OK, let's have a "Quotes" thread!

Gene Wilder: "Be very careful of what you want ... because you might get it."

RIP Jerome Silberman (11-June-1933 ~ 29-August-2016). :'(

Originally Posted by LinusStallman Gene Wilder: "Be very careful of what you want ... because you might get it." RIP Jerome Silberman (11-June-1933 ~ 29-August-2016). :'(

I don't get high, but sometimes I wish I did. That way, when I messed up in life I would have an excuse. But right now there's no rehab for stupidity.
Chris Rock

If you want to understand a society, take a good look at the drugs it uses. And what can this tell you about American culture? Well, look at the drugs we use. Except for pharmaceutical poison, there are essentially only two drugs that Western civilization tolerates: Caffeine from Monday to Friday to energize you enough to make you a productive member of society, and alcohol from Friday to Monday to keep you too stupid to figure out the prison that you are living in. ~ Bill Hicks

Martin Luther King Jr.: "We must accept finite disappointment, but never lose infinite hope."

Thank You Gentlemen!! Your posts to this thread light up my day!!

Originally Posted by cousinlucky Thank You Gentlemen!! Your posts to this thread light up my day!!

“And those who were seen dancing were thought to be insane by those who could not hear the music.” ~Friedrich Nietzsche

“Fall seven times, Stand up eight.” ~Japanese Proverb

“If you ever start taking things too seriously, just remember that we are talking monkeys on an organic spaceship flying through the universe.” ~Joe Rogan

Robert Delaunay: "Our understanding is correlative to our perception."

Quote from the late great Gene Wilder's character in the movie, Blazing Saddles (1974).

Jim: [as Bart puts on his guns to fight Mongo] "No. Don't do that, don't do that. If you shoot him you'll just make him mad."

Is there no virtue among us? If there be not, we are in a wretched situation. No theoretical checks -- no form of government can render us secure. To suppose liberty or happiness without any virtue in the people, is a chimerical idea. If there be sufficient virtue and intelligence in the community, it will be exercised in the selection of these men. So that we do not depend on their virtue, or put confidence in our rulers, but in the people who are to choose them.– James Madison

Be who you are and say what you feel, because those who mind don't matter and those who matter don't mind. ~ Dr. Seuss

Growing United States federal power—driven by legislation, validated by Supreme Court decisions, and accelerated by presidential ambition—has eroded the rule of law in our nation, leaving almost no activity that the central government cannot at its discretion regulate, manipulate, or prohibit.– Charlotte Twight

Trust your hunches. They're usually based on facts filed away just below the conscious level. ~ Joyce Brothers

“Free election of masters does not abolish the masters or the slaves.” ― Herbert Marcuse

Originally Posted by cousinlucky “Free election of masters does not abolish the masters or the slaves.” ― Herbert Marcuse

So true.