Tomislav Škrljac > Tomislav's Quotes

“The aim of the joke is not to degrade the human being, but to remind him that he is already degraded.”
― George Orwell

“Every beginning, after all, is nothing but a sequel, and the book of events is always open in the middle.”
― Wislawa Szymborska

“If you want to make God laugh, tell him about your plans.”
― Woody Allen

“God is a comedian playing to an audience that is too afraid to laugh.”
― Voltaire

“Mrtvi znaju tajnu besmrtnosti, ali šute.”
― Darko Macan, 42 - pročitaj i daj dalje

“My ambition is handicapped by laziness”
― Charles Bukowski, Factotum

“In my house I'm the boss, my wife is just the decision maker.”
― Woody Allen

“What kind of man would put a known criminal in charge of a major branch of government? Apart from, say, the average voter.”
― Terry Pratchett, Going Postal

“Stories of imagination tend to upset those without one.”
― Terry Pratchett

“Tiger got to hunt, bird got to fly;
Man got to sit and wonder 'why, why, why?'
Tiger got to sleep, bird got to land;
Man got to tell himself he understand.”
― Kurt Vonnegut, Cat’s Cradle

“U životu nisam vidio internet, ništa od toga ne znam. Imam samo kućno zvonce…”
― Arsen Dedić

“Pravoj je kazni svrha da izbavi krivca, ne samo da umiri žrtve.”
― N.K. Jemisin, The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms

“Don't wake me for the end of the world unless it has very good special effects.”
― Roger Zelazny, Prince of Chaos

“Mogao je biti dva puta krupniji od mene, ali onaj koji se ispričava uvijek je slabiji od onoga kome se ispričava.”
― Darko Macan, Koridor

“The key to wisdom is doubt!”
― Marjane Satrapi, Chicken with Plums

“Ljudi u nešto vjeruju ne bi li zaboravili tko su. Zakapaju se u ideale, gnijezde se u idolima i ubijaju vrijeme raznim vrstama vjerovanja. Ništa ima ne bi teže palo nego da se probude na hrpi svojih slatkih laži, licem u lice a čistim postojanjem.
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― Emil Cioran, Breviario de los vencidos