Some men are born mediocre, some men achieve mediocrity, and some men
have mediocrity thrust upon them.
– Joseph Heller, “Catch-22”
Variationer over et tema
It’s fanfic! It’s fifty shades of bullshit!
– Knowledge Fight #553
Det tænker jeg i hvert fald
Cogito cogito ergo cogito sum –
“I think that I think, therefore I think that I am.”
– Ambrose Bierce, “The Devil’s Dictionary”
Start med starten
The hands that help are better far than the lips that pray.
– Robert G. Ingersoll
Beskidt arbejde med rene hænder
The devil can cite Scripture for his purpose.
– William Shakespeare: The Merchant of Venice
Klar
The first thing I do in the morning is brush my teeth and sharpen my tongue.
– Dorothy Parker
Kan det rummes
Wer die Musik nicht hört, hält die Tanzenden für wahnsinnig.
– Friedrich Nietzsche
Destination
A moment’s insight is sometimes worth a life’s experience.
– Oliver Wendell Holmes
Ondskab er, viser det sig, forstemmende banalt
Probably the biggest disappointment of adult life is learning that unlike in all of the stories you’ve seen, actual villains are only motivated by two things:
- bigotry
- money
Pilen på et moralsk kompas
Ideale sind wie Sterne. Man kann sie nicht erreichen, aber man kann sich an ihnen orientieren.
– Carl Schurz