Favorite Quotes

[Turtle]

ideas rose in clouds; i felt them collide until pairs interlocked, so to speak, making a stable combination. ~ henri poincaré

[Turtle]

after all is said and done, more is said than done. ~ Æsop

[Turtle]

opera is best tolerated when heard but not seen, or scene but not herd. ~ roger thelonious george

[coldcreation]

"When the power of love overcomes the love of power the world will know peace."

~Jimi Hendrix

[Turtle]

music and rhythm find their way into the secret places of the soul. ~ plato

[Turtle]

a guest never forgets the host who had treated him kindly. ~ homer

[belovelife]

it is great to teach, but greater to learn

 

-kenneth julio moilanen

[Knothead]

What does a man need - really need? A few pounds of food each day, heat and shelter, six feet to lie down in - and some form of working activity that will yield a sense of accomplishment. That's all - in the material sense, and we know it. But we are brainwashed by our economic system until we end up in a tomb beneath a pyramid of time payments, mortgages, preposterous gadgetry, playthings that divert our attention for the sheer idiocy of the charade. The years thunder by, the dreams of youth grow dim where they lie caked in dust on the shelves of patience. Before we know it, the tomb is sealed. Where, then, lies the answer? In choice. Which shall it be: bankruptcy of purse or bankruptcy of life?

 

Sterling Hayden. The Wanderer

[Turtle]

mysticism is the mistake of an accidental and individual symbol for an universal one. ~ ralph waldo emerson

[Turtle]

a casual stroll through the lunatic asylum shows that faith does not prove anything. ~ friedrich nietzsche

[Turtle]

we hang the petty thieves and appoint the great ones to public office. ~ Æsop

[Moontanman]

"No man ever believes that the Bible means what it says; he is always convinced that it says what he means." ~George Bernard Shaw

[Deepwater6]

Great posts

 

What I'd love to say to my arogant company president; "When the game is over the king and the pawn end up in the same box"

 

"In the morning I will become sober, you however will still be ugly my lady"

Winston Churchhill

[Turtle]

"When I use a word," Humpty Dumpty said in rather a scornful tone. "It means just what I choose it to mean - neither more or less."

"The question is," said Alice, "whether you can make words mean so many different things."

"The question is," said Humpty Dumpty, "which is to be master - that's all."

 

~ lewis carroll ~

[Turtle]

when i hear a man preach, i like to see him act as if he were fighting bees. ~ abraham lincoln

[phillip1882]

"the choice is simple; whether we admit that government knows best and can run our lives better than we can, or wether we are quite capable of running our own lives much better than any government organization." -Ron Paul

[Turtle]

although it is not true that all conservatives are stupid people, it is true that most stupid people are conservative. ~ john stuart mill