Favorite Quotes

[Turtle]

truth is stranger than fiction, but it is because fiction is obliged to stick to possibilities; truth isn't. ~ mark twain

[Turtle]

there is one notable thing about our christianity: bad, bloody, merciless, money-grabbing, and predatory. the invention of hell measured by our christianity of today, bad as it is, hypocritical as it is, empty and hollow as it is, neither the deity nor his son is a christian, nor qualified for that moderately high place. ours is a terrible religion. the fleets of the world could swim in spacious comfort in the innocent blood it has spilled.

~ mark twain ~

[adobetony]

Name this quote: "You stole fizzy lifting drinks! You bumped into the ceiling which now has to be washed and sterilized, so you get nothing! You lose! Good day, sir!"

[Mercedes Benzene]

Name this quote: "You stole fizzy lifting drinks! You bumped into the ceiling which now has to be washed and sterilized, so you get nothing! You lose! Good day, sir!"

 

Willy Wonka, from Willy Wonka. :P

[Moontanman]

Creationists make it sound as though a 'theory' is something you dreamt up after being drunk all night.

 

Isaac Asimov

[Turtle]

the only thing more expensive than education is ignorance. ~ benjamin franklin

[Turtle]

his answer trickled through my head like water through a sieve. ~charles lutwidge dodgson

[Moontanman]

Why is the ocean salty?

 

"I hate the ocean. It's all whale sperm. Everybody Google it. That's why the water is salty. From the f---ing whale sperm." Snookie... from The Jersy Shore

 

 

I wonder how she knows whale sperm is salty???

[Turtle]

sponges grow in the ocean. that just kills me. I wonder how much deeper the ocean would be if that didn't happen. ~ stephen wright

[coldcreation]

“Never use a big word when a little filthy one will do.” ~Johnny Carson

[Turtle]

i want nothing to do with any religion concerned with keeping the masses satisfied to live in hunger, filth, and ignorance. i want nothing to do with any order, religious or otherwise, which does not teach people that they are capable of becoming happier and more civilized on this earth, capable of becoming masters of their fates and captains of their souls. ~ jawaharlal nehru

[Moontanman]

The buying and selling of dope in this country may be the last vestige of free enterprise left! Sgt. Stedenko

[Turtle]

animals are something invented by plants to move seeds around. an extremely yang solution to a peculiar problem which they faced.

~ terence mckenna ~

[Turtle]

when men are most sure and arrogant they are commonly most mistaken, giving views to passion without that proper deliberation which alone can secure them from the grossest absurdities. ~ david hume

[phillip1882]

Give me Liberty, or give me Death! -Patrick Henry

 

How do we persue greatness? How do we inspire those around us? How do your leaders inspire you? -Invictus

 

"If most of us are ashamed of shabby clothes and shoddy furniture, let us be more ashamed of shabby ideas and shoddy philosophies... It would be a sad situation if the wrapper were better than the meat wrapped inside it."

Albert Einstein

 

"Life is the art of drawing without an eraser."

John Gardner

[Turtle]

i do not seek. i find. ~ pablo picasso

[JMJones0424]

For a great many years, as a soldier, I had a suspicion that war was a racket; not until I retired to civil life did I fully realize it. Now that I see the international war clouds gathering, as they are today, I must face it and speak out.

 

-Smedley Butler