Amusing and Interesting quotes MJ59: “Light travels faster than sound. This is why some people appear bright until you hear them speak.” – Alan Dundes MJ59: “To be sure of hitting the target, shoot first, and call whatever you hit the target.” – Ashleigh Brilliant MJ59: “Have you noticed that all the people in favor of birth control are already born?” – Benny Hill MJ59: “Life should not be a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in a pretty and well-preserved body, but rather to skid in broadside in a cloud of smoke, thoroughly used up, totally worn out, and loudly proclaiming ‘Wow! What a Ride!'” Hunter S. Thompson lori100: “When fascism comes to America, it will not be in brown and black shirts. It will not be with jack-boots. It will be Nike sneakers and Smiley shirts...” ― George Carlin (Post deleted by MJ59 ) MJ59: “I’m sure the universe is full of intelligent life. It’s just been too intelligent to come here.” Arthur C. Clarke (Post deleted by MJ59 ) (Post deleted by MJ59 ) MJ59: “If cats looked like frogs we’d realize what nasty, cruel little bastards they are. Style. That’s what people remember.” Terry Pratchett MJ59: “It would seem that you have no useful skill or talent whatsoever," he said. "Have you thought of going into teaching?” ― Terry Pratchett, Mort (Post deleted by MJ59 ) MJ59: “Murder was in fact a fairly uncommon event in Ankh-Morpork, but there were a lot of suicides. Walking in the night-time alleyways of The Shades was suicide. Asking for a short in a dwarf bar was suicide. Saying 'Got rocks in your head?' to a troll was suicide. You could commit suicide very easily, if you weren't careful.” ― Terry Pratchett, Men at Arms (Post deleted by MJ59 ) MJ59: “Odd thing, ain't it... you meet people one at a time, they seem decent, they got brains that work, and then they get together and you hear the voice of the people. And it snarls.” ― Terry Pratchett, Jingo (Post deleted by MJ59 ) MJ59: “The best thing, though, in that museum was that everything always stayed right where it was. Nobody'd move. You could go there a hundred thousand times, and that Eskimo would still be just finished catching those two fish, the birds would still be on their way south, the deers would still be drinking out of that water hole, with their pretty antlers and they're pretty, skinny legs, and that squaw with the naked bosom would still be weaving that same blanket. Nobody's be different. The only thing that would be different would be you. Not that you'd be so much older or anything. It wouldn't be that, exactly. You'd just be different, that's all. You'd have an overcoat this time. Or the kid that was your partner in line the last time had got scarlet fever and you'd have a new partner. Or you'd have a substitute taking the class, instead of Miss Aigletinger. Or you'd heard your mother and father having a terrific fight in the bathroom. Or you'd just passed by one of those puddles in the street with gasoline rainbows in them. I mean you'd be different in some way—I can't explain what I mean. And even if I could, I'm not sure I'd feel like it.” ― J.D. Salinger, The Catcher in the Rye (Post deleted by MJ59 ) | Off Topic Chat Room Similar Conversations |