Quote of the day - Page 8

BigV · 02-28-2007, 04:12 PM

Be sociable with them that will be sociable, and be formidable with them that will not. -- Thomas Hobbes

BigV · 03-01-2007, 03:40 PM

I am your constant companion.
I am your greatest helper or your heaviest burden.
I will push you onward or drag you down to failure.
I am completely at your command.

Half the things you do, you might just as well turn over to me,
And I will be able to do them quickly and correctly.
I am easily managed; you must merely be firm with me.
Show me exactly how you want something done,
And after a few lessons I will do it automatically.

I am the servant of all great men.
And, alas, of all failures as well.
Those who are great, I have made great.
Those who are failures, I have made failures.

I am not a machine, though I work with all the precision of a machine.
Plus, the intelligence of a man.
You may run me for profit, or run me for ruin;
It makes no difference to me.

Take me, train me, be firm with me
And I will put the world at your feet.
Be easy with me, and I will destroy you.

Who am I?

I am HABIT!

BigV · 05-14-2007, 01:53 PM

The fundamental delusion of humanity is to suppose that I am here and you are out there. -- Yasutani Roshi, Zen master (1885-1973)

Rexmons · 05-14-2007, 02:25 PM

"Imaginiation is more important than knowledge" - Albert Einstein

BigV · 08-30-2007, 12:56 PM

Where is the wisdom we have lost in knowledge? Where is the knowledge we have lost in information? -- T. S. Eliot (1888-1965)

BigV · 08-30-2007, 12:59 PM

Few people are capable of expressing with equanimity opinions which differ from that of their social environment. -- Albert Einstein (1879-1955)

BigV · 08-30-2007, 01:05 PM

Anger, if not restrained, is frequently more hurtful to us than the injury that provokes it. -- Lucius Annaeus Seneca, philosopher (BCE 3-65 CE)

BigV · 08-30-2007, 01:06 PM

"When a diplomat says 'yes' he means 'maybe'; when he says 'maybe' he means 'no'; if he says 'no' he's no diplomat!

"When a lady says 'no' she means 'maybe'; when she says 'maybe' she means 'yes'; if she says 'yes' ..." -- Mr Buggie, Senior.

Shawnee123 · 08-30-2007, 01:13 PM

Never attribute to malice what can be adequately explained by stupidity. Ahem
Unknown, Hanlon's Razor

BigV · 08-30-2007, 01:28 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Shawnee123

Never attribute to malice what can be adequately explained by stupidity. Ahem
Unknown, Hanlon's Razor

Will this help?

cf:

You have attributed conditions to villainy that simply result from stupidity. -- Robert Heinlein

Never underestimate the power of human stupidity. -- Robert Heinlein

I love this thread.

Shawnee123 · 08-30-2007, 01:33 PM

Well, if I haven't been smacked upside the head by the wet socks filled with sand and tied with a rubber band of the gods of coincidence!

Now who is in my brain? Get out. Get out, I tell you!

Cicero · 08-30-2007, 01:58 PM

"To each his own." -I don't remember.

Shawnee123 · 08-30-2007, 01:59 PM

"Let not the pot call the kettle boring."
--R.P. Hoffenstotterstein

DanaC · 08-30-2007, 05:20 PM

Quote:

The path of my life is strewn with cowpats from the devil's own satanic herd.

Edmund Blackadder

Trilby · 08-30-2007, 05:46 PM

"An original idea. That can't be too hard. The library must be full of them."

Stephen Fry

02-28-2007, 04:12 PM	#106
BigV Goon Squad Leader Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Seattle Posts: 27,063	Be sociable with them that will be sociable, and be formidable with them that will not. -- Thomas Hobbes __________________ Be Just and Fear Not.

03-01-2007, 03:40 PM	#107
BigV Goon Squad Leader Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Seattle Posts: 27,063	I am your constant companion. I am your greatest helper or your heaviest burden. I will push you onward or drag you down to failure. I am completely at your command. Half the things you do, you might just as well turn over to me, And I will be able to do them quickly and correctly. I am easily managed; you must merely be firm with me. Show me exactly how you want something done, And after a few lessons I will do it automatically. I am the servant of all great men. And, alas, of all failures as well. Those who are great, I have made great. Those who are failures, I have made failures. I am not a machine, though I work with all the precision of a machine. Plus, the intelligence of a man. You may run me for profit, or run me for ruin; It makes no difference to me. Take me, train me, be firm with me And I will put the world at your feet. Be easy with me, and I will destroy you. Who am I? I am HABIT! __________________ Be Just and Fear Not.

05-14-2007, 01:53 PM	#108
BigV Goon Squad Leader Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Seattle Posts: 27,063	The fundamental delusion of humanity is to suppose that I am here and you are out there. -- Yasutani Roshi, Zen master (1885-1973) __________________ Be Just and Fear Not.

05-14-2007, 02:25 PM	#109
Rexmons - Kavkaz United - Join Date: May 2007 Posts: 613	"Imaginiation is more important than knowledge" - Albert Einstein __________________ "Life's a bitch but God forbid the bitch divorce me..."

08-30-2007, 12:56 PM	#110
BigV Goon Squad Leader Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Seattle Posts: 27,063	Where is the wisdom we have lost in knowledge? Where is the knowledge we have lost in information? -- T. S. Eliot (1888-1965) __________________ Be Just and Fear Not.

08-30-2007, 12:59 PM	#111
BigV Goon Squad Leader Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Seattle Posts: 27,063	Few people are capable of expressing with equanimity opinions which differ from that of their social environment. -- Albert Einstein (1879-1955) __________________ Be Just and Fear Not.

08-30-2007, 01:05 PM	#112
BigV Goon Squad Leader Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Seattle Posts: 27,063	Anger, if not restrained, is frequently more hurtful to us than the injury that provokes it. -- Lucius Annaeus Seneca, philosopher (BCE 3-65 CE) __________________ Be Just and Fear Not.

08-30-2007, 01:06 PM	#113
BigV Goon Squad Leader Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Seattle Posts: 27,063	"When a diplomat says 'yes' he means 'maybe'; when he says 'maybe' he means 'no'; if he says 'no' he's no diplomat! "When a lady says 'no' she means 'maybe'; when she says 'maybe' she means 'yes'; if she says 'yes' ..." -- Mr Buggie, Senior. __________________ Be Just and Fear Not.

08-30-2007, 01:13 PM	#114
Shawnee123 Why, you're a regular Alfred E Einstein, ain't ya? Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 21,206	lord help me remember this: Never attribute to malice what can be adequately explained by stupidity. Ahem Unknown, Hanlon's Razor __________________ A word to the wise ain't necessary - it's the stupid ones who need the advice. --Bill Cosby

08-30-2007, 01:33 PM	#116
Shawnee123 Why, you're a regular Alfred E Einstein, ain't ya? Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 21,206	Well, if I haven't been smacked upside the head by the wet socks filled with sand and tied with a rubber band of the gods of coincidence! Now who is in my brain? Get out. Get out, I tell you! __________________ A word to the wise ain't necessary - it's the stupid ones who need the advice. --Bill Cosby

08-30-2007, 01:58 PM	#117
Cicero Looking forward to open mic night. Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: New Mexico Posts: 5,148	"To each his own." -I don't remember. __________________ Show me a sane man, and I will cure him for you.- Carl Jung

08-30-2007, 01:59 PM	#118
Shawnee123 Why, you're a regular Alfred E Einstein, ain't ya? Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 21,206	"Let not the pot call the kettle boring." --R.P. Hoffenstotterstein __________________ A word to the wise ain't necessary - it's the stupid ones who need the advice. --Bill Cosby

08-30-2007, 05:46 PM	#120
Trilby Slattern of the Swail Join Date: Jul 2004 Posts: 15,654	"An original idea. That can't be too hard. The library must be full of them." Stephen Fry __________________ In Barrie's play and novel, the roles of fairies are brief: they are allies to the Lost Boys, the source of fairy dust and ...They are portrayed as dangerous, whimsical and extremely clever but quite hedonistic. "Shall I give you a kiss?" Peter asked and, jerking an acorn button off his coat, solemnly presented it to her. —James Barrie Wimminfolk they be tricksy. - ZenGum

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