Quote of the day

[Murphy]

What, there's a double standard for humans and ****ing animals? Say it isn't so!

[REZ]

"It is better to be an outcast, a stranger in one's own country, than an outcast from one's self. It is better to see what is about to befall us and to resist than to retreat into the fantasies embraced by a nation of the blind." - Chris Hedges, 2012.

http://truth-out.org/opinion/item/10...ng-a-blind-eye


"What must I do to win salvation?" Dimitri asks Starov in "The Brothers Karamazov," to which Starov answers: "Above all else, never lie to yourself."

[Left 4 Dinner]

CICCI: "Sal -- Tom -- the Boss says he'll come in a separate car. He says for you two to go on ahead."


TESSIO: "Hell, he can't do that -- it screws up all my arrangements!"


CICCI: "Well, that's what he said."


TOM: "I can't go either, Sal."


TESSIO: "Tell Mike it was only business. I always liked him."


TOM: "He understands that."


CICCI: (frisking Sal, taking his gun) "Excuse me, Sal..."


TESSIO: "Huh? (then) Tom -- can you get me off the hook? For Ol' Times' sake?"


TOM: "Can't do it, Sally. "


[Tom nods to buttonmen who takes Sal to the car. Tom walks inside and pauses to look out the window]


In my opinion, this was the coldest scene from The Godfather movie. Props for anyone who remebers it

[Moyako]

Originally Posted by Left 4 Dinner

CICCI: "Sal -- Tom -- the Boss says he'll come in a separate car. He says for you two to go on ahead."


TESSIO: "Hell, he can't do that -- it screws up all my arrangements!"


CICCI: "Well, that's what he said."


TOM: "I can't go either, Sal."


TESSIO: "Tell Mike it was only business. I always liked him."


TOM: "He understands that."


CICCI: (frisking Sal, taking his gun) "Excuse me, Sal..."


TESSIO: "Huh? (then) Tom -- can you get me off the hook? For Ol' Times' sake?"


TOM: "Can't do it, Sally. "


[Tom nods to buttonmen who takes Sal to the car. Tom walks inside and pauses to look out the window]


In my opinion, this was the coldest scene from The Godfather movie. Props for anyone who remebers it

A sad scene. But, well, Tessio had it coming

[Nestor Makhno]

No human being is innocent, but there is a class of innocent human actions called Games.

W.H. Auden

[Left 4 Dinner]

Originally Posted by Moyako

A sad scene. But, well, Tessio had it coming

Agree, thats why you dont go against the family

Here's looking at you kid.

Humphrey Bogart ~Casablanca~

[Murphy]

Of all the interesting quotes from Casablanca, I don't understand the popularity of this particular one.

[Shadrach]

"Every man should be punched in the face. It's a rite of passage. In my day, Friday night was smoke a doobie, feel up a gal, and then get your teeth knocked out by a Republican."
- Pierce Hawthorne

[Mister_Virgo]

Here's my Quote of the Day:

" ........"

- Doctor Gordon Freeman, Ph.D

[Alexander Ostmann]

Originally Posted by Murphy

Of all the interesting quotes from Casablanca, I don't understand the popularity of this particular one.

Agreed.

[SiC-Disaster]

"Only those who will risk going too far can possibly find out how far one can go."
- T.S. Eliot

[SiC-Disaster]

I keep finding this quote to be true for myself.

"Three or four years ago I came to the conclusion that for me, at least, the lone trail was the best, and the years that have followed strenghtened my belief.
It is not that I am unable to enjoy companionship or unable to adapt myself to other people. But I dislike to bring into play the agressiveness of spirit which is necessary with an assertive companion, and I have found it easier and more adventurous to face situations alone. There is a splendid freedom in solitude, and after all, it is for solitude that I go to the mountains and deserts, not for companionship. In solitude I can bare my soul to the mountains unabashed. I can work or think, act or recline at my whim, and nothing stands between me and the Wild.
Then, on occasion, I am grateful for what unusual and fine personality I may encounter by chance, but I have learned not to look too avidly for them. I delve into myself, into abstractions and ideas, trying to arrange the other things harmoniously, but after that, taking them as they come."

- Everett Ruess

[r5cya]

"life is like a crap sandwhich, the more bread you have, the less crap you have to eat".

[Mister_Virgo]

Here's a personal quote.

Although I have never been to a shrink (as my parents don't believe in doctors), I am most likely bi-polar, like my youngest older-half-sister. I go from feeling good, to feeling awful, then back to good, then suicidal and on and on. It absolutely sucks.

I often find myself wishing I had prozac or other "happy pills" like that. And thinking about that reminded me that it's not even real happiness. But then, I realized this:

"It is better to be artificially happy than naturally miserable."

That is all.

[Alexander Ostmann]

I go from feeling good to feeling awful sometimes, too. It's human. It's normal. With just the facts you just provided, in my amateur opinion, I'd say you're not bipolar.

[Murphy]

Gonna have to agree with Ostmann there. It's especially normal for someone growing up.
As for pills, after you've been "artificially happy" for a while the effect wears off and you get trapped in a state between pill-induced indifference and bleak depression. And you can't just be naturally happy either anymore until you relearn it. So no, it's actually not better.
Unfortunately necessary in some cases, but certainly not something to do for someone who's just feeling a little down sometimes.

Here's a quote to get things back on track:
"To the world you're just someone, but to someone you're the world." -Erich Fried

[Giuliano]

**** it, Dude, let's go bowling

[Shadrach]

"What's so funny about peace, love, and understanding?"
- Nick Lowe

[SkyPiercers]

My favorite quote from my favorite book:

Then the face of Big Brother faded away again and instead the three slogans of the Party stood out in bold capitals:
WAR IS PEACE
FREEDOM IS SLAVERY
IGNORANCE IS STRENGTH

1984 by George Orwell.

[Nestor Makhno]

This is all a simulation designed to teach me how to interact with people in the real world

Hannelore Ellicott-Chatham