#phil

Most of us form estimates of our intelligence, wisdom, and moral fiber that are considerably higher than an objective estimate would warrant; no doubt 90 percent of us think ourselves well above average along these lines. ↗

— Alvin Plantinga

#intelligence

Dance like it hurts. Love like you need money. Work when people are watching. -- Dogbert's Motto ↗

— Scott Adams

#philosophy #humor

I think I am, therefore, I am... I think. ↗

— George Carlin

#humor #philosophy #subjectivity #humor

No matter how you care to define it, I do not identify with the local group. Planet, species, race, nation, state, religion, party, union, club, association, neighborhood improvement committee; I have no interest in any of it. I love and treasure individuals as I meet them, I loathe and despise the groups they identify with and belong to. ↗

— George Carlin

#philosophy #humor

Truth would quickly cease to be stranger than fiction, once we got as used to it. ↗

— H.L. Mencken

#philosophy #truth #humor

Few if any seemed to have grasped the Principle of Reality; new knowledge leads always to yet more awesome mysteries. Greater physiological knowledge of the brain makes the existence of the soul less possible yet more probable by the nature of the search. ↗

— Stephen King

#nature

So, Beav, tell me about yourself." "I'm Blue." "Sweetheart, if I had your dubious taste in men, I wouldn't be too happy, either." "My name is Blue. Blue Bailey. ↗

— Susan Elizabeth Phillips

#humore #natural-born-charmer #romance #susan-elizabeth-phillips #humor

If I owned Texas and Hell, I would rent out Texas and live in Hell ↗

— Philip Henry Sheridan

#hell #humor #humour #philip-h-sheridan #texas

I strive for perfection - I settle for satisfaction ↗

— Carroll Bryant

#personal #philosophy #humor

A man who discovers his pants are on fire tends to have very little time to worry about somebody else's box of matches ↗

— Jeff Lindsay

#philosophical #humor