Notable quotes, excerpts, and profound lines.

[WT Sharpe]

.....But the height of audacity in serving up pure nonsense, in stringing together senseless and extravagant mazes of words, such as had previously been heard only in madhouses, was finally reached in Hegel, and became the instrument of the most barefaced general mystification that has ever taken place, with a result which will appear fabulous to posterity, and will remain as a monument of German stupidity.
..........— Arthur Schopenhauer (1788-1860), German philosopher. Die Welt als Wille und Vorstellung (The World as Will and Idea), R.B. Haldane/J. Kemp translation, Volume 2 (Kegan Paul, London, 1891), page 22.

[ribica]

Originally Posted by WT Sharpe

Speaking of gray, here's another quote from Mr. Sunshine himself:

.....As a rule, a man is sociable just in the degree in which he is intellectually poor and generally vulgar.
..........— Arthur Schopenhauer (1788-1860), German philosopher. "Wisdom of Life," Chapter II: "Personality, or What a Man Is," from The Wisdom of Life: and Other Essays by Arthur Schopenhauer, translated by Bailey Saunders and Ernest Belfort Bax (M. Walther Dunne, 1901), p. 20.

Well say

[WT Sharpe]

.....Uncool people never hurt anybody—all they do is collect stamps, read science-fiction books and stand on the end of railway platforms staring at trains.
..........— Ben Elton (1959 - ), British comedian, author, playwright and television director. Quoted in Radio Times April 18-24, 1998.

[FlorenceArt]

Originally Posted by WT Sharpe

.....Uncool people never hurt anybody—all they do is collect stamps, read science-fiction books and stand on the end of railway platforms staring at trains.
..........— Ben Elton (1959 - ), British comedian, author, playwright and television director. Quoted in Radio Times April 18-24, 1998.

You have to be uncool to watch trains?

[maianhvk]

Originally Posted by FlorenceArt

You have to be uncool to watch trains?

I don't think so. You can deduce 'B' (watching trains) from a given 'A' (uncool person) but the reverse isn't always true: you can't deduce 'A' from a given 'B'.

hope you understand what I'm trying to say

[WT Sharpe]

I like Science Fiction, and I'm cool as all get-out!

[beppe]

I am uncool. Self certified, but widely known. I don't stare at trains. I catch them, but without staring.

[beppe]

You being cool me uncool would make us tepid or lukewarm?

[WT Sharpe]

It would make us both lukewarm. I was only kidding about being cool. I don't even know which side of the street cool lives on.

[maianhvk]

what's the definition of 'cool', by the way?

(want to know if I am 'cool' or not)

[GeoffC]

Originally Posted by maianhvk

what's the definition of 'cool', by the way?

(want to know if I am 'cool' or not)

Cool defined

* "Cool is a knowledge, a way of life."[46] – Lewis MacAdams
* "Cool is an age-specific phenomenon, defined as the central behavioural trait of teenagerhood."[47]
* "Coolness is the proper way you represent yourself to a human being."[48] – Robert Farris Thompson
* In the novel Spook Country by William Gibson one character equates cool with a sense of exclusivity: "Secrets," said the Bigend beside her, "are the very root of cool."[49]
* In the novel Lords and Ladies by Terry Pratchett the Monks of Cool are mentioned. In their passing-out test a novice must select the coolest garment from a room full of clothes. The correct answer is "Hey, whatever I select", suggesting that cool is primarily an attitude of self-assurance.[50]

thanks Wikipedia

[WT Sharpe]

Wikipedia is way cool!

[kennyc]

Originally Posted by maianhvk

what's the definition of 'cool', by the way?

(want to know if I am 'cool' or not)

ku-ku-ka-choo

[WT Sharpe]

.....For me and for many of his youthful critics, King became wiser as we grew older.... If King were alive today, he would doubtless encourage those who celebrate his life to recognize their responsibility to struggle as he did for a more just and peaceful world.... He would probably be the unpopular social critic he was on the eve of the Poor People's campaign rather than the object of national homage that he became after his death. His basic message would be the same as it was when he was alive, for he did not bend with the changing political winds.
..........— Clayborne Carson (1944 - ), professor of history at Stanford University, and director of the Martin Luther King, Jr., Research and Education Institute, author. Quoted in The Wisdom of Martin Luther King, Jr. (1993), edited by Alex Ayers.

[Bilbo1967]

Originally Posted by kennyc

Nice one Poohbear.

I always love her death/eternity.

Because I could not stop for Death,
He kindly stopped for me;
The carriage held but just ourselves
And Immortality.

Sends chills up my spine every time....

Bizarrely, I heard that quoted on The Simpsons only last night!

And, as Emily Dickinson was brought up by PoohBear, let's not miss:

"Hope is the thing with feathers
That perches in the soul
And sings the tune without the words
And never stops at all."