Re: Know any good quotes?

[xSilverPhinx]

"It is better to hear the rebuke of the wise, than for a man to hear the song of fools."
--- ECCLESIASTES [7:5], BIBLE

Who said that the bible isn't quotable even by atheists?

[Asmodean]

Who said that the bible isn't quotable even by atheists?

Well, the devil can quote a scripture to fit his needs, so why can't we?

[xSilverPhinx]

Who said that the bible isn't quotable even by atheists?

Well, the devil can quote a scripture to fit his needs, so why can't we?

How do we even know that it wasn't written by the devil in the first place?

The bible itself is all the reason why I reject it

[j.woodard24]

"Question with boldness even the existence of a God; because, if there be one, he must more approve of the homage of reason, than that of blind-folded fear."
-Thomas Jefferson

[Asmodean]

Hanlon's Razor. Methink it should be here.

Never attribute to malice that which is adequately explained by stupidity.

[Guardian85]

" If God is good, why is he so bad at it?"
-myself-

[Recusant]

A chance to get three Hitchens avatars in a row!

If we're going to have Hanlon's Razor here, we need Richard Bos's corollary to Hanlon's Razor --

Stupidity maintained long enough is a form of malice.

* * *

. . . This will not last, so to commemorate it:

[unholy1971]

It does not matter how slowly you go so long as you do not stop.
- Confucius

[Amalthea]

"They were...well, Beautiful People! - not 'students', 'clerks', 'salesgirls', 'executive trainees' - Christ, don't give me your occupation-game labels! We are Beautiful People, ascendant from your robot junkyard."
-Tom Wolfe The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test

"Sometimes I feel like I'm seeing it all at once, and it's too much, my heart fills up like a balloon that's about to burst... And then I remember to relax, and stop trying to hold on to it, and then it flows through me like rain and I can't feel anything but gratitude for every single moment of my stupid little life..."
-Lester Burnham American Beauty

"If you meet the Buddha, kill the Buddha"
-Lin-chi


Good stuff I think

[Crocoduck]

"If you meet the Buddha, kill the Buddha"
-Lin-chi


Good stuff I think

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[lomfs24]

If all the cars of the world were placed end to end, there would be some idiot at the back trying to pass! ~Unknown

"The problem with quotes on the internet is it's difficult to verify their validity." ~ Abraham Lincoln.

[lomfs24]

63.7% of all statistics are made up on the spot. ~lomfs24 

[Crocoduck]

63.7% of all statistics are made up on the spot. ~lomfs24 

I always understood it was 63.8%.

[Tank]

63.7% of all statistics are made up on the spot. ~lomfs24 

I always understood it was 63.8%.

[Guardian85]

"Everyone is entitled to their own opinion. It's just that yours is stupid."
-unknown-