David > David's Quotes

“Outside of a dog, a book is man's best friend. Inside of a dog it's too dark to read.”
― Groucho Marx, The Essential Groucho: Writings For By And About Groucho Marx

“Life can only be understood backwards; but it must be lived forwards.”
― Søren Kierkegaard

“Thought is more dangerous than you think.”
― Wayne Gerard Trotman

“Always forgive your enemies; nothing annoys them so much.”
― Oscar Wilde

“In a car you're always in a compartment, and because you're used to it you don't realize that through that car window everything you see is just more TV. You're a passive observer and it is all moving by you boringly in a frame.

On a cycle the frame is gone. You're completely in contact with it all. You're in the scene, not just watching it anymore, and the sense of presence is overwhelming.”
― Robert M. Pirsig, Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance: An Inquiry Into Values

“Sometimes it's a little better to travel than to arrive”
― Robert M. Pirsig, Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance: An Inquiry Into Values

“Art is the lie that enables us to realize the truth.”
― Pablo Picasso

“There have been two great narcotics in European civilisation: Christianity and alcohol.”
― Friedrich Nietzsche