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Erich
Fluffy-Esque
USA
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 Posted - 10/21/2003 : 02:54:55 AM
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Most ignorance is vincible ignorance: We don't know because we don't want to know. ~ Aldous Huxley
Great spirits have always found violent opposition from mediocrities. The latter cannot understand it when a man does not thoughtlessly submit to hereditary prejudices but honestly and courageously uses his intelligence ~ Einstein
Nothing defines humans better than their willingness to do irrational things in the pursuit of phenomenally unlikely payoffs. This is the principle behind lotteries, dating, and religion. ~ Scott Adams
How do you quantify that? How do you put a number on human stupidity? How do you put a number on these things? Now you can build a car that is so safe it has seat belts and air bags and anti-lock brakes—you can build a car so safe and then some idiot is going to run it over a cliff. How do you quantify that? Well, you can’t. ~ Michio Kaku
Every man takes the limits of his field of vision for the limits of the world. ~ Arthur Schopenhauer
The surest way to corrupt a youth is to instruct him to hold a higher esteem to those who think alike than those who think differently ~ Friedrich Nietzsche
I do not feel obliged to believe that same God who endowed us with sense, reason, and intellect had intended for us to forgo their use ~ Galileo Galilei
There are some things that can beat smartness and foresight. Awkwardness and stupidity can. The best swordsman in the world doesn't need to fear the second best swordsman in the world; no, the person for him to be afraid of is some ignorant antagonist who has never had a sword in his hand before; he doesn't do the thing he ought to do, and so the expert isn't prepared for him. ~ Mark Twain
In the first place God made idiots. This was for practice. Then he made School Boards ~ Mark Twain
Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I'm not sure about the former. ~ Albert Einstein
Sometimes I wonder whether the world is being run by smart people who are putting us on or by imbeciles who really mean it ~ Mark Twain
We all know how stupid the average person is. Now realize that, by definition, fifty percent of the population is dumber than that ~ Ivan Stang |
~pw'oikr
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Arthen
Alien Abductee
USA
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Posted - 10/21/2003 : 11:36:05 AM
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I love Mark Twain.
No Oscar Wilde quotes though? |
Steve Hackett: "I'm my own opening act, you see."
Tim (before "Faceoff"): "Peace, love....and SEX!"
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Saint Jude
Alien Abductee
USA
2144 Posts |
Posted - 10/29/2003 : 11:08:29 PM
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"Peace cannot be kept by force. It can only be achieved by understanding." - Einstein
"Heroism on command, senseless violence, and all the loathsome nonsense that goes by the name of patriotism -- how passionately I hate them!" - Einstein |
Remember, turn off your tv. Read. |
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