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By: random fixation » 100 good ones

random fixation » 100 good ones — Tue, 18 Mar 2008 23:08:37 +0000

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By: Henry David Thoreau

Henry David Thoreau — Sun, 15 Jul 2007 20:13:47 +0000

I like this one from Henry D. Thoreau:

“A man is rich in proportion to the number of things he can afford to let alone. “

By: Sonya

Sonya — Wed, 28 Feb 2007 13:31:40 +0000

During my studies I was required to purchase a very expensive text book on polymer science. What had the potential to be very boring subject was redeemed by the conversational and humorous style the authors used. The prefaces for the first and second editions featured in this book and these alone almost justified the hefty price tag. They contain many quotable gems, several of which I want to share with you.

“All morning I worked on the proof of one of my poems, and I took out a comma; in the afternoon I put it back.”
- Oscar Wilde

“Don’t quote Latin; say what you have to say, and then sit down.”
- Arthur Wellesley, Duke of Wellington

“This is the sort of English up with which I will not put.”
- Winston Churchill

…and my personal favourite…

“Organic chemistry is the study of organs; inorganic chemistry is the study of the insides of organs.”
- Max Shulman

By: Squeaky

Squeaky — Mon, 12 Feb 2007 10:42:06 +0000

You know Friedrich Nietzsche has some rather interesting quotes – even negative – surrounding God and Christianity in general. Upon further research into this man, I’m not sure how I feel about him…

Having said that, I wholeheartedly agree with Seneca: “I shall never be ashamed of citing a bad author if the line is good”!

By: Stephen Riddell

Stephen Riddell — Thu, 08 Feb 2007 00:11:22 +0000

“Some things have to be believed to be seen.”
- Ralph Hodgson

Although meant to be a parody on the classic saying to do with extraordinary happenings, there is a great truth in this in relation to one of the biggest lies ever believed en masse. When Mr. Charles Darwin first believed in the idea of naturalistic causes for human existence he then saw it. Such has been the pattern with many generations since the death of the idea of spontaneous generations.

I wonder if Ralph Hodgson realised the most fundamental issue he was talking about when designing in his mind such a quotable phrase.