not be multiplied unnecessarily” – William of Ockham.

“The life of man is solitary, poor, nasty, brutish, and short” – Thomas Hobbes.

"That poster Cuntwaffle makes some good points" - Anonymous

 

[PurpleThrobber]

"Fuck You, Fuck Me, Fuck Everybody" - Mike Leach

 

[YellowSnow]

“The world ends when you’re dead. Until then, you got more punishment in store. Stand it like a man… and give some back.” - Al Swearengen

 

[Swaye]

“The world ends when you’re dead. Until then, you got more punishment in store. Stand it like a man… and give some back.” - Al Swearengen

The REAL warrior poet.

 

[YellowSnow]

"We may have our own opinions about slavery; we may be for or against the South; but there is no doubt that Jefferson Davis and other leaders of the South have made an army; they are making, it appears, a navy; and they have made what is more than either—they have made a Nation... We may anticipate with certainty the success of the Southern States so far as regards their separation from the North. I cannot but believe that that event is as certain as any event yet future and countingent can be" - William E. @Gladstone making predictions like @puppylove_sugarsteel

 

[alumni94]

"I wish that for just one time you could stand inside my shoes
And just for that one moment I could be you
Yes, I wish that for just one time you could stand inside my shoes
You'd know what a drag it is to see you"

- Bob Dylan

 

[YellowSnow]

"I think I'll call it america. I said as we hit land.
I took a deep breath. I fell down, I could not stand.
Captain arab he starting writing out some deeds
He said let's build us a fort and start buying the place with beads.
Just then a cop come down the street crazy as a loon
They throws us all in jail for carryin' harpoons" - Robert Zimmerman

@Swaye

 

[RaceBannon]

That's right. I've killed women and children. I've killed just about everything that walks or crawled at one time or another. And I'm here to kill you, Little Bill, for what you did to Ned.

I was lucky in the order, but I've always been lucky when it comes to killin' folks.

Well, that one in the center, he had a flap holster and he was in no itchin' hurry. And the one second from the left, he had scared eyes; he wasn't gonna do nothin'. But that one on the far left, he had crazy eyes. Figured him to make the first move.

 

[YellowSnow]

That's right. I've killed women and children. I've killed just about everything that walks or crawled at one time or another. And I'm here to kill you, Little Bill, for what you did to Ned.

I was lucky in the order, but I've always been lucky when it comes to killin' folks.

Well, that one in the center, he had a flap holster and he was in no itchin' hurry. And the one second from the left, he had scared eyes; he wasn't gonna do nothin'. But that one on the far left, he had crazy eyes. Figured him to make the first move.

 

[alumni94]

"People are often unreasonable, irrational, and self-centered. Forgive them anyway.

If you are kind, people may accuse you of selfish, ulterior motives. Be kind anyway.

If you are successful, you will win some unfaithful friends and some genuine enemies. Succeed anyway.

If you are honest and sincere people may deceive you. Be honest and sincere anyway.

What you spend years creating, others could destroy overnight. Create anyway.

If you find serenity and happiness, some may be jealous. Be happy anyway.

The good you do today, will often be forgotten. Do good anyway.

Give the best you have, and it will never be enough. Give your best anyway.

In the final analysis, it is between you and God. It was never between you and them anyway."

- Mother Teresa

 

[alumni94]

“What the Hell is going on out there? Nobody tackles out there, everybody’s grabbing! No tackling, just grabbing! Grab! Grab! Grab!”

-Vince Lombardi

 

[YouKnowIt]

You guys. You lollygag the ball around the infield. You lollygag your way down to first. You lollygag in and out of the dugout. You know what that makes you? lollygaggers!

Honey, would you rather I were making love to him using your name, or making love to you using his name?

 

[YellowSnow]

"People are often unreasonable, irrational, and self-centered. Forgive them anyway.

If you are kind, people may accuse you of selfish, ulterior motives. Be kind anyway.

If you are successful, you will win some unfaithful friends and some genuine enemies. Succeed anyway.

If you are honest and sincere people may deceive you. Be honest and sincere anyway.

What you spend years creating, others could destroy overnight. Create anyway.

If you find serenity and happiness, some may be jealous. Be happy anyway.

The good you do today, will often be forgotten. Do good anyway.

Give the best you have, and it will never be enough. Give your best anyway.

In the final analysis, it is between you and God. It was never between you and them anyway."

- Mother Teresa

Counter point...

 

[GrundleStiltzkin]

"People are often unreasonable, irrational, and self-centered. Forgive them anyway.

If you are kind, people may accuse you of selfish, ulterior motives. Be kind anyway.

If you are successful, you will win some unfaithful friends and some genuine enemies. Succeed anyway.

If you are honest and sincere people may deceive you. Be honest and sincere anyway.

What you spend years creating, others could destroy overnight. Create anyway.

If you find serenity and happiness, some may be jealous. Be happy anyway.

The good you do today, will often be forgotten. Do good anyway.

Give the best you have, and it will never be enough. Give your best anyway.

In the final analysis, it is between you and God. It was never between you and them anyway."

- Mother Teresa

Counter point...

As I recall, the Vatican had Hitch provide an opposing view during Mother Theresa's canonization.

I respect them both.

 

[GrundleStiltzkin]

"... and where they make a desert, they call it peace." -- Tacitus

 

[GrundleStiltzkin]

Was looking for another quote by John Locke and ran across this gem:
He who appropriates land to himself by his labor, does not lessen but increases the common stock of mankind. For the provisions serving to the support of human life, produced by one acre of inclosed and cultivated land, are … ten times more than those which are yielded by an acre of land, of an equal richness lying waste in common. And therefore he that incloses land and has a greater plenty of the conveniences of life from ten acres than he could have from a hundred left to nature, may truly be said to give ninety acres to mankind.

 

[YellowSnow]

"People are often unreasonable, irrational, and self-centered. Forgive them anyway.

If you are kind, people may accuse you of selfish, ulterior motives. Be kind anyway.

If you are successful, you will win some unfaithful friends and some genuine enemies. Succeed anyway.

If you are honest and sincere people may deceive you. Be honest and sincere anyway.

What you spend years creating, others could destroy overnight. Create anyway.

If you find serenity and happiness, some may be jealous. Be happy anyway.

The good you do today, will often be forgotten. Do good anyway.

Give the best you have, and it will never be enough. Give your best anyway.

In the final analysis, it is between you and God. It was never between you and them anyway."

- Mother Teresa

Counter point...

As I recall, the Vatican had Hitch provide an opposing view during Mother Theresa's canonization.

I respect them both.

Agree. I think Mother Theresa's heart was in the right place, but I think it's fair game to state the obvious here: which is that the most proven method of reducing poverty throughout the world is to not have more mouths than you can feed. RCC stance on BC flies in the face of this.