funny phrases or quotes

Loneliness can be conquered only by those who can bear solitude. ~Paul Tillich



Humanity is on the march, earth itself is left behind. ~David Ehrenfeld, The Arrogance of Humanism, 1978



There are at least two kinds of cowards. One kind always lives with himself, afraid to face the world. The other kind lives with the world, afraid to face himself. ~Roscoe Snowden



It is hardly respectable to be good nowadays. ~Edith Sitwell



Chemicals, n: Noxious substances from which modern foods are made. ~Author Unknown



You may delay, but time will not. ~Benjamin Franklin



What a folly to dread the thought of throwing away life at once, and yet have no regard to throwing it away by parcels and piecemeal. ~John Howe



Well, I will find you twenty lascivious turtles ere one chaste man. ~William Shakespeare, The Merry Wives of Windsor, 1601



Your work is to discover your world and then with all your heart give yourself to it. ~Buddha Your work is to discover your world and then with all your heart give yourself to it. ~Buddha



Hope is patience with the lamp lit. ~Tertullian



Academe, n.: An ancient school where morality and philosophy were taught. Academy, n.: A modern school where football is taught. ~Ambrose Bierce, The Devil's Dictionary



Before we work on artificial intelligence why don't we do something about natural stupidity? ~Steve Polyak



It isn't the mountains ahead that wear you out, it's the grain of sand in your shoe. ~Author Unknown



People are crying up the rich and variegated plumage of the peacock, and he is himself blushing at the sight of his ugly feet. ~Sa'Di



The best of a book is not the thought which it contains, but the thought which it suggests; just as the charm of music dwells not in the tones but in the echoes of our hearts. ~Oliver Wendell Holmes



He who hunts for flowers will finds flowers; and he who loves weeds will find weeds. ~Henry Ward Beecher



Puritans will never believe it, but life is full of disagreeable things that aren't even good for you. ~Mignon McLaughlin, The Second Neurotic's Notebook, 1966



Performing enhancing drugs are banned in the Olympics. Okay, we can swing with that. But performance debilitating drugs should not be banned. Smoke a joint and win the hundred meters, fair play to you. That's pretty damn good. Unless someone's dangling a Mars bar off in the distance. ~Eddie Izzard



A deadline is negative inspiration. Still, it's better than no inspiration at all. ~Rita Mae Brown



Giving up doesn't always mean you are weak; sometimes it means that you are strong enough to let go. ~Author Unknown