Quote Of The Day

[Hawkear]

"People will come to love their oppression, to adore the technologies that undo their capacities to think."
“The perfect dictatorship would have the appearance of a democracy, but would basically be a prison without walls in which the prisoners would not even dream of escaping. It would essentially be a system of slavery where, through consumption and entertainment, the slaves would love their servitudes.”

Aldous Huxley

 

[kiwifred]

I said I was good at making decisions.
I didn't say the decisions I made were good.

 

[Mackka]

It's not the years in your life that count, It's the life in your years.

 

[kiwifred]

Good friends know the exact number of drinks you can handle before you make poor choices.

Great friends, hand you that drink.

 

[Mackka]

" Fear"- the best way out is through.- Helen Keller

 

[Hawkear]

All the dead bodies on the slopes of Everest, were once highly motivated people. - Anon.

 

[grubstake]

All the dead bodies on the slopes of Everest, were once highly motivated people. - Anon.

Anon = @kiwifred (apparently):
https://www.prospectingaustralia.com/threads/things-to-think-about.41187/post-670000

 

[Mackka]

There are more important things to worry about than dying! Living!!
Me.

 

[Hawkear]

Anon = @kiwifred (apparently):
https://www.prospectingaustralia.com/threads/things-to-think-about.41187/post-670000

Sorry Kiwifred. Knew I heard it somewhere, just couldn’t remember

 

[kiwifred]

Knowledge isnt free
You have to pay attention

 

[Mackka]

If you are going to tell lies, you want to have a very good memory- my Mum

 

[kiwifred]

Just because you're offended, doesn't mean you're right

 

[Mackka]

Libraries are great places as they have books that will offend anyone.

 

[Mackka]

We live in a time where intelligent people are being silenced so that stupid people won’t be offended. Anon

 

[Manpa]

I’m not rude, I’m just giving voice to what many are thinking but are too frightened to say ( seen on a t shirt today)

 

[mbasko]

The problem with the world is that the intelligent people are full of doubts, while the stupid ones are full of confidence.​

Charles Bukowski​

"People demand freedom of speech as a compensation for the freedom of thought which they seldom use."
~ Soren Kierkegaard

 

[sand surfer]

if you wish to be a smartarse first you must be smart, otherwise you are only a arse - my father

 

[kiwifred]

Don't confuse my personality with my attitude. My personality is who I am, my attitude depends on who you are

 

[Hawkear]

"Technological progress has merely provided us with a more efficient means for going backwards"
Aldous Huxley

 

[Newprospect]

"Nothing is certain except for Death and Taxes"
Benjamin Franklin.