#hi

We are all atheists about most of the gods that humanity has ever believed in. Some of us just go one god further. ↗

— Richard Dawkins

#philosophy #humans

The reason we all like to think so well of others is that we are all afraid for ourselves. The basis of optimism is sheer terror. ↗

— Oscar Wilde

#terrorism

Violence, naked force, has settled more issues in history than has any other factor. ↗

— Robert A. Heinlein

#violence #war #violence

The year you were born marks only your entry into the world. Other years where you prove your worth, they are the ones worth celebrating. 
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— Jarod Kintz

#accomplishment #achieve #achievement #birth #birthday

When you realize there is something you don't understand, then you're generally on the right path to understanding all kinds of things. ↗

— Jostein Gaarder

#path

We are not going in circles, we are going upwards. The path is a spiral; we have already climbed many steps. ↗

— Hermann Hesse

#path

I believe that in time we will have reached the point where we will deserve to be free of government. ↗

— Jorge Luis Borges

#government #anarchism

What really alarms me about President Bush's 'War on Terrorism' is the grammar. How do you wage war on an abstract noun? How is 'Terrorism' going to surrender? It's well known, in philological circles, that it's very hard for abstract nouns to surrender. ↗

— Terry Jones

#bushism #grammar #politics #terrorism #terrorism

Who’s Baumgartner?” I asked. President of the 155.” At my blank stare, Catcher clarified, “My former union, Local 155 of the Union of Amalgamated Sorcerers and Spellcasters.” I nearly choked on chicken, and when I was done with the coughing fit, asked, “The acronym for the Order of sorcerers is ‘U-ASS’?” A, seriously appropriate,” Mallory commented, giving Catcher a sideways grin. “B, explains why they call it ‘the Order. ↗

— Chloe Neill

#friday-night-bites #president

One must commit acts of the highest treason only when dressed in the most resplendent finery. ↗

— Grant Morrison

#dandyism #fashion #anarchism