Notable quotes, excerpts, and profound lines. - Page 16

YGG- · 07-19-2010, 12:28 PM

There is really nothing you have to be
and there is nothing you have to do
There is really nothing you have to have
and there is nothing you have to know
There is really nothing you have to become
However
It helps to know that fire burns
And after the rain the earth gets wet

(quoting from memory...)

YGG- · 07-19-2010, 12:30 PM

I have no trust in human nature, it's much too much like mine!
Sacha Guitry -- Mes pensées.

emindead · 07-19-2010, 12:38 PM

A human being in perfection ought always to preserve a calm and peaceful mind, and never to allow passion or a transitory desire to disturb his tranquillity. I do not think that the pursuit of knowledge is an exception to this rule. If the study to which you apply yourself has a tendency to weaken your affections, and to destroy your taste for those simple pleasures in which no alloy can possibly mix, then that study is certainly unlawful, that is to say, not befitting the human mind. If this rule were always observed; if no man allowed any pursuit whatsoever to interfere with the tranquillity of his domestic affections, Greece had not been enslaved, Caesar would have spared his country...; America would have been discovered more gradually; and the empires of Mexico and Peru had not been destroyed.

-Mary Shelley Frankenstein

BenG · 07-20-2010, 12:15 AM

"For children are innocent and love justice; while most of us are wicked and naturally prefer mercy."
The Coloured Lands, GK. Chesterton

WT Sharpe · 07-20-2010, 08:03 AM

.....I think we can all agree that sleeping around is a great way to meet people.
..........— Chelsea Joy Handler (1975 - ), American comedian, actress, author. My Horizontal Life: A Collection of One-Night Stands (2005).

kennyc · 07-20-2010, 08:10 AM

I continue to wonder about that woman....she certainly has seemed to hit the big time....

GeoffC · 07-20-2010, 08:22 AM

Bit boring if you ask me ...

Only one night and only horizontal .....

"Joy Handler" is a nice name, though .....

GeoffC · 07-20-2010, 08:22 AM

kennyc · 07-20-2010, 08:33 AM

Geoffc you're a card.....or is that a cat?

GeoffC · 07-20-2010, 08:43 AM

I try my best .... mostly .... I have plenty of well mentioned peers of mobileread upon which to base experience and groupiness upon ....

BenG · 07-20-2010, 12:52 PM

Vodka is tasteless going down, but it is memorable coming up.
-- Garrison Keillor, host of A Prairie Home Companion

WT Sharpe · 07-20-2010, 05:49 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by BenG

Vodka is tasteless going down, but it is memorable coming up.
-- Garrison Keillor, host of A Prairie Home Companion

That sounds like Keillor!

Michizzle · 07-20-2010, 10:49 PM

Two things are infinite: the universe and human stupidity, and I'm not sure about the universe.
~Albert Einstein

astra · 07-21-2010, 03:47 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Michizzle

Two things are infinite: the universe and human stupidity, and I'm not sure about the universe.
~Albert Einstein

This is my favourite quote. I use it as a signature on most of forums.

kennyc · 07-21-2010, 05:51 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Michizzle

Two things are infinite: the universe and human stupidity, and I'm not sure about the universe.
~Albert Einstein

One of my favorites.

He also said: "Everything should be a simple as possible, no simpler" which is my favorite quote of his.

07-19-2010, 12:28 PM	#226
YGG- Dry fruit Posts: 1,157 Karma: 1047086 Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Paris, France Device: Bookeen Opus + HTC Desire HD	A 17th century Japanese zen Poem There is really nothing you have to be and there is nothing you have to do There is really nothing you have to have and there is nothing you have to know There is really nothing you have to become However It helps to know that fire burns And after the rain the earth gets wet (quoting from memory...)

07-19-2010, 12:30 PM	#227
YGG- Dry fruit Posts: 1,157 Karma: 1047086 Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Paris, France Device: Bookeen Opus + HTC Desire HD	Human nature... I have no trust in human nature, it's much too much like mine! Sacha Guitry -- Mes pensées.

07-20-2010, 08:03 AM	#230
WT Sharpe Bah, humbug! Posts: 39,073 Karma: 157049943 Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Chesapeake, VA, USA Device: Kindle Oasis, iPad Pro, & a Samsung Galaxy S9.	Maybe her book should be titled "The Joys of Penicillin." .....I think we can all agree that sleeping around is a great way to meet people. ..........— Chelsea Joy Handler (1975 - ), American comedian, actress, author. *My Horizontal Life: A Collection of One-Night Stands* (2005).

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07-19-2010, 12:38 PM	#228
emindead Member Posts: 12 Karma: 10 Join Date: Jul 2010 Device: Sony PRS-600	A human being in perfection ought always to preserve a calm and peaceful mind, and never to allow passion or a transitory desire to disturb his tranquillity. I do not think that the pursuit of knowledge is an exception to this rule. If the study to which you apply yourself has a tendency to weaken your affections, and to destroy your taste for those simple pleasures in which no alloy can possibly mix, then that study is certainly unlawful, that is to say, not befitting the human mind. If this rule were always observed; if no man allowed any pursuit whatsoever to interfere with the tranquillity of his domestic affections, Greece had not been enslaved, Caesar would have spared his country...; America would have been discovered more gradually; and the empires of Mexico and Peru had not been destroyed. -Mary Shelley Frankenstein

07-20-2010, 12:15 AM	#229
BenG Home Guard Posts: 4,729 Karma: 86721650 Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Alpha Ralpha Boulevard Device: Kindle Oasis 3G, iPhone 6	"For children are innocent and love justice; while most of us are wicked and naturally prefer mercy." The Coloured Lands, GK. Chesterton

07-20-2010, 08:10 AM	#231
kennyc The Dank Side of the Moon Posts: 35,872 Karma: 118716293 Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Denver, CO Device: Kindle2; Kindle Fire	I continue to wonder about that woman....she certainly has seemed to hit the big time....

07-20-2010, 08:22 AM	#232
GeoffC Chocolate Grasshopper ... Posts: 27,600 Karma: 20821184 Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Scotland Device: Muse HD , Cybook Gen3 , Pocketbook 302 (Black) , Nexus 10: wife has PW	Bit boring if you ask me ... Only one night and only horizontal ..... "Joy Handler" is a nice name, though .....

07-20-2010, 08:22 AM	#233
GeoffC Chocolate Grasshopper ... Posts: 27,600 Karma: 20821184 Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Scotland Device: Muse HD , Cybook Gen3 , Pocketbook 302 (Black) , Nexus 10: wife has PW

07-20-2010, 08:33 AM	#234
kennyc The Dank Side of the Moon Posts: 35,872 Karma: 118716293 Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Denver, CO Device: Kindle2; Kindle Fire	Geoffc you're a card.....or is that a cat?

07-20-2010, 08:43 AM	#235
GeoffC Chocolate Grasshopper ... Posts: 27,600 Karma: 20821184 Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Scotland Device: Muse HD , Cybook Gen3 , Pocketbook 302 (Black) , Nexus 10: wife has PW	I try my best .... mostly .... I have plenty of well mentioned peers of mobileread upon which to base experience and groupiness upon ....

07-20-2010, 12:52 PM	#236
BenG Home Guard Posts: 4,729 Karma: 86721650 Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Alpha Ralpha Boulevard Device: Kindle Oasis 3G, iPhone 6	Vodka is tasteless going down, but it is memorable coming up. -- Garrison Keillor, host of A Prairie Home Companion

07-20-2010, 10:49 PM	#238
Michizzle I'd rather be reading Posts: 101 Karma: 1084 Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Texas Device: Kindle 1 & Kindle 2	Two things are infinite: the universe and human stupidity, and I'm not sure about the universe. ~Albert Einstein

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