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« on: 04 Oct 2022, 22:19 »

It's been over 2 years since either of the previous quotes threads have been posted in, so I'm reviving both in this one thread.

EDIT: Whether amusing, poignant, or of the everday, feel free to post it here.
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Re: Quotes
« Reply #1 on: 04 Oct 2022, 22:26 »

"I didn’t pick my brain because I wanted to pick my brain. It was the only one I had access to, okay?"

— Simone Giertz, Making a Paper Shredder That Looks Like a Brain
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« Reply #2 on: 08 Oct 2022, 09:30 »

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You know, I used to think it was awful that life was so unfair. Then I thought, wouldn't it be much worse if life were fair, and all the terrible things that happen to us come because we actually deserve them? So, now I take great comfort in the general hostility and unfairness of the universe.

Marcus Cole, Babylon 5
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« Reply #3 on: 08 Oct 2022, 12:51 »

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You know, I used to think it was awful that life was so unfair. Then I thought, wouldn't it be much worse if life were fair, and all the terrible things that happen to us come because we actually deserve them? So, now I take great comfort in the general hostility and unfairness of the universe.

Marcus Cole, Babylon 5
As a nihilist, I wholeheartedly agree
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« Reply #4 on: 08 Oct 2022, 13:24 »

I had been using that one as a sig quote for a while years ago, and it’s a good one.
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« Reply #5 on: 09 Oct 2022, 04:37 »

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It is…difficult… to find the words to heal others. So often the words we choose carry consequences. Regret is easy to cultivate. Because so much of it haunts the words we have said when only love should have been spoken.

Master Wu, Daughter of the Lilies
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« Reply #6 on: 11 Oct 2022, 19:22 »

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In the end, it was not guns or bombs that defeated the aliens, but that humblest of all God's creatures, the Tyrannosaurus Rex

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« Reply #7 on: 13 Oct 2022, 02:09 »

Quote from: Victor Borge
It's your language. I'm just trying to use it.

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« Reply #8 on: 15 Oct 2022, 05:17 »

"I think the carrot infinitely more fascinating than the geranium. The carrot has mystery. Flowers are essentially tarts."
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Yet the lies of Melkor, the mighty and the accursed, Morgoth Bauglir, the Power of Terror and of Hate, sowed in the hearts of Elves and Men are a seed that does not die and cannot be destroyed; and ever and anon it sprouts anew, and will bear dark fruit even unto the latest days. (Silmarillion 255)

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« Reply #9 on: 15 Oct 2022, 17:00 »

"It’s a wonderful legacy to leave behind, books. Even if you can’t write them yourself, it’s always good to make sure there are books left behind."

-- thebibliosphere, context
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« Reply #10 on: 16 Oct 2022, 07:44 »

"Why do you people feel profound thought has to come from high places? The gutter looks at the stars too."

— greenycrimson, context
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« Reply #11 on: 17 Oct 2022, 11:23 »

I may have posted this one some time in the past, but I like it so I'll post it again:

Quote from: Samuel Johnson
Nothing is more unjust, however common, than to charge with hypocrisy him that expresses zeal for those virtues which he neglects to practice; since he may be sincerely convinced of the advantages of conquering his passions, without having yet obtained the victory.
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« Reply #12 on: 18 Oct 2022, 20:43 »

"Forgiveness means letting go of the hope for a better past".
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« Reply #13 on: 06 Nov 2022, 20:21 »

The history of the world, my love
Is those below serving those up above
How gratifying for once to know
That those above will serve those down below

- Sweeney Todd
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Yet the lies of Melkor, the mighty and the accursed, Morgoth Bauglir, the Power of Terror and of Hate, sowed in the hearts of Elves and Men are a seed that does not die and cannot be destroyed; and ever and anon it sprouts anew, and will bear dark fruit even unto the latest days. (Silmarillion 255)

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« Reply #14 on: 26 Nov 2022, 02:30 »

"Hard work makes luck stick."
— Blue, TEN YEARS of OSP – Detail Diatribe
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