Famous Quotes

Wouldn't it be great fun to have a discussion in only famous quotes?

I noticed all the great quotes people had in their signatures when first browsing this site, and since have started to seek out and really enjoy other tidbits of like nature.

I guess we don't have to try for back and forth banter,
so why not share your favorite famous words of wisdom and knowledge here with us?

Because of the likely temptation to post off color, potentially offensive, or controversial quotes, heeeeere's Toxic!
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Guidelines still the same. Published people with famous quotes, exerpts etc.

Also, here is a funny gif/pic/vid thread https://endless-sphere.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=26&t=29488
Or, Quotable ES quotes! https://endless-sphere.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=593&hilit=es+quotes
 
So it was harder than I thought to find any actual toxic quotes in the moment, but this is the type of thing that probably should be here.

Anti popular religion, political, etc
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"Education in a scientific society may, I think, be best conceived after the analogy of the education provided by the Jesuits. The Jesuits provided one sort of education for the boys who were to become ordinary men of the world, and another for those who were to become members of the Society of Jesus. In like manner, the scientific rulers will provide one kind of education for ordinary men and women, and another for those who are to become holders of scientific power. Ordinary men and women will be expected to be docile, industrious, punctual, thoughtless, and contented. Of these qualities probably contentment will be considered the most important. In order to produce it, all the researches of psycho-analysis, behaviourism, and biochemistry will be brought into play." -----Read the book online here...[part 3, XIV, Education in a Scientific Society p.251]

"Education should aim at destroying free will so that after pupils are thus schooled they will be incapable throughout the rest of their lives of thinking or acting otherwise than as their school masters would have wished ... The social psychologist of the future will have a number of classes of school children on whom they will try different methods of producing an unshakable conviction that snow is black. When the technique has been perfected, every government that has been in charge of education for more than one generation will be able to control its subjects securely without the need of armies or policemen." -----Bertrand Russell quoting Johann Gottlieb Fichte, the head of philosophy & psychology who influenced Hegel and others – Prussian University in Berlin, 1810

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Or some of George Carlin's wise words . . .
 
Not sure what you're getting at for the thread, but:

George Eliot said:
It's never too late to be the person you always wanted to be.

The significance of that quote is best found in the fact the speakers' real name was Mary Ann Evans. Not so much that she wanted to be a man as she didn't want to be lumped in with the woman writers of the time, romance novelists all. (Surely you've at least heard of 'Silas Marner.') I guess the role model for how she DIDN'T want to be seen would come after her death, the Baroness Emma Orczy. Most people have never seen or read the play turned novel 'The Scarlett Pimpernel.' No, it's NOT a swashbuckling tale, I don't know why anyone ever thinks it is. It's the story of a rich spoiled Englishwoman woman who is contemptuous of her husband, attending a ball where there is TALK of the dynamic rescues during the reign of terror in France.

You wouldn't be seeing anything like that in a George Eliot novel. Nor in her Editorship of the 'Westminster Review.' It wasn't until she was 61 when she finally married, then her new husband tried to commit suicide on the honeymoon. This after she'd lived for 24 years with a married man and pretended to be married to him. Not sure if the getting married for real was a part of being who she'd always wanted to be.
 
I always loved this quote from the Batman The dark night movie, even if its not from a real life person.
The guy their talking about is dead now so it can have some historical context...

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Here it is into full context..
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Please stay with 'famous' published people, quotes, excerpts . . .
Ok sorry, can I reword and puctuate this, to clarify intention?

"Please stay with published literary quotes, from known authors"
- real people that wrote books likely for sale or once for sale.

The Joker and 'unknown' would not be valid, but I like the individual directions, and it's not hard to find famous authors with similar messages. Also, there is the 'toxic' version; many of the authors that have something to say on the jokers subject would probably belong there.

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May I suggest a separate 'pop quote discussion' thread? It would be fun for a no holds barred discussion using whatever quotes you want.
 
So ones PG and the others XXX
https://endless-sphere.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=72809

Gotta love google, (Persons name is BELOW their QUOTE)

A designer knows he has achieved perfection not when there is nothing left to add, but when there is nothing left to take away.

ANTOINE DE SAINT
A flatterer is a friend who is your inferior, or pretends to be so.

ARISTOTLE
A penny saved is a penny earned

Benjamin Franklin
All human actions have one or more of these seven causes: chance, nature, compulsion, habit, reason, passion, and desire.

ARISTOTLE
All paid jobs absorb and degrade the mind.

ARISTOTLE
An education is not how much you have committed to memory, or even how much you know. It is being able to differentiate between what you do know and what you do not know.

ANATOLE FRANCE
An investment in knowledge always pays the best interest.

BENJAMIN FRANKLIN
Anger is never without Reason, but seldom with a good one.

BENJAMIN FRANKLIN
Any society that would give up a little liberty to gain a little security will deserve neither and lose both.

BENJAMIN FRANKLIN

Banking establishments are more dangerous than standing armies.

THOMAS JEFFERSON
Be careful when you fight the monsters, lest you become one.

FRIEDRICH NIETZSCHE
Before God we are all equally wise - and equally foolish.

ALBERT EINSTEIN
Corporation, n. An ingenious device for obtaining individual profit without individual responsibility.

AMBROSE BIERCE
Do not anticipate trouble, or worry about what may never happen. Keep in the sunlight.

BENJAMIN FRANKLIN
Do not throw the arrow which will return against you.

KURDISH PROVERB
Dreams come true. Without that possibility, nature would not incite us to have them.

JOHN UPDIKE
Everything has its beauty but not everyone sees it.

CONFUCIUS
Give a man a fish and you feed him for a day. Teach a man how to fish and you feed him for a lifetime.

LAO TZU
God heals, and the doctor takes the fees.

BENJAMIN FRANKLIN
Happiness is when what you think, what you say, and what you do are in harmony.

MAHATMA GANDHI
I count him braver who overcomes his desires than him who conquers his enemies; for the hardest victory is over self.

Aristotle
I do not feel obliged to believe that the same God who has endowed us with sense, reason, and intellect has intended us to forgo their use.

GALILEO GALILEI
I don't know who my grandfather was; I am much more concerned to know who his grandson will be.

Abraham Lincoln
I have no special talents. I am only passionately curious.

Albert Einstein
I know not with what weapons World War III will be fought, but World War IV will be fought with sticks and stones.

ALBERT EINSTEIN
I never teach my pupils. I only attempt to provide the conditions in which they can learn.

ALBERT EINSTEIN
If in other sciences we should arrive at certainty without doubt and truth without error, it behooves us to place the foundations of knowledge in mathematics.

ROGER BACON
If you chase two rabbits, you will lose them both.

NATIVE AMERICAN SAYING
I'm a slow walker, but I never walk back.

Abraham Lincoln
It does not matter how slowly you go so long as you do not stop.

CONFUCIUS
It is not the strongest of the species that survive, but the one most responsive to change.

CHARLES DARWIN
It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it.

ARISTOTLE
Life is like riding a bicycle. To keep your balance you must keep moving

Albert Einstein
Love is the triumph of imagination over intelligence.

H. L. MENCKEN
Meditation brings wisdom; lack of meditation leaves ignorance. Know well what leads you forward and what holds you back.

BUDDHA
My religion consists of a humble admiration of the illimitable superior spirit who reveals himself in the slight details we are able to perceive with our frail and feeble mind.

ALBERT EINSTEIN
Never trust a computer you can’t throw out a window.

STEVE WOZNIAK
Obstacles are those frightful things you see when you take your eyes off the goal.

Henry Ford
One doesn’t discover new lands without losing sight of the shore.

ANDRE GIDE
Only sick music makes money today.

FRIEDRICH NIETZSCHE
Only the educated are free.

EPICTETUS
People can have the Model T in any color – so long as it’s black.

HENRY FORD
Plausible impossibilities should be preferred to unconvincing possibilities.

Aristotle
Politics is more difficult than physics

Albert Einstein
Some books are to be tasted, others to be swallowed, and some to be chewed and digested.

SIR FRANCIS BACON
Sometimes I think the surest sign that intelligent life exists elsewhere in the universe is that none of it has tried to contact us.

BILL WATTERSON
Strength does not come from physical capacity. It comes from an indomitable will.

MAHATMA GANDHI
Study the past if you would define the future.

CONFUCIUS
The bureaucracy is expanding to meet the needs of the expanding bureaucracy.

UNKNOWN
The Earth is the cradle of the mind, but one cannot eternally live in a cradle.

KONSTANTIN E. TSIOLKOVSKY
The great masses of the people… will more easily fall victims to a big lie than to a small one.

ADOLF HITLER
The life which is unexamined is not worth living.

Socrates
The man who moves a mountain begins by carrying away small stones.

CONFUCIUS
The meeting of two personalities is like the contact of two chemical substances: if there is any reaction, both are transformed.

CARL JUNG
The only thing worse than being talked about is not being talked about.

OSCAR WILDE
The pioneers of a warless world are the youth who refuse military service.

ALBERT EINSTEIN
The things that one most wants to do are the things that are probably most worth doing.

WINIFRED HOLTBY
The way to get started is to quit talking and begin doing.

Walt Disney
The wisest men follow their own direction.

EURIPIDES
There is no wealth like knowledge, no poverty like ignorance.

ALI IBN ABI
things may come to those who wait. But only the things left by those who hustle.

Abraham Lincoln
To accomplish great things, we must dream as well as act.

ANATOLE FRANCE
To forget ones purpose is the commonest form of stupidity.

FRIEDRICH NIETZSCHE
True glory consists in doing what deserves to be written; in writing what deserves to be read.

PLINY THE ELDER
Try not to become a man of success but rather to become a man of value.

ALBERT EINSTEIN
Victorious warriors win first and then go to war, while defeated warriors go to war first and then seek to win.

SUN
We cannot learn without pain.

Aristotle
We do not inherit the earth from our ancestors, we borrow it from our children.

NATIVE AMERICAN SONG
We will make electricity so cheap that only the rich will burn candles.

THOMAS EDISON
What you get by achieving your goals is not as important as what you become by achieving your goals.

Zig Ziglar
When I give food to the poor, they call me a saint. When I ask why the poor have no food, they call me a communist.

DOM HELDER CAMARA
Words have the power to both destroy and heal. When words are both true and kind, they can change our world.

BUDDHA
You can't direct the wind, but you can adjust your sails.

UNKNOWN
You must be the change you want to see in the world.

MAHATMA GANDHI
You should hammer your iron when it is glowing hot.

PUBLIUS SYRUS
 
Yes that's the idea, there are some great quotes- million of them. Did you copy and paste that entire chunk? That really isn't the idea you know. :?

I did intend this thread for the likely offensive/controversial, but sure, post 'pg' rated here too.
Also look at the criteria for toxic vs general discussion. I'm pretty sure toxic isn't quite xxx, its :
This area may contain offensive posts or controversial topics.
Religion, Politics, Rants, Raves and heated discussions go here. Forum rules still apply.
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Love not Hate- there are no gray areas.
'Love OR Hate' might allow that to be slightly more ambiguous, but gee it sounds familiar
-although I'm pretty certain they're neither famous nor published :lol:
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markz said:
Guess who said this?

Love not Hate- there are no gray areas.

That would be Debra Messing in 'Will and Grace.' "Will, you know the rules. Love or hate, no gray area, just like life."

Now for the debunking phase:

Benjamin Franklin himself denied that he wrote the letter that contained "Any society that would give up ESSENTIAL liberty to gain a little security will deserve neither and lose both." Though he was a member of the committee that sent it. Of course Franklin said nowhere near so many things as attributed to him. Neitzche wrote "Whoever fights monsters must be careful not to become one. As you look into the abyss, the abyss also looks into you."

Along with Franklin, you need to be skeptical of quotes attributed to Einstein. You should also doubt any PROPHETIC quote from Hitler. People love to invent quotes by famous people, such as George Washington saying "I cannot tell a lie. . . ." or Abraham Lincoln proposing "You can fool some of the people all of the time. . . ." These were all known to be phony when they first emerged, but it seems the public simply FORGOT.

Another with a long list of facetious quote is Confucious. While you can expect he had much to say, there is simply no definitive record of anything he actually said. So you really need to say 'Confucious MIGHT HAVE said.'

Such as with my favorite. Confucious might have said:

First I hear and I forget. Then I see and a I remember. At last I do and I understand.
 
I feel like trying to debunk that as a quote by Debra Messing? -never watched the show-
Oh well, she isn't an author, and even if she was, they were't her words should they have been on tv.

Ahhh ya got me on that reply Markz, deleted the comment I guess. To expound, it's more about "favorite-words-wisdom" (op) than copying large blocks of quotes you may or may not agree with.
Otherwise, threads would be a madhouse of ignorantly long posts, like quoting entire books (yes there are books on just quotes) and whatnot. That's all I meant to highlight.

Rrrr. What a lame controversy we have going on so far. It's more on the op, and not even quote based, although good work calling out the nesessity to challenge validity Dauntless. It seems many of the quotes easily questionable were not published directly by the author, or even from author's to an extent.
 
nutspecial said:
Please stay with 'famous' published people, quotes, excerpts . . .
Ok sorry, I need to reword and puctuate this, as there seems some confusion?

Please stay with famous published authors : quotes, excerpts . .

The Joker and 'unknown' are not valid, but I like the individual directions, and it's not hard to find famous authors with similar messages. Also, there is the 'toxic' version; many of the authors that have something to say on the jokers subject would probably belong

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May I suggest a separate 'pop quote discussion' thread? It would be fun for a no holds barred discussion using whatever quotes you want.


Dalia Lama fake quotes


"Don't believe the hype"
Public Enemy 1988.
 
nutspecial said:
I don't disagree with the Public Enemy song quote, or even their message (flavor flav :D ).
Are any of those guys (song writers) published authors?

Recorded music is considered "Published." Hence the term 'Music Publisher.'
 
Now you're going to have a hard time convincing me that's not real George Carlin quotes. Funny how probably the most intelligent stand up comic in history talks that way, eh?
 
nutspecial said:
Good job hehe. Here's some 'real' ones
http://www.bamboointhewind.org/teaching_dalaiquotes.html

That's all you have to say after chastising others quotes, then attributing a very un Buddhist like quote to the Dalai Lama?


Perhaps this?
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I do believe this is branded above every trolls heart.

I don't disagree with the Public Enemy song quote, or even their message (flavor flav :D ).
Are any of those guys (song writers) published authors?

What is their message? The fact that you relate to Flavor Flav the hype man or clown if you will, shows to me what you know of their message and more insight into your character. Recorded music is published. They are authors. Bought my copy in '92

I also kinda like this


You should have that branded above your heart, because you certainly believe it.
 
nutspecial said:
Don't get me wrong, I like everyone's quotes (especially alfred on the joker), but I'd like to reign in what you guys appear to assume is the idea of the thread. If you want to, lets start another one open to any quotes whatsoever-

You know, like boxing . . .

without the gloves . . . or boxing :D

You started a thread. You don't control it. Anyone can contribute whatever truth or lie they like! Just like you!
 
Dauntless, reaaally stretching it there. Thought it was obvious I didn't indend that?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Author
http://epublishunum.com/2012/03/what-does-being-a-published-author-mean-in-a-digital-age/

'Published author' is generally literary, and I did mean 'printed'.
I could just as easily become one in the disambiguous sense- so then what would be the purpose of the thread? In fact, I am one right now by typing, so maybe now you understand the guideline?

It's not 'unnamed thread of whatever anyone says' :D
 
You started a thread. You don't control it. Anyone can contribute whatever truth or lie they like! Just like you!

Interesting comment, but I'm not sure I agree totally. Absolutely everyone can contribute, but like I said, what's the point if there's no guidelines? Of course I don't control it. I'm a content provider just like you, and trying to 'play by the rules' :D

I provided a subject and guideline, if someone willfully wants to post off topic after that (and they've understood), what do you make of them?
 
nutspecial said:
You started a thread. You don't control it. Anyone can contribute whatever truth or lie they like! Just like you!

Interesting comment, but I'm not sure I agree totally. Absolutely everyone can contribute, but like I said, what's the point if there's no guidelines? Of course I don't control it. I'm a content provider just like you, and trying to 'play by the rules' :D

I provided a subject and guideline, if someone willfully wants to post off topic after that (and they've understood), what do you make of them?

You do exactly that. What do you make of yourself?
 
'Love OR Hate' might allow that to be slightly more ambiguous, but gee it sounds familiar
-although I'm pretty certain they're neither famous nor published :lol:

Actually its one of Nutspecials posts, and it is published (online in E.S. forum), not by anyone famous. But famous is subjective.
Is it famous quotes, or quotes made by famous people.
Again famous is subjective. I am famous, did you know that?

You can quote me on that if you like.
 
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