Quote of the Day

[noobvious]

It is one of the blessings of old friends that you can afford to be stupid with them.
-Ralph Waldo Emerson

 

[D3ftOn3Z]

A computer would deserve to be called intelligent if it could deceive a human into believing that it was human.


- Alan Turing -

 

[TGSoldier]

"The first step toward change is awareness. The second step is acceptance." - Nathaniel Branden

 

[FZ21Z]

A quote from a great man...

 

[JMH]

Three passions have governed my life:
The longings for love, the search for knowledge,
And unbearable pity for the suffering of [humankind].


Love brings ecstasy and relieves loneliness.
In the union of love I have seen
In a mystic miniature the prefiguring vision
Of the heavens that saints and poets have imagined.


With equal passion I have sought knowledge.
I have wished to understand the hearts of [people].
I have wished to know why the stars shine.


Love and knowledge led upwards to the heavens,
But always pity brought me back to earth;
Cries of pain reverberated in my heart
Of children in famine, of victims tortured
And of old people left helpless.
I long to alleviate the evil, but I cannot,
And I too suffer.


This has been my life; I found it worth living.

Bertrand Russell.

 

[mickey megabyte]

continuing the bertie russell theme:

“The whole problem with the world is that fools and fanatics are always so certain of themselves, but wiser people so full of doubts.”

 

[johnwillyums]

nice one mickey. That's just so true

 

[johnwillyums]

Once I thought I saw you
in a crowded hazy bar,
Dancing on the light
from star to star.
Far across the moonbeam
I know that's who you are,
I saw your brown eyes
turning once to fire.

You are like a hurricane
There's calm in your eye.
And I'm gettin' blown away
To somewhere safer
where the feeling stays.
I want to love you but
I'm getting blown away.

Neil Young-Like A Hurricane

doesn't mean anything profound I suppose but it's a lovely analogy for a dangerous love.

 

[ZaLiTH]

Just to lighten the mood a bit; I just found a classic 'quote' on Bash.org:

#636156
<Jonno> What's the difference between regular garlic and roasted garlic?
<Arclight> A gypsy once told me it was the roasting, but you shouldn't trust the gypsies

:roflmao:

 

[FZ21Z]

"The pioneers of a warless world are the young men and women who refuse military service."

- Albert Einstein

 

[zigzag3143]

Let us be grateful to people who make us happy; they are the charming gardeners who make our souls blossom MJ Proust

 

[motc7]

Here's one of my favorites:

"Remember, if you lose, you're out of the family" - Vince Lombardi (according to Homer Simpson)

 

[JMH]

Peace is not the absence of war; it is a virtue; a state of mind; a disposition for benevolence; confidence; and justice.

Baruch Spinoza.

 

[FZ21Z]

"Give me the money that has been spent in war and I will clothe every man, woman, and child in an attire of which kings and queens will be proud. I will build a schoolhouse in every valley over the whole earth. I will crown every hillside with a place of worship consecrated to peace."

- Charles Sumner

 

[mickey megabyte]

If I had all the money I've spent on drink, I'd spend it on drink!

Sir Henry

 

[D3ftOn3Z]

A guilty conscience needs to confess. A work of art is a confession.


- Albert Camus -

 

[harry5]

Desmond Tutu said "forgiveness is the grace by which you enable the other person to get up, and get up with dignity, to begin anew."

 

[DocBrown]

"Thousands of years ago, cats were worshipped as gods. Cats have never forgotten this." - Anonymous

 

[ZaLiTH]

"Thousands of years ago, cats were worshipped as gods. Cats have never forgotten this." - Anonymous

My sister once told me "dogs have owners, cats have slaves". I'm very much a cat person, I live in a house with two dogs and 5 cats, so I kinda have to agree with that.. Lol

 

[johnwillyums]

Desmond Tutu said "forgiveness is the grace by which you enable the other person to get up, and get up with dignity, to begin anew."

nice one harry