Notable quotes, excerpts, and profound lines. - Page 95

gmw · 03-25-2011, 12:27 AM

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Originally Posted by WT Sharpe

.....Growing old is like being increasingly penalized for a crime you haven't committed.
..........— Anthony Powell (1905 – 2000), English novelist. Temporary Kings (1973).

Thanks to all the health advisory warnings that get plastered around I have been known to suggest that "living is a health hazard". That little simile from Anthony Powell may mean that I should also add that "living is a crime".

WT Sharpe · 03-25-2011, 01:41 AM

.....Three passions, simple but overwhelmingly strong, have governed my life: the longing for love, the search for knowledge, and unbearable pity for the suffering of mankind.
..........— Bertrand Russell (1872 – 1970), British philosopher, logician, mathematician, historian, author. Autobiography (Vol. I, 1967).

FlorenceArt · 03-25-2011, 04:03 AM

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Originally Posted by gmw

Thanks to all the health advisory warnings that get plastered around I have been known to suggest that "living is a health hazard". That little simile from Anthony Powell may mean that I should also add that "living is a crime".

Statistics show that living leads to death in 100% of the cases.

gmw · 03-25-2011, 04:23 AM

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Originally Posted by FlorenceArt

Statistics show that living leads to death in 100% of the cases.

Aw, people can come up with statistics to prove anything [ Homer Simpson, The Simpsons ] ... so I refuse to believe. I intend to live forever or die trying.

FlorenceArt · 03-25-2011, 05:31 AM

72.53% of statistics are made up on the fly.

Hamlet53 · 03-25-2011, 07:34 AM

"Eighty percent of success is showing up." - Woody Allen

kennyc · 03-25-2011, 07:54 AM

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Originally Posted by Hamlet53

"Eighty percent of success is showing up." - Woody Allen

Here I Am
- me.

poohbear_nc · 03-25-2011, 09:28 AM

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Originally Posted by WT Sharpe

.....Growing old is like being increasingly penalized for a crime you haven't committed.
..........— Anthony Powell (1905 – 2000), English novelist. Temporary Kings (1973).

Not guilty, m'lud! Not guilty!

BenG · 03-25-2011, 11:27 AM

Baseball is ninety percent mental. The other half is physical.
--Yogi Berra

kennyc · 03-26-2011, 07:43 AM

A fanatic is one who can't change his mind and won't change the subject.
- Winston Churchill.

Hamlet53 · 03-26-2011, 09:44 AM

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Originally Posted by kennyc

A fanatic is one who can't change his mind and won't change the subject.
- Winston Churchill.

One of my favorites.

BenG · 03-26-2011, 10:20 AM

"But it does me no injury for my neighbor to say there are twenty gods or no God. It neither picks my pocket nor breaks my leg."
--Thomas Jefferson, Notes on Virginia, 1782

"For we know that the common law is that system of law which was introduced by the Saxons on their settlement of England, and altered from time to time by proper legislative authority from that time to the date of the Magna Charta, which terminates the period of the common law.... This settlement took place about the middle of the fifth century. But Christianity was not introduced till the seventh century; the conversion of the first Christian king of the Heptarchy having taken place about the year 598, and that of the last about 686. Here then, was a space of two hundred years, during which the common law was in existence, and Christianity no part of it.... That system of religion could not be a part of the common law, because they were not yet Christians."
--Thomas Jefferson, letter to Dr. Thomas Cooper, February 10, 1814

"Fix reason firmly in her seat, and call to her tribunal every fact, every opinion. Question with boldness even the existence of a god; because, if there be one, he must approve the homage of reason rather than of blind-folded fear. Do not be frightened from this inquiry by any fear of its consequences.... If it end in a belief that there is no god, you will find incitements to virtue in the comfort and pleasantness you feel in its exercise and in the love of others it will procure for you."
--Thomas Jefferson, to Peter Carr, August 10, 1787

pilotbob · 03-26-2011, 10:25 AM

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Originally Posted by FlorenceArt

72.53% of statistics are made up on the fly.

Why are statistic on the fly made up? Do people not like to study flys so they just make up data?

BOb

kennyc · 03-26-2011, 10:28 AM

Cause it's better to fly than to run.

TenaciousBadger · 03-26-2011, 03:18 PM

What happens to a dream deferred?

Does it dry up
like a raisin in the sun?
Or fester like a sore--
And then run?
Does it stink like rotten meat?
Or crust and sugar over--
like a syrupy sweet?

Maybe it just sags
like a heavy load.

Or does it explode?

A Dream Deferred by Langston Hughes

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03-25-2011, 01:41 AM	#1412
WT Sharpe Bah, humbug! Posts: 39,072 Karma: 157049943 Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Chesapeake, VA, USA Device: Kindle Oasis, iPad Pro, & a Samsung Galaxy S9.	.....Three passions, simple but overwhelmingly strong, have governed my life: the longing for love, the search for knowledge, and unbearable pity for the suffering of mankind. ..........— Bertrand Russell (1872 – 1970), British philosopher, logician, mathematician, historian, author. *Autobiography* (Vol. I, 1967).

03-25-2011, 05:31 AM	#1415
FlorenceArt High Priestess Posts: 5,761 Karma: 5042529 Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Montreuil sous bois, France Device: iPad Pro 9.7, iPhone 6 Plus	72.53% of statistics are made up on the fly.

03-25-2011, 07:34 AM	#1416
Hamlet53 Nameless Being	"Eighty percent of success is showing up." - Woody Allen

03-25-2011, 11:27 AM	#1419
BenG Home Guard Posts: 4,730 Karma: 86721650 Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Alpha Ralpha Boulevard Device: Kindle Oasis 3G, iPhone 6	Baseball is ninety percent mental. The other half is physical. --Yogi Berra

03-26-2011, 07:43 AM	#1420
kennyc The Dank Side of the Moon Posts: 35,919 Karma: 119747553 Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Denver, CO Device: Kindle2; Kindle Fire	A fanatic is one who can't change his mind and won't change the subject. - Winston Churchill.

03-26-2011, 10:20 AM	#1422
BenG Home Guard Posts: 4,730 Karma: 86721650 Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Alpha Ralpha Boulevard Device: Kindle Oasis 3G, iPhone 6	"But it does me no injury for my neighbor to say there are twenty gods or no God. It neither picks my pocket nor breaks my leg." --Thomas Jefferson, Notes on Virginia, 1782 "For we know that the common law is that system of law which was introduced by the Saxons on their settlement of England, and altered from time to time by proper legislative authority from that time to the date of the Magna Charta, which terminates the period of the common law.... This settlement took place about the middle of the fifth century. But Christianity was not introduced till the seventh century; the conversion of the first Christian king of the Heptarchy having taken place about the year 598, and that of the last about 686. Here then, was a space of two hundred years, during which the common law was in existence, and Christianity no part of it.... That system of religion could not be a part of the common law, because they were not yet Christians." --Thomas Jefferson, letter to Dr. Thomas Cooper, February 10, 1814 "Fix reason firmly in her seat, and call to her tribunal every fact, every opinion. Question with boldness even the existence of a god; because, if there be one, he must approve the homage of reason rather than of blind-folded fear. Do not be frightened from this inquiry by any fear of its consequences.... If it end in a belief that there is no god, you will find incitements to virtue in the comfort and pleasantness you feel in its exercise and in the love of others it will procure for you." --Thomas Jefferson, to Peter Carr, August 10, 1787

03-26-2011, 10:28 AM	#1424
kennyc The Dank Side of the Moon Posts: 35,919 Karma: 119747553 Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Denver, CO Device: Kindle2; Kindle Fire	Cause it's better to fly than to run.

03-26-2011, 03:18 PM	#1425
TenaciousBadger Mrawr? Posts: 1,109 Karma: 15039064 Join Date: Aug 2010 Device: kindle 3 wifi	What happens to a dream deferred? Does it dry up like a raisin in the sun? Or fester like a sore-- And then run? Does it stink like rotten meat? Or crust and sugar over-- like a syrupy sweet? Maybe it just sags like a heavy load. Or does it explode? A Dream Deferred by Langston Hughes