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Quotations you remember
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"That which can be asserted without evidence, can be dismissed without evidence." Christopher Hitchens.
"They couldn't hit an elephant at this dist …"
-John Sedgwick
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- I never actually learned to play very well
“It ain’t got no gas in it”
- Karl Childers
- Karl Childers
Ah, that reminds me of this chestnut...which I believe is attributable to Carl Sagan:
"Absence of evidence is not evidence of absence."
Don't be afraid to start over again. This time, you're not starting from scratch, you're starting from experience.
My two favorite Groucho Marx quotes:
I’ve had a perfectly wonderful evening, but this wasn’t it.
Outside of a dog, a book is man’s best friend. Inside of a dog it’s too dark to read.
I’ve had a perfectly wonderful evening, but this wasn’t it.
Outside of a dog, a book is man’s best friend. Inside of a dog it’s too dark to read.
We’re surrounded; good , now we can shoot in any direction. Col Puller U S M C.
"To fall in love is to create a religion that has a fallible God" - Jorge Luis Borges
"No man, for any considerable period, can wear one face to himself and another to the multitude, without finally getting bewildered as to which may be the true." - Nathaniel Hawthorne
"No man, for any considerable period, can wear one face to himself and another to the multitude, without finally getting bewildered as to which may be the true." - Nathaniel Hawthorne
“There are more things in heaven and earth, Horatio, than are dreamt of in your philosophy.” - Shakespeare, written for the character Hamlet
"A Flute with no holes is not a flute, and a donut with no hole is a danish" - Zen Philosopher, Basho\Ty Webb - 1980
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I have a huge memory for quotations, especially from movies. The crew I worked with knew they should expect one in every conversation.
But from my dad:
- "No many how many times you cut it off, it's still too short." (He built a lot of wood furniture. Think about it.)
- "The best time to job hunt is when you're in a position of strength. A position of strength is defined as already having a job."
And a couple of my favorite movie quotes:
"Ya know what Jack Burton says at a time like this?.......Jack Burton says, 'What the hell.'" (Kurt Russell, Big Trouble in Little China)
"That would be BAD, right?" (Bill Murray, Ghostbusters)
But from my dad:
- "No many how many times you cut it off, it's still too short." (He built a lot of wood furniture. Think about it.)
- "The best time to job hunt is when you're in a position of strength. A position of strength is defined as already having a job."
And a couple of my favorite movie quotes:
"Ya know what Jack Burton says at a time like this?.......Jack Burton says, 'What the hell.'" (Kurt Russell, Big Trouble in Little China)
"That would be BAD, right?" (Bill Murray, Ghostbusters)
I've been participating in a Batmanathon — quite a blast, to be recounting, memorable:
'Deep down you may still be that same great kid you used to be. But it's not who you are underneath, it's what you do that defines you.'
-Rachel
'Well, a guy who dresses up like a bat clearly has issues.'
-Bruce
'Theatricality and deception are powerful weapons, Alfred. It's a good start.'
-ibid
'If you're good at something, never do it for free.'
-Joker
'Do I really look like a guy with a plan? You know what I am? I'm a dog chasing cars. I wouldn't know what to do with one if I caught it! You know, I just … do things.'
-ibid
'Don't talk like one of them. You're not! Even if you'd like to be. To them, you're just a freak, like me! They need you right now, but when they don't, they'll cast you out, like a leper! You see, their morals, their code, it's a bad joke. Dropped at the first sign of trouble. They're only as good as the world allows them to be. I'll show you. When the chips are down, these … these civilized people, they'll eat each other. See, I'm not a monster. I'm just ahead of the curve.'
-ibid
'About the whole no guns thing … I'm not sure I feel as strongly about it as you do.'
-Catwoman
'If you are justice, please do not lie — what is the price for your blind eye?'
-Riddler
'They think I am hiding in the shadows, but I am the shadows.'
-Batman
'You can't argue with that sort of logic.'
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-Rachel
'Well, a guy who dresses up like a bat clearly has issues.'
-Bruce
'Theatricality and deception are powerful weapons, Alfred. It's a good start.'
-ibid
'If you're good at something, never do it for free.'
-Joker
'Do I really look like a guy with a plan? You know what I am? I'm a dog chasing cars. I wouldn't know what to do with one if I caught it! You know, I just … do things.'
-ibid
'Don't talk like one of them. You're not! Even if you'd like to be. To them, you're just a freak, like me! They need you right now, but when they don't, they'll cast you out, like a leper! You see, their morals, their code, it's a bad joke. Dropped at the first sign of trouble. They're only as good as the world allows them to be. I'll show you. When the chips are down, these … these civilized people, they'll eat each other. See, I'm not a monster. I'm just ahead of the curve.'
-ibid
'About the whole no guns thing … I'm not sure I feel as strongly about it as you do.'
-Catwoman
'If you are justice, please do not lie — what is the price for your blind eye?'
-Riddler
'They think I am hiding in the shadows, but I am the shadows.'
-Batman
'You can't argue with that sort of logic.'
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"There's those as whats got, those as what ain't, and those as whats does without" Samwise to Frodo
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