Quotable Quotes

No self quotes unless it happens to be...profound. Serious ones, guys! =P

"People will believe a lie because they want to believe it's true, or because they are afraid it might be true."

-Wizard's First Rule

From the text:

"People are stupid; given proper motivation, almost anyone will believe almost anything. Because people are stupid, they will believe a lie because they want to believe it's true, or because they are afraid it might be true. People's head are full of knowledge, facts, and beliefs, and most of it is false, yet they think it all true. People are stupid; they can only rarely tell the difference between a lie and the truth, and yet they are confident they can, and so all are easier to fool."

LightFang wrote:

No self quotes unless it happens to be...profound. Serious ones, guys! =P

Damnit!!!!

And TLK had some damn good ones. ^_^

I guess I shalt just post my favorite Psalm then.

The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want. He maketh me to lie down in green pastures: he leadeth me beside the still waters. He restoreth my soul: he leadeth me in the path of righteousness for his name's sake. Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil: for thou art with me; thy rod and thy staff they comfort me. Thou preparest a table before me in the presence of mine enemies: thou anointest my head with oil; my cup runneth over. Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life: and I will dwell in the house of the Lord for ever. King James Version (1611)

It's time to quote everybody's favorite monk, Sanzo! XD

On religion:

"If you want to become that close to God, die instead."

"I don't have to believe in God to believe in myself."

From the movie Rudy (Gee I'm truly deep aren't I, :Sarcasm:)


Father Cavanaugh: Son, in 35 years of religious study, I have only come up with two hard, incontrovertible facts: there is a God, and... I'm not Him.

"A very popular error: having the courage of one's convictions; rather, it is a matter of having the courage for an attack on one's convictions." - Nietzsche

"The unexamined life is not worth living." - Socrates

"Selfishness is not living as one wishes to live, it is asking others to live as one wishes to live." - Oscar Wilde

"Opinions are immunity to being told you're wrong." - Relient K

LightFang wrote:

"Opinions are immunity to being told you're wrong." - Relient K

lol, they lived like just south of me like half an hour.

Did you know that Of All People MARILYN MANSON went to the same high school as them.

Simba wrote:

Did you know that Of All People MARILYN MANSON went to the same high school as them.

...There's a "high school" cartoon in that. And I expect it would be mildly hilarious.

In any case...

"Solitude gives birth to the original in us, to beauty unfamiliar and perilous- to poetry. But also, it gives birth to the opposite: to the perverse, the illicit, the absurd." - Thomas Mann

Sanzo...again XD

On conformity:

"We live by our own rules, not by what others of our race say we should do."

On dying:

"If you're looking for a shortcut to God, you're always welcome to join [the youkai we've slain]. Anyone can become a martyr. Dying is easy."

"Abandon all hope ye who enter here." The Inferno, third Canto, Line 9

Can't think of one right now, and I'll probably end up thinking such up at who knows what random time. =p

Quote :

"Opinions are immunity to being told you're wrong." - Relient K

That, sir, is awesome.

"Just Because You're Paranoid, Don't Mean They're Not After You"

Kurt Cobain, Nirvana, Song:Terriotorial Pissings.

"I mean: the great majority of people does not consider it contemptible to believe this or that and to live accordingly, without first having given themselves an account of the final and most certain reasons pro and con, and without even troubling themselves about such reasons afterwards." - Friedrich Nietzsche

"Metaphysics is the finding of bad reasons for what we believe on instinct." - F.H. Bradley

"If, as Bradley added, 'the finding of these reasons is no less an instinct,' it ought to be the aim of philosophy to teach men to master this instinct and become housebroken." - Walter Kaufmann

"Mystical explanations - Mystical explanations are considered deep. The truth is that they are not even superficial." - Nietzsche, again.

"Tactic: When asked for information you don't have, try to present the asker with a variable he can define himelf."
"Tactic: When obliged to participate in a ritual you know nothing about, provide a reason and grab all the sympathy you can."
"Tactic: When no other options present themselves, shoot everything in sight."

- Iron Fist p. 74-75

LightFang wrote:

"Opinions are immunity to being told you're wrong." - Relient K

"Everyone's entitled to their onw opinions, but they're not entitled to their own facts." ~ Peter Moynihare

"We cant' all be heroes because someone has to sti on the curb and clap as they go by." ~ Will Rogers

"Don't bother saving paper - that tree's already dead." ~ Larry Steiner

I think Steiner might've been one of my teacher's students... I dunno. *shrug*

"Everything that humans can imagine is a possibility in reality."
-Physicist Willy Karen

"Great spirits always meet opposition from mediocre minds."
-Albert Einstein


And a self-quote I guess is kinda "profound," having to do with IM chats:

"60% of this has been abbreviated forms of laughter. Does that even constitute a conversation?"


And an oddly personal-favorite:

"What channel is hiatus on?
- n00b from the 4Kids forums


Actually, I have a huge list of chat quotes a friend collected. More like "Out of Context" quotes than "inspiring" ones (like the stuff on Bash.org), but if anyone wants to see 'em... =p

"Never drive faster than your guardian angel can fly" - Anonymous

Still haven't seen the movie, but it has to be said:

"This visage, no mere veneer of vanity, is it vestige of the vox populi, now vacant, vanished, as the once vital voice of the verisimilitude now venerates what they once vilified. However, this valorous visitation of a by-gone vexation, stands vivified, and has vowed to vanquish these venal and virulent vermin van-guarding vice and vouchsafing the violently vicious and voracious violation of volition. The only verdict is vengeance; a vendetta, held as a votive, not in vain, for the value and veracity of such shall one day vindicate the vigilant and the virtuous. Verily, this vichyssoise of verbiage veers most verbose vis-à-vis an introduction, and so it is my very good honor to meet you and you may call me V."

Stealth and Subtlety work well, but for making lasting impressions, a blaster does just fine.
- Rogue Squadron p. 356

"This parrot is no more. It has ceased to be. It's expired and gone to meet its maker. This is a late parrot. It's a stiff. Bereft of life, it rests in peace. If you hadn't nailed it to the perch, it would be pushing up the daisies. It's rung down the curtain and joined the choir invisible. This is an ex-parrot." --- Monty Python's Flying Circus

a pure classic jay *holds up board saying 10/10*

kais wrote:

a pure classic jay *holds up board saying 10/10*

*takes a bow* thank you, it's my humble opinion that every quote thread needs at least one Monty Python quote, and I'm glad I could deliver ^_^

"Geology is the only profession where you can say things like penetration, clevage and dike and not sound vulgar or rude."

- Friend while on a geology field trip

a quote from the new series torchwood
"i can bet a tenner there dna specalists. like that CSI bolloks... csi cardiff. thats what id like to see. they'd be measuring the velocity of a kebab"

"There is no such thing as coincidence in this world. The only thing is hitsuzen."

- Ichihara Yuko