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That sounds an awful lot like Hofstadter's Law: "It always takes longer than you expect, even when you take into account Hofstadter's Law."s.c.dude said:
Or the better known liar's paradox.
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Or the better known liar's paradox.
QuoVadisNation
keeping your angel alive
"At least two thirds of our miseries spring from human stupidity, human malice and those great motivators and justifiers of malice and stupidity, idealism, dogmatism and proselytizing zeal on behalf of religious or political idols." - Aldous Huxley.
His quote reminds of something I'd read in Camus. o_o
His quote reminds of something I'd read in Camus. o_o
Verbose
Deity
"The human race has invented thousands upon thousands of clever and iventive ways of torturing one another. But it has only invented half a dozen or so genuine plesures."
— Frank Heller
(Swedish author of adventure novles arond 1900, who spent most of his life travelling the world on the lam from the Swedish law.)
— Frank Heller
(Swedish author of adventure novles arond 1900, who spent most of his life travelling the world on the lam from the Swedish law.)
Adler17
Prussian Feldmarschall
"Keeping order is only needed by idiots, the genius rules the chaos."
Albert Einstein
Perhaps used to stop some nerved people, like parents, friends, wifes,...
Adler
Albert Einstein
Perhaps used to stop some nerved people, like parents, friends, wifes,...
Adler
Cheezy the Wiz
Socialist In A Hurry
"The perfect woman has an IQ of 150, wants to make love until Four in the morning, then turns into a pizza." - David Lee Roth
FriendlyFire
Codex WMDicanious
Untutored courage is no match for intelligent bullets - Patton
FriendlyFire
Codex WMDicanious
War was always here before the dawn of man. The ultimate trade awaiting its practician. - cant remember
Luckymoose
The World is Mine
"I'm to drunk to taste this chicken." Colonel Sanders
Emperor2
Capitalist Missionary
"Opportunity is missed by most people because it's dressed in overalls and looks like work." - Thomas Edison
"The man who removes a mountain begins by carrying away small stones." -William Faulkner
"You are alive. So live." - Tomi Miyasaki
"Too much philosophy makes men mad." ~ Alan Judd
"Philosophy, n. A route of many roads leading from nowhere to nothing." ~ Ambrose Bierce
As much as I hate this man, I have to agree with this one thing:
The philosophers have only interpreted the world, in various ways. The point, however, is to change it.
Karl Marx
And now some from the greatest American President ever, Mr. Ronald Reagan:
Government is like a baby. An alimentary canal with a big appetite at one end and no sense of responsibility at the other.
Hard work never killed anyone, but why take a chance?
I know in my heart that man is good.
That what is right will always eventually triumph.
And there's purpose and worth to each and every life.
Thomas Jefferson once said, 'We should never judge a president by his age, only by his works.' And ever since he told me that, I stopped worrying.
The nine most terrifying words in the English language are, 'I'm from the government and I'm here to help.'
"How do you tell a communist? Someone who reads Marx and Lenin. How do you tell an anti-communist? Look at a picture of the person posting this thread"-Me, based on a Reagan quote: "How do you tell a communist? Someone who reads Marx and Lenin. How do you tell an anti-communist? Someone who UNDERSTANDS Marx and Lenin."
"The man who removes a mountain begins by carrying away small stones." -William Faulkner
"You are alive. So live." - Tomi Miyasaki
"Too much philosophy makes men mad." ~ Alan Judd
"Philosophy, n. A route of many roads leading from nowhere to nothing." ~ Ambrose Bierce
As much as I hate this man, I have to agree with this one thing:
The philosophers have only interpreted the world, in various ways. The point, however, is to change it.
Karl Marx
And now some from the greatest American President ever, Mr. Ronald Reagan:
Government is like a baby. An alimentary canal with a big appetite at one end and no sense of responsibility at the other.
Hard work never killed anyone, but why take a chance?
I know in my heart that man is good.
That what is right will always eventually triumph.
And there's purpose and worth to each and every life.
Thomas Jefferson once said, 'We should never judge a president by his age, only by his works.' And ever since he told me that, I stopped worrying.
The nine most terrifying words in the English language are, 'I'm from the government and I'm here to help.'
"How do you tell a communist? Someone who reads Marx and Lenin. How do you tell an anti-communist? Look at a picture of the person posting this thread"-Me, based on a Reagan quote: "How do you tell a communist? Someone who reads Marx and Lenin. How do you tell an anti-communist? Someone who UNDERSTANDS Marx and Lenin."
Here's some Nietzsche 
"Ah, women. They make the highs higher and the lows more frequent."
"All credibility, all good conscience, all evidence of truth come only from the senses."
"All things are subject to interpretation; whichever interpretation prevails at a given time is a function of power and not truth."
"And we should consider every day lost on which we have not danced at least once. And we should call every truth false which was not accompanied by at least one laugh."
"At times one remains faithful to a cause only because its opponents do not cease to be insipid."
"Character is determined more by the lack of certain experiences than by those one has had."
"Christianity gave Eros poison to drink; he did not die of it but degenerated into vice."
" 'Evil men have no songs.' How is it that the Russians have songs?"
"Faith: not wanting to know what is true."
"Great indebtedness does not make men grateful, but vengeful; and if a little charity is not forgotten, it turns into a gnawing worm."
"He that humbleth himself wishes to be exalted."
"I assess the power of a will by how much resistance, pain, torture it endures and knows how to turn to its advantage."
"I cannot believe in a God who wants to be praised all the time."
"In Christianity neither morality nor religion come into contact with reality at any point."
"In individuals, insanity is rare; but in groups, parties, nations and epochs, it is the rule."
"It is my ambition to say in ten sentences what others say in a whole book."
"Love is blind; friendship closes its eyes."
"Morality is the herd-instinct in the individual."
"On the mountains of truth you can never climb in vain: either you will reach a point higher up today, or you will be training your powers so that you will be able to climb higher tomorrow."
"One has to pay dearly for immortality; one has to die several times while one is still alive."
"Perhaps I know best why it is man alone who laughs; he alone suffers so deeply that he had to invent laughter."
"The "kingdom of Heaven" is a condition of the heart - not something that comes "upon the earth" or "after death." "
"The best weapon against an enemy is another enemy."
"The Christian resolution to find the world ugly and bad has made the world ugly and bad."
"The word "Christianity" is already a misunderstanding - in reality there has been only one Christian, and he died on the Cross."
"Woman was God's second mistake."
"Ah, women. They make the highs higher and the lows more frequent."
"All credibility, all good conscience, all evidence of truth come only from the senses."
"All things are subject to interpretation; whichever interpretation prevails at a given time is a function of power and not truth."
"And we should consider every day lost on which we have not danced at least once. And we should call every truth false which was not accompanied by at least one laugh."
"At times one remains faithful to a cause only because its opponents do not cease to be insipid."
"Character is determined more by the lack of certain experiences than by those one has had."
"Christianity gave Eros poison to drink; he did not die of it but degenerated into vice."
" 'Evil men have no songs.' How is it that the Russians have songs?"
"Faith: not wanting to know what is true."
"Great indebtedness does not make men grateful, but vengeful; and if a little charity is not forgotten, it turns into a gnawing worm."
"He that humbleth himself wishes to be exalted."
"I assess the power of a will by how much resistance, pain, torture it endures and knows how to turn to its advantage."
"I cannot believe in a God who wants to be praised all the time."
"In Christianity neither morality nor religion come into contact with reality at any point."
"In individuals, insanity is rare; but in groups, parties, nations and epochs, it is the rule."
"It is my ambition to say in ten sentences what others say in a whole book."
"Love is blind; friendship closes its eyes."
"Morality is the herd-instinct in the individual."
"On the mountains of truth you can never climb in vain: either you will reach a point higher up today, or you will be training your powers so that you will be able to climb higher tomorrow."
"One has to pay dearly for immortality; one has to die several times while one is still alive."
"Perhaps I know best why it is man alone who laughs; he alone suffers so deeply that he had to invent laughter."
"The "kingdom of Heaven" is a condition of the heart - not something that comes "upon the earth" or "after death." "
"The best weapon against an enemy is another enemy."
"The Christian resolution to find the world ugly and bad has made the world ugly and bad."
"The word "Christianity" is already a misunderstanding - in reality there has been only one Christian, and he died on the Cross."
"Woman was God's second mistake."
oh these are so true lqtm
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Give me a woman who loves beer and I will conquer the world.
Kaiser Wilhelm
Kaiser Wilhelm
Joe Harker
1st in the Premiership!
Iraq has weapons of mass destruction that could be launch against great britain
Nylan
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"Stalinism is a means of industrialization just as cannibalism is a means to a high-protein diet"
(Have anyone posted this?)
"Naturally the common people don't want war: Neither in Russia, nor in England, nor for that matter in Germany. That is understood. But, after all, it is the leaders of the country who determine the policy and it is always a simple matter to drag the people along, whether it is a democracy, or a fascist dictatorship, or a parliament, or a communist dictatorship. Voice or no voice, the people can always be brought to the bidding of the leaders. That is easy. All you have to do is tell them they're being attacked, and denounce the peacemakers for lack of patriotism and exposing the country to danger. It works the same in any country."
--Goering at the Nuremberg Trials
"Naturally the common people don't want war: Neither in Russia, nor in England, nor for that matter in Germany. That is understood. But, after all, it is the leaders of the country who determine the policy and it is always a simple matter to drag the people along, whether it is a democracy, or a fascist dictatorship, or a parliament, or a communist dictatorship. Voice or no voice, the people can always be brought to the bidding of the leaders. That is easy. All you have to do is tell them they're being attacked, and denounce the peacemakers for lack of patriotism and exposing the country to danger. It works the same in any country."
--Goering at the Nuremberg Trials
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Here's a cool quote on history courtesy of Mike Tyson:
"I really dig Hannibal. Hannibal had real guts. He rode elephants into Cartilage."
Carl v.
Chieftain
Unconfirmed, from a visit by the Polish PM, Mr. Havel, to his British counterpart, Mrs. Thatcher.
Mr. Havel: I will use the oportunity to polish my english.
The Iron Lady: I think your english is Polish enough.
Mr. Havel: I will use the oportunity to polish my english.
The Iron Lady: I think your english is Polish enough.
sabo
My Ancestors were Vikings
"Today Germany, Tomorrow the world!"
Adolph
Adolph
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"When the tyrant has disposed of foreign enemies by conquest or treaty, and there is nothing more to fear from them, then he is always stirring up some war or other, in order that the people may require a leader."
Plato
"If you tell a big enough lie and tell it frequently enough, it will be believed."
Adolf Hitler
"Free nations are peaceful nations. Free nations don't attack each other. Free nations don't develop weapons of mass destruction."
George W. Bush
"We know that dictators are quick to choose aggression, while free nations strive to resolve differences in peace."
George W. Bush
"You can fool some of the people all the time, and those are the ones you want to concentrate on."
George W. Bush
"A lie told often enough becomes the truth."
Vladimir Lenin
"The most common lie is that which one lies to himself; lying to others is relatively an exception."
Friedrich Nietzsche
Plato
"If you tell a big enough lie and tell it frequently enough, it will be believed."
Adolf Hitler
"Free nations are peaceful nations. Free nations don't attack each other. Free nations don't develop weapons of mass destruction."
George W. Bush
"We know that dictators are quick to choose aggression, while free nations strive to resolve differences in peace."
George W. Bush
"You can fool some of the people all the time, and those are the ones you want to concentrate on."
George W. Bush
"A lie told often enough becomes the truth."
Vladimir Lenin
"The most common lie is that which one lies to himself; lying to others is relatively an exception."
Friedrich Nietzsche
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