Car's Quotes !

2004

“You’re antagonistic to the idea of being robbed, exploited, degraded, humiliated or deceived. Misery depresses you. Ignorance depresses you. Persecution depresses you. Violence depresses you. Slums depress you. Greed depresses you. Crime depresses you. Corruption depresses you. You know, it wouldn’t surprise me if you’re a manic- depressive!”- from catch-22 by Joseph Heller

“His lack of education is more than compensated for by his keenly developed moral bankruptcy" - Woody Allen

"On the plus side, death is one of the few things that can be done just as easily lying down". Woody Allen

“It is unwise to be too sure of one's own wisdom. It is healthy to be reminded that the strongest might weaken and the wisest might err". - Mahatma Gandhi

"You must not lose faith in humanity. Humanity is an ocean; if a few drops of the ocean are dirty, the ocean does not become dirty". - Mahatma Gandhi

"What difference does it make to the dead, the orphans and the homeless, whether the mad destruction is wrought under the name of totalitarianism or the holy name of liberty or democracy?" - Mahatma Gandhi

"Why do they put Braille on the drive-through bank machines?"
- George Carlin

"I'm so happy I'm so happy..whack!..I'm still so happy cause no one saw me fall!" - JD from Scrubs

"A bore is a man who, when you ask him how he is, tells you." - Bert Leston Taylor, The So-Called Human Race (1922)

"The brain is a wonderful organ. It starts working the moment you get up in the morning and does not stop until you get into the office." - Robert Frost

"Man who say it cannot be done should not interrupt man doing it." (Chinese Proverb)

"Remember you are unique... just like everybody else!" - Guru Stu

"Wars have never hurt anybody except the people who die." - Salvador Dali

"As for the climate of Canada, winter is not perpetual, but merely, in most parts, somewhat long." - Sir Edwin Arnold

2005

"What makes us discontented with our condition is the absurdly exaggerated idea we have of the happiness of others." - French Proverb

"Fishing gives you a sense of where you fit in the scheme of things - Your place in the universe...I, mean, here I am, one small guy with a fishing pole on this vast beach and out there in the blue expanse of ocean are these hundreds of millions of fish...laughing at me."
- Unknown

"To live a pure unselfish life, one must count nothing as one's own in the midst of abundance."- Buddha

"Do not dwell in the past, do not dream of the future, concentrate the mind on the present moment." - Buddha

Nihil est in intellectu quod non fuit prius in sensu:
"Nothing is in the understanding, which was not first perceived by some of the senses." -Proverb

"It was the best of times, it was the worst of times." - Charles Dickens

"In the kingdom of the blind, the one-eyed man is king." - Desiderius Erasmus

"The eye of a human being is a microscope, which makes the world seem bigger than it really is." - Kahlil Gibran, A Handful of Sand on the Shore

"It is much more secure to be feared than to be loved." - Niccolo Machiavelli

"To the man who only has a hammer in the toolkit, every problem looks like a nail." - Abraham Maslow

"If a man knows not what harbor he seeks, any wind is the right wind." - Seneca

"A razão pela qual nosso ego pensante, perceptivo e consciente não se encontra em nenhum lugar, na imagem que temos do mundo, pode ser facilmente explicada em sete palavras: ele PRÓPRIO é a imagem do mundo. Ele é identico ao todo e, portanto, não pode estar contido nele" - Erwin Schröndiger

"There is nothing either good or bad; but thinking makes it so."- Hamlet, II, ii, 259

"For every action, there is an equal and opposite criticism." - Harrison's Postulate

"Whatever Nature has in store for mankind, unpleasant as it may be, man must accept, for ignorance is never better than knowledge." - Enrico Fermi

"An expert is a person who has made all the mistakes that can be made in a very narrow field." - Niels Bohr

"Being deeply loved by someone gives you strength; loving someone deeply gives you courage." - Lao-Tzu

"Chance favors the prepared mind." - Louis Pasteur

"The opposite of a correct statement is a false statement. But the opposite of a profound truth may well be another profound truth." - Niels Bohr

"Never express yourself more clearly than you are able to think." - Niels Bohr

"Hey ma'am, I'm working to clean the neighborhood from parasites, do you mind if I take a quick look around your house? I'm afraid you may have hippies." - Eric Cartman

"It is our choices...that show what we truly are, far more than our abilities." - J. K. Rowling, Harry Potter and The Chamber of Secrets, 1999

"Nothing travels faster than the speed of light with the possible exception of bad news, which obeys its own special laws." - Douglas Adams

"We recall the joy and excitement of a nation that had found itself, the collective relief that we had stepped out of our restrictive past, and the expectant air of walking into a brighter future." - Nelson Mandela

"I do not feel obliged to believe that the same God who has endowed us with sense, reason, and intellect has intended us to forgo their use." - Galileo Galilei

"A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step." Lao-tzu

"The inherent vice of capitalism is the unequal sharing of blessings; the inherent virtue of socialism is the equal sharing of miseries." - Sir Winston Churchil

"Humor is everywhere, in that there's irony in just about anything a human does." - Bill Nye

"There's a fine line between participation and mockery." - Scott Adams

"Nobody realizes that some people expend tremendous energy merely to be normal." - Albert Camus

"We shall support whatever the enemy opposes and oppose whatever the enemy supports." Mao Tse-Tung

"Smooth seas do not make skillful sailors." - African Proverb

"Programming today is a race between software engineers striving to build bigger and better idiot-proof programs, and the Universe trying to produce bigger and better idiots. So far, the Universe is winning." - Rich Cook (a denizen of the Net)

"Ask a toad what is beauty. He will answer that it is his toad wife" - Voltaire

"Everything has its beauty, but not everyone sees it." - Confucius

"A dúvida é o começo da sabedoria." - Segus

"A designer knows he has achieved perfection not when there is nothing left to add, but when there is nothing left to take away" - Antoine de Saint-Exup'ery

"Happiness is a choice that requires effort at times."

2006

"The indispensable first step to getting the things you want out of life is this: decide what you want." - Ben Stein

"É preciso amar as pessoas como se não ouvesse amanhã porque se você parar pra pensar, na verdade não háE preciso amar as pessoas como se nao ouvesse amanha" - Legião Urbana

"A necessidade é a melhor mestra e guia da natureza. A necessidade é tema e inventora, o eterno freio e lei da natureza". - Leonardo da Vinci

"Pouco conhecimento faz com que as criaturas se tornem orgulhosas. Muito conhecimento, que se tornem humildes. É assim que as espigas sem grãos erguem desdenhosamente a cabeça para o céu, enquanto que as cheias as baixam para a terra, sua mãe". - Leonardo da Vinci

"O importante é não parar nunca de questionar". - Albert Einstein

"Pensa como pensam os sábios, mas fala como falam as pessoas simples." - Aristóteles

"Se você tem uma laranja e troca com outra pessoa que também tem uma laranja, cada um fica com uma laranja. Mas se você tem uma idéia e troca com outra pessoa que também tem uma idéia, cada um fica com duas." - Confúcio

"Do, or do not. There is no try." - Jedi Master Yoda

“Fear is the path to the dark side. Fear leads to anger. Anger leads to hate. Hate leads to suffering.” - Jedi Master Yoda

“Size matters not. Look at me. Judge me by my size, do you? Hmm? Hmm. And well you should not. For my ally is the Force, and a powerful ally it is. Life creates it, makes it grow. Its energy surrounds us and binds us. Luminous beings are we, not this crude matter. You must feel the Force around you; here, between you, me, the tree, the rock, everywhere, yes. Even between the land and the ship.” - Jedi Master Yoda

“Death is a natural part of life. Rejoice for those around you who transform into the Force. Mourn them do not. Miss them do not. Attachment leads to jealously. The shadow of greed, that is.” - Jedi Master Yoda

"And now Harry, let us step out into the night and pursue that flighty temptress, adventure." - Albus Dumbledore