Notable quotes, excerpts, and profound lines.

[FlorenceArt]

Originally Posted by BenG

We must respect the other fellow's religion, but only in the sense and to the extent that we respect his theory that his wife is beautiful and his children smart.
--Minority Report: H.L. Mencken's Notebooks, H.L. Mencken(1956)

[kennyc]

Reading Loren Eiseley lately and I find that looking for an interesting quote from him is like taking a photo in one of our National Parks. Virtually any which way you point the camera will produce wonderful photos. I'm currently reading "The Star Thrower" the last book he put together before leaving us. This quote is from "The Innocent Fox"

"I slowed the car and silently fought to contain the horror that even animals feel before the disruption of the natural order. But was there a natural order? As I coaxed my lights to a fuller blaze I suddenly realized the absuridity of the question. Why would life tremble before the unexpected if it had not already anticipated the answer?"
-- Loren Eiseley

[WT Sharpe]

Originally Posted by kennyc

Reading Loren Eiseley lately and I find that looking for an interesting quote from him is like taking a photo in one of our National Parks. Virtually any which way you point the camera will produce wonderful photos. I'm currently reading "The Star Thrower" the last book he put together before leaving us. This quote is from "The Innocent Fox"

"I slowed the car and silently fought to contain the horror that even animals feel before the disruption of the natural order. But was there a natural order? As I coaxed my lights to a fuller blaze I suddenly realized the absuridity of the question. Why would life tremble before the unexpected if it had not already anticipated the answer?"
-- Loren Eiseley

[WT Sharpe]

Originally Posted by kennyc

ah, knew it sounded familiar....

but wait.....how can a trilogy be four books?

Actually, there are now six books in the Hitchhiker Trilogy. The last one was written by Eoin Colfer with the blessings of Adam's widow.

[WT Sharpe]

.....Not one man in a thousand has either strength of mind or goodness of heart to be an Atheist. I repeat it. Not one man in a thousand has either strength of mind or goodness of heart to be an Atheist.
..........— Samuel Taylor Coleridge (1772-1834), British poet, critic, leader of the romantic movement. To Thomas Allsop, ca. 1820, from the dust jacket of Joseph Lewis' Atheism and Other Addresses. Sources: (1) George Seldes, The Great Quotations (1961), (2) http://www.positiveatheism.org/hist/quotes/quote-c2.htm.

[kennyc]

Originally Posted by WT Sharpe

.....Not one man in a thousand has either strength of mind or goodness of heart to be an Atheist. I repeat it. Not one man in a thousand has either strength of mind or goodness of heart to be an Atheist.
..........— Samuel Taylor Coleridge (1772-1834), British poet, critic, leader of the romantic movement. To Thomas Allsop, ca. 1820, from the dust jacket of Joseph Lewis' Atheism and Other Addresses. Sources: (1) George Seldes, The Great Quotations (1961), (2) http://www.positiveatheism.org/hist/quotes/quote-c2.htm

Great quote!

[FlorenceArt]

Originally Posted by WT Sharpe

.....Not one man in a thousand has either strength of mind or goodness of heart to be an Atheist. I repeat it. Not one man in a thousand has either strength of mind or goodness of heart to be an Atheist.
..........— Samuel Taylor Coleridge (1772-1834), British poet, critic, leader of the romantic movement. To Thomas Allsop, ca. 1820, from the dust jacket of Joseph Lewis' Atheism and Other Addresses. Sources: (1) George Seldes, The Great Quotations (1961), (2) http://www.positiveatheism.org/hist/quotes/quote-c2.htm.

I'm a woman. Does that count?

[poohbear_nc]

Originally Posted by FlorenceArt

I'm a woman. Does that count?

But are you a "woman in a thousand?"

[FlorenceArt]

Originally Posted by poohbear_nc

But are you a "woman in a thousand?"

No, I'm a woman in 3 billion

[poohbear_nc]

Originally Posted by FlorenceArt

No, I'm a woman in 3 billion

Errr... doesn't it get a "little" crowded in your apartment?

[FlorenceArt]

Originally Posted by poohbear_nc

Errr... doesn't it get a "little" crowded in your apartment?

Apartment, pff! We share the Earth!

[kennyc]

Originally Posted by FlorenceArt

Apartment, pff! We share the Earth!

And what of the caterpillars?

[WT Sharpe]

Originally Posted by FlorenceArt

I'm a woman. Does that count?

That's the trouble with all quotations prior to the advent of the modern feminist movement. Women were rarely considered movers and shakers, and were rarely even considered worthy of education in political and leadership roles; therefore they were rarely taken into consideration when grand pronouncements were made. This world owes much to the consciousness-raising efforts of feminists of the 19th and 20th centuries.

[FlorenceArt]

Originally Posted by kennyc

And what of the caterpillars?

I share with them too

Originally Posted by WT Sharpe

That's the trouble with all quotations prior to the advent of the modern feminist movement. Women were rarely considered movers and shakers, and were rarely even considered worthy of education in political and leadership roles; therefore they were rarely taken into consideration when grand pronouncements were made. This world owes much to the consciousness-raising efforts of feminists of the 19th and 20th centuries.

Don't worry, I was only joking. It's true about what we owe to the feminists though. Even though most young women these days don't seem to realize it. Or worse, they think feminism is obsolete, because it has attained its goal.

[FlorenceArt]

And since this thread is about quotes, this one from Simone de Beauvoir is famous in France:

On ne nait pas femme, on le devient.

You are not born a woman, you become one.

(Translation is mine and may not be the best...)