Anything that happens, happens. Anything that, in happening, causes something else to happen, causes something else to happen. Anything that, in happening, causes itself to happen again, happens again. It doesn’t necessarily do it in chronological order, though.
— from Mostly Harmless by Douglas Adams
Rationalists are admirable beings, rationalism is a hideous monster
when it claims for itself omnipotence. Attribution of omnipotence to
reason is as bad a piece of idolatry as is worship of stock and stone
believing it to be God. I plead not for the suppression of reason, but for
a due recognition of that in us which sanctifies reason.
— Mohandas K Gandhi
via inothernews
Am I the only one who finds the more compelling metaphor with regards to Wall Street and capitalism is “paper”, as in “making paper”? (Which, more than shooting shit up, is really what “Paper Planes” is all about: making paper by making paper—making money by fabricating documents.) And that sample that MIA uses is from the Clash’s “Straight to Hell”, which is even more fitting.
You are not a beautiful and unique snowflake. You are the same decaying organic matter as everyone else, and we are all part of the same compost pile.
— Tyler Durden from Fight Club by Chuck Palahniuk
It tastes like… burning.
— Ralph Wiggum, from “The Simpsons”
Reality is whatever refuses to go away when I stop believing in it.
— Philip K Dick
I’m not normally a praying man, but if you’re up there, please save me, Superman!
— Homer J Simpson
Oh, heavens no! It had to be terror sweat!
— Julius M. Hibbert, M.D., from The Simpsons
He experienced one of those “self” moments, one of those moments when you suddenly turn around and look at yourself and think “Who am I? What am I up to? What have I achieved? Am I doing well?” He whimpered very slightly.
