Zonugal(He/Him) The Holiday ArmadilloI'm Santa's representative for all the southern states. And Mexico!Registered Userregular
edited August 2009
Let me tell you something you already know. The world ain't all sunshine and rainbows. It is a very mean and nasty place, and I don't care how tough you are, it will beat you to your knees and keep you there permanently if you let it. You, me or nobody is going to hit as hard as life. But it ain't about how hard you hit, it is about how hard you can get hit and keep moving forward, how much can you take and keep moving forward. That's how winning is done! Now, if you know what you're worth, then go out and get what you're worth. But you gotta be willing to take the hit, and not pointing fingers saying you ain't where you are because of him, or her, or anybody. Cowards do that and that ain't you. You're better than that! I'm always gonna love you, no matter what. No matter what happens. You're my son, you're my blood. You're the best thing in my life. But until you start believing in yourself, you ain't gonna have a life. -- As written by Sylvester Stallone and spoken by Rock Balboa
You accuse me of being a madman. What right have you to judge what is sane and what is not?
I have fought with the shadows on the edge of your vision.
I have seen the faces that laugh at you in your nightmares.
I have smelt the foetid breath that issues from the mouth of hell itself.
I have heard the silent voices that make your spine tingle with dread.
I have entered the realms between worlds where there is no time or place.
I have clashed with creatures the sight of which would sear your soul to the core.
I have bested horrors that chill with a gaze and tempt unreasoning terror.
I have faced death eye to eye and blade to blade.
I have stared into the eyes of insanity and met their all-consuming stare.
I have done all of this for you, for your protection, and the guarantee of a future for mankind.
And yet you accuse me of being a madman, you who have never had your sanity tested so sorely.
What right have you to call me a heretic and a blasphemer, who have not heard the whisper of dark gods in your ear?
You are weak. Vulnerable. Human in your frailty. I am strong and yet still you judge me.
And yet you still judge me for my sins, you who art most sinful to the heart?
Only the insane have strength enough to prosper; only those that prosper truly judge what is sane.
You accuse me of being a madman. What right have you to judge what is sane and what is not?
I have fought with the shadows on the edge of your vision.
I have seen the faces that laugh at you in your nightmares.
I have smelt the foetid breath that issues from the mouth of hell itself.
I have heard the silent voices that make your spine tingle with dread.
I have entered the realms between worlds where there is no time or place.
I have clashed with creatures the sight of which would sear your soul to the core.
I have bested horrors that chill with a gaze and tempt unreasoning terror.
I have faced death eye to eye and blade to blade.
I have stared into the eyes of insanity and met their all-consuming stare.
I have done all of this for you, for your protection, and the guarantee of a future for mankind.
And yet you accuse me of being a madman, you who have never had your sanity tested so sorely.
What right have you to call me a heretic and a blasphemer, who have not heard the whisper of dark gods in your ear?
You are weak. Vulnerable. Human in your frailty. I am strong and yet still you judge me.
And yet you still judge me for my sins, you who art most sinful to the heart?
Only the insane have strength enough to prosper; only those that prosper truly judge what is sane.
Jane Austen? Why I go so far as to say that any library is a good library that does not contain a volume by Jane Austen. Even if it contains no other book.
-Mark Twain
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PiptheFairFrequently not in boats.Registered Userregular
edited August 2009
kurt vonnegut was mark twain back from the dead and they were both one of my favorite people
"If ignorance is bliss, why aren't there more happy people in the world?"
Stephen Fry
Haha holy shit this one is great. It's so simple, I'm surprised I've never heard it before (or thought of it myself for that matter).
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RankenphilePassersby were amazedby the unusually large amounts of blood.Registered User, Moderatormod
edited August 2009
A riot is the language of the unheard.
An individual who breaks a law that conscience tells him is unjust, and who willingly accepts the penalty of imprisonment in order to arouse the conscience of the community over its injustice, is in reality expressing the highest respect for the law.
Change does not roll in on the wheels of inevitability, but comes through continuous struggle. And so we must straighten our backs and work for our freedom. A man can't ride you unless your back is bent.
Have we not come to such an impasse in the modern world that we must love our enemies - or else? The chain reaction of evil - hate begetting hate, wars producing more wars - must be broken, or else we shall be plunged into the dark abyss of annihilation.
He who passively accepts evil is as much involved in it as he who helps to perpetrate it. He who accepts evil without protesting against it is really cooperating with it.
Human salvation lies in the hands of the creatively maladjusted.
"I save about twenty drafts -- that's ten meg of disc space -- and the last one contains all the final alterations. Once it has been printed out and received by the publishers, there's a cry here of 'Tough shit, literary researchers of the future, try getting a proper job!' and the rest are wiped."
-Terry Pratchett
We must assume, I think, that the forward projection of what imagination he had, stopped at the act, on the brink of all its possible consequences; ghost consequences, comparable to the ghost toes of an amputee or to the fanning out of additional squares which a chess knight (that skip-space piece), standing on a marginal file, "feels" in phantom extensions beyond the board, but which have no effect whatever on his real moves, on the real play.
-Vladimir Nabokov, Pale Fire
words I attempt to bring to bear on each of my actions and thoughts on a daily basis
'If there is no great glorious end to all this, if nothing we do matters, then all that matters is what we do. Because, if there is no bigger meaning, then the smallest act of kindness is the greatest thing in the world.'
-Joss Whedon, my favourite atheist and also a quote that defines a large part of how I try to live my life.
Change does not roll in on the wheels of inevitability, but comes through continuous struggle. And so we must straighten our backs and work for our freedom. A man can't ride you unless your back is bent.
'Why should things be easy to understand?'
-Thomas Pynchon
'The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort and convenience, but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy.'
-Martin Luther King Jr.
'You are about to embark upon the Great Crusade, toward which we have striven these many months. The eyes of the world are upon you. The hopes and prayers of liberty-loving people everywhere march with you. In company with our brave Allies and brothers-in-arms on other Fronts, you will bring about the destruction of the German war machine, the elimination of Nazi tyranny over the oppressed peoples of Europe, and security for ourselves in a free world.'
-Eisenhower's D-Day speech
'If there is no great glorious end to all this, if nothing we do matters, then all that matters is what we do. Because, if there is no bigger meaning, then the smallest act of kindness is the greatest thing in the world.'
-Joss Whedon, my favourite atheist and also a quote that defines a large part of how I try to live my life.
I would also argue that this is an applicable quotation for Christians to live by. Even if there is something more afterward, why should people be dicks to each other here?
Also (and I know it's unpopular):
A human being should be able to change a diaper, plan an invasion, butcher a hog, conn a ship, design a building, write a sonnet, balance accounts, build a wall, set a bone, comfort the dying, take orders, give orders, cooperate, act alone, solve equations, analyze a new problem, pitch manure, program a computer, cook a tasty meal, fight efficiently, die gallantly.
Eskimo: "If I did not know about God and sin, would I go to hell?"
Priest: "No, not if you did not know."
Eskimo: "Then why did you tell me?"
-Annie Dillard
'If there is no great glorious end to all this, if nothing we do matters, then all that matters is what we do. Because, if there is no bigger meaning, then the smallest act of kindness is the greatest thing in the world.'
-Joss Whedon, my favourite atheist and also a quote that defines a large part of how I try to live my life.
I would also argue that this is an applicable quotation for Christians to live by. Even if there is something more afterward, why should people be dicks to each other here?
Also (and I know it's unpopular):
A human being should be able to change a diaper, plan an invasion, butcher a hog, conn a ship, design a building, write a sonnet, balance accounts, build a wall, set a bone, comfort the dying, take orders, give orders, cooperate, act alone, solve equations, analyze a new problem, pitch manure, program a computer, cook a tasty meal, fight efficiently, die gallantly.
- RAH
Oh, I agree. I think that it's an excellent quote for anyone to live by.I put the 'my favourite atheist' thing because I've always liked his stance on religion as an atheist. He himself doesn't believe, but as he's said, if it gives people hope then it can't be all bad.
"Question with boldness even the existence of a God; because, if there be one, he must more approve of the homage of reason, than that of blind-folded fear."
-Thomas Jefferson
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KalTorakOne way or another, they all end up inthe Undercity.Registered Userregular
edited August 2009
"Bitches gotta take their cunt-pills! I ain't wearin' no gunny-sack!"
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and legalized prostitution while we're here
kpop appreciation station i also like to tweet some
Your avatar just makes this so much better
-Mark Twain.
Wait what is this from
-Mark Twain
"Shrapnel was invented by an Englishman of the same name. Don't you wish you could have something named after you?"
-Kurt Vonnegut
-Eugene Debbs
Haha holy shit this one is great. It's so simple, I'm surprised I've never heard it before (or thought of it myself for that matter).
An individual who breaks a law that conscience tells him is unjust, and who willingly accepts the penalty of imprisonment in order to arouse the conscience of the community over its injustice, is in reality expressing the highest respect for the law.
Change does not roll in on the wheels of inevitability, but comes through continuous struggle. And so we must straighten our backs and work for our freedom. A man can't ride you unless your back is bent.
Have we not come to such an impasse in the modern world that we must love our enemies - or else? The chain reaction of evil - hate begetting hate, wars producing more wars - must be broken, or else we shall be plunged into the dark abyss of annihilation.
He who passively accepts evil is as much involved in it as he who helps to perpetrate it. He who accepts evil without protesting against it is really cooperating with it.
Human salvation lies in the hands of the creatively maladjusted.
--Dr Martin Luther King, Jr
- Friedrich Nietzsche
-Terry Pratchett
I thought that was Nietzsche
kpop appreciation station i also like to tweet some
-Vladimir Nabokov, Pale Fire
words I attempt to bring to bear on each of my actions and thoughts on a daily basis
-Joss Whedon, my favourite atheist and also a quote that defines a large part of how I try to live my life.
Stop getting people to do your homework ;-)
I'm never doing Nietzsche again
hooray
-Thomas Pynchon
'The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort and convenience, but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy.'
-Martin Luther King Jr.
'You are about to embark upon the Great Crusade, toward which we have striven these many months. The eyes of the world are upon you. The hopes and prayers of liberty-loving people everywhere march with you. In company with our brave Allies and brothers-in-arms on other Fronts, you will bring about the destruction of the German war machine, the elimination of Nazi tyranny over the oppressed peoples of Europe, and security for ourselves in a free world.'
-Eisenhower's D-Day speech
which is a beautiful way of expressing a problem with the correspondance theory of truth
-Abraham Lincoln
'Power corrupts. Absolute power is kind of neat.'
-John Lehman
-Mae West
"Admiration of the proletariat, like that of dams, power stations, and aeroplanes, is part of the ideology of the machine age."
"Men who are unhappy, like men who sleep badly, are always proud of the fact."
I would also argue that this is an applicable quotation for Christians to live by. Even if there is something more afterward, why should people be dicks to each other here?
Also (and I know it's unpopular):
A human being should be able to change a diaper, plan an invasion, butcher a hog, conn a ship, design a building, write a sonnet, balance accounts, build a wall, set a bone, comfort the dying, take orders, give orders, cooperate, act alone, solve equations, analyze a new problem, pitch manure, program a computer, cook a tasty meal, fight efficiently, die gallantly.
- RAH
Priest: "No, not if you did not know."
Eskimo: "Then why did you tell me?"
-Annie Dillard
Oh, I agree. I think that it's an excellent quote for anyone to live by.I put the 'my favourite atheist' thing because I've always liked his stance on religion as an atheist. He himself doesn't believe, but as he's said, if it gives people hope then it can't be all bad.
I cannot speak for any other belief system. I think it'd be nice if everybody was nice to each other for the sake of being nice to each other.
-Thomas Jefferson
-Todd the Squirrel
- Albert Einstein
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"[on the subject of how he avoids STIs] I-I-I guess by not givin' a shit!"
-Todd T. Squirrel