Bits & Pieces (3)
APHORISMS | HUMOR
Category: Citations & Paraphrases
Stronger
Whatever doesn’t kill me, makes me stronger… — F. Nietzsche
…Unless it cripples you for life.
Art
You should love art in yourself, not yourself in art.
– Konstantin Stanislavski
Atheist
At night, even an atheist believes a little in God. — Carl Gustav Jung
Good idea!
A loyal British subject/citizen once asked Gandhi what he thought of Western Civilization, and Gandhi supposedly replied: “I think it would be a good idea!”
Value
Only worth it, if you can enjoy it. — Michelob ULTRA commercial
Adaptability
One of the best human characteristics is — adaptability. At the same time, that’s one of our worst characteristics, as well.
– Eric Snowden
Life
Life is a premiere and there are no repeats — Hamed Bangoura
Wisdom
You don’t get rich by working for someone else — Redneck wisdom
Shots
You miss 100% of shots that you don’t take — Wayne Gretzky
Wonderful day
Wonderful day today. Should I drink tea, or hang myself? — A.P. Chekhov
Hallucination
“Imagination without execution is just hallucination” — Walter Isaacson
Choice
“The worst choice you can make is no choice at all” — Five-year engagement movie
Stupid
If you are not prepared to look stupid, nothing great is going to ever happen to you — Dr. House
Striking it rich
I know why most people never get rich. They put the money ahead of the job. If you just think of the job, the money will automatically follow. This never fails.
– Hedy Lamarr
Well
When the well dries up, the nomads move to another place. But where to run, when there is desolation in the human soul?
Craig Thompson, Habibi
Fear
I believed that I was afraid of death, but I was afraid of life. And people. — Frédéric Beigbeder
Purpose
The purpose of life is not to arrive safely at your own death — Robert Holden, Shift Happens
Life
And so there is no reason for you to think that any man has lived long because he has grey hairs or wrinkles; he has not lived long — he has existed long. For what if you should think that that man had had a long voyage who had been caught by a fierce storm as soon as he left harbour, and, swept hither and thither by a succession of winds that raged from different quarters, had been driven in a circle around the same course? Not much voyaging did he have, but much tossing about.
– Seneca, On the shortness of life
Wise
Some folks are wise and some are otherwise. — Tobias Smollett
These are some of the quotes that I’ve collected over the years that I find especially amusing. For more, please visit https://www.polojko.com/aphorisms. Feel free to share.
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