Fav' philo quotes

[zelazny]

well, you all must have some favorite or funny philo quote you want to share ( in case you don't want to share it , you'd better.. or else ), i made this topic just for you guys .
so i'll start of with a few nice ones ones:

No man ever steps in the same river twice, for it's not the same river and he's not the same man.
(Herakleitos)

Finding wrong reasons for what one believes for wrong reasons, that is philosophy
(Aldous Huxley)

There a two tragedies in life: one is not getting what one wants, the other is getting it.
(No idea)

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[zelazny]

okay okay, those weren't all philo quotes, so let's keep it with general 'wise' , 'interesting' and 'intruiging' quotes..
like this one:

a dutch soccer player/trainer:
"every advantage has it's disadvantage"

dutch cabaretier:
If you think about something for a while, it doesn't add up anymore, think about that
(Herman Finkers)

When luck is on your side, you can do without brains
(Giordana Bruno)

I can resist everything except temptation
(oscar Wilde)

Am I a walking contradiction? O yes, i'm not.
(John Lydon)

You either do or you do not; there is no try
(Yoda)

and , following up on this one
Son, you tried your best and failed miserably. The lesson is: NEVER try!
(Homer Simpson)


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Sure the universe is a great place, but if it wasn't here, no-one would miss it.

[This message has been edited by zelazny (edited October 20, 2001).]

[zelazny]

There is always one more imbecile than you counted on.

Suicide is the most sincere form of self-criticism.

If you think that there is good in everybody, you haven't met everybody.

All things being equal, fat people use more soap.

Not one shred of evidence supports the notion that life is serious.

The careful application of terror is also a form of communication.

You're not drunk as long as you can lie on the ground without holding onto something.
(Dean Martin)

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Sure the universe is a great place, but if it wasn't here, no-one would miss it.

[SHATOUSHKA]

*ding*

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~~share some greased tea with me~~

General Philosophy

[zelazny]

(i stole these from some people's sig's)

there is no gravity, the world just sucks

Life Without danger is a waste of oxygen.

The universe isn't curved, it's totally bent
(Douglas Adams - The Ultimate Hitchhiker's Guide)

..Sometimes I think the surest sign intelligent life exists elsewhere in the universe, is in the fact it's never tried to contact us..
(Calvin/Hobbes)

God has a sense of humour, look at the platypus.

better to be fucked with a book, than to be fingered by captain hook
(k3vil, www.fokforum.nl)

Freedom is just another word for 'Nothing left to lose'
(Joplin)

If everything seems to be going well, you have obviously overlooked something.
(MURPHY)

and another dutch one:
If certain people think about things like you do it's becoming time to reconsider your opinions
(Cees Buddingh')

Some Scientists claim that hydrogen, because it is so plentiful, is the basic building block of the universe. I dispute that. I say there is more stupidity than hydrogen, and that is the basic building block of the universe.
Frank Zappa



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Sure the universe is a great place, but if it wasn't here, no-one would miss it.

[zelazny]

just one more:

We cannot choose what we are - yet what are we but the sum of our choices

and of course my own sig
blatantly displayed all over this topic

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Sure the universe is a great place, but if it wasn't here, no-one would miss it.

[SHATOUSHKA]

'they're baked, not fried.'

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~~share some greased tea with me~~

General Philosophy

[zelazny]

We are ready for an unforeseen event that may or may not occur

It isn't pollution that's harming the environment. It's the impurities in our air and water that are doing it.

I was recently on a tour of Latin America, and the only regret I have was that I didn't study Latin harder in school so I could converse with those people.

G.W.Bush
(doncha all love em )

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Sure the universe is a great place, but if it wasn't here, no-one would miss it.

[zelazny]

"Never in the field of human conflict was so much owed by so many to so few!"

Winston Churchill

and as a reply on that a few australian pilots retorted with:
"He must have been talking abour our liquor bill"


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Sure the universe is a great place, but if it wasn't here, no-one would miss it.

[zelazny]

hmm, now one that fills me with silly nationalistic pride:

"By God, i believe the devil shits dutchmen!"
(Samuel Pepys)

our national hero Michiel de Ruyter after he sunk most of the new british fleet

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Sure the universe is a great place, but if it wasn't here, no-one would miss it.

[This message has been edited by zelazny (edited October 21, 2001).]