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@RJM Corbet
Beware the "rhetorical goon squad".
Personally, I avoid 'pigs in blankets'. They don't even tempt me any more.
Beware the "rhetorical goon squad".
Personally, I avoid 'pigs in blankets'. They don't even tempt me any more.
I used to just read bartletts
I would get lost in that book...
Attributed to Winston Churchill when asked if he preferred cats or dogs...
"I like pigs. Dogs look up to us, cats look down upon us, but pigs treat us as equals."
Some good quotes here:
https://www.hermetica.info/AllQuotes.html
For example:
Do y’all remember, before the internet, that people thought the cause of stupidity was the lack of access to information? Yeah. It wasn't that.
BamaLu
When things aren’t adding up in your life, start subtracting.
Richard Feynman
https://www.hermetica.info/AllQuotes.html
For example:
Do y’all remember, before the internet, that people thought the cause of stupidity was the lack of access to information? Yeah. It wasn't that.
BamaLu
When things aren’t adding up in your life, start subtracting.
Richard Feynman
Quotes.gain this status...who said it, who said it first, who said it best?
Where is it the same as shooting the messenger?
If the courier should not get the blame...should they get the credit?
In the end it is the quote that has value...
Where is it the same as shooting the messenger?
If the courier should not get the blame...should they get the credit?
In the end it is the quote that has value...
Revise.that...it is the interpretation, your interpretation, the group interpretation that puts credence to any given quote in any given moment.
It is our filters, our experiences and the moment...
Each will alter the impact of any quote.
It is our filters, our experiences and the moment...
Each will alter the impact of any quote.
https://www.hermetica.info/AllQuotes.html
Assorted Quotations: A largish grab bag of favorites, in no particular order.
383 pages. (Revised 4-9-20)
Hermetica is one of my favourite websites:
https://www.hermetica.info/
It's blocked for my phone, but comes up fine on PC
Assorted Quotations: A largish grab bag of favorites, in no particular order.
383 pages. (Revised 4-9-20)
Hermetica is one of my favourite websites:
https://www.hermetica.info/
It's blocked for my phone, but comes up fine on PC
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What is our favorite quote comes by the moment too eh?
For me I can't ever say because then I would think of another...and another...
For the same reason I have never put a bumper sticker on my car.... I would be that guy.
For me I can't ever say because then I would think of another...and another...
For the same reason I have never put a bumper sticker on my car.... I would be that guy.
Idk what that even meansWhat? You never had a FREE BRITNEY sticker?
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Free_Britney_movement
The Free Britney (or #FreeBritney) movement is a social movement to grant American singer Britney Spears autonomy from her conservatorship, which began in 2008. The movement became popular in 2019, after the emergence of allegations involving Spears's time in a psychiatric facility early in the year. The conservatorship was terminated on November 12, 2021.
The Free Britney (or #FreeBritney) movement is a social movement to grant American singer Britney Spears autonomy from her conservatorship, which began in 2008. The movement became popular in 2019, after the emergence of allegations involving Spears's time in a psychiatric facility early in the year. The conservatorship was terminated on November 12, 2021.
Misattributing or even making up quotes can be a lot of fun. There is even a German tabletop game about this.
"How much is the fish?" - Karl Marx
"Love thy neighbour as thyself!" - Kurt Cobain
"It takes a while to realize you're unhappy, but it's worth the effort" - Sigmund Freud
"It's blue light. It turns blue." - Police training manual
"Grub first, then ethics." - McDonalds
(As previously stated, these are incorrect attributions)
"How much is the fish?" - Karl Marx
"Love thy neighbour as thyself!" - Kurt Cobain
"It takes a while to realize you're unhappy, but it's worth the effort" - Sigmund Freud
"It's blue light. It turns blue." - Police training manual
"Grub first, then ethics." - McDonalds
(As previously stated, these are incorrect attributions)