Favorite Philosophers/quotes

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  1. mentos

    mentos Well-Known Member

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    almost all my favorite quotes are from movies :/

    wow i just realized how lazy i am, too lazy to actually type them all out

    basically anything anyone said in starwars I-VI (since i know like every line) <-- not somethin to be proud of

    any combo of verses from Disturbed

    anything/everytihng dave chappelle says

    cky 1-4 videos <-- tons of quotes in there

    "your not REALLY famous until your a PEZ dispencer"

    "your all gonna die, the only question is, do you want it on your feet? or on your f---in knees.. begging? im not much for begging" - the really cool black dude from Alien 3

    Austin Powers: Hey! There you are!
    Tourist: Hi... do I know you?
    Austin Powers: No, but that's where you are! You're there!

    "When Alexander saw the breadth of his domain, he wept for there were no more worlds to conquer."

    "my name is maximus decimus meridius, commander of the armies of the north, general of the felix legions, loyal servant to the true emperor, marcus aurelius. father to a murdered son, husband to a murdered wife. and I will have my vengeance, in this life or the next" - russel crow in Gladiator

    "i can only show you the door. your the one that has to walk through it". - mopheus
     
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    Niccollo Machiavelli is the only philosopher who has ever reached me ^_^
     
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    "Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I'm not sure about the former. "-Albert Einstein
     
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    wow some of there are pretty good.

    Maciavelli is pretty good, hes my homie.
     
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    Some of these really got me thinking, thanks guys
     
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    I find it rather easy to portray a businessman. Being bland, rather cruel and incompetent comes naturally to me. -John Cleese

    You can't say that civilization don't advance, however, for in every war they kill you in a new way. -Will Rogers

    Sometime they'll give a war and nobody will come. -Carl Sandburg

    You may be disappointed if you fail, but you are doomed if you don't try. - Beverly Sills
     
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    One thing I know... is that I know nothing at all. "Socrates"

    /\Proof the human mind always has room to expand/\
     
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    "Try not. Do or do not, there is no try" - Yoda
     
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    oh goody, i love these types of threads....heres a few of my favorites.


    "If you eliminate the impossible, whatever remains, however improbable must be the solution" - Unknown

    "You have enemies? Good. That means you've stood up for something, sometime in your life." - Winston Churchill

    "The world is a dangerous place to live; not because of the people who are evil, but because of the people who don't do anything about it." - Albert Einstein

    "Some men see things as they are and say why. I dream things that never were and say why not." - Robert F. Kennedy

    "Through no virtues and accomplishments of our own, we have been fortunate enough to be born in the United States under the most comfortable conditions. We, therefore, have a responsibility to others who are less well off." - Robert F. Kennedy

    "Love is not an easy feeling to put into words. Nor is loyalty, or trust, or joy. But he was all of these. He loved life completely and he lived it intensely." - Edward M. Kennedy


    Just a few
    :rolleyes:
     
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    "Love is all we know of heaven and all we need of hell" ~ Emily Dickinson
     
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    "If you stare long enough into the abyss, the abyss stares back at you" -Forgot who

    "Forgiveness is between them and God, its my job to arrange the meeting" -Man on Fire

    theres a lot of good ones from Shakespear too, don't know any off the top of my head
     
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