In This Thread We Post Our Favourite Quotes

[Black Dog]

and here's my slightly academic offering:

"We never arrive at fundamental propositions in the course of our investigation; we get to the boundary of language which stops us from asking further questions. We don't get to the bottom of things, but reach a point where we can go no further, where we cannot ask further questions" (Wittgenstein)

Simply because it's true.

Now beat that suckers.

[Intervention]

"I don't abuse drugs, I use them for their intended purpose" -- anon.

[Aryn]

"i'm not lazy, i'm energy efficient" - my math teacher. though i think he got that from somewhere else

[JC]

"D'OH"

[Dante Hicks]

"I am convinced there is only one way to eliminate these grave evils, namely through the establishment of a socialist economy, accompanied by an educational system which would be oriented toward social goals. In such an economy, the means of production are owned by society itself and are utilized in a planned fashion. A planned economy, which adjusts production to the needs of the community, would distribute the work to be done among all those able to work and would guarantee a livelihood to every man, woman, and child. The education of the individual, in addition to promoting his own innate abilities, would attempt to develop in him a sense of responsibility for his fellow men in place of the glorification of power and success in our present society."

- Einstein

Three quarters of the American population literally believe in religious miracles. The numbers who believe in the devil, in resurrection, in God doing this and that -- it's astonishing. These numbers aren't duplicated anywhere else in the industrial world. You'd have to maybe go to mosques in Iran or do a poll among old ladies in Sicily to get numbers like this. Yet this is the American population....

- Chomsky

For those who stubbornly seek freedom, there can be no more urgent task than to come to understand the mechanisms and practices of indoctrination. These are easy to perceive in the totalitarian societies, much less so in the system of 'brainwashing under freedom' to which we are subjected and which all too often we sere as willing or unwitting instruments."...

- Chomsky

[KaneED]

i could quote voltaire or something, but i'd prolly end up lsounding like some liberal ponce.

[Bloomers III]

"and here's one i made earlier" - John Leslie in blue peter

"all you need is a fairy liquid bottle" - John Leslie in blue peter

"if you scream i'm going to make it even more painful" - John Leslie in blue peter

[Sandsnake]

Evil Guy: "And tear his heart out with a spoon!"
Goon: "Why a spoon?"
Evil Guy: "Because it *hurts* more you idiot!"

[Mushroom]

"Outside of a dog, a book is a man's best friend. Inside of a dog, it's too dark to read." -Groucho Marx.

[Leshy]

"There are only two things which are infinite: the universe, and human stupidity. Although I'm not entirely certain about the former." -Albert Einstein

[Vermillion]

"Nobody ever went broke by underestimating the intelligence of the American people."
PT Barnam.

"I go with the certainty of a sleepwalker along the path that laid out for me by Providence."
A Hitler.

"The biggest conspiracy has always been the fact that there is no conspiracy. Nobody's out to get you. Nobody gives a **** whether you live or die. There, you feel better now?"
Dennis Miller

and, of course, my Sig file.

[Jennifer]

Attitude is no substitute for competence.

[Freakozoid]

look down.

[Tactitus]

"Quote me as saying I was mis-quoted." --Groucho Marx

[Matrim]

This is for all you people out there who're bred to buy and not to think.

Okay that's enough of me sounding like an idiot, here's a quote that isn't my favourite but it's good enough.



"The bottom line is money on the Western power scene, where celebrities and porn can let the population dream. They're pathetic humans living in an advertising glut, who devour with a passion what the mainstream vomits up."




Matrim

[W]

Originally posted by Black Dog
and here's my slightly academic offering:

"We never arrive at fundamental propositions in the course of our investigation; we get to the boundary of language which stops us from asking further questions. We don't get to the bottom of things, but reach a point where we can go no further, where we cannot ask further questions" (Wittgenstein)

Simply because it's true.

Now beat that suckers.

The fish trap exists because of the fish. Once you've gotten the fish you can forget the trap. The rabbit snare exists because of the rabbit. Once you've gotten the rabbit, you can forget the snare. Words exist because of meaning. Once you've gotten the meaning, you can forget the words. Where can I find a man who has forgotten words so I can talk with him? (Chuang Tzu)

You are simply wrong.

[SilverSmoke]

I know nothing except the fact of my ignorance

[JonnyBGood]

Originally posted by SilverSmoke
I know nothing except the fact of my ignorance

Sounds like badly translated socrates :(






My personal favourite, "bring out the gimp". God bless Pulp Fiction!

[JC]

"When the seagulls follow the trawler, it's because they think sardines will be thrown in to the sea." - Eric Cantona

[Sarina_Joy]

If a man does not keep pace with his companions, perhaps it is because he hears a different drummer. Let him step to the music which he hears, however measured or far away. (Henry David Thoreau)

[KaneED]

Originally posted by Bloomers III
"and here's one i made earlier" - John Leslie in blue peter

"all you need is a fairy liquid bottle" - John Leslie in blue peter

"if you scream i'm going to make it even more painful" - John Leslie in blue peter

bloomers, you're a sick little **** :P

[GavGull]

Everybody thinks himself so well supplied with common sense that even those most difficult to please...never desire more of it than they already have.

-Rene Descartes


What progress we are making. In the Middle Ages they would have burned me. Now they are content with burning my books.

-Sigmund Freud


Death is nothing to us; for when we are, death is not, and when death is, we are not.

-Epicurus


In the beginning the Universe was created. This has made a lot of people very angry and been widely regarded as a bad move.

-Douglas Adams

[Embroglio]

Originally posted by Mushroom
"Outside of a dog, a book is a man's best friend. Inside of a dog, it's too dark to read." -Groucho Marx.

Winner. I was going to post some Groucho, heh. :ninja:

[seventh]

"it's not like they can do anything is it"
"we've got a gram of coke 50 pills and 3 ounces of skunk, and you're gay, what can they NOT do..."
"**** yeh"


^^^ two guys that ran away from our local park when the police turned up. they got caught.heh

[das_experiment]

Life is like a box of chocolate, you never know what youre gonna get :P

[HAL-9000]

"When once you have tasted flight you will forever walk with your eyes turned skyward; for there you have been, and there you will always long to return" - Leonardo DaVinci

[Belgarath The Sorcerer]

"Now's the time to be alive - to see it all happen, be a part of it. That makes the blood race, and each breath is an adventure." - Silk, Pawn of Prophecy.

[Cmdr_Cyrax]

"Religion is like chemotherapy, it may solve one problem, but it can cause a million more."
-- John Bledsoe

[Helveticus]

Originally posted by Sandsnake
Evil Guy: "And tear his heart out with a spoon!"
Goon: "Why a spoon?"
Evil Guy: "Because it *hurts* more you idiot!"

Alan Rickman as the Sherriff of Nottingham.

Personal favourite is in sig (NOT the one from Jonny)

[Fist]

"You know you are at a festival when it socially accepted to behave like a complete moron!" - Me

Said by me when some retard started screaming "Hevy metal!!!" during a slow song at the Bjørk concerte at the Roskilde festival this summer...

[queball]

"Think you live in a classless society? Think again. No society with me as a member could ever be classless." - some guy's sig

[Texan]

Mongol General: ...what is best in life?
snip
Conan: To crush your enemies, see them driven before you, and to hear the lamentation of the women!

[LHC]

Hey a Texan post! Are you back in America yet?

[MrL_JaKiri]

I have nothing to declare but my guinness.

[seventh]

there was one by someone remarkable writer

it was something like

a quote is implemented by a writer when they lack the imagination to write for themselves

or soemthing similar and it was buy a comedian...who wrote comedy war books, died recently ish...

[Ste]

What is politics? Politics is when you say you are going to do one thing, intend to do another, and end up doing something you neither said you would do or intended to do. - Saddam Hussein

There ought to be limits to freedom - George Bush

There's a huge trust. I see it all the time when people come up to me and say, 'I don't want you to let me down again.' - George Bush

I think if you know what you believe, it makes it a lot easier to answer questions. I can't answer your question - George Bush

ok enough of them...

[Black Dog]

Originally posted by W
The fish trap exists because of the fish. Once you've gotten the fish you can forget the trap. The rabbit snare exists because of the rabbit. Once you've gotten the rabbit, you can forget the snare. Words exist because of meaning. Once you've gotten the meaning, you can forget the words. Where can I find a man who has forgotten words so I can talk with him? (Chuang Tzu)

You are simply wrong.

I beg to differ. Firstly it must be understood Wittgenstein was talking in a primarily legal context.

Secondly Wittgenstein is arguing that there is no objective meaning to be "gotten", language is an entirely subjective art - which the author bends to fit his own opinion. This opinion cannot be derived since there is no universal, objective means by which the meaning can be found, merely guidelines by which it can be approximated (as judges do in reference to statute interpretation).

You can't find the meaning because to do so would be to underline each sentence with an explanation, which is itself inherently subjective and open to a failure of correct interpretation.

[Little Timmy]

Fate gives you a choice of many paths but will never let you see if the path you have chosen was the correct path

[ChubbyChecker]

"I would never join a club that would accept a man like me as a member" - Graucho Marx.

Probably quoted it wrong, but you get the gist of it.

[Embroglio]

" " - Harpo Marx

[Monkehpimp]

'Give me a battalion of Maori, and I will win Africa'



-Rommel, to Hitler when asked what he required to win the African campaign in WWII.

[Radical Edward]

man who stand on toilet, is high on pot.

Confuscius

[Monkehpimp]

Originally posted by Radical Edward
man who stand on toilet, is high on pot.

Confuscius

man who stands on other mans backside, is high on crack.

Originally posted by Sandsnake
Evil Guy: "And tear his heart out with a spoon!"
Goon: "Why a spoon?"
Evil Guy: "Because it *hurts* more you idiot!"

Robbin Hood - Prince of thieves
Evil guy beeing the sheriff of Nottingham and the other his cusin.

[Mong]

Some Spike Milligan quotes:

I don't want to belong to any club that will accept me as a member

Contraceptives should be used on every conceivable occasion.

Great guy, called Prince Charles "a snivelling prick" or something similar.

M.

[HAL-9000]

"The best thing about 2001 was when George Bush choked on a pretzel. The worst thing was when he survived." - Some comedian bloke.

[MrL_JaKiri]

You shouldn't leave things in the fridge.

That is the lesson.

[ELeeming]

No matter where you go, there you are.

There are levels of survival we are prepared to accept.

[MrL_JaKiri]

Originally posted by Jennifer
Attitude is no substitute for competence.

Hello dear, met any more 12 year old organists?

[Jennifer]

Scientists tend to overcompress, to make their arguments difficult to follow by leaving out too many steps. They do this because they have a hard time writing and they would like to get it over with as soon as possible... Six weeks of work are sub-sumed into the word "obviously".
-Sidney Coleman

(8 years old fs)