Some of my favorite quotes.
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Introduction
Quotes are great. Excellent quotes are like pictures, they some up pages of words in a few lines. Here are some quotes I find interesting. I take no credit for the quotes themselves, only the compilation.
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You can make eunichs out of men, but you can't make men out of eunichs.
A Greek philosopher by the name of Diogenes said this in response to a criticism. A man had asked why it was common for Diogenes' students to leave him, but not for others' to leave their teachers for Diogenes.
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Smooth seas never made for a good mariner.
This is such an awesome quote. I just like to think how much writing this simple quote sums up.
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What I don't remember is being so old, and so black; and where'd I get this suit, it's ridiculous.
The character "Carl" from the cartoon series "Aqua Teen Hunger Force." Carl had died, but through the brilliance of "Frylock," Carl's head was attached to a corpse-- from the other side of town.
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Education is not filling a vessel, but lighting a flame.
Socrates. This means that learning does not have a limit, but that learning is contagious, bright, and grows.
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I've never seen a man eat so many chicken wings.
The famous words of Green Jelly.
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Smooth seas never made for a good mariner.
This is such an uplifting quote. Think of all the writing it would take to describe exactly the meaning of this quote.
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When walking on a narrow path, one is esteemed to let his colleage advance. Thus, stepping back is preliminary to moving forward.
I forget the name of the guy, but the quote is in an old Chinese book called "Saikontan." There are a whole bunch of wise sayings in there.
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It's time to kick ass and chew bubblegum, and I'm all out of bubblegum.
I want to say this is credited to Duke Nukem, but I'm just not sure.
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Break yo'self!
Lifted from "Don't be a Menace While Drinking Your Juice in the Hood."
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I wish one of you guys had children for I could kick them in the fuckin' head or somethin', they testicles, for you could feel my pain; 'cause that's the pain I have waking up everyday.
"Kid Dynamite," "Iron" Mike Tyson. I laughed so hard the first time I saw this, my friends thought I was on drugs.

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