I was recently in process of recovering my motivation after I've done with my current exam session and I recalled this, once again:
" The world ain't all sunshine and rainbows. It is a very mean and nasty place It will beat you to your knees and keep you there permanently if you let it. You, me or nobody is going to hit as hard as life. But it ain't about how hard you're hit, it is about how hard you can get hit and keep moving forward, how much can you take and keep moving forward. That's how winning is done! " Rocky Balboa (2006)
What he didn't like about heroes was that they were usually suicidally gloomy when sober and homicidally insane when drunk
That's what's so stupid about the whole magic thing, you know. You spend twenty years learning the spell that makes nude virgins appear in your bedroom, and then you're so poisoned by quicksilver fumes and half-blind from reading old grimoires that you can't remember what happens next.
The only reason for walking into the jaws of Death is so's you can steal his gold teeth.
Of course I'm sane, when trees start talking to me, I don't talk back.
Wizards parted with money slightly less readily than tigers parted with their teeth.
History has a habit of changing the people who think they are changing it. History always has a few tricks up its frayed sleeve. It’s been around a long time.
All assassins had a full-length mirror in their rooms, because it would be a terrible insult to anyone to kill them when you were badly dressed
Just because fate throws you together doesn’t mean fate’s got it right.
You don't get big houses and carriages without grindin' the faces of the poor a bit.
All dwarfs have beards and wear up to twelve layers of clothing. Gender is more or less optional.
Ok these are just a few quotes from Terry Pratchett's discworld series, all taken horribly out of context "didn't feel right about changing anything."
"He who lives in harmony with himself lives in harmony with the universe." Marcus Aurelius
"For beautiful eyes, look for the good in others; for beautiful lips, speak only words of kindness; and for poise, walk with the knowledge that you are never alone." Audrey Hepburn
"The journey of a thousand miles begins with one step." Lao Tzu
A real friend is somebody who will tell you you have a booger hanging out of your nose.
Instead of secretly grossing out during their entire conversation with you, even if the conversation lasts an hour, and then making fun of you behind your back later to everyone you both know, and a lot of people you don't.
Beauty is in the eye of the beholder, but some people have really bad eyesight.
Follow up: Just because beauty is in the eye of the beholder, doesn't mean that beauty *is* the eye of the Beholder. But don't tell that to the Beholders, they might get stinky.
When you encounter people who are too full of themselves, be gracious and understanding - this wouldn't have happened if they were of higher capacities.
The biggest challenge after success is shutting up about it
Voice is not just the sound that comes from your throat, but the feelings that come from your words
Socrates: Have you noticed on our journey how often the citizens of this new land remind each other it is a free country? Plato: I have, and think it odd they do this. Socrates: How so, Plato? Plato: It is like reminding a baker he is a baker, or a sculptor he is a sculptor. Socrates: You mean to say if someone is convinced of their trade, they have no need to be reminded. Plato: That is correct. Socrates: I agree. If these citizens were convinced of their freedom, they would not need reminders
Blessings on this fine machine, May its data all be clean. Let the files stay where they're put, Away from disk drives keep all soot. From its screen shall come no whines, Let in no spikes on power lines. As oaks were sacred to the Druids, Let not the keyboard suffer fluids. Disk Full shall be nor more than rarity, The memory shall not miss its parity. From the modem shall come wonders, Without line noise making blunders. May it never catch a virus, And all its software stay desirous. Oh let the printer never jam, And turn my output into spam. I ask of Eris, noble queen, Keep Murphy far from this machine. ~1988 Zhahai Stewart
Truer (and longer) words of wisdom were never typed! Also works as good luck charm in the IT branche.
No one should ever answer a question with "Don't question authority," because it only makes the authority seem more questionable. After all, if nothing seedy was going on, wouldn't the authority be happy to answer the question sufficiently?
Watching TV game shows always gives me mixed feelings - I'm happy because there are people dumber than I am, and sad because I'm not the one getting the money.
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" The world ain't all sunshine and rainbows. It is a very mean and nasty place It will beat you to your knees and keep you there permanently if you let it. You, me or nobody is going to hit as hard as life. But it ain't about how hard you're hit, it is about how hard you can get hit and keep moving forward, how much can you take and keep moving forward. That's how winning is done! " Rocky Balboa (2006)
Having a meal without garlic, is like dancing with your sister.
What he didn't like about heroes was that they were usually suicidally gloomy when sober and homicidally insane when drunk
That's what's so stupid about the whole magic thing, you know. You spend twenty years learning the spell that makes nude virgins appear in your bedroom, and then you're so poisoned by quicksilver fumes and half-blind from reading old grimoires that you can't remember what happens next.
The only reason for walking into the jaws of Death is so's you can steal his gold teeth.
Of course I'm sane, when trees start talking to me, I don't talk back.
Wizards parted with money slightly less readily than tigers parted with their teeth.
History has a habit of changing the people who think they are changing it. History always has a few tricks up its frayed sleeve. It’s been around a long time.
All assassins had a full-length mirror in their rooms, because it would be a terrible insult to anyone to kill them when you were badly dressed
Just because fate throws you together doesn’t mean fate’s got it right.
You don't get big houses and carriages without grindin' the faces of the poor a bit.
All dwarfs have beards and wear up to twelve layers of clothing. Gender is more or less optional.
Ok these are just a few quotes from Terry Pratchett's discworld series, all taken horribly out of context "didn't feel right about changing anything."
"For beautiful eyes, look for the good in others; for beautiful lips, speak only words of kindness; and for poise, walk with the knowledge that you are never alone." Audrey Hepburn
"The journey of a thousand miles begins with one step." Lao Tzu
Instead of secretly grossing out during their entire conversation with you, even if the conversation lasts an hour, and then making fun of you behind your back later to everyone you both know, and a lot of people you don't.
Just because beauty is in the eye of the beholder, doesn't mean that beauty *is* the eye of the Beholder.
But don't tell that to the Beholders, they might get stinky.
Voice is not just the sound that comes from your throat, but the feelings that come from your words
Socrates: Have you noticed on our journey how often the citizens of this new land remind each other it is a free country?
Plato: I have, and think it odd they do this.
Socrates: How so, Plato?
Plato: It is like reminding a baker he is a baker, or a sculptor he is a
sculptor.
Socrates: You mean to say if someone is convinced of their trade, they have
no need to be reminded.
Plato: That is correct.
Socrates: I agree. If these citizens were convinced of their freedom, they would not need reminders
Go not to the elves for advice for they will say both no and yes.
Sex is rarely casual
If you rely on luck, you don't deserve it.
If at first you don't succeed, cheat. If that doesn't work, read directions.
Vampires don't sparkle.
If you want a sure way to get laid, cosplay a vampire that sparkles.
May its data all be clean.
Let the files stay where they're put,
Away from disk drives keep all soot.
From its screen shall come no whines,
Let in no spikes on power lines.
As oaks were sacred to the Druids,
Let not the keyboard suffer fluids.
Disk Full shall be nor more than rarity,
The memory shall not miss its parity.
From the modem shall come wonders,
Without line noise making blunders.
May it never catch a virus,
And all its software stay desirous.
Oh let the printer never jam,
And turn my output into spam.
I ask of Eris, noble queen,
Keep Murphy far from this machine.
~1988 Zhahai Stewart
Truer (and longer) words of wisdom were never typed! Also works as good luck charm in the IT branche.
"You can never be overdressed or overeducated."
-Wilde