Quotes Thread

[Theconiel]

"[E]volution is a major thread in the larger tapestry that I like to call 'REALITY'!"

- Lewis Black

[I'm Hiding In Your Closet]

"The only thing more attractive than confidence is intelligence. Don't believe me? Have a conversation with a confident idiot and let me know how horny it makes you."
- Twitter user @sgrstk

[Syrus Terrigan]

I hate Memphis.
-- Syrus Terrigan, after being carjacked at gunpoint.

[Scientific Scrutiny]

Stop attributing quotes you think are smart to me on the internet. I didn't say any of that dumbass stuff.

-Albert Einstein

[Theconiel]

"Starlight asked Non-entity, saying, "Master, do you exist? or do you not exist?" He got no answer to his question, however, and looked steadfastly to the appearance of the other, which was that of a deep void. All day long he looked to it, but could see nothing; he listened for it, but could hear nothing; he clutched at it, but got hold of nothing. Starlight then said, "Perfect! Who can attain to this? I can (conceive the ideas of) existence and non-existence, but I cannot (conceive the ideas of) non-existing non-existence, and still there be a nonexisting existence. How is it possible to reach to this?"

- Chuang Tzu (Knowledge Rambling in the North) Book VIII

[Theconiel]

Scientific Scrutiny wrote:

Stop attributing quotes you think are smart to me on the internet. I didn't say any of that dumbass stuff.

-Albert Einstein

I thought Abraham Lincoln said that. No, that's right. He said, "Don't believe everything you read on the internet."

[David M Mallon]

"Neil Breen? That sounds like a sandwich spread."
- Jim Maxwell, Best of the Worst: The Instructor, Through Doohan's Eye, and Twisted Pair (2019)

[ellisael]

The Eldritch Mr. Shiny wrote:

"Secular humanism is not a religion in any sense, legal or otherwise, and neither is atheism. Religion must include a professed conviction, and simply being unconvinced as to the real-life existence of what they see as mythical characters hardly counts as that. So, atheism alone is no more a religion than health is a disease. One may as well argue over which brand of car pedestrians drive."

- Aron Nelson

always a wonderful quote to live by or attempt to, at the least

[David M Mallon]

"Forrest Gump meets Taxi Driver."
- Mike Stoklasa of Red Letter Media describing the critically panned film The Fanatic (2019)

[Theconiel]

David M Mallon wrote:

"Forrest Gump meets Taxi Driver."

- Mike Stoklasa of Red Letter Media describing the critically panned film The Fanatic (2019)

"Are you talking to me, Jenny?"

[The NPC]

"Suddenly you hit puberty and you're no longer a warrior princess."
- A Response to a Friend's Reflections

[I'm Hiding In Your Closet]

"In countries where great crimes frequently pass unpunished, the most atrocious actions become almost familiar, and cease to impress the people with that horror which is universally felt in countries where an exact administration of justice takes place."
- Adam Smith, The Theory of Moral Sentiments

[I'm Hiding In Your Closet]

"Bing...is like playing Russian roulette with your computer."
- Redditor TinyBloodyHandprints

[David M Mallon]

"There is only one step between the sublime and the ridiculous."
- Napoléon Bonaparte

[Theconiel]

"I used to get a terrible pain in my left eye every time I drank coffee. I finally went to the doctor, and he told me to take the spoon out."

- Soupy Sales

[I'm Hiding In Your Closet]

“It isn’t the mountains ahead to climb that wear you out; it’s the pebble in your shoe.”

– Muhammad Ali

[David M Mallon]

ellisael wrote:

The Eldritch Mr. Shiny wrote:

"Secular humanism is not a religion in any sense, legal or otherwise, and neither is atheism. Religion must include a professed conviction, and simply being unconvinced as to the real-life existence of what they see as mythical characters hardly counts as that. So, atheism alone is no more a religion than health is a disease. One may as well argue over which brand of car pedestrians drive."

- Aron Nelson

always a wonderful quote to live by or attempt to, at the least

Damn, is that a deep cut from the past.

[David M Mallon]

"[A]lthough the courage was that of men, believe me, the strategy was that of infants."
- Marcus Tullius Cicero, on the conspiracy of Brutus and Cassius