Favorite Quotes

Jul 17, 2005 02:26

Few of my favorite quotes:

"It takes less time to do something right than to explain why you did it wrong."

"The difference between fiction and reality? Fiction has to make sense."

"Alea jacta est." (Cairus Julius Ceasar)

"Always remember you're unique...just like everyone else."

"My imaginary friend thinks you have serious mental problems."

"It's as BAD as you think, and they ARE out to get you."

"It's tourist season, so why can't I shoot them?"

“Support bacteria. They’re the only culture some people have.”

"Human affairs are not serious, but they have to be taken seriously." - Iris Murdoch

“Wit is cultured insolence.” - Aristotle.

"Sarcasm is just one more service I offer."

"I hear voices, and they don't like you."

"Do not walk behind me, for I may not lead. Do not walk ahead of me, for I may not follow. Do not walk beside me, either; just Get Out Of The Way and leave me alone."

"Never test the depth of the water with both feet."

"It's always darkest before dawn. So if you're going to steal your neighbor's newspaper, that's the time to do it."

"No one is listening until you make a mistake."

"It may be that your sole purpose in life is simply to serve as a warning to others."

"If you think nobody cares if you're alive, try missing a couple of car payments."

"Getting an education was a bit like a communicable sexual disease. It made you unsuitable for a lot of jobs and then you had the urge to pass it on." (Terry Pratchett, Hogfather)

"The truth may be out there, but lies are inside your head." (Terry Pratchett, Hogfather)

"The trouble with having an open mind, of course, is that people will insist on coming along and trying to put things in it." (Terry Pratchett, Diggers)

"Any wizard bright enough to survive for five minutes was also bright enough to realise that if there was any power in demonology, then it lay with the demons. Using it for your own purposes would be like trying to beat mice to death with a rattlesnake." [Why summoning demons is a Bad Idea (Terry Pratchett, Eric)]

"You are only what you are when no one is looking."

"When you want to fool the world, tell the truth."

"War does not determine who is right. It determines who is left."

"Heaven kicked me out. Hell was afraid I'll take over."

"Never feel self-pity, the most destructive emotion there is. How awful to be caught up in the terrible squirrel cage of self."

"Nobody makes a greater mistake then he who does nothing because he can only do little."

"Just because I'm a genius doesn't mean I'm required to have a lot of common sense. Or any, for that matter..."

"I'm bored. Run for your sanity."

"I didn't deny it! I just didn't admit it!"

"Always forgive your enemies; nothing annoys them so much."

"Advice is what we ask for when we already know the answer but wish we didn't."

"I love deadlines. I especially love the whooshing sound they make as they fly by."

"I used to have an open mind but my brains kept falling out."

"For Sale: Parachute. Only used once, never opened, small stain."

"Everybody wants to go to heaven, but nobody wants to die."

"Tell me what you need and I'll tell you how to get along without it."

"I used to have a handle on life, then it broke."

"Of all the things I've lost, I miss my mind the most."

"You’re just jealous because the voices only talk to me!"

"What is a "free" gift ? Aren't all gifts free?"

"Chaos. Panic. Disorder. My work here is done."

"A day without sunshine is like, you know, night."

"I want to die in my sleep like my great grandfather.... Not screaming and yelling like the passengers in his car...."

"Never take life seriously. No one gets out alive, anyway."

"We are not retreating...we are advancing in another direction."

"The brain is a wonderful organ; it starts working the moment you get up in the morning, and does not stop until you get into the office."

“Some of the worst things imaginable have been done with the best intentions.”

“Vengeance strikes on swift wings.”

“Never send a business man to do a psychopath’s job.”
- Birds of Pray

“Genius may have its limitations, but stupidity is not thus handicapped.”
- Elbert Hubbart

"The tent is throbbing!!" (by JeZeBeL AKA Kamanaka Malia)

"Insanity is natural. Everyone has it."

"I can stand brute force, but brute reason is quite unbearable. There is something unfair about its use. It is hitting below the intellect." -Oscar Wilde

"The basis of optimism is cheer terror." -Oscar Wilde

"There's more to life than Chocolate-wait a sec???"

"You're just jealous because the little voices talk to me."

"When life gives you lemons, make grape juice. Then sit back and let the world wonder how you did it."

"If you try and don't succeed, cheat. Repeat until caught. Then lie."

quote/lainaus, muistikirja, yahoo

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