Now it is done. Now the story ends. And there is no way to tell it. The art of fiction is dead. Reality has strangled invention. Only the utterly impossible, the inexpressibly fantastic, can ever be plausible again.
"The most dangerous man, to any government, is the man who is able to think things out for himself, without regard to the prevailing superstitions and taboos. Almost inevitably he comes to the conclusion that the government he lives under is dishonest, insane and intolerable, and so, if he is romantic, he tries to change it. And even if he is not romantic personally he is very apt to spread discontent among those who are."~ H. L. Mencken
Have you ever wondered why Republicans are so interested in encouraging people to volunteer in their communities? It’s because volunteers work for no pay. Republicans have been trying to get people to work for no pay for a long time.
Have you ever wondered why Republicans are so interested in encouraging people to volunteer in their communities? It’s because volunteers work for no pay. Republicans have been trying to get people to work for no pay for a long time.
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On two occasions I have been asked,—"Pray, Mr. Babbage, if you put into the machine wrong figures, will the right answers come out?" In one case a member of the Upper, and in the other a member of the Lower, House put this question. I am not able rightly to apprehend the kind of confusion of ideas that could provoke such a question.
Propose to an Englishman any principle, or any instrument, however admirable, and you will observe that the whole effort of the English mind is directed to find a difficulty, a defect, or an impossibility in it. If you speak to him of a machine for peeling a potato, he will pronounce it impossible: if you peel a potato with it before his eyes, he will declare it useless, because it will not slice a pineapple. Impart the same principle or show the same machine to an American or to one of our Colonists, and you will observe that the whole effort of his mind is to find some new application of the principle, some new use for the instrument.
Have you ever wondered why Republicans are so interested in encouraging people to volunteer in their communities? It’s because volunteers work for no pay. Republicans have been trying to get people to work for no pay for a long time.
-George Carlin, again
George Carlin said some extremely stupid things.
This is one of them.
Once you leave the womb, conservatives don’t care about you until you reach military age. Then you’re just what they’re looking for. Conservatives want live babies so they can raise them to be dead soldiers.
The study of theology, as it stands in Christian churches, is the study of nothing; it is founded on nothing; it rests on nothing; it proceeds by no authorities; it has no data; it can demonstrate nothing and admits of no conclusion.
"This bar was esteemed for its quality or at least the profusion of the graffiti in both its gentlemen's and ladies' rooms, which were rarely washed or repainted. I read this exchange: 'What's so great about women anyway?' And, lower: 'Hey, every woman, pal, is a volume of stories a catalogue of movements a spectacular array of images'." - Michael Chabon, The Mysteries of Pittsburgh
I don't why, this quote just nails something about the ladies for me
Once you leave the womb, conservatives don’t care about you until you reach military age. Then you’re just what they’re looking for. Conservatives want live babies so they can raise them to be dead soldiers.
-George Carlin, yet again
"The principal feature of American liberalism is sanctimoniousness. By loudly denouncing all bad things — war and hunger and date rape — liberals testify to their own terrific goodness."
"This bar was esteemed for its quality or at least the profusion of the graffiti in both its gentlemen's and ladies' rooms, which were rarely washed or repainted. I read this exchange: 'What's so great about women anyway?' And, lower: 'Hey, every woman, pal, is a volume of stories a catalogue of movements a spectacular array of images'." - Michael Chabon, The Mysteries of Pittsburgh
I don't why, this quote just nails something about the ladies for me
what about
A woman is a lot like a fine vehicle. She costs a lot, requires constant maintenance, and if you get a fast one, you gotta pay attention, 'cause if you make one false move you'll end up all mangled in some lonesome ditch.
"This bar was esteemed for its quality or at least the profusion of the graffiti in both its gentlemen's and ladies' rooms, which were rarely washed or repainted. I read this exchange: 'What's so great about women anyway?' And, lower: 'Hey, every woman, pal, is a volume of stories a catalogue of movements a spectacular array of images'." - Michael Chabon, The Mysteries of Pittsburgh
I don't why, this quote just nails something about the ladies for me
what about
A woman is a lot like a fine vehicle. She costs a lot, requires constant maintenance, and if you get a fast one, you gotta pay attention, 'cause if you make one false move you'll end up all mangled in some lonesome ditch.
A woman is like a motorcycle. Keep her locked up in the garage and kick her once in a while.
As president of my school's feminism club, I do not endorse the above quote.
Some people see things that are and ask, Why? Some people dream of things that never were and ask, Why not? Some people have to go to work and don't have time for all that shit.
"This bar was esteemed for its quality or at least the profusion of the graffiti in both its gentlemen's and ladies' rooms, which were rarely washed or repainted. I read this exchange: 'What's so great about women anyway?' And, lower: 'Hey, every woman, pal, is a volume of stories a catalogue of movements a spectacular array of images'." - Michael Chabon, The Mysteries of Pittsburgh
I don't why, this quote just nails something about the ladies for me
what about
A woman is a lot like a fine vehicle. She costs a lot, requires constant maintenance, and if you get a fast one, you gotta pay attention, 'cause if you make one false move you'll end up all mangled in some lonesome ditch.
the first is for infatuation
that one is for when you are in the post breakup binge drinking phase
"If I had a large amount of money I should certainly found a hospital for those whose grip upon the world is so tenuous that they can be severely offended by words and phrases and yet remain all unoffended by the injustice, violence and oppression that howls daily about our ears."
"If ignorance is bliss, why aren't there more happy people in the world?"
"I used many times to touch my own chest and feel, under its asthmatic quiver, the engine of the heart and lungs and blood and feel amazed at what I sensed was the enormity of the power I possessed."
"Think of how stupid the average person is, and realize half of them are stupider than that."
"As soon as someone is identified as an unsung hero, he no longer is. "
Here’s a bumper sticker I’d like to see: “We are the proud parents of a child who’s self-esteem is sufficient that he doesn’t need us promoting his minor scholastic achievements on the back of our car.”
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.
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-Red Smith
"What terrible tragedies realism inflicts on people."
"When… in the course of all these thousands of years has man ever acted in accordance with his own interests?"
Fyodor Dostoevsky
-Abraham Maslow
-George Carlin
I miss that old bastard
I got to see him live once and it was awesome
If you are saying this to please me
it's working
-H.L. Mencken
twice here
he was the best person in the world. ever.
-George Carlin, again
George Carlin said some extremely stupid things.
This is one of them.
kpop appreciation station i also like to tweet some
Charles Babbage
Once you leave the womb, conservatives don’t care about you until you reach military age. Then you’re just what they’re looking for. Conservatives want live babies so they can raise them to be dead soldiers.
-George Carlin, yet again
bonus quote
Fuck you, Centipede Damascus
-Kuribo's Shoe
yeah I guess you have it all figured out over there
I don't why, this quote just nails something about the ladies for me
"The principal feature of American liberalism is sanctimoniousness. By loudly denouncing all bad things — war and hunger and date rape — liberals testify to their own terrific goodness."
P.J. O'Rourke
in fact, social darwinist republicans would be less likely to volunteer, right? why didn't he just say idealists or christians or good people?
it's also dumb because Democrats push for volunteer efforts just as much if not more so than Republicans
it's a dumb insult for the sake of insulting
what about
Every decent man is ashamed of the government he lives under.
-HL Mencken
hitting hot metal with hammers
did you know george carlin was a comedian
As president of my school's feminism club, I do not endorse the above quote.
-guess who
the first is for infatuation
that one is for when you are in the post breakup binge drinking phase
yeah, too bad it wasn't a funny insult either
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I dunno, I thought it was funny
but that one line, out of context, just isn't funny and it's not even offensive
the whole point of volunteering is to, yeah, work for free
moving on!
oh man, I have this one on my facebook quotes page
-Matt Groening
"If ignorance is bliss, why aren't there more happy people in the world?"
"I used many times to touch my own chest and feel, under its asthmatic quiver, the engine of the heart and lungs and blood and feel amazed at what I sensed was the enormity of the power I possessed."
Stephen Fry
kpop appreciation station i also like to tweet some
"Think of how stupid the average person is, and realize half of them are stupider than that."
"As soon as someone is identified as an unsung hero, he no longer is. "
Here’s a bumper sticker I’d like to see: “We are the proud parents of a child who’s self-esteem is sufficient that he doesn’t need us promoting his minor scholastic achievements on the back of our car.”
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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.