Sunday, August 6, 2006

Quote Time

It is undesirable to believe a proposition when there is no ground whatsoever for supposing it is true.
--Bertrand Russell

This perfectly describes the nonsense of teaching "creationism" or "intelligent design" in the schools in place or along side of evolution.

If you would be a real seeker after truth, it is necessary that at least once in your life you doubt, as far as possible, all things.
--Rene Descartes


Question a sacred cow today!

The Constitution only guarantees the American people the right to pursue happiness. You have to catch it yourself.
--Benjamin Franklin


Hell yeah! I pursue my happiness every chance I get!

The two most abundant things in the universe are hydrogen and stupidity.

--Harlan Ellison

And hydrogen runs a distant second.

The man who follows the crowd will get no farther than the crowd. A man who walks alone is likely to get places no one has ever been before
--
Alan Ashley-Pitt
To thine own self be true.

American youth attributes much more importance to arriving at driver's license age than at voting age.
--Marshall McLuhan

Apathy is what allows the George Bushes of this world to get ahead.

The ability to simplify means to eliminate the unnecessary so that the necessary may speak.
--Hans Hoffman


Cut the crap!

Christ died for our sins. Dare we make his martyrdom meaningless by not committing them?
--Jules Feiffer

I strive to make Christ's sacrifice meaningful every day!

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