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ITT: Post your favorite quotes

post #1 of 24
12/6/10 at 2:04pm
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Thought it might be interesting to see what everyone's favorite quotes are, be they philosophical, humorous, political, or otherwise. Feel free to post why you like them as well. A little context is always good.

One of my favorites is by John Stuart Mill:

"It is better to be a human being dissatisfied than a pig satisfied; better to be Socrates dissatisfied than a fool satisfied."

I like the notion that that there is a qualitative difference between higher and lower order pleasures.

Go!
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post #2 of 24
12/6/10 at 2:29pm
"Sex without love is an empty, meaningless experience. But as empty, meaningless experiences go, it's one of the best."
Woody Allen

"Ending a sentence with a preposition is an error up with which I cannot put."
Winston Churchill

"The most persuasive argument against democracy is spending 15 minutes with the average voter."
Winston Churchill
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post #3 of 24
12/6/10 at 2:56pm
"Knowledge Corrupts"
-Brice Erickson
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post #4 of 24
12/6/10 at 3:11pm
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Originally Posted by edinatlanta View Post
"The aim and final end of all music should be none other than the glory of God". "”J.S. Bach

I heard another good one but I've forgotten it.
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post #5 of 24
12/6/10 at 3:14pm
""It is a good thing for an uneducated man to read books of quotations. "

-Churchill
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post #6 of 24
12/6/10 at 3:19pm
You can't make steak out of hamburger.
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post #7 of 24
12/6/10 at 3:20pm
Never wrestle with a pig...you'll both get dirty, but the pig will enjoy it.
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post #8 of 24
12/6/10 at 3:34pm
"Children are just like any other group in society. A few winners and a whole lot of losers."

- George Carlin
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post #9 of 24
12/6/10 at 3:46pm
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Originally Posted by Mark from Plano View Post
"Sex without love is an empty, meaningless experience. But as empty, meaningless experiences go, it's one of the best."
Woody Allen

"Sex is like bridge - if you don't have a good partner, you better have a good hand."
- Woody Allen

more of aphorisms, but I still like them:

"The confidence of amateurs is the envy of professionals."

"Amateurs practice until they get it right. Professionals practice until they never get it wrong."
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post #10 of 24
12/6/10 at 4:25pm
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Originally Posted by edinatlanta View Post
I heard another good one but I've forgotten it.

-Edinatlanta
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post #11 of 24
12/6/10 at 4:28pm
"Simpsons did it." - Dougie
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post #12 of 24
12/6/10 at 4:32pm
"Dad always thought laughter was the best medicine, which I guess is why several of us died of tuberculosis." Jack Handey
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post #13 of 24
12/6/10 at 4:51pm
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-Edinatlanta

Another good one.
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post #14 of 24
12/6/10 at 5:21pm
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"Knowledge Corrupts. Absolute knowledge corrupts absolutely" -Brice Erickson
Right? "Trying is the first step towards failure." Homer Simpson.
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post #15 of 24
12/6/10 at 5:46pm
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Right?


"Trying is the first step towards failure." Homer Simpson.

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"Knowledge Corrupts"
-Brice Erickson

Thought is was "Power tends to corrupt, and absolute power corrupts absolutely." John Emerich Edward Dalberg-Acton. I believe this was also attributed to Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn in his novel One Day In The Life Of Ivan Denisovich...
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