quotes

‘Who are you and how did you get in here?’
‘I’m a locksmith. And, I’m a locksmith.’ — Leslie Nielsen

All animals are equal but some animals are more equal than others — George Orwell

An invasion of armies can be resisted, but not an idea whose time has come — Victor Hugo

C++ : an octopus made by nailing extra legs onto a dog

Cannibals prefer those who have no spines — Stanislaw Lem

Coming home from very lonely places, all of us go a little mad: whether from great personal success, or just an all-night drive, we are the sole survivors of a world no one else has ever seen. — John le Carre

Das Schwierige am Diskutieren ist nicht, den eigenen Standpunkt zu verteidigen, sondern ihn zu kennen — Andre Maurois

Der Tod verbirgt kein Geheimnis. Er öffnet keine Tür. Er ist das Ende eines Menschen. Was von ihm überlebt, ist das, was er anderen Menschen gegeben hat, was in ihrer Erinnerung bleibt. — Norbert Elias

Der Zynismus ist meine Rüstung, der Sarkasmus mein Schwert und die Ironie mein Schild.

Each place has its own advantages - heaven for the climate, and hell for the society — Mark Twain

Faith is, at one and the same time, absolutely necessary and altogether impossible — Stanislaw Lem

Fernsehen ist so eine Art geistige Neutronenbombe, das Gehirn wird weggestrahlt, aber der Kopf bleibt stehen. — Oliver Kalkofe

He wrapped himself in quotations - as a beggar would enfold himself in the purple of Emperors. — Rudyard Kipling

Heut’ debug’ ich, morgen browse’ ich, uebermorgen caste ich die Koenigin nach int! — viz, #gamedev.ger

I do not fear computers. I fear the lack of them — Isaac Asimov, http://www.asimovonline.com

i find it kind of funny, i find it kind of sad, the dreams in which im dying are the best i’ve ever had

I gaze into the moon which makes my mind pure as crystal lakes my eyes cold as the darkest winter nights, but yet there is a flame inside it guides me into the dark shadows beyond this world, into the infinity of thoughts… — Emperor, Into The Infinity Thoughts

I’m an idealist. I don’t know where I’m going, but I’m on my way — Carl Sandburg

I’ve seen things you people wouldn’t believe.
Attack ships on fire off the shoulder of Orion.
I watched C-beams glitter in the dark near the Tannhauser gate.
All those moments will be lost in time, like tears in rain. — from Blade Runner

If knowledge can create problems, it is not through ignorance that we can solve them — Isaac Asimov, http://www.asimovonline.com

It is hard enough to remember my opinions, without also remembering my reasons for them! — Friedrich Nietzsche

It’’s 10% luck, 20% skill, 15% concentrated power of will, 5% pleasure, 50% pain, and a 100% reason to remember the name.

Man darf nicht zurückgehen in die alten Räume, gleichgültig ob wir dort glücklich oder unglücklich waren. Man darf die Menschen von früher, die wir vor zehn oder zwanzig Jahren, an irgendeinem Punkt unserer Entwicklung, verlassen haben, nicht wiedersehen.
Antworte auf Briefe von alten Freunden höflich, doch vereinbare kein Treffen mit ihnen, und noch viel weniger solltest du alte Freundinnen wiedersehen. Man darf nicht zu Begräbnissen gehen. Du solltest dich nicht auf die Turbulenzen fremder Leben einlassen, die dich schließlich nichts angehen. Man darf nicht zurückschauen.
Alles das soll nicht Untreue oder Gefühllosigkeit den Menschen gegenüber sein. Es ist lediglich
eine Diät, nichts sonst. Auch die Seele verträgt verdorbene, abgestandene Nahrung schlecht. — Sándor Márai, Himmel und Erde, 209

Man sollte aus Anstand selber den Augenblick des Verschwindens wählen. Es ist erniedrigend, zu erlöschen, wie man erlischt; es ist unerträglich, einem Ende ausgeliefert zu sein, auf das man keinen Einfluß hat, das uns auflauert, uns niederschlägt, uns ins Unnennbare stürzt. — E. M. Cioran, Die verfehlte Schöpfung, 56

Man will never be free until the last king is strangled with the entrails of the last priest — Diderot

Men live in a fantasy world. I know this because I am one, and I actually receive my mail there. — Scott Adams

Most human beings have an almost infinite capacity for taking things for granted — Aldous Huxley

Nothing contributes so much to tranquilizing the mind as a steady purpose - a point on which the soul may fix its intellectual eye. — Henri Matisse

OK, look. Asking me to do performance evaluations is ridiculous. I am the first person to admit… I don’t know who these people are, nor do I care to. Look, if you’d like, I could take you down the hall to the labs and just point at the people who annoy me more than the rest, but that’s about as useful as I get. — Rodney McKay, Stargate Atlantis

Sometimes people carry to such perfection the mask they have assumed that in due course they actually become the person they seem. — W. Somerset Maugham

The longer I live the more I see that I am never wrong about anything, and that all the pains I have so humbly taken to verify my notions have only wasted my time. — George Bernard Shaw

The people I distrust most are those who want to improve our lives but have only one course of action — Frank Herbert

The power of accurate observation is commonly called cynicism by those who have not got it. — George Bernard Shaw

There are no choices. Nothing but a straight line. The illusion comes afterwards, when you ask ‘Why me?’ and ‘What if?’. When you look back and see the branches, like a pruned bonsai tree, or forked lightning. If you had done something differently, it wouldn”t be you, it would be someone else looking back, asking a different set of questions. — Max Payne

Those who believe in telekinetics, raise my hand… — Kurt Vonnegut

Though this be madness, yet there is method in ‘t. — From Hamlet (II, ii, 206)

We are alone, absolutely alone on this chance planet: and, amid all the forms of life that surround us, not one, excepting the dog, has made an alliance with us — Maurice Maeterlinck

Zyniker: Ein Mensch, der, wenn er Blumen sieht, nach dem Sarg Ausschau hält. — Henry Louis Mencken

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