We live in a society absolutely dependent on science and technology, and yet have cleverly arranged things so that almost no one understands science and technology. That’s a clear recipe for disaster.
~ Carl Sagan
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Quotes
A long long time ago I began collecting inspirational quotes and aphorisms which became my collection of quotes.
Not useful
Just because you are unique does not mean you are useful.
~ unknown
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Winning small battles with honor
Masculinity is not something given to you, but something you gain. And you gain it by winning small battles with honor.
~ Norman Mailer
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Growing old
Do not regret growing older. It is a privilege denied to many.
~ unknown
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Renouncing reason
To argue with a person who has renounced the use of reason is like administering medicine to the dead.
~ Thomas Paine
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Remember your side
There are people who build things and people who tear things down. Just remember which side you’re on.
~ Sharon Ann Lee
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Honestly mistaken
When an honest man discovers he is mistaken, he will either cease being mistaken, or cease being honest.
~ unknown
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Friends
We’re friends. You laugh I laugh. You cry I cry. You jump off a bridge, I get on my boat and save your retarded ass.
~ unknown
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Growing old
Growing old sucks.
~ unknown
But it is much better than the alternative.
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Make it meaningful
Old friends pass away, new friends appear. It is just like the days.
~ Dalai Lama
An old day passes, a new day arrives.
The important thing is to make it meaningful:
A meaningful friend — or a meaningful day.
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Punched in the face
Everyone has a plan until they get punched in the face.
~ Mike Tyson
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I miss that age
I miss being the age I was when I thought I would have my shit together by the time I was the age I am now.
~ unknown
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Inspiration
Inspiration exists, but it has to find you working.
~ Pablo Picasso
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Get busy
Get busy living, or get busy dying.
~ “Red“
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Your bullshit story
The only thing standing between you and your goal is the bullshit story you keep telling yourself as to why you can’t achieve it.
~ Jordan Belfort
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You can decide
You may not control all the events that happen to you,
~ Maya Angelou
but you can decide not to be reduced by them.
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Those who matter don’t mind
Be who you are and say what you feel
~ Bernard Baruch
because those who mind don’t matter
and those who matter don’t mind.
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Five simple rules
Five simple rules for happiness:
~ unknown
1. Free your heart from hatred
2. Free your mind from worries
3. Live simply
4. Give more
5. Expect less
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Motivation
Nothing tastes as good as skinny feels!
~ unknown
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Wonder and skepticism
Not only could nobody tell me, but nobody even had the sense that it was an interesting question. They looked at me funny. I asked my parents; I asked my parents’ friends; I asked other adults. None of them knew. My mother said to me, “Look, we’ve just got you a library card. Take it, get on the streetcar, go to the New Utrecht branch of the New York Public Library, get out a book and find the answer.”
~ Carl Sagan
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