June 05, 2004

Quotes:

Some cynical quotes of the Random Moment, along with something lighter...

    By Jack Grant

On how unthinking the average citizen chooses to be:

Thousands and tens of thousands flourish in youth and wither in age, without the knowledge of any other than domestic evils, and share the same pleasures and vexations, whether their kings are mild or cruel, and whether the armies of their country pursue their enemies or retreat before them.
   -Samuel Johnson


On the human condition:

I want to be what I was when I wanted to be what I am now.
   -Unknown (graffiti)

Everybody lies, but it doesn't matter because nobody listens.
   -Nick Diamos

Natural talent will abandon you, hard work will take you nowhere, and attitude will get you slapped upside the head.
   -Michael Wikoff

The pure and simple truth is rarely pure and never simple.
   -Oscar Wilde


And a slightly less cynical, but extremely amusing (and more true than most) quote:

Duct tape is like the force. It has a light side, a dark side, and it holds the universe together....
   -Carl Zwanzig

Posted by Jack Grant at 20:47 on 5 June 2004
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