Archive for the 'Quotes' Category

Jan 21 2010

The root of all evil?

Published by Alan under Literature, Quotes, Ramblings

Adolf HitlerLast night I was sat listening to the Muslim prayers – the Salah on television, and it struck me how really quite poetic they are. It reminded me of a time I walked into the Anglican cathedral in Liverpool and heard a choir rehearsing parts of Mozart’s Requiem, which was extremely haunting especially with the choir out of site. I stood and listened for what felt an age.

I’m not religious, I am seriously not religious – I have loathed organised religion since I was capable of free thought. I can’t stand the notion of faith in a higher being, I can’t stand the way it is used to control people, and I really can’t stand that its followers actually believe that I’m the stupid one. But hell, I can give as good as I get on that score. However, I have to admit that the various religions have given the world some things of real beauty in terms of architecture, art, poetry and music. It’s a pity they couldn’t have done the same for society. Continue Reading »

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Dec 23 2008

Quote – Jack Carter

Published by Alan under Movies, Quotes

You’re a big man, but you’re in bad shape. With me it’s a full time job. Now behave yourself.

Jack Carter (Michael Caine)
From Get Carter (1971)

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Jan 16 2008

Quote – Salvador Dali

Published by Alan under Art, Quotes

I don’t do drugs. I am drugs.
Salvador Dali

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Jan 14 2008

Quote – Salvador Dali

Published by Alan under Art, Quotes

The thermometer of success is merely the jealousy of the malcontents.
Salvador Dali

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Jan 09 2008

Quote – Homer Simpson

Published by Alan under Quotes

Facts are meaningless. You could use facts to prove anything that’s even remotely true!

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Dec 30 2007

Quote – Kurt Cobain

Published by Alan under Music, Quotes

Wanting to be someone you’re not is a waste of the person you are.
Kurt Cobain (1967 – 1994)

About Kurt Cobain

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Dec 15 2007

Sun Tzu – The Art of War

Published by Alan under Literature, Quotes

I. Laying Plans

1. Sun Tzu said: The art of war is of vital importance to the State.

2. It is a matter of life and death, a road either to safety or to
ruin. Hence it is a subject of inquiry which can on no account be
neglected.

3. The art of war, then, is governed by five constant factors, to
be taken into account in one’s deliberations, when seeking to determine
the conditions obtaining in the field. Continue Reading »

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Dec 14 2007

Quote – John Benfield

Published by Alan under Quotes

Eagles may soar, but weasels don’t get sucked into jet engines.

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Dec 10 2007

Quote – Marcel Proust

Published by Alan under Quotes

We say that the hour of death cannot be forecast, but when we say this we imagine that hour as placed in an obscure and distant future.  It never occurs to us that it has any connection with the day already begun or that death could arrive this same afternoon, this afternoon which is so certain and which has every hour filled in advance.

About Marcel Proust

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Dec 08 2007

Quote – Friedrich Nietzsche

Published by Alan under Quotes

A casual stroll through the lunatic asylum shows that faith does not prove anything.

About Friedrich Nietzsche

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