Quote Of The Day

That some good can be derived from every event is a better proposition than that everything happens for the best, which it assuredly does not. James K. Feibleman

 

"To be nobody but yourself in a world which is doing its best, night and day, to make you like everybody else means to fight the hardest battle which any human being can fight; and never stop fighting." --e.e. cummings

 

I def. know that RW Emerson said this, not Cummings...just wanted to let you know.

 

He has little control over his own affairs, no one cares about him; he does not know to whom to address his appeals; he has no sense of redress. His only contact with the remote people who rule him is by mail, on printed forms – or if he is actually summoned to meet his superiors, face to face, he knows it can only be for an unplesent purpose. And all this applies not to the poorer and more obscure members of society, but to nine-tenths of the community as a whole:alienation and anomie are almost universal. - Jon Manchip White

 

Susan B. Anthony, a leader in the women's rights movement of the 19th century, said cautious, careful people, always trying to preserve their social standing, could never bring about important social reform.

 

Information is power and restricting information is tyranny - Posted by drumminmama on hipforums

 

Live your lives with the passion and courage that she showed us all and the world will be a richer place for her having been among us.

...Ken

 

In this age, the mere example of nonconformity, the mere refusal to bend the knee to custom is itself a service ---------------John Stuart Mill

 

A married man is in slavery to a woman.
An unmarried man is in slavery to all women.

--an Unmarried Man.

 

"We must respect the other fellow's religion, but only in the sense and to the extent that we respect his theory that his wife is beautiful and his children smart." --H.L. Mencken

 

"If only someone would give Bush a blowjob so we could impeach him"
-- hippypaul

 

definatley misquoting this but...
"Fuck the government, fuck parents, teachers, religion. Come to think of it, fuck everybody!" - George Carlin

 

However, I think suicide is stupid. Think about it. There you are, you hate your life and want to end it. Why kill yourself? You don't have to die to end your life...as you know it. Being at that point is ultimate freedom; I say, if you're thinking about suicide, go be homeless for a while. Travel around, get to know people, do drugs, drink beer, have sex. Just fucking go. Leave your house, your car, your city behind, just get out there and see the world. You're bound to find something worth living for. If not, at least you tried, instead of ignorantly killing yourself. ---------------- TrippinBTM on Hipforums

 

'trade your spot on the bench for a guy with a wrench, and be a crew slut'

if that ain't wise...

 

When they took the 4th Amendment, I was quiet because I didn't deal drugs.
When they took the 6th Amendment, I was quiet because I am innocent.
When they took the 2nd Amendment, I was quiet because I don't own a gun.
Now they have taken the 1st Amendment, and I can only be quiet. – Lyle Myhr

 

The basic tool for the manipulation of reality, is the manipulation of words. If you can control the meaning of words, you can control the people who must use those words.
-Philip K Dick


If I can't dance, I don't want to be part of your revolution.
-Emma Goldman

 

A positive attitude will not solve all your problems, but it will annoy enough people to make it worth the effort.

-Herm Albright


What good fortune it is for governments that people don't think.

-Adolf Hitler

 

Two very good ones

 

As the state grows, one’s sense of self-ownership is destroyed, liberty is traded for "security," the human spirit diminishes, and the citizenry increasingly thinks and behaves like dependent children. – Eric Englund

 

"Fighting Fascism Is Nine Tenths Political Education, One Tenth Equating Their Heads With The Pavement" - Leon Trotsky