Philosophical Phrases
Created | Updated Mar 1, 2003
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Philosophical Phrases
The meaning of Life, The Universe and Everything is 42.
The grass is greener (than this writing)
Nothing is Impossible...
Just very very Improbable.
Objects in the Rear View Mirror May Appear Closer then they are.
Death is not the end...
It is only the beginning
I'm not mad...
Life is!
To fly all you have to do is miss the ground!
It is 32,078,592,000,000km to Alpha Centuri.
If everything is heading your way...
your probably driving on the wrong side of the road.
If theres life after death...
Does that mean that theres death before life!
There really is no Dark Side of the Moon.
Infact it's all dark!
'Moturi Nolumus Mori'
We who are about to die...
Don't want to.
I think therefore I am...intelligent. (or not as the case may be)
I dunno...I was really drunk at the time.
I know I'm mad...I've always been mad...Hasn't Everyone!
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If at first you dont succeed, try, try, try again...
then give up, theres no use kidding yourself about it (Helon Flory)
Those who look back at the past are fools, because they will always wonder how things would have been if they done something differently. Those who look to the future are fools, for they will only fill their lives with fear of what will happen tomorrow. Those who are truly wise look to the present, as they will then make sure they have no need to look back into the past and they will make sure that they will always be shaping their path for the future. (Skenvoy)
'Scientia es Dominatio'.....Knowledge is Power. (Tubaman)
Money isn't worth anything until you spend it.(Dylstra)
"Heaven and earth are like a pair of bellows - they are empty, and yet they can never be exhausted."
Chapter 5 of the "Tao te Ching ('dow-day-chin-g) by Lau Tzu.
(Clive the Flying Ostrich)
When caught in a moment of conscience try and relax and not take it too seriously. (Dylstra)
An Idea isn't responsible for the people who believe in it. [Don Marquis]
Submitted by (Ashki1)
Live life to the full, work on the theory that you only have one shot at it! (bell)
It does what it does -nothing more, nothing less. (silfver)
"I think, therefore I think I am". (Seamus O'Torridon)
There is a fine line between brillance and insanity.....i have very bad balance. (Ace of Spades)
Can we all be looking from the point of eternity? (Anthea)
Life Sucks and then you Die.
But in-between the sucking and Dieing lets have some FUN. (Mr Manda)
1) In life there is always a victim. 2) Do not become the victim. 3) Do not do anything that u don't enjoy or will not give u any thing in return. (Dark One)
Life is like a jam donut, except without the jam... And without the donut. (Aurora)
'If God created the Universe, who created God?' (Quille)
The world is divided between the doers and the thinkers. It is the doers who get things done and the thinkers are busy having a discussion before they decide to do anything. (Jedi Apprentice)
Clarity is the path to inner peace (Noggin the Nog)
This, too, shall pass. (HenryS)
'Esse est percipi' (Toxxin)
Think like a man of action, act like a man of thought. (The Anonymous Researcher)
When the heart is corrupted, body and mind follows. (Mystrunner)
Golberg's First Principle of Theoretical Semantic Obfuscationism states than anyone with a really simple theory will give it a complicated name in a misguided attempt to sound clever. (Otto Fisch)
We didnt exist before birth we wont exist after death so do we exist now?? (Gregson)
Life is not measured by the number of chickens you have, but by the quality of your scrambled eggs. (It doesn't matter what you own, it's how well you use it that matters.) (Darth Zaphod)
Electronics is the art of commanding electrons and electromagnetic waves to do what you want them to do. It is an art because electrons and waves tend to not obey. Otherwise it would be a science. (Sir Bossel)
"Quantum mechanics are the dreams stuff is made of." (Aurora)
A posteriori-knowledge which is the result of and is based upon experience of some kind. (Chauncey)
"Nothing in life, is real, everything is a figment of your imagination"..... (PROOF): In order to use your five senses you have think; when you think you use your imagination. (Chris Mitchell)
To be forgotten is worse than death.
One of my many... (~Skenvoy)
The only way out of a circle is through the centre. (Seamus O'Torridon)
"Murphy was an optimist" (Raymond the Curmudgeon)
"On the day you cease to change, you cease to live" (Also ran 1)
"Every action has two motives - the "in-order-to" motive (overt) and the "because" motive(covert)"
(Also ran 1)
"Never take too long in the bathroom" (Anthea)
"Madness is to be the only person with your opinion"(Male Researcher, Philosopher, Atheist 217777)
"Take them by the balls, and their heart and mind shall follow"(Male Researcher, Philosopher, Atheist 217777)
"I think I think, therefore I might be"(Male Researcher, Philosopher, Atheist 217777)
"Never trust a man, who, when left alone with a tea cosy, doesn't try it on." (salicyclic)
"Time you enjoyed wasting wasn't wasted at all." (salicyclic)
"If you don't smoke, someone else will only do it in your place."(salicyclic)
"If the pen is mightier than the sword, in a duel I'll let you have the pen." (515)
"Humankind is clever enough to invent the nuclear bomb......And yet stupid enough to use it." (Lord Mallory Ringess)
"If money doesn't grow on trees then why do banks have branches?" (515)
"Those who forget the past are condemmed to relive it." (The Vampyr)
"It doesnt matter what is said, more what is thought." (Tubaman^^)
"Just because my cat is kickable, does not mean i have to kick my cat!" (Arwen)
"Outside of a dog, a book is man's best friend. Inside of a dog, it's too dark to read." (Lizardy)
"Too much is always better than not enough." (JohnnyMagic)
"People have the vast ability to make life more complicated than it needs to be." (Anthea)
"Unless the controlling aspect of the mind is outside of cause and effect, free will can never exist..." (Crunchy Frog)
"I do not consider the glass to be half full or half empty - I believe it is twice as big as it needs to be!" (Utter Bewilderment)
"Existence and reality should never be confused. There are things that can exist, and yet not be real at the same time, and then there are things that are real, but do not exist - not at current time, anyway." (Bartok the Bat)
"Between two evils, I always pick the one I never tried before."
"I'm no model lady. A model's just an imitation of the real thing."
"The curve is more powerful than the sword."
"The best way to behave is to misbehave."
"He who hesitates is last."
"When I'm good I'm very, very good, but when I'm bad I'm better" Mae West submitted by Trillian Nekhbet and Raymond the Curmudgeon
'If violence is the answer it was a bloody stupid question'
"Some of us are dogs.
Some of us are fire hydrants."
"One of these days i'll wake up and i'll be dead."
"Dont use a cannon to kill a mosquito, but when it comes down to it, fighting your balls off never hurts"
"If the road is easy the destination is worthless"
"There are no miracles there arew only men - Dan Abnet."
"There is honour in life, honour in courage and honour in action, but the most certain honour of all, to man's regret is honour in death - Dan Abnet."
When you have nothing to lose, you have everything to fight for.
All of the above (in Red) Submitted by Z Phantom!!!
AND FINALLY
AND MOST IMPORTANT OF ALL
Your only as good as your Towel!
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