This sad little lizard told me that he was a brontosaurus on his mother’s side. I did not laugh; people who boast of ancestry often have little else to sustain them. Humoring them costs nothing and adds to happiness in a world in which happiness is always in short supply. – from the Notebooks of Lazarus Long via Robert A. Heinlein.
Your representative owes you, not his industry only, but his judgment; and he betrays instead of serving you if he sacrifices it to your opinion – Edmund Burke
Never argue with stupid people, they will drag you down to their level, and then beat you with experience – Mark Twain
It’s tough dealing with Know-It-Alls, it makes life hard for those of us who do!
In any conspiracy, the weakest link always breaks, and the greater the number of participants in conspiracy the more weak links there are.
If you can’t explain it simply, you don’t understand it well enough – Albert Einstein
There is no such thing as a free lunch – anonymous
“All right,” said Susan. “I’m not stupid. You’re saying humans need… fantasies to make life bearable.”
REALLY? AS IF IT WAS SOME KIND OF PINK PILL? NO. HUMANS NEED FANTASY TO BE HUMAN. TO BE THE PLACE WHERE THE FALLING ANGEL MEETS THE RISING APE.
“Tooth fairies? Hogfathers? Little—”
YES. AS PRACTICE. YOU HAVE TO START OUT LEARNING TO BELIEVE THE LITTLE LIES.
“So we can believe the big ones?”
YES. JUSTICE. MERCY. DUTY. THAT SORT OF THING.
“They’re not the same at all!”
YOU THINK SO? THEN TAKE THE UNIVERSE AND GRIND IT DOWN TO THE FINEST POWDER AND SIEVE IT THROUGH THE FINEST SIEVE AND THEN SHOW ME ONE ATOM OF JUSTICE, ONE MOLECULE OF MERCY. AND YET—Death waved a hand. AND YET YOU ACT AS IF THERE IS SOME IDEAL ORDER IN THE WORLD, AS IF THERE IS SOME…SOME RIGHTNESS IN THE UNIVERSE BY WHICH IT MAY BE JUDGED.
“Yes, but people have got to believe that, or what’s the point—”
MY POINT EXACTLY.”
― Terry Pratchett, Hogfather
“without reliable data, I’m just another asshole with an opinion.”
“Always tell the truth, even to your enemies, your friends will respect you, and your enemies will not believe you anyway”
“Always tell the truth anyway,juggling the lies gets tiresome and prone to droppage”
“Never have an attack of terminal stupidity, and never stand next to someone having an attack of terminal stupidity!”
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