Friedrich Nietzsche
"He who would learn to fly one day must first learn to stand and walk and run and climb and dance; one cannot fly into flying. "
"I cannot believe in a God who wants to be praised all the time. "
Hope in reality is the worst of all evils because it prolongs the torments of man. "
"A subject for a great poet would be God's boredom after the seventh day of creation."
"In heaven, all the interesting people are missing. "
"Is man one of God's blunders? Or is God one of man's blunders? "
"It is my ambition to say in ten sentences what others say in a whole book. "
"Madness is rare in individuals - but in groups, parties, nations, and ages it is the rule. "
"One has to pay dearly for immortality; one has to die several times while one is still alive. "
"Perhaps I know best why it is man alone who laughs; he alone suffers so deeply that he had to invent laughter. "
"The best weapon against an enemy is another enemy. "
"The future influences the present just as much as the past. "
"There cannot be a God because if there were one, I could not believe that I was not He. "
Winston Churchill
"A prisoner of war is a man who tries to kill you and fails, and then asks you not to kill him. "
"Although personally I am quite content with existing explosives, I feel we must not stand in the path of improvement. "
"Courage is what it takes to stand up and speak; courage is also what it takes to sit down and listen."
"Criticism may not be agreeable, but it is necessary. It fulfils the same function as pain in the human body. It calls attention to an unhealthy state of things. "
"Eating words has never given me indigestion. "
"For my part, I consider that it will be found much better by all parties to leave the past to history, especially as I propose to write that history myself."
"History will be kind to me for I intend to write it. "
"I am always ready to learn although I do not always like being taught.
"I am fond of pigs. Dogs look up to us. Cats look down on us. Pigs treat us as equals. "
"I am prepared to meet my Maker. Whether my Maker is prepared for the great ordeal of meeting me is another matter. "
"I may be drunk, Miss, but in the morning I will be sober and you will still be ugly."
"If you are going through hell, keep going. "
"Many forms of Government have been tried, and will be tried in this world of sin and woe. No one pretends that democracy is perfect or all-wise. Indeed, it has been said that democracy is the worst form of Government except all those others that have been tried from time to time. "
"Never in the field of human conflict was so much owed by so many to so few."
Epicurus
"Is God willing to prevent evil, but not able? Then he is not omnipotent.
Is he able, but not willing? Then he is malevolent.
Is he both able and willing? Then whence cometh evil?
Is he neither able nor willing? Then why call him God?"
I think that's it for now. Anyone know any interesting quotes?
"He who would learn to fly one day must first learn to stand and walk and run and climb and dance; one cannot fly into flying. "
"I cannot believe in a God who wants to be praised all the time. "
Hope in reality is the worst of all evils because it prolongs the torments of man. "
"A subject for a great poet would be God's boredom after the seventh day of creation."
"In heaven, all the interesting people are missing. "
"Is man one of God's blunders? Or is God one of man's blunders? "
"It is my ambition to say in ten sentences what others say in a whole book. "
"Madness is rare in individuals - but in groups, parties, nations, and ages it is the rule. "
"One has to pay dearly for immortality; one has to die several times while one is still alive. "
"Perhaps I know best why it is man alone who laughs; he alone suffers so deeply that he had to invent laughter. "
"The best weapon against an enemy is another enemy. "
"The future influences the present just as much as the past. "
"There cannot be a God because if there were one, I could not believe that I was not He. "
Winston Churchill
"A prisoner of war is a man who tries to kill you and fails, and then asks you not to kill him. "
"Although personally I am quite content with existing explosives, I feel we must not stand in the path of improvement. "
"Courage is what it takes to stand up and speak; courage is also what it takes to sit down and listen."
"Criticism may not be agreeable, but it is necessary. It fulfils the same function as pain in the human body. It calls attention to an unhealthy state of things. "
"Eating words has never given me indigestion. "
"For my part, I consider that it will be found much better by all parties to leave the past to history, especially as I propose to write that history myself."
"History will be kind to me for I intend to write it. "
"I am always ready to learn although I do not always like being taught.
"I am fond of pigs. Dogs look up to us. Cats look down on us. Pigs treat us as equals. "
"I am prepared to meet my Maker. Whether my Maker is prepared for the great ordeal of meeting me is another matter. "
"I may be drunk, Miss, but in the morning I will be sober and you will still be ugly."
"If you are going through hell, keep going. "
"Many forms of Government have been tried, and will be tried in this world of sin and woe. No one pretends that democracy is perfect or all-wise. Indeed, it has been said that democracy is the worst form of Government except all those others that have been tried from time to time. "
"Never in the field of human conflict was so much owed by so many to so few."
Epicurus
"Is God willing to prevent evil, but not able? Then he is not omnipotent.
Is he able, but not willing? Then he is malevolent.
Is he both able and willing? Then whence cometh evil?
Is he neither able nor willing? Then why call him God?"
I think that's it for now. Anyone know any interesting quotes?