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| October 10th, 2020 at 10:37:22 PM permalink | |
| Evenbob Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 148 Posts: 25978 | “The saddest aspect of life right now is that science gathers knowledge faster than society gathers wisdom.” ― Isaac Asimov “Life isn't about finding yourself. Life is about creating yourself.” ― George Bernard Shaw “You could never convince a monkey to give you a banana by promising him limitless bananas after death in monkey heaven.” ― Yuval Noah Harari If you take a risk, you may lose. If you never take a risk, you will always lose. |
| October 11th, 2020 at 4:27:30 PM permalink | |
| Evenbob Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 148 Posts: 25978 | “Two things are infinite: the universe and human stupidity; and I'm not sure about the universe.” ― Albert Einstein “If you tell the truth, you don't have to remember anything.” ― Mark Twain “Always forgive your enemies; nothing annoys them so much.” ― Oscar Wilde If you take a risk, you may lose. If you never take a risk, you will always lose. |
| October 11th, 2020 at 8:01:40 PM permalink | |
| DJTeddyBear Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 5 Posts: 268 | “I don’t want to gain immortality thru my art. I want to gain immortality by not dying.” - Woody Allen Ignorance is bliss and knowledge is power. But having only some facts can get you into trouble! |
| October 12th, 2020 at 2:38:37 PM permalink | |
| odiousgambit Member since: Oct 28, 2012 Threads: 165 Posts: 6374 | +1 I'm Still Standing, Yeah, Yeah, Yeah [it's an old guy chant for me] |
| October 12th, 2020 at 3:13:41 PM permalink | |
| DRich Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 57 Posts: 5896 |
I don't want to be remembered. At my age a Life In Prison sentence is not much of a deterrent. |
| October 12th, 2020 at 3:31:48 PM permalink | |
| AZDuffman Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 137 Posts: 21195 |
I want to be forgotten. War is peace. Freedom is slavery. Ignorance is strength |
| October 12th, 2020 at 6:01:35 PM permalink | |
| Evenbob Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 148 Posts: 25978 |
I would hate being famous, such a waste of time. Famous people always seem to be famously unhappy because fame isn't what they thought it would be. If you take a risk, you may lose. If you never take a risk, you will always lose. |
| October 12th, 2020 at 6:33:50 PM permalink | |
| rxwine Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 217 Posts: 22933 |
Robert Burton's 1621 Anatomy of Melancholy: "A true saying it is, Desire hath no rest, is infinite in itself, endless, and as one calls it, a perpetual rack, or horse-mill. "Trumpsplain (def.) explaining absolute nonsense said by TRUMP. |
| October 12th, 2020 at 7:19:48 PM permalink | |
| Evenbob Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 148 Posts: 25978 |
It's the lottery winners lament. They're ecstatic for about a year and then they're as happy as before they won, or in many cases less happy. You're a happy person naturally or you're not. Circumstances won't change it. If you take a risk, you may lose. If you never take a risk, you will always lose. |
| October 13th, 2020 at 4:10:37 AM permalink | |
| AZDuffman Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 137 Posts: 21195 |
The attention is like a drug to them. But no matter how famous you are a tolerance to the drug builds up. Even if you are famous there will be places that get used to you being there. Then you are just a regular. War is peace. Freedom is slavery. Ignorance is strength |