Favorite quotes thread

[damn-I-Suck]

Post your favorite quotes, from anyone, living or dead doesn't matter. (2 of my favorite ones are in my signature).

A civilization which leaves so large a number of its participants unsatisfied and drives them into revolt neither has nor deserves the prospect of a lasting existence.
Sigmund Freud

The most perfect political community is one in which the middle class is in control, and outnumbers both of the other classes.
Aristotle​

It is folly for a man to pray to the gods for that which he has the power to obtain by himself.
Epicurus​

Let him that would move the world first move himself.

Socrates​

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Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something.
Plato​

The individual has always had to struggle to keep from being overwhelmed by the tribe. If you try it, you will be lonely often, and sometimes frightened. But no price is too high to pay for the privilege of owning yourself.

Friedrich Nietzsche​

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All things are subject to interpretation whichever interpretation prevails at a given time is a function of power and not truth.

Friedrich Nietzsche​

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There are horrible people who, instead of solving a problem, tangle it up and make it harder to solve for anyone who wants to deal with it. Whoever does not know how to hit the nail on the head should be asked not to hit it at all.

Friedrich Nietzsche​

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A man can be himself only so long as he is alone.

Arthur Schopenhauer​

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The production of too many useful things results in too many useless people.

Karl Marx​

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It's not the daily increase but daily decrease. Hack away at the unessential.
Bruce Lee​

I'll come up with some more later.​

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[MoopMoored2697]

" So, you guys evuh hear the one ‘bout Serious Black and Flitwick’s littuh brotha? So, Flitwick’s littuh brotha’s walkin’ down the streets of Londuhn… And Serious Black, ‘e’s in this STORM DRAIN… Dressed as a CLOWN. An’ ‘e’s like, “Yo! Hey! Flitwick’s littul brothuh! Down ‘ere in this storm drain! It’s me! A clown!” And Flitwick’s littuh brotha’s like, “Yeah chap? Wutchoo want?” And Serious Black’s like, “Oh, Flitwick’s littul bruhva, you gotta get down this storm drain with me, ‘cause you’re. Missin’. Out! We’ve got a CARNIVUHL down ‘ere! We’ve got LOADS of cottuhn candy, and balloons!” And the kid practically flips, ‘e goes, “I gotta get down there… That sounds like a RIGHT TREAT THAT DOES!” So! ‘E reaches down his arm, right? But Serious Black… He grows ‘is mad teeth and ‘e BIOTES THE KIDS ‘EAD OFF! And two days latuh…That kid died." ~A Very Potter Sequel

"Boo you whore"
"Four for you Glen Cocco. You go Glen Cocco"
"Why should Caesar get to stomp around like a giant while the rest of us try not to get smushed under his big feet? What's so great about Caesar? Brutus is just as cute as Caesar. OK, Brutus is just as smart as Caesar. People totally like Brutus just as much as they like Caesar. And when did it become OK for one person to be the boss of everybody? Because that's not what Rome is about! We should totally just stab Caesar!" ~All from Mean Girls

 

[Hot Rod Dave]

"From Chaos Comes Clarity".....My favorite band, 311 (prolly some smart guy philosipher that said it first but I have no idea who)

These words have gotten me through a lot of shit in my life. Sounds cheesy to quote a band but these words have stuck with me and really hit home

 

[Hot Rod Dave]

Not really a saying, but a good retort to an asshole customer...

"OK Mr. Jones. Your valves are adjusted and im gonna charge you an hours labor."

"But Dave, it only took you 20 minutes to do that. Why so much?"

"Because it took me 20 years to learn how to do it in 20 minutes. Now gimmie my money."

 

[damn-I-Suck]

I can appreciate that last one because I as you know I work on cars too.