12.21.2004

Quotes

The ultimate test of a moral society is the kind of world that it leaves to its children. -Dietrich Bonhoeffer, theologian, martyr (1906-1945)

We live in a world where great men are cut down in their prime and mediocre hacks thrive and proliferate - Bill Hicks Philosopher, Comedian (1961-1994)

All I’m trying to do, folks, is rid the world of all these fevered egos that are tainting our collective unconscious and making us pay a higher psychic price than we can imagine. -Bill Hicks

Unthinking respect for authority is the greatest enemy of truth. -Albert Einstein

Sometimes I wonder whether the world is being run by smart people who are putting us on or by imbeciles who really mean it. -Mark Twain, author and humorist (1835-1910)

Nothing in all the world is more dangerous than sincere ignorance and conscientious stupidity.
Martin Luther King Jr.

3 comments:

Anonymous said...

"When I was nineteen, I did a guy in Laos from a thousand yards out with a rifle shot in high wind. Maybe eight or even ten guys in the world could've made that shot." - Sgt Martin Riggs

Anonymous said...

"And if you screw up just this much, you'll be flying a cargo plane full of rubber dog shit out of Hong Kong!" - Stinger

Anonymous said...

"You remember the stories John use to tell us about the the three chinamen playing Fantan? This guy runs up to them and says, "Hey, the world's coming to an end!" and the first one says, "Well, I best go to the mission and pray," and the second one says, "Well, hell, I'm gonna go and buy me a case of Mezcal and six whores," and the third one says "Well, I'm gonna finish the game." I shall finish the game, Doc." - W.H. Bonney