Quote: odiousgambitposted in wrong thread and even wrong website!
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"posted in wrong thread and even wrong website!" It's not great, but no need to apologize.
Quote: Pablo PicassoI'd like to live as a poor man with lots of money.
Quote: DieterQuote: Pablo PicassoI'd like to live as a poor man with lots of money.
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I love that!
Quote: SOOPOOQuote: DieterQuote: Pablo PicassoI'd like to live as a poor man with lots of money.
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I love that!
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I resemble that.
tuttigym
Quote: Julia ChildI like beer.
Bill Mantlo
Jack Dempsey was nicknamed "the angry hobo"
before becoming a legit pro he fought anytime, anywhere - for as little as $5.00 - mining camps, bars, and boxcars
he said:
"When you haven't eaten in two days you'll understand
You could have hit me on the the chin with a sledgehammer for five dollars"
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- Dieter, 8/1/2023
"I'm like King Midas in reverse - everything I touch turns to sh**"
Tony Soprano
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Richard Dawkins

Quote: alpha1243"We are all just a small bit of the universe, thinking to itself."
Richard Dawkins
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That is similar to what Alan Watts used to say. We are all just the universe experiencing itself and expressing itself in human form.
Quote: Charlie Chaplin
Life is a tragedy when seen in close-up, but a comedy in long-shot.
Chris Gardner.
Quote: billryanStrong people stand up for themselves. Stronger people stand up for others.
Chris Gardner.
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I prefer, strong people mind their own business. People who stand up for others usually have other bad habits as well.
-Mae West
Quote: rxwine"Between two evils, I always pick the one I never tried before."
-Mae West
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Not too hard in her time when just about everything was considered evil. Having a drink and swearing on a Sunday meant you were going to hell forever.
Quote: EvenBobQuote: rxwine"Between two evils, I always pick the one I never tried before."
-Mae West
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Not too hard in her time when just about everything was considered evil. Having a drink and swearing on a Sunday meant you were going to hell forever.
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Was tapped to do some electrical repairs around the house today. Touched a live wire.
Cussed enough to shock the housemates, too.
... at least I'm enjoying the ride. ;)
Nick (the Greek) Dandolos was a poker legend
It's estimated that he won and lost over $500 million in his lifetime. He himself claimed that he went from rags to riches over 73 times. He donated over $20 million to education and charity.
Near the end of his life, Dandolos was near-broke and playing $5 limit draw poker games in Gardena, California. When asked by a fellow player how he could once play for millions and now be playing for such small stakes, Dandolos supposedly replied :
𝙝𝙚𝙮, 𝙞𝙩'𝙨 𝙖𝙘𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣 𝙞𝙨𝙣'𝙩 𝙞𝙩___________?
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A: Well, you have to live somewhere.
lyrics from the song: "Do You Know the Way to San Jose"______________________what a great, great song that was
L.A. is a great big freeway
Put a hundred down and buy a car
In a week, maybe two, they'll make you a star
Weeks turn into years, how quick they pass
And all the stars that never were
Are parking cars and pumping gas
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when asked by a reporter why he robbed banks, the legendary Willie Sutton replied:
"Because that's where the money is"
Willie, if you believe him, was a gentleman bank robber
he didn't want to hurt anybody
he claimed the guns he carried were never loaded
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Quote: Maya AngelouDo the best you can until you know better.
Then when you know better, do better.
List of Philosophical Razors
Occam's Razor: "Simpler explanations are more likely to be correct."
Hitchens' Razor: "That which can be asserted without evidence can be dismissed without evidence."
Hanlon's Razor: "Never attribute to malice that which can be adequately explained by stupidity."
Sagan Standard: "Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence."
Alder's Razor: "If a proposition cannot be demonstrated by precise logic and/or mathematics to have observable consequences, then it is not worthy of debate."
In philosophy, a razor is a principle or rule of thumb that allows one to eliminate ("shave off") unlikely explanations fr a phenomenon, or avoid unnecessary actions
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Quote: Sigmund FreudIn the small matters trust the mind, in the large ones the heart.
I'd rather have a bottle in front of me
Than a frontal lobotomy
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Quote: Victor HugoNothing makes a man so adventurous as an empty pocket.
Quote: Mental
It is a character flaw to need to reinvent the wheel when there are perfectly good wheels lying all around you.
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Quote: DieterQuote: Mental
It is a character flaw to need to reinvent the wheel when there are perfectly good wheels lying all around you.
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Speaking only for myself, I'm glad people have been reinventing the wheel for the last few eons. I can't imagine driving cross-country on wooden wheels. All those millions in research the tire companies spend each year is just a way to lower their taxes.
Hell, why waste money on new vaccines when there are perfectly good ones lying around?
Why look into jets when bi-planes are everywhere.
We should be happy mankind has reached its zenith and rest on our laurels.
Quote: billryanQuote: DieterQuote: Mental
It is a character flaw to need to reinvent the wheel when there are perfectly good wheels lying all around you.
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Speaking only for myself, I'm glad people have been reinventing the wheel for the last few eons. I can't imagine driving cross-country on wooden wheels. All those millions in research the tire companies spend each year is just a way to lower their taxes.
Hell, why waste money on new vaccines when there are perfectly good ones lying around?
Why look into jets when bi-planes are everywhere.
We should be happy mankind has reached its zenith and rest on our laurels.
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I suppose I don't object to new wheel designs.
How many sides do you think they'll go for next?
Quote: billryanThe Octagon holds potential.
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Stop.
Quote: DieterI suppose I don't object to new wheel designs.
How many sides do you think they'll go for next?
Inside and outside? Maybe right side and left side?
"Suppose you were an idiot, and suppose you were a member of Congress;
but I repeat myself."
Mark Twain
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Quote: Heraclitus
No man ever steps in the same river twice,
for it's not the same river and he's not the same man.
Though Mario Puzo’s paraphrasing is catchier:
“Behind every great fortune there is a crime.”
Quote: unJon“The secret of a great fortune made without apparent cause is soon forgotten, if the crime is committed in a respectable way.” - Balzac
Though Mario Puzo’s paraphrasing is catchier:
“Behind every great fortune there is a crime.”
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This is why all the Industrial millionaires in the late 19th century were called robber barons. John D Rockefeller was a gigantic crook, he would commit any crime and break any law to get what he wanted. And just like today if you have enough money you can cover it all up. And to top it off he was a staunch religious man but he justified what he did by saying in business it didn't count if you were not moral. He was also one of world's largest philanthropists but only because he was forced into it.
Quote: Ernest HemingwayGoing to another country doesn't make any difference.
I've tried all that.
You can't get away from yourself by moving from one place to another.
Quote: DieterQuote: Ernest HemingwayGoing to another country doesn't make any differenc
I've tried all that.
You can't get away from yourself by moving from one place to another.
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Somebody once said, Wherever I go there I am
Quote: EvenBobQuote: DieterQuote: Ernest HemingwayGoing to another country doesn't make any differenc
I've tried all that.
You can't get away from yourself by moving from one place to another.
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Somebody once said, Wherever I go there I am
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Quote: DieterQuote: EvenBobQuote: DieterQuote: Ernest HemingwayGoing to another country doesn't make any differenc
I've tried all that.
You can't get away from yourself by moving from one place to another.
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Somebody once said, Wherever I go there I am
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Wow, I haven't thought about that movie in a long time.
Quote: EvenBob
Somebody once said, Wherever I go there I am
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"Are we there yet?"
(from the backseat)
Quote: DieterQuote: EvenBobQuote: DieterQuote: Ernest HemingwayGoing to another country doesn't make any differenc
I've tried all that.
You can't get away from yourself by moving from one place to another.
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Somebody once said, Wherever I go there I am
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https://quoteinvestigator.com/2020/11/22/where-you-go/?amp=1
Quote: Voltaire
Anyone who can make you believe absurdities can make you commit atrocities.
What's not to love about a rock-and-roll cowboy brain surgeon with an interdimensional pickup truck?
one for the math greats on WoV
British mathematician Leigh Mercer crafted this poem as an equation -
"A dozen, a gross and a score
Plus three times the square root of four.
Divided by seven,
Plus five times eleven,
Is nine squared and not a bit more."
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