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Quotes & Sayings
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Quotes & Sayings
Men have nothing in common with me - there is no point of contact; they have foolish little feelings and foolish little vanities and impertinences and ambitions: their foolish little life is but a laugh, a sigh, and extinction; and they have no sense. Only the Moral Sense.
I will show you what I mean. Here is a red spider, not so big as a pin's head. Can you imagine an elephant being interested in him - caring whether he is happy or isn't, or whether he is wealthy or poor, or whether his sweetheart returns his love or not, or whether his mother is sick or well, or whether he is looked up to in society or not, or whether his enemies will smite him or his friends desert him, or whether his hopes will suffer blight or his political ambitions fail, or whether he shall die in the bosom of his family or neglected and despised in a foreign land?
These things can never be important to the elephant; they are nothing to him; he cannot shrink his sympathies to the microscopic size of them. Man is to me as the red spider is to the elephant. The elephant has nothing against the spider - he cannot get down to that remote level; I have nothing against man. The elephant is indifferent; I am indifferent. The elephant would not take the trouble to do the spider an ill turn; if he took the notion he might do him a good turn, if it came in his way and cost nothing. I have done men good service, but no ill turns.
The elephant lives a century, the red spider a day; in power, intellect, and dignity the one creature is separated from the other by a distance which is simply astronomical. Yet in these, as in all qualities, man is immeasurably further below me than is the wee spider below the elephant.
Satan's speech from Mark Twain's The Mysterious Stranger
Men have nothing in common with me - there is no point of contact; they have foolish little feelings and foolish little vanities and impertinences and ambitions: their foolish little life is but a laugh, a sigh, and extinction; and they have no sense. Only the Moral Sense.
I will show you what I mean. Here is a red spider, not so big as a pin's head. Can you imagine an elephant being interested in him - caring whether he is happy or isn't, or whether he is wealthy or poor, or whether his sweetheart returns his love or not, or whether his mother is sick or well, or whether he is looked up to in society or not, or whether his enemies will smite him or his friends desert him, or whether his hopes will suffer blight or his political ambitions fail, or whether he shall die in the bosom of his family or neglected and despised in a foreign land?
These things can never be important to the elephant; they are nothing to him; he cannot shrink his sympathies to the microscopic size of them. Man is to me as the red spider is to the elephant. The elephant has nothing against the spider - he cannot get down to that remote level; I have nothing against man. The elephant is indifferent; I am indifferent. The elephant would not take the trouble to do the spider an ill turn; if he took the notion he might do him a good turn, if it came in his way and cost nothing. I have done men good service, but no ill turns.
The elephant lives a century, the red spider a day; in power, intellect, and dignity the one creature is separated from the other by a distance which is simply astronomical. Yet in these, as in all qualities, man is immeasurably further below me than is the wee spider below the elephant.
Satan's speech from Mark Twain's The Mysterious Stranger
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Pardner, it's been my experience that there ain't nothin' more ruthless and treacherous than a genuine good woman.
Mr. Rumson
Paint your wagon
Screenplay by Al Lerner, 1969
Pardner, it's been my experience that there ain't nothin' more ruthless and treacherous than a genuine good woman.
Mr. Rumson
Paint your wagon
Screenplay by Al Lerner, 1969
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That is the Way of the World. The old must die and the young may die.
[1863 B. I. Wiley Life of Billy Yank (1952) xii.]
That is the Way of the World. The old must die and the young may die.
[1863 B. I. Wiley Life of Billy Yank (1952) xii.]
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A stage in civilization is merely a preconception made plausible by arbitrarily selected facts. Eighteen Professions, Alfred. L. Kroeber (1915)
It is important to recognize that although ethnic categories take cultural differences into account, we can assume no simple one-to-one relationship between ethnic units and cultural similarities and differences. The features that are taken into account are not the sum of 'objective' differences, but only those which the actors themselves regard as significant. Ethnic Groups and Boundaries, Fredrik Barth (1970)
The human reality is to a large extent socially constructed ââ¬â a structure of meanings rather than of external 'facts'. Are Human Rights Merely a Politicized Luxury in the World Today, Gerald Berreman (1980)
Later on I might dig through a few of my books to find some other quotes I quite like.
A stage in civilization is merely a preconception made plausible by arbitrarily selected facts. Eighteen Professions, Alfred. L. Kroeber (1915)
It is important to recognize that although ethnic categories take cultural differences into account, we can assume no simple one-to-one relationship between ethnic units and cultural similarities and differences. The features that are taken into account are not the sum of 'objective' differences, but only those which the actors themselves regard as significant. Ethnic Groups and Boundaries, Fredrik Barth (1970)
The human reality is to a large extent socially constructed ââ¬â a structure of meanings rather than of external 'facts'. Are Human Rights Merely a Politicized Luxury in the World Today, Gerald Berreman (1980)
Later on I might dig through a few of my books to find some other quotes I quite like.
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'It doesn't have any effect on your life. What do you care? People try to talk about it like it's a social issue. Like when you see someone stand up on a talk show and say How am I supposed to explain to my child that two men are getting married?
I dunno, it's your shitty kid, you fuckin' tell 'em. Why is that anyone else's problem? Two guys are in love but they can't get married because you don't want to talk to your ugly child for fuckin' five minutes?'
Louis C.K on gay marriage.
'It doesn't have any effect on your life. What do you care? People try to talk about it like it's a social issue. Like when you see someone stand up on a talk show and say How am I supposed to explain to my child that two men are getting married?
I dunno, it's your shitty kid, you fuckin' tell 'em. Why is that anyone else's problem? Two guys are in love but they can't get married because you don't want to talk to your ugly child for fuckin' five minutes?'
Louis C.K on gay marriage.
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'If you ever feel sad, just look up at the beauty of the stars, and realise that those stars have been dead for millions of years, like your dreams and aspirations.'
Shiro Yuri, to Leon Daschivas, in Nightmare Of Emotion (My current WIP)
'If you ever feel sad, just look up at the beauty of the stars, and realise that those stars have been dead for millions of years, like your dreams and aspirations.'
Shiro Yuri, to Leon Daschivas, in Nightmare Of Emotion (My current WIP)
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Some quotes by Bob Marley:
The one good thing about music: when it hits you, you feel no pain!
- from Trenchtown Rock
If you are the BIG tree, we are a small axe. And whosoever diggeth a pit..shall fall in it.
- from Small Axe
Emancipate yourselves from mental slavery. None but ourselves can free our minds.
- from Redemption Song
There ain't no hiding place from the Father of Creation.
- from One Love/ People Get Ready
You keep on knockin', but you can't come in. I get to understand you been livin' in sin.
- from Bend Down Low
If you know your history, then you would know where you coming from. Then you wouldn't have to ask me who the heck do I think I am. I'm just a Buffalo Soldier in the heart of America. Stolen from Africa, brought to America.
- from Buffalo Soldier
Who are you to judge the life I live? I know Iââ¬â¢m not perfect I donââ¬â¢t live to be, but before you start pointing fingers make sure your hands are clean.
- Bob Marley
ââ¬ÅThe truth is, everyone is going to hurt you. You just got to find the ones worth suffering for.ââ¬Â
- Bob Marley
Some quotes by Bob Marley:
The one good thing about music: when it hits you, you feel no pain!
- from Trenchtown Rock
If you are the BIG tree, we are a small axe. And whosoever diggeth a pit..shall fall in it.
- from Small Axe
Emancipate yourselves from mental slavery. None but ourselves can free our minds.
- from Redemption Song
There ain't no hiding place from the Father of Creation.
- from One Love/ People Get Ready
You keep on knockin', but you can't come in. I get to understand you been livin' in sin.
- from Bend Down Low
If you know your history, then you would know where you coming from. Then you wouldn't have to ask me who the heck do I think I am. I'm just a Buffalo Soldier in the heart of America. Stolen from Africa, brought to America.
- from Buffalo Soldier
Who are you to judge the life I live? I know Iââ¬â¢m not perfect I donââ¬â¢t live to be, but before you start pointing fingers make sure your hands are clean.
- Bob Marley
ââ¬ÅThe truth is, everyone is going to hurt you. You just got to find the ones worth suffering for.ââ¬Â
- Bob Marley
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Vision? What do you know about my vision? My vision would turn your world upside-down, tear asunder your illusions and the sanctuary of your own ignorance crashing down around you. Ask yourself... are you really ready to see that vision? - Huey Freeman
Vision? What do you know about my vision? My vision would turn your world upside-down, tear asunder your illusions and the sanctuary of your own ignorance crashing down around you. Ask yourself... are you really ready to see that vision? - Huey Freeman
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I'd rather regret the things I've done than regret the things I haven't done.
- Lucille Ball (1911 - 1989)
I'd rather regret the things I've done than regret the things I haven't done.
- Lucille Ball (1911 - 1989)
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Beware the beast: Man, for he is the Devil's pawn. Alone among God's primates, he kills for sport or lust or greed...Yea, he will murder his brother to possess his brother's land. Let him not breed in great numbers, for he will make a desert of his home and yours...Shun him; drive him back into his jungle lair, for he is the harbinger of death...
- Cornelius, Planet of the Apes
Beware the beast: Man, for he is the Devil's pawn. Alone among God's primates, he kills for sport or lust or greed...Yea, he will murder his brother to possess his brother's land. Let him not breed in great numbers, for he will make a desert of his home and yours...Shun him; drive him back into his jungle lair, for he is the harbinger of death...
- Cornelius, Planet of the Apes
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To those who can hear me, I say ââ¬â do not despair. The misery that is now upon us is but the passing of greed ââ¬â the bitterness of men who fear the way of human progress. The hate of men will pass, and dictators die, and the power they took from the people will return to the people and so long as men die, liberty will never perish.
-Charlie Chaplin, The Great Dictator
One murder makes a villain. Millions a hero.
-Beilby Porteus
To those who can hear me, I say ââ¬â do not despair. The misery that is now upon us is but the passing of greed ââ¬â the bitterness of men who fear the way of human progress. The hate of men will pass, and dictators die, and the power they took from the people will return to the people and so long as men die, liberty will never perish.
-Charlie Chaplin, The Great Dictator
One murder makes a villain. Millions a hero.
-Beilby Porteus
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I Believe the Impossible is possibe to overcome.
The so called normal people always let you down. Sickos never scare me, at least they're commited.
Mistletoe can be deadly if you eat it. But a kiss can be even deadlier if you mean it.
I Believe the Impossible is possibe to overcome.
The so called normal people always let you down. Sickos never scare me, at least they're commited.
Mistletoe can be deadly if you eat it. But a kiss can be even deadlier if you mean it.
"Death, the final, triumphant lover."
- Bela Lugosi (1882 - 1956)
- Bela Lugosi (1882 - 1956)
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Madam, I beg your pardon. How like a truth sounds a lie from the tongue of a fine woman.
- Plotwell, 'three hours after marriage', play by John Gay, et al, 1717
Madam, I beg your pardon. How like a truth sounds a lie from the tongue of a fine woman.
- Plotwell, 'three hours after marriage', play by John Gay, et al, 1717
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The Seven Deadly Sins:
Wealth without work.
Pleasure without conscience.
Science without humanity.
Knowledge without character.
Politics without principle.
Commerce without morality.
Worship without sacrifice.
- Mahatma Gandhi
The Seven Deadly Sins:
Wealth without work.
Pleasure without conscience.
Science without humanity.
Knowledge without character.
Politics without principle.
Commerce without morality.
Worship without sacrifice.
- Mahatma Gandhi
Beauty, of course, is the most important requirement and the paramount asset of the applicant.
Florenz Ziegfeld (1869 - 1932)
Florenz Ziegfeld (1869 - 1932)
The trouble with beauty is feelings of superiority. The trouble with generosity is extravagance. The trouble with noble descent is pride. The trouble with knowledge is forgetfulness.
- Islamic saying
- Islamic saying
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