Quotes of: Historical-fact Keyword

A picture is a fact.

Ludwig Wittgenstein

Life is tragic simply because the earth turns and the sun inexorably rises and sets, and one day, for each of us, the sun will go down for the last, last time. Perhaps the whole root of our trouble, the human trouble, is that we will sacrifice all th...

The Fire Next Time

Although her disobedience is tragic, Eve’s innocence is not all bad. Certainly, that innocfence leads her to make a poor choice - the very worst - but the fact that she makes a choice at all, the fact that she engages the Devil in a debate which co...

Breakfast with Socrates: An Extraordinary (Philosophical) Journey Through Your Ordinary Day

Research on the human brain has shown it is predisposed to think in the terms of a story.36 This predisposition is continuously reinforced and strengthened throughout the life of your brain. Imaging studies have shown only a small, quarter-sized regi...

Black Hole Focus: How Intelligent People Can Create a Powerful Purpose for Their Lives

With so much reading ahead of you, the temptation might be to speed up. But in fact it’s essential to slow down and read every word. Because one important thing that can be learned by reading slowly is the seemingly obvious but oddly underappreciat...

Reading Like a Writer: A Guide for People Who Love Books and for Those Who Want to Write Them

The job of the politician is to speak for all people; not just for parties with vested interests, or organisations with the biggest wallets. The first people a politician should protect are those that cannot protect themselves: Those weakest and most...

The Year of the Badgers

It is of immense importance, that first and foremost, people identify themselves as human beings, rather than as a believer in a spiritual belief system. Any spiritual belief system. There is such a preoccupation with where a person will be after he/...

C. JoyBell C.

A man's death makes everything certain about him. Of course, secrets may die with him. And of course, a hundred years later somebody looking through some papers may discover a fact which throws a totally different light on his life and of which all t...

John Berger

I need the money, people are very coy about money, and the ladies arent just coy, they are sci fi about money… …people ask, well, dont sweet things happen? yes, indeed, many sweet things, but sweet doesnt keep you from dying, making love doesnt k...

Andrea Dworkin

There are three types of student: The golden student pays and loans, the silver student pays but does not learn, the bronze student learns but does not pay.

A Cabinet of Greek Curiosities: Strange Tales and Surprising Facts from the Cradle of Western Civilization

He began to talk about the fact that race was not only a construct but a scientific error along the magnitude of the error that the world was flat. . . 'And when they discover their mistake, I mean, truly discover it, it'll be as big as when they lea...

Caucasia

Decadent cooks go one step further and make sculptures of the food itself. If life is to be spent in pursuit of the extravagant, the extreme, the grotesque, the bizarre, then one's diet should reflect the fact. Life, meals, everything must be as arti...

The Decadent Cookbook

I got fat, and I decided to do something about it, so I got fatter.

At even one penny, this book would be overpriced. In fact, free is too expensive, because you'd still waste time by reading it.

Abstain from reading comedy or other government economic statistics.

At even one penny, this book would be overpriced. In fact, free is too expensive, because you'd still waste time by reading it.

God ordered the world and all things in it, and I ordered a pizza and all things on it.

At even one penny, this book would be overpriced. In fact, free is too expensive, because you'd still waste time by reading it.

I ought to fire one of my two employees into the other one’s asshole.

At even one penny, this book would be overpriced. In fact, free is too expensive, because you'd still waste time by reading it.

If I were a magician, I’d hand out broken compasses. It’s all about misdirection.


At even one penny, this book would be overpriced. In fact, free is too expensive, because you'd still waste time by reading it.

In the name of freedom and redistribution of wealth, I’ve decided to grow a beard on my chest.

At even one penny, this book would be overpriced. In fact, free is too expensive, because you'd still waste time by reading it.

You just tell me when and where, and not only will I not be there, but I’ll also be late.

At even one penny, this book would be overpriced. In fact, free is too expensive, because you'd still waste time by reading it.

When push comes to shove, I’m going to figure out that this door needs to be pulled to be opened.

At even one penny, this book would be overpriced. In fact, free is too expensive, because you'd still waste time by reading it.

One thing I often get carried away with is piggyback rides.

At even one penny, this book would be overpriced. In fact, free is too expensive, because you'd still waste time by reading it.