There must be tens of thousands, if not hundreds of thousands, of popular quotes out there.

What are your favourite (serious) quotes?

“Everything I read, hear or see becomes inspiration for a story.” – Toni Morrison.

“I’m more of a man than you’ll ever be and more of a woman than you’ll ever get” – Woodie

“The true mathematical and mechanical form of all manner of arches for building, with the true butment necessary to each of them. A problem which no architectonick writer hath ever yet attemted, much less performed.

abcccddeeeeefggiiiiiiiillmmmmnnnnnooprrsssttttttuuuuuuuvx”

Robert Hooke.

Woodie said:

“I’m more of a man than you’ll ever be and more of a woman than you’ll ever get” – Woodie

Nice one.

Das ist nicht nur nicht richtig; es ist nicht einmal falsch! Pauli

That is not only not right; it is not even wrong

When I was 5 years old, my mother always told me that happiness was the key to life. When I went to school, they asked me what I wanted to be when I grew up. I wrote down “happy”. They told me I didn’t understand the assignment, I told them they didn’t understand life. -John Lennon

One night there is a heartbeat at the door.
Outside, a woman in the fog,
with hair of twigs and a dress of weed,
dripping green lake water.
She says “I am you,
And I have travelled a long distance
come with me, there is something I must show you…”
She turns to go, her cloak falls open,
Suddenly golden light…everywhere, golden light….

Clarissa Pinkola Estes, Woman who lives under the Lake.

captain_spalding said:

When I was 5 years old, my mother always told me that happiness was the key to life. When I went to school, they asked me what I wanted to be when I grew up. I wrote down “happy”. They told me I didn’t understand the assignment, I told them they didn’t understand life. -John Lennon

A clever man.

captain_spalding said:

When I was 5 years old, my mother always told me that happiness was the key to life. When I went to school, they asked me what I wanted to be when I grew up. I wrote down “happy”. They told me I didn’t understand the assignment, I told them they didn’t understand life. -John Lennon

Money can’t buy you love ~ John Lennon

Give money that’s what I want. ~ John Lennon.

roughbarked said:

captain_spalding said:

When I was 5 years old, my mother always told me that happiness was the key to life. When I went to school, they asked me what I wanted to be when I grew up. I wrote down “happy”. They told me I didn’t understand the assignment, I told them they didn’t understand life. -John Lennon

Money can’t buy you love ~ John Lennon

Give money that’s what I want. ~ John Lennon.

give me money.. duh.

roughbarked said:

captain_spalding said:

When I was 5 years old, my mother always told me that happiness was the key to life. When I went to school, they asked me what I wanted to be when I grew up. I wrote down “happy”. They told me I didn’t understand the assignment, I told them they didn’t understand life. -John Lennon

Money can’t buy you love ~ John Lennon

Give money that’s what I want. ~ John Lennon.

Can’t Buy Me Love was written by McCartney.

Money ,That’s What I Want was written by Gordy.

sibeen said:

roughbarked said:

captain_spalding said:

When I was 5 years old, my mother always told me that happiness was the key to life. When I went to school, they asked me what I wanted to be when I grew up. I wrote down “happy”. They told me I didn’t understand the assignment, I told them they didn’t understand life. -John Lennon

Money can’t buy you love ~ John Lennon

Give money that’s what I want. ~ John Lennon.

Can’t Buy Me Love was written by McCartney.

Money ,That’s What I Want was written by Gordy.

:)

James Oberg — ‘Keep an open mind, but no so open that your brains fall out’

mollwollfumble said:

There must be tens of thousands, if not hundreds of thousands, of popular quotes out there.

What are your favourite (serious) quotes?

Too many to quote individually so: https://www.brainyquote.com/authors/mae_west

“One of the painful things about our time is that those who feel certainty are stupid, and those with any imagination and understanding are filled with doubt and indecision.”

Bertrand Russell

Yubby dibby dibby dibby dibby dibby dibby dum.

Sheldon Harnick and Jerry Bock

ChrispenEvan said:

Yubby dibby dibby dibby dibby dibby dibby dum.

Sheldon Harnick and Jerry Bock

Sounds OK at first, but on reflection the third and fifth dibby are questionable, at best.

“What, if some day or night a demon were to steal after you into your loneliest loneliness and say to you: ‘This life as you now live it and have lived it, you will have to live once more and innumerable times more’ … Would you not throw yourself down and gnash your teeth and curse the demon who spoke thus? Or have you once experienced a tremendous moment when you would have answered him: ‘You are a god and never have I heard anything more divine.”

Nietzsche

ChrispenEvan said:

Yubby dibby dibby dibby dibby dibby dibby dum.

Sheldon Harnick and Jerry Bock

How many “chuggas” come before “choo choo?”

https://wokesloth.com/how-many-chuggas-before-choo-choo-ddt/daily-dot/?utm_content=buffer4fc67&utm_medium=facebook&utm_source=thegoodlordabove&utm_campaign=bloomjoy&fbclid=IwAR0mEOHg6tevq5aVglsiKA8U14thISH7gEUsmp7vauGRR1GJ-3zXOci6Gwc

Bang shang a lang

“Don’t believe everything you read on the internet” – Socrates

Arts said:

“Don’t believe everything you read on the internet” – Socrates

:)

From the latest Australian Skeptic magazine:

“The great tragedy of science – the slaying of a beautiful hypothesis by an ugly fact.” Thomas Huxley

roughbarked said:

Arts said:

“Don’t believe everything you read on the internet” – Socrates

:)

That’s brilliant. I like the other ones above as well.

Arts said:

“Don’t believe everything you read on the internet” – Socrates

That reminds me; who said?:

I disapprove of what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it.

The Rev Dodgson said:

Arts said:

“Don’t believe everything you read on the internet” – Socrates

That reminds me; who said?:

I disapprove of what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it.

Voltaire supposedly.

The Rev Dodgson said:

Arts said:

“Don’t believe everything you read on the internet” – Socrates

That reminds me; who said?:

I disapprove of what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it.

Voltiare?

Never fight a land war in Asia, never march on Moscow.

“Trauma is the asbestos of the Psychology world.”

AwesomeO said:

The Rev Dodgson said:

Arts said:

“Don’t believe everything you read on the internet” – Socrates

That reminds me; who said?:

I disapprove of what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it.

Voltaire supposedly.

sounds wrong answer buzzer

It was actually first written in the 20th century, with the intent to encapsulate Voltaire’s philosophy.

Or so it says on the Internet anyway.

I’ll have to lookup who said/wrote it.

The Rev Dodgson said:

AwesomeO said:

The Rev Dodgson said:

That reminds me; who said?:

I disapprove of what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it.

Voltaire supposedly.

sounds wrong answer buzzer

It was actually first written in the 20th century, with the intent to encapsulate Voltaire’s philosophy.

Or so it says on the Internet anyway.

I’ll have to lookup who said/wrote it.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Evelyn_Beatrice_Hall

The Rev Dodgson said:

The Rev Dodgson said:

AwesomeO said:

Voltaire supposedly.

sounds wrong answer buzzer

It was actually first written in the 20th century, with the intent to encapsulate Voltaire’s philosophy.

Or so it says on the Internet anyway.

I’ll have to lookup who said/wrote it.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Evelyn_Beatrice_Hall

See also:

https://quoteinvestigator.com/2015/06/01/defend-say/

The Rev Dodgson said:

Arts said:

“Don’t believe everything you read on the internet” – Socrates

That reminds me; who said?:

I disapprove of what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it.

I find that a disagreeable philosophy.

It’s how we can end up with hate speech informing and sometimes driving killers.

Michael V said:

The Rev Dodgson said:

Arts said:

“Don’t believe everything you read on the internet” – Socrates

That reminds me; who said?:

I disapprove of what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it.

I find that a disagreeable philosophy.

It’s how we can end up with hate speech informing and sometimes driving killers.

Like Nazis.

Witty Rejoinder said:

“What, if some day or night a demon were to steal after you into your loneliest loneliness and say to you: ‘This life as you now live it and have lived it, you will have to live once more and innumerable times more’ … Would you not throw yourself down and gnash your teeth and curse the demon who spoke thus? Or have you once experienced a tremendous moment when you would have answered him: ‘You are a god and never have I heard anything more divine.”

Nietzsche

Charlie Brown’s reaction to that quote.

Michael V said:

The Rev Dodgson said:

Arts said:

“Don’t believe everything you read on the internet” – Socrates

That reminds me; who said?:

I disapprove of what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it.

I find that a disagreeable philosophy.

It’s how we can end up with hate speech informing and sometimes driving killers.

The quote “I disapprove of what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it.” used to be wrongly attributed to Voltaire. Now it’s attributed to Voltaire’s biographer – Evelyn Beatrice Hall.

I used to like that philosophy, but I no longer do. There are a lot of things said on the TV News that should never have been repeated in public. It’s the publicising of lies and phobias that is the crime, not the saying of those lies and phobias in a private setting.

mollwollfumble said:

Michael V said:

The Rev Dodgson said:

That reminds me; who said?:

I disapprove of what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it.

I find that a disagreeable philosophy.

It’s how we can end up with hate speech informing and sometimes driving killers.

The quote “I disapprove of what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it.” used to be wrongly attributed to Voltaire. Now it’s attributed to Voltaire’s biographer – Evelyn Beatrice Hall.

I used to like that philosophy, but I no longer do. There are a lot of things said on the TV News that should never have been repeated in public. It’s the publicising of lies and phobias that is the crime, not the saying of those lies and phobias in a private setting.

Yeah, that’s what I said :)

OK, if the statement is supposed to apply to anything any individual might say, then clearly there are things that might be said that should not be defended at all, let alone “to the death”.

But what if it is applied to a specific statement?

For instance, suppose the statement that is disapproved of, yet still supported was:
“I disapprove of what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it.”

Should we defend the right to utter that statement, even if we disapproved of it?

The Rev Dodgson said:

mollwollfumble said:

Michael V said:

I find that a disagreeable philosophy.

It’s how we can end up with hate speech informing and sometimes driving killers.

The quote “I disapprove of what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it.” used to be wrongly attributed to Voltaire. Now it’s attributed to Voltaire’s biographer – Evelyn Beatrice Hall.

I used to like that philosophy, but I no longer do. There are a lot of things said on the TV News that should never have been repeated in public. It’s the publicising of lies and phobias that is the crime, not the saying of those lies and phobias in a private setting.

Yeah, that’s what I said :)

OK, if the statement is supposed to apply to anything any individual might say, then clearly there are things that might be said that should not be defended at all, let alone “to the death”.

But what if it is applied to a specific statement?

For instance, suppose the statement that is disapproved of, yet still supported was:
“I disapprove of what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it.”

Should we defend the right to utter that statement, even if we disapproved of it?

Oh you and your internal recursiveness.

Another way to say it is, “You’re entitled to your wrong opinion”.

Divine Angel said:

Another way to say it is, “You’re entitled to your wrong opinion”.

Or “It’s OK to hold a differing opinion”?

Michael V said:

Divine Angel said:

Another way to say it is, “You’re entitled to your wrong opinion”.

Or “It’s OK to hold a differing opinion”?

Whilst recognising that there are some wrong opinions that it is not OK to hold.

Michael V said:

Divine Angel said:

Another way to say it is, “You’re entitled to your wrong opinion”.

Or “It’s OK to hold a differing opinion”?

But is it? Think of the damage anti-vaxers do with their wrong opinions.

Divine Angel said:

Michael V said:

Divine Angel said:

Another way to say it is, “You’re entitled to your wrong opinion”.

Or “It’s OK to hold a differing opinion”?

But is it? Think of the damage anti-vaxers do with their wrong opinions.

I don’t think that that (and many others) is OK. I was merely further simplifying your simplification.

Michael V said:

Divine Angel said:

Michael V said:

Or “It’s OK to hold a differing opinion”?

But is it? Think of the damage anti-vaxers do with their wrong opinions.

I don’t think that that (and many others) is OK. I was merely further simplifying your simplification.

I think it’s yet another case of embedded either/orism.

Clearly there are some wrong opinions that people should have the right to express (all of my wrong opinions, for a start), some that they shouldn’t have the right to express, and many in between that are debateable, or might be debateable if people had the right to express them in the first place.

“When you hate someone, everything they do pisses you off.”

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“His throw went absolutely nowhere near where it was going.” ~ Richie Benaud.

roughbarked said:

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“His throw went absolutely nowhere near where it was going.” ~ Richie Benaud.

Reminds me of the well known Irishism:

“I’d hate to be with you when you were by yourself.”

The Rev Dodgson said:

roughbarked said:

Posts: 983
Loc: Antipodes
Don’t be kept in the dark.
_________________________
“His throw went absolutely nowhere near where it was going.” ~ Richie Benaud.

Reminds me of the well known Irishism:

“I’d hate to be with you when you were by yourself.”

I’ll think about that and get back to you.

Peak Warming Man said:

The Rev Dodgson said:

roughbarked said:

Posts: 983
Loc: Antipodes
Don’t be kept in the dark.
_________________________
“His throw went absolutely nowhere near where it was going.” ~ Richie Benaud.

Reminds me of the well known Irishism:

“I’d hate to be with you when you were by yourself.”

I’ll think about that and get back to you.

Interestingly, according to the electric Internet, no-one has written those exact words in that sequence before in the history of mankind.

I find that hard to believe, but who am I to argue?

The Rev Dodgson said:

Peak Warming Man said:

The Rev Dodgson said:

Reminds me of the well known Irishism:

“I’d hate to be with you when you were by yourself.”

I’ll think about that and get back to you.

Interestingly, according to the electric Internet, no-one has written those exact words in that sequence before in the history of mankind.

I find that hard to believe, but who am I to argue?

Which exact words?

roughbarked said:

The Rev Dodgson said:

Peak Warming Man said:

I’ll think about that and get back to you.

Interestingly, according to the electric Internet, no-one has written those exact words in that sequence before in the history of mankind.

I find that hard to believe, but who am I to argue?

Which exact words?

“I’d hate to be with you when you were by yourself”

The Rev Dodgson said:

roughbarked said:

The Rev Dodgson said:

Interestingly, according to the electric Internet, no-one has written those exact words in that sequence before in the history of mankind.

I find that hard to believe, but who am I to argue?

Which exact words?

“I’d hate to be with you when you were by yourself”

I’ve heard it before but that doesn’t mean that it has to be on the interbet.

“turn the light on” ~ Sammy J.

roughbarked said:

The Rev Dodgson said:

roughbarked said:

Which exact words?

“I’d hate to be with you when you were by yourself”

I’ve heard it before but that doesn’t mean that it has to be on the interbet.

True, but still quite surprising.

Since this is a serious thread, I’d better give the context.

An Irish guy hitches a ride, and says:

You’re an awful fast driver.
Driver: You think this is fast? I drive much faster when I’m by myself.
Irish guy: Sure, I’d hate to be with you when you were by yourself.

The Rev Dodgson said:

roughbarked said:

The Rev Dodgson said:

“I’d hate to be with you when you were by yourself”

I’ve heard it before but that doesn’t mean that it has to be on the interbet.

True, but still quite surprising.

Since this is a serious thread, I’d better give the context.

An Irish guy hitches a ride, and says:

You’re an awful fast driver.
Driver: You think this is fast? I drive much faster when I’m by myself.
Irish guy: Sure, I’d hate to be with you when you were by yourself.

Indeed many of us would hate be with him while he was by himself and it can be said of many. ;) So indeed it is surprising that you are the first person to put it on the net or are you? How hard did you search?

https://www.joe.ie/movies-tv/annoying-drivers-582398

roughbarked said:

The Rev Dodgson said:

roughbarked said:

Which exact words?

“I’d hate to be with you when you were by yourself”

I’ve heard it before but that doesn’t mean that it has to be on the interbet.

The car ahead is identical to the one behind except that it is on fire.
Murray Walker.

roughbarked said:

The Rev Dodgson said:

roughbarked said:

I’ve heard it before but that doesn’t mean that it has to be on the interbet.

True, but still quite surprising.

Since this is a serious thread, I’d better give the context.

An Irish guy hitches a ride, and says:

You’re an awful fast driver.
Driver: You think this is fast? I drive much faster when I’m by myself.
Irish guy: Sure, I’d hate to be with you when you were by yourself.

Indeed many of us would hate be with him while he was by himself and it can be said of many. ;) So indeed it is surprising that you are the first person to put it on the net or are you? How hard did you search?

I Binged, then I Googled.

The Rev Dodgson said:

roughbarked said:

The Rev Dodgson said:

True, but still quite surprising.

Since this is a serious thread, I’d better give the context.

An Irish guy hitches a ride, and says:

You’re an awful fast driver.
Driver: You think this is fast? I drive much faster when I’m by myself.
Irish guy: Sure, I’d hate to be with you when you were by yourself.

Indeed many of us would hate be with him while he was by himself and it can be said of many. ;) So indeed it is surprising that you are the first person to put it on the net or are you? How hard did you search?

I Binged, then I Googled.

:)

roughbarked said:

The Rev Dodgson said:

roughbarked said:

Indeed many of us would hate be with him while he was by himself and it can be said of many. ;) So indeed it is surprising that you are the first person to put it on the net or are you? How hard did you search?

I Binged, then I Googled.

:)

Maybe you got links like this back? https://www.copyblogger.com/5-common-mistakes-that-make-you-look-dumb/

buffy said:

James Oberg — ‘Keep an open mind, but no so open that your brains fall out’

I really do love that.

mollwollfumble said:

buffy said:

James Oberg — ‘Keep an open mind, but no so open that your brains fall out’

I really do love that.

But i’m not quite sure how to turn it into a practical way of life. Does it sort of mean ‘entertain new ideas, take them out for a cup of coffee, but don’t marry them’?

I live in the quietest loud street on earth. ~ me.

roughbarked said:

I live in the quietest loud street on earth. ~ me.

There are many people in this street who hear better than me but there is more to it than that.

roughbarked said:

roughbarked said:

I live in the quietest loud street on earth. ~ me.

There are many people in this street who hear better than me but there is more to it than that.

or less.
but it has nothing to do with the fact that I still have to turn the TV volume up to hear it.