Fact Fanatic

I'd rather be hated for who I am than loved for who I am not.

- Kurt Cobain

 

Wise men talk because they have something to say. Fools talk because they have to say something.

- Plato

 

Sometimes we build walls around ourselves, not to keep people out, but to see who cares enough to break them down.

- Unknown

 

He who knows not and knows not he knows not, He is a fool - Shun him.

He who knows not and knows he knows not, He is simple - Teach him.

He who knows and knows not he knows, he is asleep - Awaken him.

He who knows and knows that he knows, He is wise - Follow him.

- Chinese proverb

 

Facts do not cease to exist because they are ignored.

-Aldous Huxley

 

I am free, no matter what rules surround me. If I find them tolerable, I tolerate them; if I find them too obnoxious, I break them. I am free because I know that I alone am morally responsible for everything I do.

-Heinlein 

 

If it's stupid, and it works, it isn't stupid.

-Murphy's laws of combat. 

 

We, the willing, led by the unknowing, are doing the impossible for the ungrateful. We have done so much, with so little, for so long, we are now qualified to do anything with nothing.

-Anonymous 

 

Draw a line. Live above it.

-Anonymous 

 

The only people you need in your life are the ones that proved they needed you in theirs.

- Anonymous

 

Tell me my dreams are unrealistic, and I'll tell you yours aren't big enough.

- Anonymous 

 

For every minute you remain angry, you give up sixty seconds of peace of mind.

-Ralph Waldo Emerson 

 

The man who makes no mistakes does not usually make anything.

-E.J.Phelps 

 

Far too numerous is the herd of such, who think too little and who talk too much.

-Alexander Pope 

 

CAUTION: Using your brain is NOT endorsed by governments, religious, educational institutions, secret societies and corporations involved with serious power and financial profit obtained from a brainwashed and enslaved population. Mild discomfort may occur as confusing independent thought challenges your current view of the world. Use your brain, think for yourself and question authority. Reality is an opinion, you determine the reality in which you inhabit.

-Unknown 

 

If you can't say what you mean, you can't mean what you say.

-Unknown 

 

If you know the enemy and know yourself, your victory will not stand in doubt; if you know Heaven and know Earth, you may make your victory complete.

-Sun Tzu 

 

Silence is the true friend that never betrays.

- Confucius 

 

Shallow men believe in luck. Strong men believe in cause and effect.

-Ralph Waldo Emerson 

 

The world is a dangerous place to live, not because of the people who are evil, but because of the people who don't do anything about it.

-Blaise Pascal

 

All that is necessary for evil to succeed is that good men do nothing.

-Edmund Burke

 

Its Darkest before Dawn.

- I-Ching

 

Intelligence is like four-wheel drive. It allows you to get stuck in more remote places.

-Garrison Keillor

 

The power of accurate observation is commonly called cynicism by those who do not have it.

-George Bernard Shaw

 

Never argue with an idiot; they'll drag you down to their level, and beat you with experience.

-Anonymous

 

Great spirits have always encountered violent opposition from mediocre minds.

-Albert Einstein

 

Only two things are infinite; The Universe and Human Stupidity, and I'm not sure about the Universe

-Albert Einstein

 

Ok, listen Carefully. Communicating badly and then acting smug when you're misunderstood is not cleverness.

-Randall Munroe (XKCD)

 

It is better to stay silent and be thought a fool, than to open your mouth and remove all doubt.

-Anonymous

 

Life is a tragedy for those who feel, and a comedy for those who think.

- Jean de la Bruyèr

 

If you don't know, learn. If you already know, apply. If you know and have applied, improve.

-Anonymous

 

Better alone, than in bad company.

-Unknown

 

Friendly fire - isn't

-Infantries journal

 

I am not young enough to know everything.

-Oscar Wilde

 

Don't give a woman advice; one should never give a woman anything she can't wear in the evening.

-Oscar Wilde

 

Good girls go to heaven, bad girls go everywhere.

-Helen Gurley Brown

 

Women have a passion for mathematics. They divide their age in half, double the price of their clothes, and always add at least five years to the age of their best friend.

-Marcel Achard

 

There's two theories to arguing with a woman. Neither one works.

-Will Rogers

 

Women who seek to be equal with men lack ambition.

-Timothy Leary

 

When women are depressed they either eat or go shopping. Men invade another country.

-Elaine Boosler

 

If ignorance is bliss, why aren't more people happy?

-Anonymous

 

We spend the first twelve months of our children's lives teaching them to walk and talk and the next twelve telling them to sit down and shut up.

-Phyllis Diller

 

One of the lessons of history is that Nothing is often a good thing to do and always a clever thing to say.

-Will Durant

 

If at first you don't succeed, try, try again. Then give up. No use being a damned fool about it.

-W. C. Fields

 

Don't be irreplaceable. If you can't be replaced, you can't be promoted.

-Anonymous

 

Before you criticize someone, you should walk a mile in their shoes. That way, when you criticize them, you're a mile away and you have their shoes.

-Anonymous

 

Give a man a fish and he will eat for a day. Teach him how to fish, and he will sit in a boat and drink beer all day.

-Anonymous

 

There is only one person who could ever make you happy, and that person is you.

-David Burns

 

Where all think alike, no one thinks very much.

-Walter Lipman

 

The less men think, the more they talk.

-Baron Montesquieu

 

The universe is change; our life is what our thoughts make it.

-Marcus Aurelius

 

Thinking is the hardest work there is, which is the probably reason why so few people engage in it.

-Henry Ford

 

The efficient man is the man who thinks for himself, and is capable of thinking hard and long.

-Charles W. Eliot

 

Change your thoughts and you change your world.

-Norman Vincent Peale

 

A wise man learns by the mistakes of others, a fool by his own.

-Latin Proverb

 

There is no security in this life. There is only opportunity.

-Douglas MacAurthur

 

When one door of happiness closes, another opens; but often we look so long at the closed door that we do not see the one which has been opened for us.

-Helen Keller

 

It's not that I'm so smart, it's just that I stay with problems longer.

-Albert Einstein

 

Judge a man by his questions rather than his answers.

-Voltaire

 

There is nothing like a dream to create the future.

-Victor Hugo

 

In the middle of difficulty lies opportunity.

-Albert Einstein

 

Anyone can build a model following the instructions, but to mess it up and make it unique, takes a true artist.

-Kevin Lehtiniitty

 

If you ever see me getting beaten by the police, put down the video camera and come help me.

-Bobcat Goldthwait

 

My mom said she learned how to swim. Someone took her out in the lake and threw her off the boat. That's how she learned how to swim. I said, Mom, they weren't trying to teach you how to swim.

-Anonymous

 

In elementary school, in case of a fire you have to line up quietly in a single file line from smallest to tallest. What is the logic? Do tall people burn slower?

-Warren Hutcherson

 

I have six locks on my door all in a row. When I go out, I lock every other one. I figure no matter how long somebody stands there picking the locks, they are always locking three.

-Elayne Boosler

 

Ever wonder if illiterate people get the full effect of alphabet soup?

-John Mendoza

 

I haven't taken my Christmas light down yet, they look so nice on the pumpkin.

-Winston Spear

 

USA Today has come out with a new survey: Apparently three out of four people make up 75 percent of the population.

-David Letterman

 

I was a vegetarian until I started leaning towards sunlight.

-Rita Rudner

 

Sometimes I think war is God's way of teaching us geography.

-Paul Rodriguez

 

The man who smiles when things go wrong has thought of someone to blame it on.

-Robert Bloch

 

Never take life seriously. Nobody gets out alive anyway.

-Anonymous

 

Son, if you really want something in this life, you have to work for it. Now quiet! They're about to announce the lottery numbers.

-Homer Simpson

 

Flying is learning how to throw yourself at the ground and miss.

-Douglas Adams

 

I refuse to answer that question on the grounds that I don't know the answer.

-Douglas Adams

 

I am free of all prejudices. I hate everyone equally.

-W.C. Fields

 

I can resist everything except temptation.

-Oscar Wilde

 

Spring is nature’s way of saying, Let’s party!

-Robin Williams

 

Change is inevitable, except from a vending machine.

-Anonymous

 

I have gone to look for myself, if I return before I get back, keep me here.

-Anonymous

 

Yesterday is history, tomorrow is a mystery, today is a gift; that's why it's the present.

-Anonymous

 

Do every act of your life as if it were your last.

-Marcus Aurelius

 

Success is a journey not a destination. The doing is usually more important than the outcome.

-Arthur Ashe Jr

 

There are no secrets to success. It is the result of preparation, hard work, and learning from failure.

-Colin Powell

 

I don’t know the key to success, but the key to failure is to try to please everyone.

-Bill Cosby

 

The power of imagination makes us infinite.

-John Muir

 

Failure is only the opportunity to begin again more intelligently.

-Henry Ford

 

Nothing will ever be attempted if all possible objections must first be overcome.

-Samuel Johnson

 

You may be disappointed if you fail, but you are doomed if you don’t try.

-Beverly Sills

 

It is amazing what you can accomplish if you do not care who gets the credit.

-Harry S. Truman

 

If you care at all, you’ll get some results. If you care enough, you’ll get incredible results.

-Jim Rohn

 

Obstacles don’t have to stop you. If you run into a wall, don’t turn around and give up. Figure out how to climb it, go through it, or work around it.

-Michael Jordan

 

Many of life’s failures are people who did not realize how close they were to success when they gave up.

-Thomas Edison

 

Imagination is more important than knowledge.

-Albert Einstein

 

 FAIL!

-Modern Society

 

If at first you don’t succeed, think how many people you’ve made happy.

-H. Duane Black

 

Every artist was first an amateur.

-Ralph Waldo Emerson

 

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

-Ben Stein

 

Success is not the key to happiness. Happiness is the key to success. If you love what you are doing, you will be successful.

-Herman Cain

 

The difference between the impossible and the possible lies in a person’s determination.

-Tommy Lasorda

 

Only those who will risk going too far can possibly find out how far one can go.

-T. S. Elliot

 

The distance is nothing; it’s only the first step that is difficult.

-Marquise du Deffand

 

Nothing great was ever achieved without enthusiasm.

-Ralph Waldo Emerson

 

A great pleasure in life is doing what people say you cannot do.

-Walter Gagehot

 

If you really want to do something, you’ll find a way; if you don’t, you’ll find an excuse.

-Frank Banks

 

Some people want it to happen, some wish it would happen, others make it happen.

-Michael Jordan

 

Success is not permanent. The same is also true of failure.

- Dell Crossword