I searched ... and found ... ... And My Poll !
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Please Do My POLL !
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"I am Diogenes the Dog. I nuzzle the kind, bark at the greedy and bite scoundrels."
- Diogenes of Sinope (c. 408-323 B.C.) [He'd use a lantern by daylight, explaining that he was searching for an honest man.]
"Knowledge is as useful to the foolish as mirrors are to the blind."
"Whores shun the company of poor men, citizens never support a weak ruler and birds don't build nests on a tree that doesn't bear fruits."
"Never ever share your secrets with anybody. If you do, you will be destroyed."
- Chanakya (Vishnugupta, Political Scientist, Bharatavarsha, 4th Century B.C.)... More here ...
"For what is a man profited, if he shall gain the whole world and lose his own soul ?"
- Jesus of Nazareth (c. 5 B.C.-c. 30 A.D.)
"When a true genius appears in the world you may know him by this sign: that all the dunces are in confederacy against him."
- Jonathan Swift (1667-1745)
"If God did not exist, it would be necessary to invent him."
- Voltaire (1694-1778)
"If you pick up a starving dog and make him prosperous, he will not bite you. This is the principal difference between a dog and a man."
- Samuel Clemens (Mark Twain) (1835-1910)
"Whoever fights monsters should see to it that he does not become a monster in the process."
- Friedrich Nietzsche (1844-1900)
Anything by Oscar Fingal O'Flahertie Wills Wilde !
"She ran the whole gamut of emotions from A to B."
- Dorothy Parker (1893-1967)
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What is a 'smile' ?
To exhibit a portion of one's skeleton as a gesture of goodwill toward a fellow human.
What is 'half - life' ?
The span of time required for a thing to deteriorate to 50 percent of its original potency: about 24,000 years for plutonium atoms... a few centuries for great civilizations... three weeks for a hit song... four days for a child's enthusiasm over a new $90 toy... 24 hours for the fresh sense of purpose acquired at a motivational seminar... 15 minutes for the warming afterglow of a "feel-good" movie... ten seconds for a sudden impulse to shove the papers off your desk, slug the boss, and board the next plane to Tahiti.
What is a 'talk show' ?
An opportunity for people to confess to millions of viewers what they would be ashamed to admit to their next-door neighbours.
What is 'neon light' ?
The symbol of modern urban nightlife; a twisted tube that glows seductively and contains nothing but gas.
What is 'nirvana' ?
The ultimate extinction of the individual soul; a transcendent state sought by Hindus and Buddhists through right living, although it may be attained more easily by working for a Japanese corporation. (This might just have been the reason for the film 'Die Hard' ...)
What is an 'obituary' ?
A final summation of our lives that, for most of us, occupies about three inches of space in what will shortly become cage liner for the neighbour's parakeet.
What is a 'talk show' ?
An opportunity for people to confess to millions of viewers what they would be ashamed to admit to their next-door neighbours.
What is an 'office' ?
A clean, functional, brightly lit cell inhabited five days a week by diligent souls who forfeit their lives to make a living.
What is a 'politician' ?
A bundle of gaseous ambition cleverly packaged as a public servant or a corporate sales manager.
What is 'power' ?
The ability to make our fellow humans squirm, sweat and stammer on command. Often regarded as an aphrodisiac; actually a potent laxative that, whenever ingested by people in high places, causes everyone below to run for cover.
(POWER BROKER :- The man who hands out the laxatives).
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So, then ... finishing off with ...
The Official Cynic's Self-Test
Which evaluated me as :-
You're a world-class cynic.
In fact, you could have written The Cynic's Dictionary yourself ! Be sure to read it, anyway. Go to the sample definitions and, while you're at it, order a copy of the book for yourself.
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Please Do My POLL !
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"I am Diogenes the Dog. I nuzzle the kind, bark at the greedy and bite scoundrels."
- Diogenes of Sinope (c. 408-323 B.C.) [He'd use a lantern by daylight, explaining that he was searching for an honest man.]
"Knowledge is as useful to the foolish as mirrors are to the blind."
"Whores shun the company of poor men, citizens never support a weak ruler and birds don't build nests on a tree that doesn't bear fruits."
"Never ever share your secrets with anybody. If you do, you will be destroyed."
- Chanakya (Vishnugupta, Political Scientist, Bharatavarsha, 4th Century B.C.)... More here ...
"For what is a man profited, if he shall gain the whole world and lose his own soul ?"
- Jesus of Nazareth (c. 5 B.C.-c. 30 A.D.)
"When a true genius appears in the world you may know him by this sign: that all the dunces are in confederacy against him."
- Jonathan Swift (1667-1745)
"If God did not exist, it would be necessary to invent him."
- Voltaire (1694-1778)
"If you pick up a starving dog and make him prosperous, he will not bite you. This is the principal difference between a dog and a man."
- Samuel Clemens (Mark Twain) (1835-1910)
"Whoever fights monsters should see to it that he does not become a monster in the process."
- Friedrich Nietzsche (1844-1900)
Anything by Oscar Fingal O'Flahertie Wills Wilde !
"She ran the whole gamut of emotions from A to B."
- Dorothy Parker (1893-1967)
...
What is a 'smile' ?
To exhibit a portion of one's skeleton as a gesture of goodwill toward a fellow human.
What is 'half - life' ?
The span of time required for a thing to deteriorate to 50 percent of its original potency: about 24,000 years for plutonium atoms... a few centuries for great civilizations... three weeks for a hit song... four days for a child's enthusiasm over a new $90 toy... 24 hours for the fresh sense of purpose acquired at a motivational seminar... 15 minutes for the warming afterglow of a "feel-good" movie... ten seconds for a sudden impulse to shove the papers off your desk, slug the boss, and board the next plane to Tahiti.
What is a 'talk show' ?
An opportunity for people to confess to millions of viewers what they would be ashamed to admit to their next-door neighbours.
What is 'neon light' ?
The symbol of modern urban nightlife; a twisted tube that glows seductively and contains nothing but gas.
What is 'nirvana' ?
The ultimate extinction of the individual soul; a transcendent state sought by Hindus and Buddhists through right living, although it may be attained more easily by working for a Japanese corporation. (This might just have been the reason for the film 'Die Hard' ...)
What is an 'obituary' ?
A final summation of our lives that, for most of us, occupies about three inches of space in what will shortly become cage liner for the neighbour's parakeet.
What is a 'talk show' ?
An opportunity for people to confess to millions of viewers what they would be ashamed to admit to their next-door neighbours.
What is an 'office' ?
A clean, functional, brightly lit cell inhabited five days a week by diligent souls who forfeit their lives to make a living.
What is a 'politician' ?
A bundle of gaseous ambition cleverly packaged as a public servant or a corporate sales manager.
What is 'power' ?
The ability to make our fellow humans squirm, sweat and stammer on command. Often regarded as an aphrodisiac; actually a potent laxative that, whenever ingested by people in high places, causes everyone below to run for cover.
(POWER BROKER :- The man who hands out the laxatives).
...
So, then ... finishing off with ...
The Official Cynic's Self-Test
Which evaluated me as :-
You're a world-class cynic.
In fact, you could have written The Cynic's Dictionary yourself ! Be sure to read it, anyway. Go to the sample definitions and, while you're at it, order a copy of the book for yourself.