@Yakster said:
Clearly the appeal from an American statesman is much greater than that from Publius Flavius Vegetius Renatus. I thought it was a funny juxtaposition.
@silvermouse said:
Not to be absolutely certain is, I think, one of the essential things in rationality.
Bertrand Russell
Doubt is not a pleasant condition, but certainty is absurd.
Voltaire
My Dad took Bertrand Russell's philosophy class at Northwestern many years ago, came away believing that he himself was an atheist, but that kids should be raised in church nonetheless. Net effect on our family was that it was many years before Dad declared himself to be a Christian, although he remained active in the church.
The whole thing pissed Mom off terribly. I learned all this when Mom saw me reading Bertrand Russell's "Why I am not a Christian". I had never known this until after my Dad was gone.
Dad didn't know Voltaire, though.
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@First_Warrior said:
"I have always thought there might be a lot of cash in starting a religion" George Orwell 1938
Dang, I thought that was L. Ron Hubbard
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"If you do not read the newspapers you're uninformed. If you do read the newspapers, you're misinformed." -- Mark Twain
"Whoever fights monsters should see to it that in the process he does not become a monster. And when you look long into an abyss, the abyss also looks into you."
--Nietzsche
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I just got caught up on a few months worth of these profound thoughts and I’m sick of you all.
And I thought it was worth sharing. So, I posted it in the great quotes thread. Annoying, isn’t it?
Clearly the appeal from an American statesman is much greater than that from Publius Flavius Vegetius Renatus. I thought it was a funny juxtaposition.
Hopefully, it isn't something we can't work through. Please reach out if you need anything, Mike-Bob.
How's that for annoying? :-)
I was going to say get your keister on vHerf, Bob, but your reply is much more civil.
I swear I wasn’t staring at your juxta.
"Oh my God. Everything hurts this morning. "
Trapped in the People's Communits Republic of Massachusetts.
Not to be absolutely certain is, I think, one of the essential things in rationality.
Bertrand Russell
Doubt is not a pleasant condition, but certainty is absurd.
Voltaire
My Dad took Bertrand Russell's philosophy class at Northwestern many years ago, came away believing that he himself was an atheist, but that kids should be raised in church nonetheless. Net effect on our family was that it was many years before Dad declared himself to be a Christian, although he remained active in the church.
The whole thing pissed Mom off terribly. I learned all this when Mom saw me reading Bertrand Russell's "Why I am not a Christian". I had never known this until after my Dad was gone.
Dad didn't know Voltaire, though.
"If you do not read the newspapers you're uninformed. If you do read the newspapers, you're misinformed." -- Mark Twain
we need to ban the books of all philosophers who harbor doubt I guess.
That would be, wait for it, all philosophers.
"If you do not read the newspapers you're uninformed. If you do read the newspapers, you're misinformed." -- Mark Twain
“He did nothing in particular, and did it very well.”
— W.S. Gilbert
This one speaks to me quite clearly, and fits me to a T.
What is the context? It sounds like he is saying we should not be certain of anything. Yet, society would not function without certainty.
"Iron sharpens iron, and one man sharpens another." - Proverbs 27:17
Are you sure about that?
Cigars are great and so is this
I certainly am.
"Iron sharpens iron, and one man sharpens another." - Proverbs 27:17
"I have always thought there might be a lot of cash in starting a religion" George Orwell 1938
Dang, I thought that was L. Ron Hubbard
"If you do not read the newspapers you're uninformed. If you do read the newspapers, you're misinformed." -- Mark Twain
I quoted Randy Wayne White quoting Orwell. Whoever, but the quote rings true.
A good cigar and whiskey solve most problems.
A good cigar and whiskey solve most problems.
A good cigar and whiskey solve most problems.
"Whoever fights monsters should see to it that in the process he does not become a monster. And when you look long into an abyss, the abyss also looks into you."
--Nietzsche
A good cigar and whiskey solve most problems.
Maybe the universe is trying to tell me something. ;-)
A good cigar and whiskey solve most problems.
The chief element of happiness is this: to want to be what you are.
Desiderius Erasmus