Quotes 

page index:
Birthday card text
Christmas card text  & stocking stuffers for MB  
Insults     
Latin phrases   
Princess Bride Quotes   
McDonald's Survey Text      
Misc Quotes

Frequently Mispronounced Words  
Rational Thought Belief & Faith   
Stupid Quotes


ask biggest misconception about something to get true viewpoint

petrichor - smell after rain from plant oils on hard surfaces


Birthday card text

2018 card I saw for Michele I really liked, don't know why i didn't buy it     1   2   3


Christmas card text

MERRY CHRISTMAS!
MAY LOVE BE IN YOUR LIFE,
MAY HOPE BE IN YOUR HEART,
MAY PEACE BE IN YOUR WORLD.
- me in either Daniel's or Robert's mutli-year card

WISHING YOU MUCH JOY AT CHRISTMAS AND ALL THROUGH THE COMING YEAR!
- me for 2022 Christmas cards

"Wishing you many blessings today and throughout 2022." - Gannon Alumni email 2021-12-21

"Wish you a Merry Christmas. May God shower His blessings on your family. Love Always" - Seen on decorative pillow 2012-09-22

Sending wishes to you and yours for a beautiful Holiday Season and a peaceful New Year.
May the season bring you the music of laughter, the warmth of friendship, and, always, love.
May this season hold for you the hope, wonder, and amazement that you felt as a child.
May all that is beautiful, meaningful, and brings you joy be yours this Holiday Season.
May love be in your life, May hope be in your heart, May peace be in our world.
Wishing you all the timeless treasures of Christmas… The warmth of home, the love of family and the company of good friends.
Wishing you and yours a happy Holiday Season & a successful, prosperous New Year.
May health, happiness, and good times greet you each day of the new year.
More formal:
All The Brightest And The Best Of The Season
Wishing all of you the very best of the Christmas season.
Best Wishes for a Happy Holiday Season and a Joyous New Year.

used in 2017 from pic of decorative pillow i saw in 2012
Dear ...
Wish you a Merry Christmas. May God shower his blessings on your family.
Love Always or Love or just our names

 

stocking stuffers for M

gum
calendar
peanut m&ms
soduku book
curve crush perfume
dept 56
anything with a red truck
Dept 56 Possible Dreams Santa (good sale at Boscov's one year)
see "gift ideas" list in google notes

 


Insults:

"He has all the virtues I dislike and none of the vices I admire." - Winston Churchill

"I have never killed a man, but I have read many obituaries with great pleasure." - Clarence Darrow

"He has never been know to use a word that might send a reader to the dictionary." - William Faulkner (about Ernest Hemingway)

"I refused to attend the funeral, but I wrote a very nice letter explaining that I approve of it." - Mark Twain

"He loves nature in spite of what it did to him." - Forrest Tucker

"He inherited some good instincts from his Quaker forebears, but by diligent hard work, he overcame them." - James Reston (about Richard Nixon)

If I agreed with you we'd both be wrong.

creskin

nice play shakespeare

sarcasm: first of the many services i offer

good idea fairy

"my other ride is your girlfriend" bumpersticker on cutlass in this burnout video

why don't you make like a woman driver and get lost?

suck stick; cocktard

long answer or short answer - long answer = hell no

I will smack those teeth straight - Jack on 30 Rock Season 5 episode 5 "Reaganing" -

TRUST THE SIENCE [sic] - SNL Weekend Update

dirtgrub - charlie kelly sunny philly


Latin

Latin Phrases [404]       archive.org version 

festina lente = "make haste slowly" Augustus Caesar

il divino (the divine one) Michaelangelo

il magnifico - lorenzo de medici

Amor vincit omnia - Love conquers all. (Virgil) c.f http://www.yuni.com/library/latin.html

"Vivere senza rimipianti," which means "Live without regrets" in Italian

"Actorum memores simul affectamus agenda." ("We look back but go forward.") motto of The Newcomen Society.

Deus Nobis Haec Otia Fecit—a quotation from Virgil's Eclogues translating to "God hath granted us this ease" or "God has bestowed these blessings upon us"- motto of Liverpool, England

terms

cry craven = to yield; capitulate; give up   related to Liberam Legem Amittere  and  Embracery   

"Per aspera ad astra" (or, less commonly, "ad astra per aspera") is a popular Latin phrase meaning "through hardships to the stars" - seen at windirstat website

"Arte et Labore", meaning "By Skill and Hard Work" is the motto of the Blackburn Rovers FC

 


McDonald's survey canned text 2021-03-28:

I don't recommend McDonald's because who doesn't know about McDonald's? Really people just go there for a quick gut stuffer, not for great food.

mcdvoice.com

 


Misc Quotes

brainyquote.com

"If we do not start with a specification, every line of code we write is a patch."  - Leslie Lamport (LaTeX creator & 2013 Turing Award winner)

"No battle was ever won according to plan, but no battle was ever won without one." - Dwight D Eisnehower

"There never was a good war or a bad peace" - Benjamin Franklin, 1783 letter to Josiah Quincy

Fidelis Constans, meaning "loyal and steadfast" - motto of Legio VI Ferrata

"il dolce far niente" Italian, literally means "sweet doing nothing" = "Delicious idleness"

"Try more best"   

"What a clanger." - FIFA '15

"Four dollars a gallon. Thanks Obamacare." - Molly from Mike & Molly in the movie Tammy

"Hey, smells like a party" - 2015-01 eldest daughter Haley Dunphy on Modern Family regarding boat parked in driveway of neighbors

"Let me give you a nickel's worth of free advice" - principal on Back to the Future
"It's already mutated into human form. Shoot it." - little kid in Back to the Future after barn crash

Chillax

"If not us, who?" - Dag Hammarskjold

"If you want your life to be a magnificent story, then begin by realizing that you are the author and every day you have the opportunity to write a new page." - Mark Houlahan

"Whenever you do a thing, act as if all the world were watching." - Thomas Jefferson

"You can learn from anyone." - Clayton Christensen

"Have the courage to stick with a tough job." A.G. Lafley

"When I was a boy of 14, my father was so ignorant I could hardly stand to have the old man around.  But when I got to be 21, I was astonished at how much the old man had learned in seven years." - Mark Twain

"Never kick a fresh turd on a hot day" - Harry S. Truman (find out if he really said this)

"Never let the search for the perfect get in the way of the perfectly good." - John Elson Time Magazine writer and editor.

"I didn't have time to write a short letter, so I wrote a long one instead." variously attributed to Mark Twain, Pascal, and George Bernard Shaw c.f  sufficiency    Braude p. 83

"Many men go fishing all of their lives without knowing that it is not fish they are after."   ~by Henry David Thoreau~

“Things may come to those who wait...but only the things left by those who hustle.” - Abe Lincoln

“If I had eight hours to chop down a tree, I'd spend six hours sharpening my ax”  - Abe Lincoln

“Whatever you are, be a good one.” - Abe Lincoln

“Better to remain silent and be thought a fool than to speak out and remove all doubt.” - Abe Lincoln

"A life spent making mistakes is not only more honorable, but more useful than a life spent doing nothing." - George Bernard Shaw

"There is no cure for birth and death save to enjoy the interval" Gorege Santayana

"It's not whether you win or lose that counts. It's whether I win or lose..." golf tee shirt

"Hence the saying that stocks have correctly predicted 15 of the past 9 recessions." Zachary Karabell "The curious Capitalist" column, Time, Aug 2, 2010

"You can't depend on your eyes when your imagination is out of focus." - Mark Twain

"In any moment of decision, the best thing you can do is the right thing, the next best thing is the wrong thing, and the worst thing you can do is nothing." - Theodore Roosevelt

"Every day is just another chance to change your life."

"A good friend will come and bail you out of jail... but a true friend will be sitting next to you saying "Damn... that was fun!"

"There are montents where we can affect change. For a few seconds every decade, we exist. These are those seconds. Let us storm his castle." - Dwight Schrute

"Ass, Grass or Gas: Nobody Rides Free" - sticker on Jerry Garcia guitar

"They will beat their swords into plowshares
    and their spears into pruning hooks.
Nation will not take up sword against nation,
    nor will they train for war anymore.
Everyone will sit under their own vine
    and under their own fig tree,
and no one will make them afraid,
    for the Lord Almighty has spoken."  Micah 4:3-4 New International Version (NIV) [ ~= Isaiah 2:3-4]

"The wise know their weakness too well to assume infallibility; and he who knows most, knows best how little he knows." - Thomas Jefferson

"If you find yourself in a fair fight, your tactics suck." - Clint Smith 

"Actorum memores simul affectamus agenda." ("We look back but go forward.") motto of The Newcomen Society.

"All this story needs is an ending." - David Letterman speaking with Regis

"Let us away." - unknown

"Everything should be made as simple as possible
But no simpler." - Albert Einstein

“There is no greater difference in number of fish caught than zero to one.”  -  Louis Cahill      Gink &  Gasoline

"Now that's no way for a kid to be wastin his time, readin' that long-haired gobbledegook." - Foghorn Leghorn

"nepotism and monopoly" - Andy's ideas on the best ways to gain a fortune

"hindsight is 50/50 " - 1600 Penn 1:7

"That's the way it is " - Cronkite

"If you give me a week, I'll think of something."  - Eisenhower quote on Nixon's national security initiatives as VP

"rickybd livery" - me 2012-11-05

"belly bomb" - some show on 2010-10-21

"spider 3 wide banana" - football great play name - used by psu vs illinois 2012-09-29

"Everything's coming up Roses", "Living the Dream"

"Leave no dare undone" - Taco Bell sauce packet

"Molto bene" - Very well, very good (in Italian)

"If you are going to kick authority in the teeth, you might as well use two feet." - Keith Richards

"Gets down the road like a scalded cat"

"No me importa un carajo." = I don't give a f*!k

"life is not about waiting for the storm to pass, it's about learning to dance in the rain" somewhere in Christmas shops in Bryant Park 2016

"You're about to get a free lesson and this lesson will cost you" Guy opening copycat store on Parks and Recreation

"dancing girls @ tv town song room (radio city music hall)"  " how could you get so many things wrong in a row?"  "retired rear admiral Jay Garage-A-Roo"  New Girl, 2016-12-22

"i shoot them in the face"  Big Mike 2015-06-20 speaking of deer that walked along his fence line.  Another quote from Big Mike that night:  "her titty was so hard I opened my beer bottle with it"

"We're bangin' on all cylinders now."  - comedian Brian Regan

I Reject Your Reality and Substitute My Own - Mythbusters

"live action"

unwindulax - 30rock

no can will

"That Luke, he's a natural born world-shaker". - cool hand luke

wierdo ass clown  New Girl

"Be your own boss! Work ANY 12 hours a day you like!" -- EEVblog guy

#presidenttrump: indicates shock and surprise

good quote for a card: "You are a gift that I treasure every day."

"you shot who in the what now?" - geezer on simpsons

sco so chill out

Parks & Recreation
etvhd 1208 = E!
a life of tube tops and tribal tatoos and barfing in hot tubs
non-stop thrill ride
mr hamster penis
we play with live ammo around here
we're all just molecules floating around in random patterns devoid of meaning
crap on a catapault
oh no nos
http://www.knope2012.com/imagescmyk/campaign/1239u/09230023/poster/.jpeg
campaign/qty1001239u/ 09230023099twposter.jpeg
jerry's work is often adequate
never half-ass two things.  whole ass one thing
wiz palace
belay that order [bartender name] clear alcohols are for rich women on diets
too busy polishing your monacle at the caviar store

I have the audacity of hope - protester sign I saw on the news 

"I will die for my right to kill others while defending myself."  Making History Sitcom season 1 episode 2

"I'm your huckleberry.  Why Johnny Ringo, you look like somebody just walked over your grave." - Doc Holiday in Tombstone

"Science is not a liberal conspiracy" - Earth Day 2017 protester

He listens well who takes notes - Dante Alighieri

"Do one to others before they do one to you."   Click and Clack

"Partnering with Putin on a 'Cyber Security Unit' is akin to partnering with Assad on a 'Chemical Weapons Unit.'  Marco Rubio ~2017-07-07

"cake happens" - tonight show with Jimmy Fallon #hashtags

"in dog beers, I've only had one" - sticker at Ohiopyle bar

"blow your mouth's mind" - ad on tax in Chicago

"buy the best, and you only cry once" - tool review

"wake up and smell the music"

"gotta make my bladder gladder" temp nurse on Monk

"if you can read this my crossbow is pointed at your heart"  Simpsons

"Count your blessings not your problems"  church sign near Oil Creek 2017

“And whatsoever ye do, do it heartily, as to the Lord, and not unto men; Knowing that of the Lord ye shall receive the reward of the inheritance: for ye serve the Lord Christ.”
Colossians 3:23-24 KJV       http://bible.com/1/col.3.23-24.kjv   from Cliff 2018-07-15

"This thing couldn't pull a greased string out of a dog's ass."  UK guys' car show, mystery driver talking about Mustang GT (I think)

"It's on panhandle style."  Jenna on 30 Rock

I assure you.  Don't know where I heard it, but on 2020-10-27 at 643pm I made a note that I should say it more often.

Jimmy Fallon #DadQuotes
"Whenever someone goes to the bathroom, my dad says, 'Mention my name, you'll get a good seat.'"
"When my dad drove my friends around, to scare them he would say 'Buckle up - I saw something in a cartoon I wanna try.'"
"Whenever I would ask my dad how to spell something, he would respond with 'You wanna know how it's spelled, or how I spell it?'"
"There are only three things that always tell the truth: small children, drunk people and yoga pants."

"were unencumbered by sobriety" wikipedia account of escape after botched cremation of Gram Parsons

"I’m sorry about what I said when I was hungry." - sign behind bar at Blazin Bills

"You had me at BBQ." - sign behind bar at Blazin Bills

"So, today, we're gonna build a new paradigm of understanding, and then you're gonna swoop me on back to Shaker Heights. Oh, I need to stop at Record Rev on Coventry. My vaporizer's ready." - How I met your Mother - Ted's Father, season 9 episode 8 @9:33. He was speaking of Record Revolution but I thought he was speaking of Big Fun.

"Cream comes to the top but turds can float there too." - commedian Russell Howard, watched on netflix 2021-12-18

"i don't know, i don't stay [originally 'live'] around here."    adapted from fozzie bear amoeba joke   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-R_pRKPp4L4    2:10ish    seen 2021-12-22

"how much to get things started?"    muppets sheik to the 2 old guys 32:10ish    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X6I_dKUYyI4    seen 2021-12-22

"I'm not the hero you deserve but I'm the one you need" - commedian Steve Hofstetter 23:20

"So you're the bird what's been given Daddy the ol' slap and tickle?" - Just Go With It watched on Netflix 2022-01-09 at 1:16:24 remaining - girl pretending to be daughter chose British accent when meeting guy's new girlfriend

"Is that a rock-solid ten smokeshow of a president or what? If she wasn't my mother..." - Jonah Hill's character in Don't look up 40:05 remaining viewed on Netfix 2022-01-15

"Some people, when confronted with a problem, think 'I know, I'll use regular expressions.'   Now they have two problems." - Jamie Zawinski - August 12, 1997

"I've learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel." - Maya Angelou

"I'm all about fitness. Fit'ness sandwich in my mouth." - Rascal House advertisement

"Who attacked you and gave you that haircut?" - 30 Rock - Tracy Jordan s6:e10 5:27 left - watched (again) 2022-01-22 6:12am

#IfIHadATrillionDollars I would buy a rodeo. Then I'd buy another one just so I could say "This isn't my first rodeo." Tonight Show #Hashtags

"Nonsense, there is no greater aphrodisiac than the ‘ha-tub’." - Will Ferrel, SNL 2002-05-18   video at 3:05 viewed 2022-02-20

in boston they say america as americer and chowder as chowda - just reversed er and a sounds at the end of a word     - my own observation, may not be accurate

 "Nu ska vi spela!" which means "We're gonna play now!" in Swedish - Europe Cherokee

"Oh, Eddie… If I woke up tomorrow with my head sewn to the carpet, I wouldn't be more surprised than I am now…" Christmas Vacation, 1989

"Sweat is the cologne of success" - Coors bottle cap

"... Doesn't feel like a coincidence, does it?"
"It isn't. There's fuckery afoot" - The Gentlemen 1:11:23 remaining

SNL Jeopardy Sean Connery:
"an album cover" category he selected as "anal bum cover"
"famous horsemen" as "whor semen"
"therapists" as "the rapists"

"Of course, a part of a portmanteau is known as 'apartmanteau'" - Seth Meyers, Corrections:Week of Monday, July 18 1min:22sec

Arrested Developement license plate ANUSTART

wine is win with an e on the end - 2022-10-03 Benziger Family Winery gift shop item

lets make pour choices - 2022-10-03 Benziger Family Winery gift shop item

do you want to play tickle game - New Girl 4-6 very end Duquan aka Jose

No, Birdman was bad. This,.. this was a disaster. I'm here to help you, okay? Look, I have over nearly ten years of experience in the corporate world.
what's "over nearly ten"?
"Nearly ten" would be eight or nine years. I have... I have over nine years.
That's different, yeah. - Schmitt & NickNew Girl 5-2 17:18 remaining
I've been in the business world for just shy of half of two decades - Schmitt New Girl 5-2 5:27 remaining

"Birdie's room is the sacral Chakra, which is the one blocked by guilt." Daniel Craig's character Benoit Blanc solving the dinnner party murder mystery in Glass Onion: A Knive's Out Mystery ~46 mins in    1:32:32 remains

The only people who never fail are those who never try. - 2022 fortune cookie

"Now, that is a fine thing to be but an insane thing to pretend to be." - Colin Jost SNL season 48 2023-01-23ish about Long Island GOP House member, perpetual liar George Santos claiming to be the star volleyball player of Baruch College

"Jager Bombs!" - Jimmy Fallon

George Santos: "I've leaned my lesson and you can guarantee I can guarantee you that from now on anything and everything is always going to be above board, it's largely always been above board." - on The Late sShow "States Limit Teaching About Race|Georage Santos Says No More Lies" ~2023-02-06 7:15 in

Trump in salem nh on saturday 2023-02-04: he described the Taliban as "very good fighters," but "they never fight at night because they don't have binoculars. We have given them brand new thousands of binoculars better than what we have far better than what we have."
It seems fox news changed his quotes to goggles or did he say goggles at the second rally?

Trump clip on ~2023-01-22 Jimmy Kimmel Show "We classy, and we sassy, but if you cross us things may get nassy" that I should make a Trump Lover's ring tone
and another i should make a ringtone "bing bing bong bong bing bing bing" an old clip later used in ~2023-02-02 Late Night with Seth Meyers


Marker-Phone
Phone-Marker

Stapler-Marker [gets crossed off]
Kevin's list of Game Changer ideas at about 1:10 in the clip
later at 3:58 "not just the cookies though. that was just a for instance."
had a screen capture from 12/3/2022 then made this enrtry 2023-02-12

"Sky trash, not only a threat to aviation but also the motto of Spirit Airlines." Stephen Colbert 2023-02-15 5:36

"You're probably mad at me for many reasons. One you might not know about its that my friend did indeed get sick in the receptionist's desk drawer." Jess talking to old boyfirend / new boss about CeCe getting trashed at lunch then going with Jess back to the office. New Girl E2 Tuesday meeting 4:40 remaining.

"We classy, we sassy, but if you cross us things may get nassy." Trump at supporter Diamond's funeral 2023-02

"Let us have faith that right makes might, and in that faith, let us, to the end, dare to do our duty as we understand it."     Cooper Union speech by Abraham Lincoln on February 27, 1860

"With me, surprises are rarely unexpected." Steven Martin in the Pink Panther 54:50 remaining

"Meliora" - Closing before person's name in thank you letter from U of Rochester as it is their motto. Latin for "better", "better things", "always better", "ever better", or, more fully, "for the pursuit of the better".

"Happiness is a choice." 2020 note from phone found 2023-03-07

"never mistake motion for action" hemmingway

"sorry i'm late but i got here as soon as i wanted to"     karen on will and grace

"My dad used to tell us 'don't sweat the petty things and don't pet the sweaty things.'" #MarchDadness #hashtags 10:51 2023-30-23

" ...with the aid of a neighborhood vendor of bottled fluid intoxicants I was able to maintain a state of profound insobriety thoughout the aforementioned ordeal." - SNL 5:50 aired 10/24/87

"The Buisiest Beaver award goes to Phyllis Lapin. Yeah. Way to go Phyllis. Nice Work. Per Usual.
This says Bushiest Beaver." The Office 2:1 1:30ish

"Hold on - let me overthink this" - tee shirt of woman in Italian cruise dining room at breakfast

"Marginal Aviation" - tee shirt of guy in Italy that ended up being actual vintage aircraft club

"Okay guys I'll see you at the game unless of course you're an Eagletonian, then you'll be too busy polishing your monocle at the caviar store. Knope out." Leslie Knope Disses Ingrid de Forest (Kristen Bell) | Parks and Recreation

Low-Cal Calzone Zone - Ben Wyatt Park's 'n Recreation

growler is a nickname for a woman's privates in UK - watching an episode of the Grand Tour

like the shakers, George "revered meticulous work as an expression of the spirit." - FWW 231 p53    Mira Nakashima on her father George Nakashima

Dr. Williamson observed, there is scant motivation to understand the black box that machine learning presents. “It’s the hackiness culture in tech, where if it works most of the time, that’s great,” he said. NY Times article on AI in Mathematics that applies to one of my co-workers.

Nothing says "I mean business" like using a shopping cart at the liquore store. - Reader's Digest mar 2019 p21 life in these united states

Have nothing in your house that you do not know to be useful, or believe to be beautiful. - William Morris of Morris chair fame [not related to quote:Evolution of the Morris Chair]

call me a trailblazer, heck, call me a savior if you must - Attack of the Hollywood Cliches! 22:16 left - watched 2022-07-02

Hey, turd burglar - Cop Out 1:09:45 left - watched 2022-06-27

The V sign is the symbol of the unconquerable will of the occupied territories, and a portent of the fate awaiting the Nazi tyranny. Winston Churchill from Jeopardy calendar
several more unconquerable will quotes from him

Can you assuage me the ketchup?" - Mike and Dave Need Wedding Dates (2016)
assuage - verb - make (an upleasant feeling) less intense. "the letter assuaged the fears of most members"
similar: satisfy (an appetite or desire) "an oportunity occurred to assuage her desire for knowledge"

Penn State
Unrivaled
2023-09 St. Vincent gift shop mug

belle epoque - The Belle Époque or La Belle Époque is a period of French, Belgian and European history, usually considered to begin around 1871–1880

"A Massive Fraud of this type and magnitude allows for the termination of all rules, regulations, and articles, even those found in the Constitution,” Trump wrote in a Truth Social post in December 2022

Yesterday, upon the stair, I met a man who wasn't there He wasn't there again today I wish, I wish he'd go away...Antigonish [I met a man who wasn't there] by Hughes Mearns

"Back in my day I could walk in a store with $25 USD and walk out with six porterhouse steaks two chickens a case of beer five bottles of wine two loaves of bread and a gallon of milk. Can't do that today. Too many fucking cameras."   Facebook clickbait of funny text messages

The only people who never fail ar those who never try. Fortune cookie in my wallet 2024-01-10

Give someone a piece of wood, they'll make fire. Teach them to work with wood and they'll buy saws, hammers,planners,[sic] chisels, and more. - Woodworking forum user's profile

Adlerian theory? Aristotelian Lesson?: Things that we do a lot become things that we do naturally. "Act as if you already were that what you wish to become." - from podcast on Aristotle probably Hidden Brain

Trump carried 100% of the voters who have ever been hit on the head with a brick - Similar to quote I heard on TV

commedian Marty Simpson on texting "Hubba Hubba"  from teen's phone as punishment

Food poisoning, that isn't possible That seafood was a gift from my friend the owner of the Cleveland Browns. They're very expensive freshwater clams from the ... Cuyahoga River. - Jack D 30 Rock season 1 cold opening collection video

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Frequently Mispronounced Words

inc.com commonly mispronounced words   

Wednesday

veteran

prerogative

roofs

often

February

Farve

tough to spell

boudoir
bivouac - per Jeopardy calendar word for troops camping outside that comes from a German word meaning "extra watch"


Princess Bride

Truly, you have a dizzying intellect.

We are men of action, lies do not become us.

As I told you, it would be absolutely, totally, and in all other ways inconceivable.

You keep using that word. I do not think it means what you think it means

Get used to disappointment

You fell victim to one of the classic blunders - The most famous of which is "never get involved in a land war in Asia" - but only slightly less well-known is this: "Never go against a Sicilian when death is on the line"! Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha! Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha! Ha ha ha...

Let me put it this way. Have you ever heard of Plato, Aristotle, Socrates?
Man in Black: Yes.
Vizzini: Morons.

Hello. My name is Inigo Montoya. You killed my father. Prepare to die.

You've done nothing but study swordplay?
Inigo Montoya: More pursuing than studying, lately. You see, I cannot find him. It's been twenty years now. I'm starting to lose confidence.

I'll explain and I'll use small words so that you'll be sure to understand, you warthog faced buffoon.

Oh, well, thank you very much, very nice of you. Your vote of confidence is overwhelming

I wasn't nervous. Maybe I was a little bit "concerned" but that's not the same thing.


Rational Thought, Belief & Faith

"Whoso would deserve well of his fellows will guard the purity of his belief with a very fanaticism of jealous care, lest at any time it should rest on an unworthy object, and catch a stain which can never be wiped away."

Clifford quotes an imaginary opponent:
"'But,' says one, 'I am a busy man; I have no time for the long course of study which would be necessary to make me in any degree a competent judge of certain questions ...
' Then," says Clifford trenchantly, that person "should have no time to believe."

from "The Ethics of Belief." by William Kingdon Clifford, English mathematician and philosopher, 1877

"faith is comfort but doubt is education"    Al Martinez    LA Times    May 6, 2005

 


Stupid

"and this deal will count as a 39% bump variable against an 11% increase of synchronized flexibility" - jack doughnegy 30 rock "let's stay together"

"nonversation - man moment where everything gets said but nobody's talkin'" - Bobby =dad - Cougar Town season 2 ep 2

the seething caldron of financial ruin - comedian on bob and tom 8/28 about a hoo-hoo
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