Надо уходить, спасаться, пока не поздно; нельзя, чтобы случалось только то, о чем знаешь заранее. -- aculeata

"A great many people think they are thinking when they are merely rearranging their prejudices" -- William James

"Fool that I am! Oh fat, root-digging fool that I am," said Baloo, uncurling himself with a jerk, "it is true what Hathi the Wild Elephant says: "To each his own fear"' and they, the Bandar-log, fear Kaa the Rock Snake. He can climb as well as they can. He steals the young monkeys in the night. The whisper of his name makes their wicked tails cold ( Read more... )

"There's no way to rule innocent men. The only power any government has is the power to crack down on criminals. Well, when there aren't enough criminals, one 'makes' them. One declares so many things to be a crime that it becomes impossible for men to live without breaking laws. Who wants a nation of law-abiding citizens? What's there in that for ( Read more... )

Life is too short to be taken seriously.

I wouldn't recommend sex, drugs or insanity for everyone, but they've always worked for me. -- Hunter S. Thompson

When people are free to do as they please, they usually imitate each other.

I think I know what the problem with the world is. The problem with the world is that all those grown-ups who were in charge of things when I was growing up have retired, and now the world is run by the people I went to college with, people whose idea of deep intellectual activity is getting blind drunk and standing in the middle of the road at ( Read more... )

The text below was NOT written by me. I found it floating on the 'net with barely a copyright notice in sight :-) Considering it a fine piece of writing that I feel deserves to spread and multiply, I present it for your enjoyment.

Mr. Spammer, you swine. You vulgar little maggot. You worthless bag of filth. As they say in Texas. I'll bet you couldn't pour piss out of a boot with instructions on the heel. You are a canker. A sore that won't go away. I would rather kiss a lawyer than be seen with you ( Read more... )