Favorite quotes

"Heaven and hell suppose two distinct species of men, the good and the bad. But the greatest part of mankind float betwixt vice and virtue."

~David Hume~

 

"The obscure we see eventually. The completely obvious, it seems, takes longer." ~Edward R. Murrow

"We are all but recent leaves on the same old tree of life and if this life has adapted itself to new functions and conditions, it uses the same old basic principles over and over again. There is no real difference between the grass and the man who mows it." ~Albert Szent-Györgyi

"The fish trap exists because of the fish. Once you've gotten the fish you can forget the trap. The rabbit snare exists because of the rabbit. Once you've gotten the rabbit, you can forget the snare. Words exist because of meaning. Once you've gotten the meaning, you can forget the words. Where can I find a man who has forgotten words so I can talk with him?" ~Chuang Tzu

 

"God made all men, But Sam Colt made them all equal" -A Traditional American Saying

 

"If you tell a lie big enough and keep repeating it, people will eventually come to believe it." - Joseph Goebbels

 

"If you watch a game, it's fun. If you play at it, it's recreation. If you work at it, it's golf." -- Bob Hope

 

"There is a coherent plan in the universe, though I don't know what it's a plan for." -- Fred Hoyle

 

"I like work: it fascinates me. I can sit and look at it for hours."
-- Jerome K. Jerome

 

"I am convinced that the Black man will only reach his full potential when he learns to draw upon the strengths and insights of the Black woman." -Manning Marable

 

"Three may keep a secret, if two of them are dead."
-- Benjamin Franklin

 

"We hate some persons because we do not know them; and we will not know them because we hate them."
-- Charles Caleb Colton

 

"Your frustration is an indication of a solution you are carrying." -F. Durotoye

 

I like my girls like I like my wine, 12 years old and mixed up with coke.

 

that sounds like it came from a diary of a pedophile

 

They say the mind bends and twists in order to deal with the horrors of life. Sometimes the mind bends so much it snaps in two

 

"Or maybe modern society was a cave of noise and frantic motion, in which primitives congratulated themselves on their knowledge and reason, when in fact they had forgotten more truth than they learned, had abandoned true sophistication for the lighter burden of studied ignorance, trading reason for the cold comfort of ideology, for the promise that the sound and fury signified nothing."
-Dean Koontz, What the Night Knows

 

"Your children need your presence more than your presents." -Jesse Jackson

 

"Is it not written in your law I said ye are gods" - Jesus

"To master oneself is greater than mastering others" - Buddha

"Be the change you want to see in the world" - Gandhi

"Mine your mind for the jewels of your soul" - Dr. M.Z. York

"Prayer is the art of talking to god while meditation is the art of listening to god" - Dr. M.Z. York

"It's nice to be important but it's more important to just be nice"

"Ascension is the goal"

"as above so below"

I love this! When I can remember more I will post them!!!

 

"Lots of people want to ride with you in the limo, but what you want is someone who will take the bus with you when the limo breaks down." -Oprah Winfrey

 

"why do people quote ghandi? wasnt he racist towards blacks?"

-me