“Everyone chases after happiness, not noticing that happiness is at their heels.”
- Bertolt Brecht
3 Likes
"Debt is the worst poverty.
" - Thomas Fuller
1 Like
“This morning I shot an elephant in my pajamas. What he was doing in my pajamas, I’ll never know”
Groucho Marx
6 Likes
Very similar variation quoted from Twin Peaks The Return… “This morning a caught two brown trout in my pajamas. What they were doing in my pajamas, I don’t know.”
3 Likes
“The good thing about science is that it’s true whether or not you believe in it.”
― Neil deGrasse Tyson
10 Likes
As my father once told me… “Life is a journey, so quit your pucken boy an get your sea legs on cause this trip ain’t free.”
2 Likes
5 Likes
“Procrastination is the thief of time”
Edward Young.
3 Likes
Being cynical is the only way to deal with modern civilization — you can’t just swallow it whole
Frank Zappa.
3 Likes
A person who is okay with being alone is a powerful person.
4 Likes
“We are like butterflies who flutter for a day and think it is forever.”
- ** Carl Sagan**
6 Likes
I miss Carl and add,
I would like to think that each butterfly makes a contribution.
2 Likes
“Where they burn books, they will ultimately burn people also”
Heinrich Heine
3 Likes
Check out XTC’s cut “Books are Burning” from Nonsuch. Definitely references this quote from HH.
A man, whilst he is dreaming, believes in his dream; he is undeceived only when he is awakened from his slumber.
5 Likes
Compassion is the basis of morality. - Schopenhauer
4 Likes
“Too many people overvalue what they are not and undervalue what they are.”
- Malcolm S. Forbes
3 Likes
“I got it, I got it, I got it, I ain’t got it”
Brody
3 Likes