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Fan Area => The Hydlaa Plaza => Topic started by: bilbous on February 04, 2007, 04:38:09 pm
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Where all is but dream, reasoning and arguments are of no use, truth and knowledge nothing.
This thread has now been Locked
Only one man ever understood me, and he didn't understand me.
I don't mean to Hegel with you,
An optimist may see a light where there is none, but why must the pessimist always run to blow it out?
perhaps I can offer you something off Descartes.
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An optimist may see a light where there is none, but why must the pessimist always run to blow it out?
Lol, this quote gave me the most bizarre mental picture... Kinda makes you think.
Anyway, what the heck is this about...?
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Find a quotation preferably from some philosopher and then make a play on his name,
Only the guy who isn't rowing has time to rock the boat.
this Sartre of thing...
All these quotes have been cut and pasted from here (http://www.brainyquote.com)
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Um... okay.
You can discover more about a person in an hour of play than in a year of conversation.
Pretty much my mantra. Though I'd prefer it with a Plato chips... Or maybe engraved on a Platonum wristlet...
(Have I ever mentioned how much I hate puns? :P)
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That actually seems to be quite an interesting set of sites of which the quote database is only a part.\
As to your dislike of puns, if I don't say it Simone Weil:
We must prefer real hell to an imaginary paradise.
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There is nobody so irritating as somebody with less intelligence and more sense than we have.
Don your clothing before you leave for work.
Imagination was given to man to compensate him for what he is not; a sense of humor to console him for what he is.
Fancy some bacon?
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The view only changes for the lead dog.
The Herolds praised your post, Narure, while hoping the Bacon would be Brown
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A likely impossibility is always preferable to an unconvincing possibility.
Oh yes, surely. Lets struggle to achieve the Impossible!
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Oops, wrong quotes and I forgot the "="
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Perhaps misguided moral passion is better than confused indifference.
Open your Iris, Murdoch ... I mean ... lordraleigh, and try to keep the theme!
If I were asked to name the chief benefit of the house, I should say: the house shelters day-dreaming, the house protects the dreamer, the house allows one to dream in peace.
Sounds like this Bachelard had a maid come in to clean for him....
There is not less wit nor less invention in applying rightly a thought one finds in a book, than in being the first author of that thought.
I guess if this topic is not going to be too popular I might as well get it out of my system before I Bayle.
Never give a sword to a man who can't dance.
now that is just Confuciusing...
The good man is the man who, no matter how morally unworthy he has been, is moving to become better.
Dewey really need to keep going?
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Suicide is man's way of telling God, "You can't fire me - I quit."
I hope these fit the bill.
Eskimo: "If I did not know about God and sin, would I go to hell?" Priest: "No, not if you did not know." Eskimo: "Then why did you tell me?"
i dont want to waste your time with my bad puns so i wont dillard.
Home computers are being called upon to perform many new functions, including the consumption of homework formerly eaten by the dog.
ahh but the best excuse is the doug ate the computer.
It was so quiet, you could hear a pun drop.
I bet it bugs you that this topic isnt popular
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Not really, puns are an acquired taste, and a lot of names are a real stretch to play with.
At times one remains faithful to a cause only because its opponents do not cease to be insipid.
it was a Nietzsche try though thank you for Baering with me and offering up your grand Larson-y. I hope it didn't Maher your reputation much.
It is a question of fact, whether the influence of motives be fixed by laws of nature, so that they shall always have the same effect in the same circumstances.
Want to Reid on?
Written laws are like spiders' webs, and will, like them, only entangle and hold the poor and weak, while the rich and powerful will easily break through them.
It might lead to Anacharsis
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Charley was not outFoxed when he offered up this
He that is conscious of guilt cannot bear the innocence of others: So they will try to reduce all others to their own level.
Hand me those Robespierre I'm feeling a chill.
Crime butchers innocence to secure a throne, and innocence struggles with all its might against the attempts of crime.
Sontag the base on a pop fly or they'll throw you out.
Victims suggest innocence. And innocence, by the inexorable logic that governs all relational terms, suggests guilt.
Hmm, Kant seem to make a good joke, no wonder this thread died.
By a lie, a man... annihilates his dignity as a man.
I hope someone Getz my drift
I'm not a many-take guy. Each time it seems to get more stale. I get tired of hearing myself.
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I think I've lost the will to live.
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I think I've lost the will to live.
Interesting first post there Freddo.
I'm inclined to agree :P
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Don't give up it the Wolfe is at your door because
Love is the ultimate expression of the will to live.
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Sherm (http://www.rapdict.org/Sherm)er wasn't flying high when he said:
The human capacity for self-delusion is boundless, and the effects of belief are overpowering.
Oh Sagan you hear me now? It is far better to grasp the universe as it really is than to persist in delusion, however satisfying and reassuring.
Presenting the latest release from Rohn-co records:Affirmation without discipline is the beginning of delusion.
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I feel a little schadenFreude (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schadenfreude) at the effect of my puns so here is a quote that will appease some of you
Time spent with cats is never wasted.
I will not reKant my position that the complaint forum is a good thing.If man makes himself a worm he must not complain when he is trodden on.
Some people Lovecrafting others like catsOf course, so far as personal taste goes, I'm no lover of humanity. To me cats are in every way more graceful and worthy of respect - but I don't try to raise my personal bias to the spurious dignity of a dogmatic generality.
I'll just Kuyper coming as the mood hits me.When the principles that run against your deepest convictions begin to win the day, then the battle is your calling, and peace has become sin. You must at the price of dearest peace lay your convictions bare before friend and enemy with all the fire of your faith.
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“Much talking is the cause of danger. Silence is the means of avoiding misfortune. The talkative parrot is shut up in a cage. Other birds, without speech, fly freely about.”
Why not take Pundita's advice, before I'm forced to strangulate you :P
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Ah the lonely Pandita gazed longingly into the eyes of Senor Panda thinking
“If a wise man behaves prudently, how can he be overcome by his enemies? Even a single man, by right action, can overcome a host of foes.”
Wasn't their a French movie about Buddha bien sur, no wait it was an American movie about Juddah Ben-Hur! When one has the feeling of dislike for evil, when one feels tranquil, one finds pleasure in listening to good teachings; when one has these feelings and appreciates them, one is free of fear.
I'm afraid I cannot do the Service you request I have an intense dislike for artificial society. In France, one could lead a free life - to do what one wanted to do without interference or criticism from one's neighbors.
Ken has the Kesey to success , if you will pardon the stutter.Do you hear much encouragement in the streets? We need to encourage each other.
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The Bartman ses it is time to get your Barton
Some readers allow their prejudices to blind them. A good reader knows how to disregard inappropriate responses.
Getting behind the wheel of a restored Beaumont one gets a touch of nostalgiaInterest makes some people blind, and others quick-sighted.
Monogrammed his 'n Herzen the bathroom is a cliche.It is possible to lead astray an entire generation, to strike it blind, to drive it insane, to direct it towards a false goal. Napoleon proved this.
I wonder how this might be said in thieve's Kant Experience without theory is blind, but theory without experience is mere intellectual play.
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This one might be a bit of a stretch:
pictureSophocles (http://images.google.ca/images?hl=en&sa=N&resnum=0&q=oakleys&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&um=1&tab=wi) (http://web.ncf.ca/cr502/budump.gif)
I would prefer even to fail with honor than win by cheating.
Edit new and improved, well improved anyway.
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The secret of life is honesty and fair dealing. If you can fake that, you've got it made.
Full marx for this one.
I want to know God's thoughts... the rest are details.
Albert a million the guy who wrote this was some kind of Einstein.
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I can Barret no longer
Chaos in the world brings uneasiness, but it also allows the opportunity for creativity and growth.
My mind is getting Borked, A society deadened by a smothering network of laws while finding release in moral chaos is not likely to be either happy or stable.
my blood is starting to Boyle! You can reconstruct the picture from chaos and memory's ruins.
I'd like to stop Buddha don't know how Chaos is inherent in all compounded things. Strive on with diligence.
to Foster enlightenment.Freedom is just Chaos, with better lighting.
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A desperate disease requires a dangerous remedy.
Any Guy can say that, and it is Fawkes.
Our reason is always disappointed by the inconsistency of appearances.
I know Blaise (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blazer) doesn't match with shorts
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Show me the boy and I'll show you the man
I dont know who said that, I just thought it was damn cool and sparks some interesting thoughts.