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Sporetacus
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Famous Quotes
#5643529 - 05/17/06 08:22 PM (17 years, 8 months ago) |
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Lots of folks here use quotes from famous men and women often outside of the quotee's field of expertise.
An expert on aerodynamics, social reform or physics, may or may not be any more qualified than the next person to making sweeping statements on the nature of reality.
While I understand the sharing of possible tidbits of wisdom and wit; all too often this appointing of others as authorities on the mystery of life is merely another form of giving power away.
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moog
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"All too often this appointing of others as authorities on the mystery of life is merely another form of giving power away." --Sporetacus
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Jackenobi
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Re: Famous Quotes [Re: moog]
#5643566 - 05/17/06 08:31 PM (17 years, 8 months ago) |
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That's sharp, that is.
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Icelander
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Quote:
Sporetacus said: Lots of folks here use quotes from famous men and women often outside of the quotee's field of expertise.
An expert on aerodynamics, social reform or physics, may or may not be any more qualified than the next person to making sweeping statements on the nature of reality.
While I understand the sharing of possible tidbits of wisdom and wit; all too often this appointing of others as authorities on the mystery of life is merely another form of giving power away.
Mr. Natural Sez: "Twas ever thus"
-------------------- "Don't believe everything you think". -Anom. " All that lives was born to die"-Anom. With much wisdom comes much sorrow, The more knowledge, the more grief. Ecclesiastes circa 350 BC
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Sporetacus
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Re: Famous Quotes [Re: moog]
#5643605 - 05/17/06 08:39 PM (17 years, 8 months ago) |
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I actually choked on your reply. It was the first to make me laugh out loud this year!
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Icelander
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It's almost June man. Not one of my posts has made you laugh out loud.
-------------------- "Don't believe everything you think". -Anom. " All that lives was born to die"-Anom. With much wisdom comes much sorrow, The more knowledge, the more grief. Ecclesiastes circa 350 BC
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Sporetacus
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Re: Famous Quotes [Re: Icelander]
#5643713 - 05/17/06 09:03 PM (17 years, 8 months ago) |
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I am trying to protect you from self-importance so I never mentioned the time I sprayed soda through my nose on the monitor after one of your guffaw-inducing observations.
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"For the unwise man 'tis best to be mute when he come amid the crowd, for none is aware of his lack of wit if he wastes not too many words"
-------------------- "A warrior is a hunter. He calculates everything. That's control. Once his calculations are over, he acts. He lets go. That's abandon. A warrior is not a leaf at the mercy of the wind. No one can push him; no one can make him do things against himself or against his better judgment. A warrior is tuned to survive, and he survives in the best of all possible fashions." ― Carlos Castaneda
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Usually, I try to give more emphasis to the quote itself than who said it. I think wisdom can speak for itself.
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