Quotes You Like

"If the other kids all jumped off a cliff, would you do the same?"

-- probably many Dads around the globe

The world is filled with unmarried marriage counselors.

- Charles M. Schulz

We get up in the morning.
We do our best.
Nothing else matters.

- Judi Dench

If you want a happy ending that depends, of course, on where you end the story.

- Orson Welles

The direct use of force is such a poor solution to any problem,
it is generally employed only by small children and large nations.

~ David Friedman

All tyrannies rule through fraud and force, but once the fraud is exposed they must rely exclusively on force.
- George Orwell

A fire broke out backstage in a theatre.
The clown came out to warn the public;
they thought it was a joke and applauded.
He repeated it; the acclaim was even greater.
I think that's just how the world will end:
to general applause from wits who think it's a joke.

—Søren Kierkegaard

A chess genius is a human being who focuses vast, little-understood mental gifts and labors on an ultimately trivial human enterprise.

~ George Steiner

"I love you. I know what you're thinking: I don't even know you. But if someone can hate people he doesn't know, I can love them."


-- Internet meme

@moonbus said
"I love you. I know what you're thinking: I don't even know you. But if someone can hate people he doesn't know, I can love them."


-- Internet meme

"I remember the first time I had sex. It was, dark, ... I was scared, ... and alone."


-- Rodney Dangerfield

One must accept the fact that we have only one companion in this world, a companion who accompanies us from the cradle to the grave - our own self. Get on good terms with that companion - learn to live with yourself.

Agatha Christie

Journalist: "What do you think is your greatest achievement?"
David Bowie: "Marrying my wife."
"But as a musician?"
"Nothing else matters."

's ist Krieg! s' ist Krieg! O Gottes Engel wehre,
Und rede du darein!
's ist leider Krieg – und ich begehre
Nicht schuld daran zu sein!

Matthias Claudius

It's war! It's war! O God's angel defend,
and speak you against
It's das there is war and I want
not to be at fault

(my rough translation)