Cool Quotes

Cool Quotes


I would like to thank all the people of the world and throughout it's history who have contributed to it's wisdom with quips of knowledge.


"A small hole will sink a great ship"
Benjamin Franklin

"Do not envy a man of violence and do not choose any of his ways"
Bible

"When the tempest passes, the wicked is no more; but the righteous is established forever"
Bible

"He who guards his mouth preserves his life; he who opens wide his lips comes to ruin."
Bible

"Whoever loves discipline loves knowledge, but he who hates reproof is stupid."
Bible

"For the upright will inherit the earth, and the men of integrity will remain in it; but the wicked will be cut off from the land, and the treacherous will be rooted out of it."
Bible

"Where ignorance reigns life is lost."
Rage Against The Machine

"Life will find a way."
Ian Malcolm (Jeff Goldblum), Jurassic Park

"There are those who would take my time, I destroy them;
"There are those who would waste my time, I shun them;
"There are those precious few who share my time, I cherish them."
Anton Szandor Lavey, founder of the United Church of Satan

"I have the heart of a small boy,... and I keep it in a jar on my desk!"
Stephen King

Only A Dead Fish Swims With The Current
Indian Proverb

"Valor consists in the power of self-recovery,
So that a man cannot have his flank turned,
Cannot be outgenneralled,
But put him where you will, he stands."
Ralph Walso Emerson "Circles"

"Under a government that imprisons any unjustly, the true place for a just man is also a prison"
Henry David Thoreau "Resistance To A Civil Government"

"For in much wisdom is much grief, and increase of knowledge is increase of sorrow"
Bible

If A equals success, then the formula is A=X+Y+Z. X is work. Y is play. Z is keep your mouth shut."
Albert Einstein

"The human race has one really effective weapon, and that is laughter"
Mark Twain

"Don't let school interfere with your education"
Mark Twain

"It's not the size of the dog in the fight, it's the size of the fight in the dog"
Mark Twain

"By my soul I swear, there is no power in the tongue of man to alter me."
Shylock in The Merchant of Venice, by William Shakespeare

"A military operation involves deception, Even though you are competent, appear to be incompetent. Though effective, appear to be ineffective.... Attack when they are unprepared, make your move when they do not expect it."
Sun Tzu, The Art of War

"Pray for the dead but fight like hell for the living!"
Mother Jones (Mary Harris), rallying cry as union organizer for the United Mine Workers in West Virginia

"Many people say it is insane to resist the system, but actually, it is insane not to."
Mumia Abu-Jamal

"Something must be done about vengeance, a badge, and a gun"
Rage Against The Machine, Know Your Enemy

"Can you say subversive underground deviant behavior?!"
Big Drunk Guy at Friendly's

"Contrary to what virtually everyone -- left or right -- says, the United States achieved its major objectives in Indochina. Vietnam was demolished. There's no danger that successful development there will provide a model for other nations in the region"
Noam Chomsky

Now Tom said "Mom wherever there's a cop beatin' a guy Wherever a newborn baby cries Where there's a fight 'gainst the blood and hatred in the air Look for me Mom I'll be there Wherever there's somebody fightin'for a place to stand Or decent job or a helpin' hand Wherever somebody's strugglin' to be free Look in their eyes Mom you'll see me."
Bruce Springsteen (redone by Rage Against The Machine), The Ghost of Tom Joad

Dig locally, think globally
Jerry Sawyer

do or do not, there is no try
Yoda, The Empire Strikes Back

Aerials, In The Sky
When You Lose Small Mind
You Free Your Life
Aerials, So Up High
When You Free Your Eyes
Eternal Prize
System Of A Down, Aerials

Not all those who wander are lost
J.R.R. Tolkien -The Lord of the Rings (Gandalf)

One ring to rule them all, one ring to find them,
one ring to bring them all and in the darkness bind them
J.R.R. Tolkien -The Lord of the Rings (inscription on the One Ring)

"You Couldn't Tell A Fucking Whale!"
Drunken Jon

How could I have had enough if I need another?
Drunk guy in some B-movie I saw on HBO

"A human being should be able to change a diaper, plan an invasion, butcher a hog, conn a ship,design a building, write a sonnet, balance accounts, build a wall, set a bone, comfort the dying,take orders, give orders, cooperate, act alone, solve equations, analyze a new problem, pitchmanure, program a computer, cook a tasty meal, fight efficiently, die gallantly. Specialization is for insects."
Lazarus Long in Time Enough For Love.

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