Quotes to live by

**jitBob** · August 11th, 2004, 01:58 PM

Post the quotes that have had the most meaning in your lifes.

"There is a principle which is a bar against all information, which is proof against all arguments and which cannot fail to keep a man in everlasting ignorance – that principle is contempt prior to investigation."

Herbert Spencer

He tells me to keep my mind open in all things, to look, listen and ask questions.

**Spork** · August 11th, 2004, 02:02 PM

The best one I know of and which I'll ALWAYS remember... especially in the computer industry...

"If you can't dazzle them with brilliance, then baffle them with bull$hit."

**Stalemate** · August 11th, 2004, 03:02 PM

We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit.
-Aristotle

**Cleetus** · August 11th, 2004, 03:07 PM

I drank what????
- Socrates

**jitBob** · August 11th, 2004, 03:52 PM

Originally Posted by Cleetus

I drank what????
- Socrates

I can see how that would have meaning in your life!

**Wayward Clam** · August 11th, 2004, 03:57 PM

There's an exception to every rule, except this one.

-Me

**Diver01** · August 11th, 2004, 04:24 PM

"There are 2 sides to every story and the truth is somewhere in the middle."

"If he had brain he would be dangerous"

**moliver** · August 11th, 2004, 05:55 PM

"Do not hold strong opinions about things that you do not completely understand."

"Don't let the truth get in the way of a good story."

**rgharper** · August 11th, 2004, 06:13 PM

"Delusions are often functional. A mother's opinions about her children's beauty, intelligence, goodness et cetera ad nauseam, keep her from drowning them at birth."

"Certainly the game is rigged. Don't let that stop you; if you don't bet you can't win."

- From The Notebooks of Lazarus Long

P.S. - or for those of less literary taste, L.L. also had this to say:

"Always store beer in a dark place."

**meatwad** · August 11th, 2004, 06:24 PM

"Stop crying and get daddy a beer!"

**FatalException0E** · August 11th, 2004, 09:21 PM

Nobody ever went broke because they underestimated the intelligence of the average person.

**Cyphrr** · August 11th, 2004, 09:54 PM

Find’em feel’em f**k’em and forget’em

**Stalemate** · August 12th, 2004, 12:07 AM

I don't remember eating that.

**hudsonsmith** · August 12th, 2004, 06:08 AM

If I am not for myself, who will be for me?

Two wrongs don't make a right, but three rights make a left.

I never could get the hang of Thursdays.

**corturbra** · August 12th, 2004, 07:57 AM

One that typifies me...

People are not lazy. They simply have impotent goals - that is, goals that do not inspire them.

Want to learn to eat a lot? Here it is: Eat a little. That way, you will be around long enough to eat a lot.

If you do what you've always done, you'll get what you've always gotten.

All by Anthony Robbins, I'm trying to do his Get the Edge program, but have an 'impotent goal' in completing the course....

which is crazy because some of the tasks I have completed so far have made a REAL difference in me.