Barb > Barb's Quotes

“...it is easy not to believe in monsters, considerably more difficult to escape their dread and loathsome clutches.”
― Stanisław Lem, The Cyberiad

“But the worst of it was, all the third-rate poets emerged unscathed; being third-rate, they didn't know good poetry from bad and consequently had no inkling of their crushing defeat.”
― Stanisław Lem, The Cyberiad

“Our opponent is an alien starship packed with atomic bomc,' I said. 'We have a protractor.'
Okay, I'll go home and see if I can scrounge up a ruler and a piece of string.”
― Neal Stephenson, Anathem

“I always tend to assume there's an infinite amount of money out there."
There might as well be, "Arsibalt said, "but most of it gets spent on pornography, sugar water and bombs. There is only so much that can be scraped together for particle accelerators.”
― Neal Stephenson, Anathem

“A dog is the only thing on earth that loves you more than he loves himself.”
― Josh Billings

“Climb the mountain not to plant your flag, but to embrace the challenge, enjoy the air and behold the view. Climb it so you can see the world, not so the world can see you.”
― David McCullough Jr.

“The problem with the world is that the intelligent people are full of doubts, while the stupid ones are full of confidence.”
― Charles Bukowski

“Most people are other people. Their thoughts are someone else's opinions, their lives a mimicry, their passions a quotation.”
― Oscar Wilde, De Profundis

“I’m not going to lecture you on the error of your ways. Not until you fetch me a podium and a microphone. I’ll also need a screen, a projector, and a laser pointer.”
― Jarod Kintz, At even one penny, this book would be overpriced. In fact, free is too expensive, because you'd still waste time by reading it.

“A ship is safe in harbor, but that's not what ships are for.”
― John A. Shedd

“Have it compose a poem- a poem about a haircut! But lofty, tragic, timeless, full of love, treachery, retribution, quiet heroism in the face of certain doom! Six lines, cleverly rhymed, and every word beginning with the letter S!!” [sic]….
Seduced, shaggy Samson snored.
She scissored short. Sorely shorn,
Soon shackled slave, Samson sighed,
Silently scheming
Sightlessly seeking
Some savage, spectacular suicide."

("The First Sally (A) or The Electronic Bard"
THE CYBERIAD)”
― Stanislaw Lem

“If you're willing to listen, every so often, life—or God or the Universe or whatever you prefer to call it—lets us know that it's paying attention”
― Seth Grahame-Smith

“Addiction is when natural biological imperatives, like the need for food, sex, relaxation or status, become prioritised to the point of destructiveness. It is exacerbated by a culture that understandably exploits this mechanic as it's a damn good way to sell Mars bars and Toyotas.”
― Russell Brand, Recovery: Freedom from Our Addictions

“She used to only play "Help Yourself," but now she only plays "Delilah." Is that normal?
"It's not unusual.”
― Jasper Fforde, Early Riser

“Staying awake in the winter requires considerable pantry, a lot of luck, warm clothes, and several dozen good books.”
― Jasper Fforde, Early Riser

“I don’t back out of a long and happy make-believe union just when things start getting rocky”
― Jasper Fforde, Early Riser

“If you tell the truth, you don't have to remember anything.”
― Mark Twain

“You're thinking I'm one of those wise-ass California vegetarians who is going to tell you that eating a few strips of bacon is bad for your health. I'm not. I say its a free country and you should be able to kill yourself at any rate you choose, as long as your cold dead body is not blocking my driveway.”
― Scott Adams

“Of any activity you do, ask yourself: If I were the last person on earth, would I still do it?”
― Steven Pressfield, The War of Art

“A society that puts equality—in the sense of equality of outcome—ahead of freedom will end up with neither equality nor freedom. The use of force to achieve equality will destroy freedom, and the force, introduced for good purposes, will end up in the hands of people who use it to promote their own interests.”
― Thomas Sowell, The Quest for Cosmic Justice

“Infinity is as far as your imagination stretches, and then some.' Iain Cameron Williams, 2018”
― Iain Cameron Williams