Brilliant Quotations


Sometimes others’ insight is a catalyst for our own, particularly when they are wise AF.

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One of Nietzsche’s more lucid moments by way of mah honey

Every time we think we have certitude, we stop thinking, and the only way to remain mentally alive is to recognize the profound depths of our own ignorance and uncertainty.

— Robert Anton Wilson

How do we make music the robots will understand?

— Overheard at PJ’s Lager House, Detroit, MI on February 15, 2018

“Jesus Christ,” he said, “no wonder you’re such a cynic, you’re a goddamned mystic in disguise.”

— The Last Good Kiss by James Crumley

Love is hot, but truth is molten.

— Donovan, Barabajagal (1969)

All that we are is the result of what we have thought.

— Buddha

What do we live for, if it is not to make life less difficult for each other?

— George Eliot

Faith in God should make men better, not lead their reason astray.

— Eliphas Levi

Know the world in yourself. Never look for yourself in the world, for this would be to project your illusion.

— Proverb from the Temple of Luxor, Egypt

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I’m serious, this is important to keep in mind.

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“It is not incumbent upon you to complete the work, but neither are you at liberty to desist from it.”

— Rabbi Tarfon

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“I’m afraid of Americans. I’m afraid of their words.”

  • David Bowie
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The President of these United States is named “Schicklgruber”.

Firesign Theater

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Something in another thread made me think of this:

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Das ist so wahr!

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Das Leben ist doch so beschissen
Weil wir alle sterben müssen.

– Hermann Hesse

“Life is certainly shitty since we all must die.”

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Pratchett, but it’s said by Star Trek TNG…

Also…

And…

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An interesting approach!

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Only dull people are brilliant at breakfast.

– Good Ol Oscar the Wilde

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“To be clever in the afternoon argues that one is dining nowhere in the evening.”

Reginald On the Academy by Saki (HH Munro)

{Finding that line took hours!}

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