Favorite quotes thread

“There are only two tragedies in life: one is not getting what one wants, and the other is getting it.”

-Oscar Wilde

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COVID got infected with Stephen Miller.

-Stephen Colbert

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“I’m not THE tax man, I’m A tax man”

Marvin Dray - Corner Gas

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“Be yourself, everyone else is taken”

Oscar Wilde

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“Care about what other people think and you will always be their prisoner.”

-Lao Tzu

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“I’m ready for a beer. Anyone else want one?” Sam Axe (Played by Bruce Campbell)

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“Puritanism: The haunting fear that someone, somewhere, may be happy."-H. L. Mencken

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“If I were asked . . . to what the singular prosperity and growing strength of that people [the Americans] ought mainly to be attributed, I should reply: To the superiority of their women.”

Alexis de Tocqueville, Democracy in America, 1835

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“Keep the company of those who seek the truth- run from those who have found it.”-Vaclav Havel

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“Every normal man must be tempted, at times, to spit on his hands, hoist the black flag, and begin slitting throats.” - HL Mencken

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“Be a philosopher. A man can compromise to gain a point. It has become apparent that a man can, within limits, follow his inclinations within the arms of the Church if he does so discreetly.” - The Walking Drum

“And here’s what life comes down to—not how many years you live, but how many of those years are filled with ■■■■■■■■ that doesn’t amount to anything to satisfy the requirements of some dickhead you’ll never get the pleasure of punching in the face.” – Adam Carolla

Only a mediocre man is always at his best.

— W. Somerset Maughan

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Well that’s good news, because I’m almost never at my best!

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Old age does not bring wisdom. Often it merely changes simple stupidity into arrogant conceit.

Robert Heinlein

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A bird in the hand isn’t worth much.

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“Our game had streakers today”

Q- were they boys or girls?

A- “I don’t know, they had bags on their heads.”

Yogi Berra

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Star solely for mentioning Robert Heinlein!

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Robert Heineken

Damn, I messed that up. No Star I guess.

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“You got a helmet?”
“Oh…oh, I got a helmet; I got a beauty.”

George Hanson

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One of the best scenes in TV recently:

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