The Quote Thread

[shavedape]

"Nothing is given to man on earth except a potential and the material on which to actualize it. The potential is a superlative machine: his consciousness; but it is a machine without a spark plug, a machine of which his own will has to be the spark plug, the self-starter and the driver; he has to discover how to use it and he has to keep it in constant action. The material is the whole of the universe, with no limits set to the knowledge he can acquire and to the enjoyment of life he can achieve. But everything he needs or desires has to be learned, discovered and produced by him - by his own choice, by his own effort, by his own mind."
Ayn Rand​

Ayn Rand, hmm? Gatefan, once again you surprise me. I assume you're quoting her because you approve of what she's saying here. If so, good man! I love Ayn Rand. I should use her for an avatar.

 

[Gatefan1976]

Ayn Rand, hmm? Gatefan, once again you surprise me. I assume you're quoting her because you approve of what she's saying here. If so, good man! I love Ayn Rand. I should use her for an avatar.

Yeah, I like Ayn Rand

 

[shavedape]

Yeah, I like Ayn Rand

And Ayn Rand likes you!



Now light her cigarette, dammit!

 

[Gatefan1976]

And Ayn Rand likes you!

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Now light her cigarette, dammit!

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[Gatefan1976]

“If one does not understand a person, one tends to regard him as a fool.”
Carl Jung
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[Mr. A]

“If one does not understand a person, one tends to regard him as a fool.”
Carl Jung
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Yes, but Ockham's razor says he most likely is!

 

[Stonelesscutter]

Yes, but Ockham's razor says he most likely is!

Or the observer itself.

 

[Gatefan1976]

This is mine; that's mine [etc.]; I'm claiming all this as mine ...
except that bit. I don't want that bit. But all the rest of this
is mine! Hey, this has been a good day! I've eaten five times, I've
slept six times, and I'd made a lot of things mine! Tomorrow I'm going
to see if I can't have sex with something!

The Cat, Red Dwarf
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[shavedape]

Or the observer itself.

Who observes the observer?

 

[Stonelesscutter]

Who observes the observer?

I thought that was YOUR job.

 

[Gatefan1976]

Who observes the observer?

What are you doing, Dave?
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[OMNI]

What are you doing, Dave?
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non of your concern HAL.

 

[Bluce Ree]

Who observes the observer?

The trees that don't make a sound if there's no one around to hear them fall.

 

[Gatefan1976]

The trees that don't make a sound if there's no one around to hear them fall.

In that case, did the tree even fall at all............

 

[OMNI]

I reject your reality and substitue my own - Adam Savage

 

[OMNI]

Space isn't remote at all. It's only an hour's drive away if your car could go straight upwards." - Fred Hoyle

 

[Bluce Ree]

In that case, did the tree even fall at all............

Only if it was observed.

 

[Gatefan1976]

Only if it was observed.

"A paranoid is someone who knows a little of what's going on"
William Burroughs


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[mzzz]

"You know you're getting older when your porn is getting intellectual." - mzzz, 2011.

 

[shavedape]

"You know you're getting older when your porn is getting intellectual." - mzzz, 2011.

"You know you're getting older when you'd rather sit back and watch." - ShavedApe 2011