Quote of the Day

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"The great tragedy of science the slaying of a beautiful hypothesis by an ugly fact."

--Thomas Huxley



Comment on the quote above yours.

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[fatuma]

An eye for an eye makes the whole world blind.

- Mahatma Gandhi

[Memento Mori]

Revenge is pointless.

"If it can go wrong, it will wrong" - Murphy's Law.

[Big!]

^Plan for the unexpected.

More than an end to war, we want an end to the beginning of all wars -- yes, an end to this brutal, inhuman and thoroughly impractical method of settling the differences between governments.

[Hippopotamus]

@ fatuma: Gandhi has some great quotes, I did a presentation about him once


Interviewer: 'What do you think of western civilisation?'

Ghandi: 'I think it would be a very good idea!'

[fatuma]

Interviewer: 'What do you think of western civilisation?'

Ghandi: 'I think it would be a very good idea!'


^^ its still an idea only

You cannot escape the responsibility of tomorrow by evading it today.

Abraham Lincoln

[imported_James]

i'd have to say, that's very profound... it kinda makes me want to stop putting things off X_X

"Do you tend to spoil the ones you love? Rewarding achievements that are expected make the ultimate prize feel disrespected. Life is a marathon, not a sprint. So pace yourself and enjoy the journey. God is love." -- Rev Run

[ReggaetonInc]

"Some national parks have long waiting lists for camping reservations. When you have to wait a year to sleep next to a tree, something is wrong."
- George Carlin

"We are all apt to believe what the world believes about us."
- George Eliot

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"Some national parks have long waiting lists for camping reservations. When you have to wait a year to sleep next to a tree, something is wrong."
- George Carlin

^Interesting point.

“If I have seen further than others, it is by standing upon the shoulders of giants.” --Sir Isaac Newton

[lucky-tarbox]

Expierience is somthing you get right after you need it

[Memento Mori]

So true. Especially when it comes to applying for jobs.

"The 50-50-90 rule: Anytime you have a 50-50 chance of getting something right, there's a 90% probability you'll get it wrong. "

[A Prophet Of Fortune]

I think am paraphrasing but:


Religion started when the first scoundrel met the first fool.

- Voltaire.

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^I've read that one somewhere before.

"The Christian religion not only was at first attended with miracles, but even at this day cannot be believed by any reasonable person without one. Mere reason is insufficient to convince us of its veracity: and whoever is moved by faith to assent to it, is conscious of a continued miracle in his own person, which subverts all the principles of his understanding, and gives him a determination to believe what is most contrary to custom and experience."

-- David Hume, An Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding (1748), quoted from Encarta® Book of Quotations (1999)

[mrnicksta]

An eye for an eye makes the whole world blind.

- Mahatma Gandhi

that is incredible, so clever and so correct

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A president who breaks the law is a threat to the very structure of our government.
--Al Gore

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He who will not economize will have to agonize.
--Confucius

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The greatest challenge to any thinker is stating the problem in a way that will allow a solution.
- Bertrand Russell

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i got a couple

It is better to be hated for what you are than to be loved for what you are not.
-Andre Gide

"He is no fool, who gives up what he cannot keep; to gain what he cannot lose."
-Jim Elliot

"Only God can judge me."
"Death before dishonour."
-Tupac Shakur.

"One of the most common birth defects of Humans is the ability to care."
-L. Ashworth

"The only CERTAINTY in life; is death.
Remember everything; forgive nothing.

Blood is thicker than water.

"In this world, the hardest judge; is yourself."

Actions speak louder then words, but in themselves, words are weapons.

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In science one tries to tell people, in such a way as to be understood by everyone, something that no one ever knew before. But in poetry, it's the exact opposite.
- Paul Dirac

[c4m]

^I've read that one somewhere before.

"The Christian religion not only was at first attended with miracles, but even at this day cannot be believed by any reasonable person without one. Mere reason is insufficient to convince us of its veracity: and whoever is moved by faith to assent to it, is conscious of a continued miracle in his own person, which subverts all the principles of his understanding, and gives him a determination to believe what is most contrary to custom and experience."

-- David Hume, An Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding (1748), quoted from Encarta® Book of Quotations (1999)

Ever heard of The Linguistics? They have a song about Christianity that is quite thought provoking.



You can be a king or a street sweeper but everybody dances with the grim reaper

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Do not worry about your difficulties in Mathematics. I can assure you mine are still greater.
- Albert Einstein

[mrnicksta]

einstein has a lot of great quotes, thought i'd list some more:


"Two things are infinite: the universe and human stupidity; and I'm not sure about the the universe."
"I know not with what weapons World War III will be fought, but World War IV will be fought with sticks and stones."
"Heroism on command, senseless violence, and all the loathsome nonsense that goes by the name of patriotism -- how passionately I hate them!"
"A man's ethical behavior should be based effectually on sympathy, education, and social ties; no religious basis is necessary. Man would indeeded be in a poor way if he had to be restrained by fear of punishment and hope of reward after death."
"A human being is a part of a whole, called by us "universe", a part limited in time and space. He experiences himself, his thoughts and feelings as something separated from the rest... a kind of optical delusion of his consciousness. This delusion is a kind of prison for us, restricting us to our personal desires and to affection for a few persons nearest to us. Our task must be to free ourselves from this prison by widening our circle of compassion to embrace all living creatures and the whole of nature in its beauty."
"Great spirits have often encountered violent opposition from weak minds."

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"I know not with what weapons World War III will be fought, but World War IV will be fought with sticks and stones."

that is so true.

its crazy but its amazing how he could tell its true, if world war III does come, thats it, end of civilisation as you know it, it would be an instant wipe out and restart, technology has advanced too quickly in the wrong aspects, and we will pay the price for it

[kenz]

yeh some them qoutes were nice.....im gona look in to this einstein fellow lol

[mrnicksta]

"einstein fellow" lol

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Some historians consider the Cold War as World War III.

"Great spirits have often encountered violent opposition from weak minds."

^ I really like this one.

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the cold war i wouldnt call a world war cos it was mainly america and russia wasnt it? i wouldnt classify it as a cold war..

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The Cold War was not only America and Russia but also included all of the satellite states that were drawn into the conflict: Korea, China, Vietnam, Cuba, etc.

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ok, i thought it was mainly concentrated between russia and america due to the space problems, ie. first to the space, first to the moon and etc.

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That all men are equal is a proposition which, at ordinary times, no sane individual has ever given his assent.
- Aldous Huxley

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If the human mind was simple enough to understand, we'd be too simple to understand it.
- Emerson Pugh

[tyranical18]

'If dolphins are so clever how come they live in igloos?'

Cartmen>Einstein

Peace

[clh3785]

the cold war wouldnt be world war 3 considering there wasnt much conflict. Mainly a race between the U.S. and U.S.S.R for international dominance in economics and space.

[Kenshi]

If the human mind was simple enough to understand, we'd be too simple to understand it.
- Emerson Pugh

holy fuck that quote is amazing beyond words. i just busted one.

here are some on religion i like

Religions are founded on the fear of the many and the cleverness of the few. ~ Stendhal

Religion, n. A daughter of Hope and Fear, explaining to Ignorance the nature of the Unknowable. ~ Ambrose Bierce

Some people just can't understand that they can't understand what they can't understand. ~ Brandon Miller

The fact that the believer is happier than the skeptic is no more to the point than the fact that a drunk man is happier than a sober one. ~ George Bernard Shaw

The religion that is afraid of science dishonors God and commits suicide. ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson

Born again? No, I am not. Excuse me for getting it right the first time. ~ Dennis Miller

[nicodagift]

The reasonable man insist on adapting himself to the world, the unreasonable man insist on adapting the world t himself. Therefore, all progress is determined the unreasonable man. - George Bernard Shaw


" But you must live, and you can either make passive love to your sickness or burn it out, and go on to the next conflicting phase." - Ralph Ellisson - invisible man


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[Tyler Durden]

when you understand why you dismiss all the other gods, you will understand why i dismiss yours - Stephen Roberts

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That was a good one.

Ah, I forgot mine. :(

WAIT!!!! I have one...

"Marijuana affects the memory."
Thurgood Jenkins

[Kenshi]

i love that one tyler. and i like that 1st one nico