The test of courage comes when we are in the minority. The test of tolerance comes when we are in the majority.
-Ralph W. Sockman
When I look at you, English becomes my second language.
No doubt alcohol, tobacco, and so forth, are things that a saint must avoid, but sainthood is also a thing that human beings must avoid.
If you live in a major city of america. I probably was there getting drunk at underground venues. Look under toilets against the wall. You'll find my name there.
This even includes asheville north carolina.
"Ruin them. Wreck their lives. Then build them cubicles to end their days in. Hushaby. Lullaby. Die, dog. Little dog, die."
Don't be afraid of death so much as an inadequate life.
"If all mankind minus one, were of one opinion, and only one person were of the contrary opinion, mankind would be no more justified in silencing the one person, than he, if he had the power, would be justified in silencing mankind..."
There is some sadness in it -- there has to be, so that the happiness in it will matter.
"It's my party and I'll cry if I want to!"
William Shakespeare
"The ending is brilliant. Seriously. I might get that inscribed on my casket someday so God will understand."
Granted our streets are the suburbs, but you know. We have streets in suburbs!
Life is full of horror; nobody escapes, nobody; save yourself. Whatever pulls on you, whatever needs from you, threatens you. Don't be afraid; people are so afraid; don't be afraid to live in the raw wind, naked, alone... Learn at least this: What you are capable of. Let nothing stand in your way.
I would rather be ashes than dust, a spark burnt out in a brilliant blaze
Than be stifled in dry rot…For man's chief purpose is to live , not to exist,
I shall not waste my days trying to prolong them; I shall use my time.
Jack London 1876-1916
I will not waste my days trying to prolong them.
Reality is a thin layer between what you see and what you want to.
"...just 'cause you feel it doesn't mean it's there..."
"The Knower of Truth should go about the world outwardly stupid like a child, a madman or a devil." - Mahavakyaratnamala
"Beauty is eternity gazing at itself in a mirror.
But you are eternity and you are the mirror." -Kahlil Gibran
Maybe I am a prophet. Not just me, all of us who are dying now. Maybe we've caught the virus of prophecy... Be still, toil no more. Maybe the world has driven God from heaven and incurred the angel's wrath. I believe I've seen the end of things, and having seen I'm going blind as prophets do; it makes a certain sense to me. And if I hate heaven my only resistance is to run. -Angels in America
...without love, without anger, without sorrow, breath is just a clock ticking
-God Creates-Creative People-
-Creative People-Create Gods-
These are my principles. If you don't like them, I have other ones.
-Marx, Groucho
"Remember, people will judge you by your actions, not your intentions. You may have a heart of gold -- but so does a hard-boiled egg."
"They must find it difficult, those who have taken the authority as truth, rather than truth as the authority."
-Gerald Massey
Isn't it enough to see that a garden is beautiful without having to believe that there are fairies at the bottom of it too?
There's a whiff of the lynch mob or the lemming migration about any overlarge concentration of like-thinking individuals, no matter how virtuous their cause.
Whenever I say we should do something sometime, I'm secretly hoping you'll say 'Why not now?'
Fun game: find a combination of two items that most freaks out the cashier.
Winner: pregnancy test and single coat hanger.
That shirt looks good on you, but it would look even better stuffed into the neck of a vodka bottle and flung burning through our office building's window. Let's fucking do it and never look back.
Monopoly's just a game, Senator... I'm trying to control the fucking world.
No, no angst. After D101 and Ice I'd like to try something a little lighter. It's more adventure themed. Diana Wynne Jones meets Gilmore Girls. With unicorns.
Those who are too smart to engage in politics are punished by being governed by those who are dumber. — Plato
"It doesn't matter what you believe in if you think everyone else is wrong" -
Matthew Good
Fun game: try to post a YouTube comment so stupid that people realize you must be joking.
(Hint: this is impossible)
But still. Still bless me anyway. I want more life. I can't help myself. I do. I've lived through such terrible times and there are people who live through much worse. But you see them living anyway. When they're more spirit than body, more sores than skin, when they're burned and in agony, when flies lay eggs in the corners of the eyes of their children - they live. Death usually has to take life away. I don't know if that's just the animal. I don't know if it's not braver to die, but I recognize the habit; the addiction to being alive. So we live past hope. If I can find hope anywhere, that's it, that's the best I can do. It's so much not enough. It's so inadequate. But still bless me anyway. I want more life. And if he [God] comes back, take him to court. He walked out on us, he oughta pay.
-Prior Walter
-Ralph W. Sockman
When I look at you, English becomes my second language.
No doubt alcohol, tobacco, and so forth, are things that a saint must avoid, but sainthood is also a thing that human beings must avoid.
If you live in a major city of america. I probably was there getting drunk at underground venues. Look under toilets against the wall. You'll find my name there.
This even includes asheville north carolina.
"Ruin them. Wreck their lives. Then build them cubicles to end their days in. Hushaby. Lullaby. Die, dog. Little dog, die."
Don't be afraid of death so much as an inadequate life.
"If all mankind minus one, were of one opinion, and only one person were of the contrary opinion, mankind would be no more justified in silencing the one person, than he, if he had the power, would be justified in silencing mankind..."
There is some sadness in it -- there has to be, so that the happiness in it will matter.
"It's my party and I'll cry if I want to!"
William Shakespeare
"The ending is brilliant. Seriously. I might get that inscribed on my casket someday so God will understand."
Granted our streets are the suburbs, but you know. We have streets in suburbs!
Life is full of horror; nobody escapes, nobody; save yourself. Whatever pulls on you, whatever needs from you, threatens you. Don't be afraid; people are so afraid; don't be afraid to live in the raw wind, naked, alone... Learn at least this: What you are capable of. Let nothing stand in your way.
I would rather be ashes than dust, a spark burnt out in a brilliant blaze
Than be stifled in dry rot…For man's chief purpose is to live , not to exist,
I shall not waste my days trying to prolong them; I shall use my time.
Jack London 1876-1916
I will not waste my days trying to prolong them.
Reality is a thin layer between what you see and what you want to.
"...just 'cause you feel it doesn't mean it's there..."
"The Knower of Truth should go about the world outwardly stupid like a child, a madman or a devil." - Mahavakyaratnamala
"Beauty is eternity gazing at itself in a mirror.
But you are eternity and you are the mirror." -Kahlil Gibran
Maybe I am a prophet. Not just me, all of us who are dying now. Maybe we've caught the virus of prophecy... Be still, toil no more. Maybe the world has driven God from heaven and incurred the angel's wrath. I believe I've seen the end of things, and having seen I'm going blind as prophets do; it makes a certain sense to me. And if I hate heaven my only resistance is to run. -Angels in America
...without love, without anger, without sorrow, breath is just a clock ticking
-God Creates-Creative People-
-Creative People-Create Gods-
These are my principles. If you don't like them, I have other ones.
-Marx, Groucho
"Remember, people will judge you by your actions, not your intentions. You may have a heart of gold -- but so does a hard-boiled egg."
"They must find it difficult, those who have taken the authority as truth, rather than truth as the authority."
-Gerald Massey
Isn't it enough to see that a garden is beautiful without having to believe that there are fairies at the bottom of it too?
There's a whiff of the lynch mob or the lemming migration about any overlarge concentration of like-thinking individuals, no matter how virtuous their cause.
Whenever I say we should do something sometime, I'm secretly hoping you'll say 'Why not now?'
Fun game: find a combination of two items that most freaks out the cashier.
Winner: pregnancy test and single coat hanger.
That shirt looks good on you, but it would look even better stuffed into the neck of a vodka bottle and flung burning through our office building's window. Let's fucking do it and never look back.
Monopoly's just a game, Senator... I'm trying to control the fucking world.
No, no angst. After D101 and Ice I'd like to try something a little lighter. It's more adventure themed. Diana Wynne Jones meets Gilmore Girls. With unicorns.
Those who are too smart to engage in politics are punished by being governed by those who are dumber. — Plato
"It doesn't matter what you believe in if you think everyone else is wrong" -
Matthew Good
Fun game: try to post a YouTube comment so stupid that people realize you must be joking.
(Hint: this is impossible)
But still. Still bless me anyway. I want more life. I can't help myself. I do. I've lived through such terrible times and there are people who live through much worse. But you see them living anyway. When they're more spirit than body, more sores than skin, when they're burned and in agony, when flies lay eggs in the corners of the eyes of their children - they live. Death usually has to take life away. I don't know if that's just the animal. I don't know if it's not braver to die, but I recognize the habit; the addiction to being alive. So we live past hope. If I can find hope anywhere, that's it, that's the best I can do. It's so much not enough. It's so inadequate. But still bless me anyway. I want more life. And if he [God] comes back, take him to court. He walked out on us, he oughta pay.
-Prior Walter
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