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Some quotes that I think are interesting.

  • And even if we are occupied with important things, and even if we attain honor or fall into misfortune, still let us remember how good it once was here, when we were all together, united by a good and a kind feeling which made us…perhaps better than we are. —Translation of an excerpt from The Karamazov Brothers. It's probably too long and expensive, but if I had to put something on my tombstone, this would be it.
    And even if we are occupied with important things, and even if we attain honor or fall into misfortune, still let us remember how good it once was here, when we were all together, united by a good and a kind feeling which made us…perhaps better than we are. —Translation of an excerpt from The Karamazov Brothers. It's probably too long and expensive, but if I had to put something on my tombstone, this would be it.
  • When I'm dead, I'm dead. I ain't going to remember nothing. —Larry Holmes. Another 🪦 contender.
    When I'm dead, I'm dead. I ain't going to remember nothing. —Larry Holmes. Another 🪦 contender.
  • I woke up this morning, didn't recognize the man in the mirror / Then I laughed, and I said, "Oh, silly me, that's just me". —Opening lyrics from Kurt Vile's song, Pretty Pimpin'. The song might not be about Alzheimer's, but that's all I think of when I hear it.
    I woke up this morning, didn't recognize the man in the mirror / Then I laughed, and I said, "Oh, silly me, that's just me". —Opening lyrics from Kurt Vile's song, Pretty Pimpin'. The song might not be about Alzheimer's, but that's all I think of when I hear it.
  • I think that's what the children of immigrants do, all of us. We know what they gave up. They gave up their countries. [In] some cases, they gave up their languages. They worked at the lousiest rottenest jobs ... to put food on our tables. We have to honor that -- for the rest of our lives. —Pete Hamill
    I think that's what the children of immigrants do, all of us. We know what they gave up. They gave up their countries. [In] some cases, they gave up their languages. They worked at the lousiest rottenest jobs ... to put food on our tables. We have to honor that -- for the rest of our lives. —Pete Hamill
  • For my friends, everything. For my enemies, the law. —Óscar Benavides
    For my friends, everything. For my enemies, the law. —Óscar Benavides
  • If it's a lie, then we fight on that lie. — Slim Charles, played by Anwan Glover on The Wire. I've done this more than I'd care to admit.
    If it's a lie, then we fight on that lie. — Slim Charles, played by Anwan Glover on The Wire. I've done this more than I'd care to admit.
  • Only occasionally can you glimpse through the embrasures of an otherwise perfectly polite person to see the cannons aimed out, only in a certain glint of light do the eyeteeth become fangs. We are driven by desire and fear. Only in our solitary hungers do we find ourselves capable of the most magnificently unexpected sins. —excerpt from Michael Paterniti's book Driving Mr. Albert: A Trip Across America with Einstein's Brain.
    Only occasionally can you glimpse through the embrasures of an otherwise perfectly polite person to see the cannons aimed out, only in a certain glint of light do the eyeteeth become fangs. We are driven by desire and fear. Only in our solitary hungers do we find ourselves capable of the most magnificently unexpected sins. —excerpt from Michael Paterniti's book Driving Mr. Albert: A Trip Across America with Einstein's Brain.
  • Being a geek is all about being honest about what you enjoy and not being afraid to demonstrate that affection. it means never having to play it cool about how much you like something. it's basically a license to proudly emote on a somewhat childish level rather than behave like a supposed adult. being a geek is extremely liberating. —Simon Pegg. This quote reminds me of some people I admire.
    Being a geek is all about being honest about what you enjoy and not being afraid to demonstrate that affection. it means never having to play it cool about how much you like something. it's basically a license to proudly emote on a somewhat childish level rather than behave like a supposed adult. being a geek is extremely liberating. —Simon Pegg. This quote reminds me of some people I admire.
  • "Fuck you," Lippmann had said. "I'm short your house." —Michael Lewis. The Big Short: Inside the Doomsday Machine. A lot of what Michael Lewis writes seems embellished and juuuust too good to be true. But I like this for its directness.
    "Fuck you," Lippmann had said. "I'm short your house." —Michael Lewis. The Big Short: Inside the Doomsday Machine. A lot of what Michael Lewis writes seems embellished and juuuust too good to be true. But I like this for its directness.
  • I never went looking for trouble. But if you brought some to me, I wasn't gonna turn it down. —Carmine Danese, Abbateggiano
    I never went looking for trouble. But if you brought some to me, I wasn't gonna turn it down. —Carmine Danese, Abbateggiano
  • Money ain't everything. Unless you don't got any. —Valentino Pascetta, San Valentineso.
    Money ain't everything. Unless you don't got any. —Valentino Pascetta, San Valentineso.
  • I don’t give a shit about the Italian lira. —Richard M. Nixon on being asked by H.R. Haldeman if he wanted to hear a report on the decline of the Italian lira.
    I don’t give a shit about the Italian lira. —Richard M. Nixon on being asked by H.R. Haldeman if he wanted to hear a report on the decline of the Italian lira.
  • Writing is nature's way of letting you know how sloppy your thinking is. —Leslie Lamport. Ain't that the sad truth.
    Writing is nature's way of letting you know how sloppy your thinking is. —Leslie Lamport. Ain't that the sad truth.
  • A little inaccuracy sometimes saves tons of explanation. —H.H. Munro. If I have a guiding philosophy, it's this.
    A little inaccuracy sometimes saves tons of explanation. —H.H. Munro. If I have a guiding philosophy, it's this.
  • The illegal we do immediately. The unconstitutional takes a little longer —Henry Kissinger
    The illegal we do immediately. The unconstitutional takes a little longer —Henry Kissinger
  • The only man who is really free is the one who can turn down an invitation to dinner without giving an excuse. —Jules Renard. The trouble with these pithy sayings is that I'm never quite convinced that the person given attribution actually said it. Nevertheless, if we go by this definition, I am not free.
    The only man who is really free is the one who can turn down an invitation to dinner without giving an excuse. —Jules Renard. The trouble with these pithy sayings is that I'm never quite convinced that the person given attribution actually said it. Nevertheless, if we go by this definition, I am not free.
  • There is something in statistics that makes it very similar to astrology. —Gian-Carlo Rota
    There is something in statistics that makes it very similar to astrology. —Gian-Carlo Rota
  • Amo talmente tanto la Germania che ne preferivo due. I love Germany so much that I preferred it when there were two of them. —Attributed to Giulio Andreotti, but I don't think he was the first person to make this quip.
    Amo talmente tanto la Germania che ne preferivo due. I love Germany so much that I preferred it when there were two of them. —Attributed to Giulio Andreotti, but I don't think he was the first person to make this quip.
  • Il vino si fa anche con l'uva. Ecco quando e' meglio. Wine can even be made from grapes. In fact, that's when it's best. Not sure I have the quote exactly right, but something like this is repeated in Giuseppe Tornatore's 1990 film, Stanno Tutti Bene.
    Il vino si fa anche con l'uva. Ecco quando e' meglio. Wine can even be made from grapes. In fact, that's when it's best. Not sure I have the quote exactly right, but something like this is repeated in Giuseppe Tornatore's 1990 film, Stanno Tutti Bene.
  • Yo, que me figuraba el Paraíso / Bajo la especie de una biblioteca. I have always imagined Paradise as a kind of library. —JL Borges. Amen, bruddah.
    Yo, que me figuraba el Paraíso / Bajo la especie de una biblioteca. I have always imagined Paradise as a kind of library. —JL Borges. Amen, bruddah.
  • When pygmies cast such long shadows, it must be very late in the day. —Gian-Carlo Rota, reviewing John Passmore's book, Recent Philosophers. Not a fan of modern philosophers.
    When pygmies cast such long shadows, it must be very late in the day. —Gian-Carlo Rota, reviewing John Passmore's book, Recent Philosophers. Not a fan of modern philosophers.
  • What the world needs is more geniuses with humility, there are so few of us left. —Oscar Levant
    What the world needs is more geniuses with humility, there are so few of us left. —Oscar Levant
  • A man with a watch knows what time it is. A man with two watches is never sure. —Segal's Law
    A man with a watch knows what time it is. A man with two watches is never sure. —Segal's Law
  • The real problem of humanity is the following: we have Paleolithic emotions, medieval institutions, and god-like technology — E.O. Wilson, 2009
    The real problem of humanity is the following: we have Paleolithic emotions, medieval institutions, and god-like technology — E.O. Wilson, 2009
  • Nature imitates mathematics —Gian-Carlo Rota
    Nature imitates mathematics —Gian-Carlo Rota
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