Notable quotes, excerpts, and profound lines. - Page 173

covingtoncat73 · 06-24-2015, 12:26 PM

“There was a tale he had read once, long ago, as a small boy: the story of a traveler who had slipped down a cliff, with man-eating tigers above him and a lethal fall below him, who managed to stop his fall halfway down the side of the cliff, holding on for dear life. There was a clump of strawberries beside him, and certain death above him and below. What should he do? went the question.

And the reply was, Eat the strawberries.”

― Neil Gaiman, American Gods

BenG · 06-27-2015, 09:28 AM

Once men turned their thinking over to machines in the hope that this would set them free. But that only permitted other men with machines to enslave them.
― Frank Herbert, Dune

covingtoncat73 · 06-27-2015, 04:20 PM

"Many waters cannot quench love, neither can the floods drown it." Song of Solomon 8:7, King James version.

kennyc · 06-27-2015, 04:45 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by BenG

Once men turned their thinking over to machines in the hope that this would set them free. But that only permitted other men with machines to enslave them.
― Frank Herbert, Dune

Good one!

BenG · 06-30-2015, 10:26 AM

“A circle looks at a square and sees a badly made circle.”
― Jeff VanderMeer, Authority

BenG · 07-02-2015, 07:11 AM

“Honesty was often just a way of being cruel.”
― Jeff VanderMeer, Acceptance

covingtoncat73 · 07-02-2015, 06:01 PM

"I smile when I'm angry, I cheat and I lie." ~Leonard Choen, "In My Secret Life"

covingtoncat73 · 07-08-2015, 04:27 PM

"The butterfly counts not months but moments, and has time enough."
Rabindranath Tagore

BenG · 07-12-2015, 08:57 AM

We know that no one ever seizes power with the intention of relinquishing it. Power is not a means, it is an end. One does not establish a dictatorship in order to safeguard a revolution; one makes the revolution in order to establish the dictatorship. The object of persecution is persecution. The object of torture is torture. The object of power is power.
― George Orwell, 1984

victauria · 07-12-2015, 10:18 PM

"These were not meant to be conversations. These were noises to stave off the silence into which misery might seep, noises to throw against the hardness of life."

--Robyn Davidson
Desert Places: A Woman's Odyssey with the Wanderers of the Indian Desert

bfisher · 07-16-2015, 06:52 AM

Today is the 70th anniversary of Trinity.

"Now we are all sons of bitches." Kenneth Bainbridge to J. Robert Oppenheimer

kennyc · 07-16-2015, 06:56 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by bfisher

Today is the 70th anniversary of Trinity.

"Now we are all sons of bitches." Kenneth Bainbridge to J. Robert Oppenheimer

Yep - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trinity_(nuclear_test)

gmw · 07-16-2015, 07:53 AM

Any system like Eternity, which allows men to choose their own future, will end by choosing safety and mediocrity, and in such a Reality the stars are out of reach.

-- The End of Eternity by Isaac Asimov, first published 1955.

FlorenceArt · 07-16-2015, 08:00 AM

"in searching for the truth, it may be our best plan to start by criticizing our most cherished beliefs."

Karl Popper, On the Sources of Knowledge and Ignorance, in Conjectures and Refutations

covingtoncat73 · 07-16-2015, 10:57 AM

I am so ready for summer to be over but this is New Orleans. Summer won't be over until at LEAST October. *Sigh*

“Hot weather opens the skull of a city, exposing its white brain, and its heart of nerves, which sizzle like the wires inside a lightbulb. And there exudes a sour extra-human smell that makes the very stone seem flesh-alive, webbed and pulsing.”
―Truman Capote, Summer Crossing

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06-24-2015, 12:26 PM	#2581
covingtoncat73 Wizard Posts: 2,745 Karma: 83407757 Join Date: Mar 2011 Device: Kindle Paperwhite, Lenovo Duet Chromebook, Moto e	“There was a tale he had read once, long ago, as a small boy: the story of a traveler who had slipped down a cliff, with man-eating tigers above him and a lethal fall below him, who managed to stop his fall halfway down the side of the cliff, holding on for dear life. There was a clump of strawberries beside him, and certain death above him and below. What should he do? went the question. And the reply was, Eat the strawberries.” ― Neil Gaiman, American Gods

06-27-2015, 09:28 AM	#2582
BenG Home Guard Posts: 4,730 Karma: 86721650 Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Alpha Ralpha Boulevard Device: Kindle Oasis 3G, iPhone 6	Once men turned their thinking over to machines in the hope that this would set them free. But that only permitted other men with machines to enslave them. ― Frank Herbert, Dune

06-27-2015, 04:20 PM	#2583
covingtoncat73 Wizard Posts: 2,745 Karma: 83407757 Join Date: Mar 2011 Device: Kindle Paperwhite, Lenovo Duet Chromebook, Moto e	"Many waters cannot quench love, neither can the floods drown it." Song of Solomon 8:7, King James version.

06-30-2015, 10:26 AM	#2585
BenG Home Guard Posts: 4,730 Karma: 86721650 Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Alpha Ralpha Boulevard Device: Kindle Oasis 3G, iPhone 6	“A circle looks at a square and sees a badly made circle.” ― Jeff VanderMeer, Authority

07-02-2015, 07:11 AM	#2586
BenG Home Guard Posts: 4,730 Karma: 86721650 Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Alpha Ralpha Boulevard Device: Kindle Oasis 3G, iPhone 6	“Honesty was often just a way of being cruel.” ― Jeff VanderMeer, Acceptance

07-02-2015, 06:01 PM	#2587
covingtoncat73 Wizard Posts: 2,745 Karma: 83407757 Join Date: Mar 2011 Device: Kindle Paperwhite, Lenovo Duet Chromebook, Moto e	"I smile when I'm angry, I cheat and I lie." ~Leonard Choen, "In My Secret Life"

07-08-2015, 04:27 PM	#2588
covingtoncat73 Wizard Posts: 2,745 Karma: 83407757 Join Date: Mar 2011 Device: Kindle Paperwhite, Lenovo Duet Chromebook, Moto e	"The butterfly counts not months but moments, and has time enough." Rabindranath Tagore

07-12-2015, 08:57 AM	#2589
BenG Home Guard Posts: 4,730 Karma: 86721650 Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Alpha Ralpha Boulevard Device: Kindle Oasis 3G, iPhone 6	We know that no one ever seizes power with the intention of relinquishing it. Power is not a means, it is an end. One does not establish a dictatorship in order to safeguard a revolution; one makes the revolution in order to establish the dictatorship. The object of persecution is persecution. The object of torture is torture. The object of power is power. ― George Orwell, 1984

07-12-2015, 10:18 PM	#2590
victauria Grand Sorcerer Posts: 5,990 Karma: 17560944 Join Date: Oct 2011 Location: Florida, USA Device: Kindle Voyage, Kindle Fire HD	"These were not meant to be conversations. These were noises to stave off the silence into which misery might seep, noises to throw against the hardness of life." --Robyn Davidson Desert Places: A Woman's Odyssey with the Wanderers of the Indian Desert

07-16-2015, 06:52 AM	#2591
bfisher Wizard Posts: 1,638 Karma: 28483498 Join Date: Sep 2011 Location: Ottawa Canada Device: Sony PRS-T3, Galaxy (Aldiko, Kobo app)	Today is the 70th anniversary of Trinity. "Now we are all sons of bitches." Kenneth Bainbridge to J. Robert Oppenheimer

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07-16-2015, 07:53 AM	#2593
gmw cacoethes scribendi Posts: 5,818 Karma: 137770742 Join Date: Nov 2010 Location: Australia Device: Kobo Aura One & H2Ov2, Sony PRS-650	Any system like Eternity, which allows men to choose their own future, will end by choosing safety and mediocrity, and in such a Reality the stars are out of reach. -- The End of Eternity by Isaac Asimov, first published 1955.

07-16-2015, 08:00 AM	#2594
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	"in searching for the truth, it may be our best plan to start by criticizing our most cherished beliefs." Karl Popper, On the Sources of Knowledge and Ignorance, in Conjectures and Refutations

07-16-2015, 10:57 AM	#2595
covingtoncat73 Wizard Posts: 2,745 Karma: 83407757 Join Date: Mar 2011 Device: Kindle Paperwhite, Lenovo Duet Chromebook, Moto e	I am so ready for summer to be over but this is New Orleans. Summer won't be over until at LEAST October. Sigh “Hot weather opens the skull of a city, exposing its white brain, and its heart of nerves, which sizzle like the wires inside a lightbulb. And there exudes a sour extra-human smell that makes the very stone seem flesh-alive, webbed and pulsing.” ―Truman Capote, Summer Crossing