Favorite quotes, sayings, phrases,etc.

[willx]

Being easy going makes the going easier ~ willx

Outlook is positive

[Kizoku Keenan]

A saying I have for my girlfriend (which she hates) but everyone else thinks is hilarious goes like so...

"She's got a degree....its just not in common sense"

[Nightbat®]

Here's one I've been using on the job a couple of times:

"It doesn't have to look good, it just has to work,... Y'know, like me!"

[NoemiChan]

"So you're telling me I'm a liar? I'm a liar? I'm a liar? Answer me! I'm a studying person [and] you're doing that to me. I'm just returning the favor!"

"How did you asked me? You said, 'Sis, what's your problem?' Oh my God, she's a liar. Oh my God, you're a freaking liar, miss!"

Translated to full English Amalayer (I'm a Liar)

[careph]

This world, this theatre of pride and wrong,
Swarms with sick fools who talk of happiness.
With plaints and groans they follow up the quest,
To die reluctant, or be born again.
At fitful moments in our pain-racked life
The hand of pleasure wipes away our tears;
But pleasure passes like a fleeting shade,
And leaves a legacy of pain and loss.
The past for us is but a fond regret,
The present grim, unless the future ’s clear.
If thought must end in darkness of the tomb,
All will be well one day—so runs our hope.
All now is well, is but an idle dream.

- Voltaire, Passage from 'Examination of the Axiom, “All is Well"', written in the wake of the natural disaster in Lisbon in 1755.

[Appel]

"Religion is a totalitarian belief. It is the wish to be a slave. It is the desire that there be an unalterable, unchallengeable, tyrannical authority who can convict you of thought crime while you are asleep, who can subject you to total surveillance around the clock every waking and sleeping minute of your life, before you're born and, even worse and where the real fun begins, after you're dead. A celestial North Korea. Who wants this to be true? Who but a slave desires such a ghastly fate? I've been to North Korea. It has a dead man as its president, Kim Jong-Il is only head of the party and head of the army. He's not head of the state. That office belongs to his deceased father, Kim Il-Sung. It's a necrocracy, a thanatocracy. It's one short of a trinity I might add. The son is the reincarnation of the father. It is the most revolting and utter and absolute and heartless tyranny the human species has ever evolved. But at least you can fucking die and leave North Korea!"
- Christopher Hitchens

[Mr. Wang]

"Death is not a hunter unbeknownst to its prey; one is always aware it lies in wait. Though life is merely a journey to the grave, it must not be undertaken without hope. Only then will a traveler's story live on, cherished by those who bid him farewell."

- Igor, Persona

[Metaler]

I don't usually post quotes, but what the hell. Here are some I love.

From the Dude De Ching:

Originally Posted by 7. The Ball

Bowling is everlasting because it does not have a point.
In this way, the Dude:
Makes his point at the end and finds he made it at the beginning;
Rolls casually down the lane, and endures through strikes and gutters.
Because he does not put himself over the line, he does not enter a world of pain.

Based on this passage of the Tao Te Ching:

Originally Posted by 7. Self

Nature is everlasting because it does not have a Self.
In this way the sage:
Serves his Self last and finds it served first;
Sees his body as accidental and finds it endures.
Because he does not serve his Self, he is content.

Another one I like:

Originally Posted by 18. Losing the Train of Thought

When Dudeness is forgotten,
League bylaws and rules arise;
Then political advocacy and pornography are joined,
And standards fall regrettably.
When you can’t keep ‘em down on the farm,
Then carjacking and Karl Hungus appear;
When the goddamn plane has crashed into the mountain,
Fucking fascists will take over the beach communities.

Based on:

Originally Posted by 18. Loss of Tao

When Tao is forgotten
Duty and justice arise;
Then wisdom and sagacity are born
Along with hypocrisy.
When family relationships dissolve
Then respect and devotion arise;
When a nation falls to chaos
Then loyalty and patriotism are born.

Righteous.

[monsta666]

It ain't what you don't know that gets you into trouble. It's what you know for sure that just ain't so. - Mark Twain

You can fool some of the people all of the time, and all of the people some of the time, but you can not fool all of the people all of the time. - Abraham Lincoln

[KaguraSenju]

Normal? What's normal? To only do what the masses do? And what is the benefit of that? Where is the problem in adopting a custom that is 'abnormal' if it has no negative effect on the world at large?

-Ichihara Yuuko

[Metaler]

Originally Posted by KaguraSenju

Normal? What's normal? To only do what the masses do? And what is the benefit of that? Where is the problem in adopting a custom that is 'abnormal' if it has no negative effect on the world at large?

-Ichihara Yuuko

Reminds me of this

Alan Watts fucking nailed it.

[careph]

Originally Posted by KaguraSenju

Normal? What's normal? To only do what the masses do? And what is the benefit of that? Where is the problem in adopting a custom that is 'abnormal' if it has no negative effect on the world at large?

-Ichihara Yuuko

The problem is that deviant behaviour/ attitudes / ideas do have a negative effect on the world at large: They threaten to disintegrate social groups (masses) by undermining the behaviour/ attitudes/ ideas they all share and which they have established as ethical norms. That is the negative effect for these people. And they will have the power to retaliate against any such perceived attack, be it informally or formally/ legally.

[barcode120x]

"I like to let people talk who like to talk. It lets me find out how full of sh1t they are"
-Jackie Chan from Rush Hour
*I know it's from a script he's the one that spoke it *

[careph]

Birth is a promise; death its fulfillment.

[Ridwan]

I hate to advocate smoking, alcohol, violence, or insanity to anyone, but they've always worked for me.

[careph]

“The best education consists in immunizing people against systematic attempts at education.”
- Paul Feyerabend

[Meeka]

A Lion never loses sleep, over the opinion of a sheep.

[Mr. Wang]

“When a love comes to an end, weaklings cry, efficient ones instantly find another love, and the wise already have one in reserve.”

- Oscar Wilde

[Chiu_fan]

Using my current situation as an example.
"Sometimes the best choice isn't the right one"

[NoemiChan]

Humans are animals.....