Quotes
04-06-2012, 02:23 AM
Christopher Hitchens
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"High moral character is not a precondition for great moral accomplishments."
"To the dumb question, why me? The cosmos barely bothers to return the reply: 'Why not.'"
Thomas Jefferson
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"All, too, will bear in mind this sacred principle, that though the will of the majority is in all cases to prevail, that will to be rightful must be reasonable; that the minority possess their equal rights, which equal law must protect, and to violate would be oppression."
"Bodily decay is gloomy in prospect, but of all human contemplations the most abhorrent is body without mind."
"Errors of opinion may be tolerated where reason is left free to combat it."
"If a nation expects to be ignorant and free, in a state of civilization, it expects what never was and never will be."
Mark Twain
"A person who won't read has no advantage over one who can't read.
Age is an issue of mind over matter. If you don't mind, it doesn't matter."
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Anger is an acid that can do more harm to the vessel in which it is stored than to anything on which it is poured."
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'Classic.' A book which people praise and don't read."
[I could sit here on him forever lol]
George Carlin
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By and large, language is a tool for concealing the truth."
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Dusting is a good example of the futility of trying to put things right. As soon as you dust, the fact of your next dusting has already been established."
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Fighting for peace is like screwing for virginity."
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I would never want to be a member of a group whose symbol was a guy nailed to two pieces of wood."
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In comic strips, the person on the left always speaks first."
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Standing ovations have become far too commonplace. What we need are ovations where the audience members all punch and kick one another."
[George Mutherfuckin Carlin!]
Psshh
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"High moral character is not a precondition for great moral accomplishments."
"To the dumb question, why me? The cosmos barely bothers to return the reply: 'Why not.'"
Thomas Jefferson
------------
"All, too, will bear in mind this sacred principle, that though the will of the majority is in all cases to prevail, that will to be rightful must be reasonable; that the minority possess their equal rights, which equal law must protect, and to violate would be oppression."
"Bodily decay is gloomy in prospect, but of all human contemplations the most abhorrent is body without mind."
"Errors of opinion may be tolerated where reason is left free to combat it."
"If a nation expects to be ignorant and free, in a state of civilization, it expects what never was and never will be."
Mark Twain
"A person who won't read has no advantage over one who can't read.
Age is an issue of mind over matter. If you don't mind, it doesn't matter."
"
Anger is an acid that can do more harm to the vessel in which it is stored than to anything on which it is poured."
"
'Classic.' A book which people praise and don't read."
[I could sit here on him forever lol]
George Carlin
---------
"
By and large, language is a tool for concealing the truth."
"
Dusting is a good example of the futility of trying to put things right. As soon as you dust, the fact of your next dusting has already been established."
"
Fighting for peace is like screwing for virginity."
"
I would never want to be a member of a group whose symbol was a guy nailed to two pieces of wood."
"
In comic strips, the person on the left always speaks first."
"
Standing ovations have become far too commonplace. What we need are ovations where the audience members all punch and kick one another."
[George Mutherfuckin Carlin!]
Psshh
