Rincewind Posted 26 April 2012 Author Posted 26 April 2012 one for El Empty. Kill People Who Don’t Listen to Priests Anyone arrogant enough to reject the verdict of the judge or of the priest who represents the LORD your God must be put to death. Such evil must be purged from Israel. (Deuteronomy 17:12 NLT)
MikeyT Posted 26 April 2012 Posted 26 April 2012 “You have enemies? Good. That means you've stood up for something, sometime in your life.” ―Churchill "The German today is like the June bride. He knows he is going to get it, but he doesn't know how big it is going to be" - Stephen Ambrose “God created war so that Americans would learn geography.” ― Mark Twain
Guest Posted 12 July 2012 Posted 12 July 2012 Muslih-ud-Din Saadi: “A stupid person should keep silent. But if he knew this, he would not be a stupid person.” Plato: “Wise men talk because they have something to say; fools, because they have to say something.”
Trav Le Bleu Posted 13 July 2012 Posted 13 July 2012 “You have enemies? Good. That means you've stood up for something, sometime in your life.†―Churchill "The German today is like the June bride. He knows he is going to get it, but he doesn't know how big it is going to be" - Stephen Ambrose “God created war so that Americans would learn geography.†― Mark Twain Mark Twain and Churchill - two opf the best quote sources out there!
FoxesAreBlue Posted 13 July 2012 Posted 13 July 2012 Can't remember if I posted this before but after the running the marathon, the person who trained me to get there sent me this quote. "The miracle is not that I finished, the miracle is that I had the courage to start" It's cheesy but obviously holds quite a lot of personal meaning to me and I love it. Another close friend said that I should have; "The finish line is just the start of another great race" tattooed on me.
Rincewind Posted 15 July 2012 Author Posted 15 July 2012 Sorry may be slightly mis-quoted butone of my favourites. Is it not enough that the garden is beautiful without seeing faries at the bottom of it - Douglas Adams On the other end of the spectrum. "I do not permit a woman to teach or to have authority over a man. She must be quiet." (1 Timothy 2:12)
Jay Posted 15 July 2012 Posted 15 July 2012 German poet Bertrthold Auerbach - music washes away from the soul the dust of everyday life
Rincewind Posted 15 July 2012 Author Posted 15 July 2012 I thought this was Richard Dawkins but it was Stephen Roberts. “I contend that we are both atheists. I just believe in one fewer god than you do. When you understand why you dismiss all the other possible gods, you will understand why I dismiss yours.â€
Rincewind Posted 4 September 2015 Author Posted 4 September 2015 http://www.tickld.com/x/sp/20-surprisingly-profound-quotes-from-fantasy-scifi
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