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Philosophical

"Life is just one damned thing after another" E. Hubbard

"There is something rarer than ability. It is the ability to recognise ability" E. Hubbard

"To mediocrity, genius is unforgivable" E. Hubbard

"Western civilisation? That would be a good idea." Gandhi.

A conclusion is the place where you got tired of thinking.

A conscience is what hurts when all your other parts feel so good

A day without sunshine is like night.

A fool and his money are soon partying





A friend: someone who likes you even after they know you.

Age is a very high price to pay for maturity.

All generalisations are false, including this one.

Almost everything is easier to get into than out of.

Ancient Greeks made dolphin-killing punishable by death.

Anything worth doing is worth overdoing.

Bad officials are elected by good citizens who do not vote

Be nice to your enemies, it drives them nuts.

Brevity is the soul of lingerie

Chaos, panic & disorder - my work here is done.

Conscience is what hurts when your other parts feel good.

Definitions: FINE: Tax for doing wrong; TAX: Fine for doing fine.

Do it anyway!

Don't just do something, sit there!

Don't steal. The government hates competition.

Don't sweat the petty things, and don't pet the sweaty things.

Eagles may soar, but weasels don't get sucked into jet engines.

Even if you're not, be brave, no one can tell the difference.

Everyone has a photographic memory. Some don't have film.

Experience is something you don't get until just after you need it

Growing old is mandatory; growing up is optional!!

How do those dead insects, get into the enclosed light fixtures?

How do you tell when you're out of invisible ink?

I don't lie, cheat or steal unnecessarily.

I doubt, therefore I might be.

I intend to live forever -- so far, so good

I just cannot resist a little fun along the way. :-)

I'd kill for a Nobel Peace Prize.

I'm no stranger, just a friend you haven't yet met...

If all the world is a stage, where is the audience sitting?

If love is blind, why is lingerie so popular?

If money could talk, it would say good-bye.

If people evolved from apes, why are there still apes?

If there is no God, who pops up the next Kleenex?

If you ate pasta and antipasta, would you still be hungry?

If you must choose between two evils, pick the one
you've never tried before

If you think education is expensive, try ignorance

If you try to fail, and succeed, which have you done?

If you're born again, do you have two bellybuttons?

Logic: The art of being wrong with confidence...

My karma ran over my dogma

Never underestimate the power of stupid people in large groups.

Nostalgia: The good old days multiplied by a bad memory...

Nothing is foolproof to a sufficiently talented fool

OK, so what's the speed of dark?

Practice random acts of kindness and senseless acts of beauty

Some are wise - some are otherwise.

Sometimes you just have to say 'What the heck'

Success always occurs in private and failure in full view

Show me a piano falling down a mine shaft, and I'll show you a flat minor.

The early bird may get the worm, but the second mouse gets the cheese.

The hardness of the butter is proportional to the softness of the bread.

The older you get, the better you realize you were.

The severity of the itch is inversely proportional to the ability to reach it

The sooner you fall behind, the more time you'll have to catch up

The wise don't merely stalk their prey, they make the kill.

There's no point putting lipstick on a pig

Time is what keeps things from all happening at once

Two most common elements in the universe: Hydrogen & Stupidity.

We laughed, we sang, we danced far into the night.

What happens if you get scared half to death twice?

What if there were no hypothetical situations?