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->''If you need the threat of damnation to be a good person, you are not a good person.''
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->"[[https://twitter.com/AdamMGrant/status/1666117387374977026 Weak leaders make people weaker. Strong leaders make people stronger.]]"
-->--'''Adam Grant''' (Organizational psychologist)
-->--'''Adam Grant''' (Organizational psychologist)
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-> 不做亏心事，不怕鬼敲门 ([[https://twitter.com/yilinwriter/status/1673862901449519104 If you haven't done anything wrong, you won't be afraid of a ghost knocking on your door]])
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-> ''"I used to think the worst thing in life was to end up all alone. It's not. The worst thing in life is to end up with people that make you feel all alone"''
-->-- '''Creator/RobinWilliams'''
-->-- '''Creator/RobinWilliams'''
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->"If to correct you must humiliate; you don't know how to teach."
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-->--''https://www.quora.com/q/heroesandtheirstories/This-is-almost-certainly-apocryphal-but-it-has-two-surprises-that-left-me-thinking-for-days-An-old-man-meets-a-young-m''
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->''"The definition of genius is taking the complex and making it simple."''
-->-- Attr. to '''UsefulNotes/AlbertEinstein'''
-->-- Attr. to '''UsefulNotes/AlbertEinstein'''
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->"Lies, especially related to finance and health, aren’t jokes, they’re just mean."
-->-- '''SebastianSilver''', ''[[https://www.reddit.com/r/antiwork/comments/tu1f9v/my_boss_told_me_i_was_fired_as_soon_as_i_got_to/ My boss told me I was fired as soon as I got to work, laughed and walked off.]]''
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a heart that devises wicked schemes, feet that are quick to rush into evil, \\
a false witness who pours out lies and a person who stirs up conflict in the community."
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!Favorite Quotes
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[[folder:From Fiction]]
->"An empire toppled by its enemies can rise again, but one which crumbles from within? That's dead... forever."
-->-- '''Helmut Zemo''', ''Film/CaptainAmericaCivilWar''
->"Artists use lies to tell the truth"
-->-- '''Evey Hammond''', ''ComicBook/VForVendetta''
->"Bitterness is a paralytic. '''[[ThePowerOfLove Love]]''' is much more '''''[[LoveMakesYouEvil vicious]]''''' motivator"
-->-- '''Series/{{Sherlock}}''', ''[[Recap/SherlockS01E01AStudyInPink A Study In Pink]]''
->"[[Administrivia/BrevityIsWit Brevity is the soul of wit]]"
-->-- '''Polonius''', ''{{Theatre/Hamlet}}: Act 2 Scene 2''
->"Childhood is short, and maturity is forever."
-->-- '''ComicStrip/CalvinAndHobbes'''
->"Criminals thrive on [[ApatheticCitizens the indulgence of society's understanding.]]"
-->-- '''Henri Ducard''', ''Film/BatmanBegins''
->"Everything that has a beginning, has an end"
-->-- '''The Oracle''', ''Film/TheMatrixRevolutions''
->"[[UndyingLoyalty For you, a thousand times over]]"
-->-- '''Hassan''', ''Literature/TheKiteRunner''
->"Good deed's like pissing yourself in dark pants. [[KnightInSourArmor Warm feeling, but no one notices.]]"
-->-- '''Jacob''', ''VideoGame/MassEffect2''
->"[[KnightTemplar How many of us do you have to kill to keep us safe?]]"
-->-- ''WesternAnimation/JusticeLeague [[Recap/JusticeLeagueUnlimitedS3E7PatriotAct S3E7: Patriot Act]]''
->"I have experience... and patience. A man can do anything if he has those."
-->-- '''Helmut Zemo''', ''Film/CaptainAmericaCivilWar''
->"If it is justice that you want, be smart about it."
-->--'''Petyr "Littlefinger" Baelish''', ''Series/GameOfThrones [[Recap/GameOfThronesS2E5TheGhostOfHarrenhal S2E5: The Ghost of Harrenhal]]''
-> "[[DullSurprise If the character can never express any emotion]], ''[[EightDeadlyWords why should the audience ever express any emotion?]]''"
->"[[TheGodsMustBeLazy If there are gods, why is the world so full of pain and injustice?]]"
-->-- '''Jaime Lannister''', ''Literature/ASongOfIceAndFire''
->"If you can't say something nice, don't say nothing at all"
-->-- '''Thumper''', ''{{WesternAnimation/Bambi}}''
->"If you have to ''explain'' a joke, '''[[DontExplainTheJoke THERE IS NO JOKE!]]'''"
-->-- '''ComicBook/TheJoker''', ''[[WesternAnimation/BatmanTheAnimatedSeries The New Batman Adventures]] [[Recap/TheNewBatmanAdventuresE21MadLove E21: Mad Love]]''
->"If you want to know what a man's like, [[NiceToTheWaiter take a good look at how he treats his inferiors, not his equals.]]"
-->-- '''Sirius Black''', ''Literature/HarryPotterAndTheGobletOfFire''
->"It is a capital mistake to theorize before one has data. Insensibly [[ConfirmationBias one begins to twist facts to suit theories]], instead of theories to suit facts."
-->-- '''Literature/SherlockHolmes''', ''A Scandal In Bohemia''
->"[[HeWhoFightsMonsters In your haste to save the world boy, take care you don't destroy it!]]"
-->-- '''Achilles Davenport''', ''VideoGame/AssassinsCreedIII''
->"[[TheCaligula Incompetence]] should not be rewarded with [[MyMasterRightOrWrong blind loyalty!]]"
-->-- '''Varys''', ''Series/GameOfThrones [[Recap/GameOfThronesS7E2Stormborn S7E2: Stormborn]]''
->"[[BuryYourGays It seems strange that my life should end in such a terrible place.]] But for three years I had roses - and apologised to no-one. I shall die here. Every last inch of me shall perish. Except one."
-->-- '''Valerie Page''', ''ComicBook/VForVendetta''
->"[[https://youtu.be/k6C8SX0mWP0?t=44s It's like in the great stories, Mr. Frodo. The ones that really mattered.]] Full of darkness and danger, they were. And sometimes you didn't want to know the end. Because how could the end be happy? How could the world go back to the way it was when so much bad had happened? But in the end, it's only a passing thing, this shadow. Even darkness must pass. A new day will come! And when the sun shines it'll shine out the clearer!"
-->-- '''Samwise Gamgee''', ''Film/TheLordOfTheRingsTheTwoTowers''
->"Lesson number one: ''Never'' attack in anger"
--> '''Diego de la Vega''', ''Film/TheMaskOfZorro''
->"[[DesignatedHero Our hero, ladies and gentlemen!]]"
-->-- '''[[WebVideo/AtopTheFourthWall Linkara]]''', ''RunningGag/AtopTheFourthWall''
->"People need dramatic examples to shake them out of apathy"
-->-- '''[[Franchise/{{Batman}} Bruce Wayne]]''', ''Film/BatmanBegins''
->"People want Me to do everything for them, but what they don't realize is, [[HumansAreSpecial they have the power]]. You want to see a miracle, son? ''[[YouAreBetterThanYouThinkYouAre Be the miracle.]]''"
-->-- '''God''', ''Film/BruceAlmighty''
->"'''Please!''' [[ShowDontTell No more 'splaining!]]"
-->-- '''Amelia''', ''WesternAnimation/TheTick [=S1E09:=] The Tick vs Brainchild''
->"[[AwfulTruth Sometimes truth isn't good enough]]; sometimes people deserve more. Sometimes people deserve to have their faith rewarded."
-->-- '''Franchise/{{Batman}}''', ''Film/TheDarkKnight''
->"Telling someone like me he can't do a thing just ensures he will...[[AchievementInIgnorance without your oversight]]"
-->-- [[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/4611673/27/Naruto-s-Compensation Naruto's Compensation Chapter 27]]
->"''That's your story, all one hundred percent of it. That one hundred percent is all in your head. ''[...]'' Once you get it down on paper, maybe only fifty to seventy-five percent of the original story makes it down there. And when the reader reads the story, they'll probably only get about fifty percent of even that. Get it? ''[...] \\
''This is because you as a writer... when you read your own story, that story is already all in your head, so as you read, you unconsciously fill in all the gaps, all the plot holes, but your reader doesn't have that convenience, does she? ''[...]'''' \\
''To make up for that, you gotta put that missing percentage of the story that the reader doesn't get the first time through by stylistic writing that subtly impacts their emotions!''"
-->--[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/3798215/1/Icha-Icha-Fantasy Icha Icha Fantasy]]
->"The past makes you who you are. It shouldn't be your burden!"
-->-- '''Zhang Junbao''', ''Film/TaiChiMaster''
->"There are six things the Lord hates, seven that are detestable to him: haughty eyes, a lying tongue, hands that shed innocent blood, a heart that devises wicked schemes, feet that are quick to rush into evil, a false witness who pours out lies and a person who stirs up conflict in the community."
-->-- '''Proverbs 6:16-19 (NIV)''', ''Literature/TheBible''
->"[[RedemptionQuest There is a way to be good again]]"
-->-- '''Rahim Khan''', ''Literature/TheKiteRunner''
->"There is neither happiness nor misery in the world; there is only the comparison of one state with another, nothing more [...]\\
Live, then, and be happy, beloved children of my heart, and never forget that until the day when God shall deign to reveal the future to man, all human wisdom is summed up in these two words, -- Wait and hope"
-->-- '''Edmond Dantes''', ''Literature/TheCountOfMonteCristo''
->"There's always one guaranteed weak link in any security set up: The human heart"
-->-- '''Carl Johnson''', ''VideoGame/GrandTheftAutoSanAndreas''
-> "Traditional storytelling is setting up a character, sending them on their journey, and learning more about them through their journey. Film/TheLastAirbender is just chess piece storytelling: Character goes here, character goes there, character says this, pawn to king four."
->"We are oft to blame in this, \\
'Tis too much proved, that with devotion's visage \\
And pious action we do sugar o'er \\
The devil himself."
-->-- '''Polonius''', ''{{Theatre/Hamlet}}: Act 3 Scene 1''
->"We didn't realise we were making memories, we just knew we were having fun"
-->-- '''Franchise/WinnieThePooh'''
->"We don't get to choose how or who we fall for, and we don't get to choose if or when those feelings go away. But if they do and you find yourself alone, that shouldn't take away the good times you ''did'' have together and that shouldn't take away the things you learned about yourself. It's okay to be sad about what you lost, but eventually you should try to be thankful for what you gained from the experience. And, maybe, with enough time, and enough understanding, you'll find that you're not alone, but rather that you traded a romance for a friend. A friend that still wants the best for you, even if they had to hurt you by saying they weren't the best for you nor you for them."
-->-- '''David''', ''WebAnimation/CampCamp [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M3gJx6MSFSI Season 2, Episode 7 - Bonjour Bonquisha]]''
->"[[AdultsAreUseless What good are you then?]]"
-->-- [[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/4611673/3/Naruto-s-Compensation Naruto's Compensation Chapter 3]]
->"What we do in life... echoes in eternity"
-->-- '''Maximus''', ''Film/{{Gladiator}}''
->"When a man says [[ScrewTheMoneyIHaveRules he has principles]], [[EveryManHasHisPrice what he means is]] [[AnOfferYouCantRefuse he can't be bought cheap]]"
-->--'''Chester Hoenicker''', ''Film/{{Flubber}}''
->"When you make somebody work to get a piece of information, they'll believe it that much more because it's hard to get."
-->-- '''Michael Westen''', ''Series/BurnNotice [[Recap/BurnNoticeS1E3FightOrFlight S1E3: Fight or Flight]]''
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Real Life]]
->''"A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step"''
-->-- '''{{Creator/Laozi}}'''
->''"A man’s character is most evident by how he treats those who are not in a position either to retaliate or reciprocate."''
-->--'''Paul Eldridge''' (Novelist, 1897–1972)
->"A professional enjoys what he does, but knows at the end of the day that he has to keep what he does about business."
-->-- '''Christatos Aristad''', ''[[https://www.artofmanliness.com/2009/06/03/so-you-want-my-job-professional-gambler/ So You Want My Job: Professional Gambler]]''
->''"Adults are only kids grown up, anyway"''
-->-- '''Creator/WaltDisney'''
->"Art takes hours to produce and seconds to consume so don't act surprised when artists get upset when their posts only get likes and no reblogs. Similarly, a piece of writing that takes a few minutes to read could have weeks of work behind it… \\
Don't take creativity for granted when you're getting it for free"
-->-- ''[[http://princeloki.tumblr.com/post/134831255776 princeloki Tumblr post]]''
->''"Be kind to everyone on the way up. You’ll meet the same people on your way down."''
-->-- Attr. to '''Walter Winchell''' (Gossip Columnist, 1897–1972)
->''"Be the change you want to see happen"'' [[labelnote:*]]often misattributed to UsefulNotes/MahatmaGandhi[[/labelnote]]
-->-- '''Arleen Lorrance''' (Author and School Teacher), ''[[https://www.consciousnesswork.com/love.htm The Love Principles]]''
->''"[[WhosLaughingNow Best revenge is massive success]]"''
-->-- '''Creator/FrankSinatra'''
->''"Character is {{what you are in the dark}}"''
-->-- Attr. to '''Dwight L. Moody''' (American Evangelist, 1837–1899)
->''"Complaining is finding faults. Wisdom is finding solutions."''
-->-- '''Ajahn Brahm''' (Theravada Buddhist monk)
->''"[[CowardlyLion Courage is being scared to death but saddling up anyway]]"''
-->-- '''Creator/JohnWayne'''
->"[[https://youtu.be/AtjTRTKHDjg?t=7 Do you know what it means when somebody pays you minimum wage?]] [...] It's like 'Hey, if I could pay you ''less'', I '''''would'''''.'"
-->-- '''Creator/ChrisRock'''
->"[[https://www.reddit.com/r/Games/comments/1g8lqv/gabe_newell_one_of_the_things_we_learned_pretty/ Don't ever, ever try to lie to the internet - because they will catch you. They will de-construct your spin. They will remember everything you ever say for eternity.]]"
-->--'''Gabe Newell''' (Managing Director and co-founder of [[Creator/ValveSoftware Valve Corporation]])
->"Don’t ''noun'' people, '''''verb''''' them"
-->--''[[https://www.quora.com/Is-it-ok-to-call-your-teenage-daughter-a-liar/answer/Craig-Good Is it ok to call your teenage daughter a liar?]]''
->"[[https://twitter.com/EdLatimore/status/1058305553020141570 Embarrassment is the cost of entry. If you aren't willing to look like a foolish beginner, you'll never become a graceful master.]]"
-->-- '''Ed Latimore''' (Former heavyweight boxer)
->''"Everyone is entitled to his own opinion, but not to his own facts."''
-->-- '''Daniel Patrick Moynihan''' (American Politician and Sociologist, 1927-2003)
->''"Everything in moderation, '''including''' moderation"''
-->-- '''Creator/OscarWilde'''
->''"I fear not the man who has practiced 10,000 kicks once, but I fear the man who has practiced one kick 10,000 times."''
-->-- '''Creator/BruceLee'''
-> ''"I've failed over and over and over again in my life. And that is why I succeed"''
-->-- '''UsefulNotes/MichaelJordan'''
->''"[[HardWorkHardlyWorks If hard work were such a wonderful thing]], surely the rich would have kept it all to themselves."''
-->-- '''Lane Kirkland''' (AFL-CIO union leader, 1922-1999)
->"If to correct you must humiliate; you don't know how to teach."
-->--''https://www.quora.com/q/heroesandtheirstories/This-is-almost-certainly-apocryphal-but-it-has-two-surprises-that-left-me-thinking-for-days-An-old-man-meets-a-young-m''
->"If wealth was the inevitable result of hard work and enterprise, every woman in Africa would be a millionaire."
-->-- '''George Monbiot''', ''[[http://www.monbiot.com/2011/11/07/the-self-attribution-fallacy/ The Self-Attribution Fallacy]]''
->''"If you can't explain it to a six year old, you don't understand it yourself"''
-->-- Attr. to '''UsefulNotes/AlbertEinstein'''
->''"If you don't love me at my worst, then you don't deserve me at my best."''
-->-- '''Creator/MarilynMonroe'''
-> "If you talk to a fireman he will say, 'all houses matter but right now we are heading to the one that's burning'".
-->--[[https://uspolitics.quora.com/Why-are-Democrats-offended-by-ALM-Don-t-All-lives-matter-Or-is-BLM-truly-just-a-front-to-get-democrats-more-black-vote-157 Why are Democrats offended by ALM? Don’t All lives matter?]]
-> "If you don’t have a seat at the table, you’re likely on the menu."
-->-- Attr. to '''[[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ann_Richards Ann Richards]]''' (45th Governor of Texas, 1933–2006)
->''"Most people can bear adversity. But if you wish to know what a man really is, [[TheChainsOfCommanding give him power]].''
-->-- '''Robert G. Ingersoll''' (US politician, orator, agnostic, 1833-1899) in a lecture about UsefulNotes/AbrahamLincoln
->''"[[https://twitter.com/dollyparton/status/567789578342645760 If you want the rainbow, you gotta put up with the rain]]"''
-->-- '''Music/DollyParton'''
-> "It turns out that wealth ''does'' trickle down, you just have to make them '''bleed''' first."
-->-- [[https://twitter.com/Zi_W/status/1354685327324147715 Tweet by @Zi_W]]
-> ''"It's easier to ask forgiveness than it is to get permission."''
-->-- '''[[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grace_Hopper Grace Hopper]]''' (Rear admiral, 1906-1992)
->''"It’s easier to fool someone than it is to convince them they’ve been fooled."''
-->-- Attr. to '''Creator/MarkTwain'''[[labelnote:(What he actually wrote)]] [[https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/did-mark-twain-say-its-easier-to-fool-people-than-to-convince-them-that-they-have-been-fooled/ "How easy it is to make people believe a lie, and [how] hard it is to undo that work again!"]][[/labelnote]]
->''"Learn the rules before you break them"''
-->-- ''The Bookman, Volume 60'' (Attr. to '''Creator/PabloPicasso''')
->''"[[SelfDisposingVillain Never interrupt your enemy when he is making a mistake]]"''
-->-- Attr. to '''UsefulNotes/NapoleonBonaparte'''
->''"No one is born hating another person because of the color of his skin, or his background, or his religion. People must learn to hate, and if they can learn to hate, they can be taught to love, for love comes more naturally to the human heart than its opposite."''
-->-- '''UsefulNotes/NelsonMandela''', ''Long Walk to Freedom''
->"People who demand respect get the bare minimum. \\
People who command respect get that and more."
-->--''[[https://www.quora.com/What-does-the-Secret-Service-think-of-Donald-Trump/answer/Aaron-Fleisher-2/comment/119571907 What does the Secret Service think of Donald Trump?]]''
->"Sacrifice '''must''' come with a purpose. There has to be a good reason for it."
-->-- '''WebAnimation/ExtraCredits''', ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sHBOWPLpXrs&feature=youtu.be&t=173 Working Conditions - The Deplorable Status Quo that Killed a Studio]]''
->"Sell the sizzle not the sausage"
-->-- '''Katy Hill''' (former Blue Peter presenter and life coach)
->"[[https://twitter.com/MackDistrict6/status/1555679877075976192 Speech is free, but LIES will cost ya ✨]]"
-->-- '''[[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tiara_Mack Tiara Mack]]''' (Rhode Island Senator)
->''"That which can be asserted without evidence may also be dismissed without evidence."''
-->--'''Christopher Hitchens''' (British-American author, 1949–2011), ''Hitchens' Razor''
->''"The brick walls are not there to keep us out. The brick walls are there to give us a chance to show how badly we want something. Because the brick walls are there to stop the people who don’t want it badly enough."''
-->-- '''Randy Pausch''' (Carnegie Mellon Professor, 1960-2008), ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ji5_MqicxSo&t=1098s The Last Lecture: Achieving Your Childhood Dreams]]''
->''"The effect you have on others is the most valuable currency there is"''
-->-- '''Creator/JimCarrey'''
->''"[[ItsTheJourneyThatCounts The joy is in the journey, the struggle is part of the joy and the final destination is not an end but another beginning of another journey]]"''
-->-- '''[[http://www.kathyboydfellure.com/ Kathy Boyd Fellure]]''' (Novelist and Children's Author)
->''"The master has failed more times than the beginner has even tried"''
-->-- '''[[https://stephenmccranie.com/ Stephen McCranie]]''' (Cartoonist)
->''"The object of war is not to die for your country but to make the other bastard die for his."''
-->-- '''UsefulNotes/GeorgeSPatton'''
->''"The old law of an eye for an eye leaves everybody blind."''
-->-- '''UsefulNotes/MartinLutherKingJr'''
->''"The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing"''
-->-- Attr. to '''Edmund Burke''' (Irish statesman, 1730–1797)
->''"Those who stand on tiptoes do not stand firmly. \\
Those who rush ahead don’t get very far. \\
Those who try to outshine others dim their own light. \\
Those who call themselves righteous can’t know how wrong they are. \\
Those who boast of their accomplishments diminish the things they have done."''
-->-- '''{{Creator/Laozi}}'''
->"''[...]'' [[https://twitter.com/amandawinnlee/status/1159953547754004480 Religion is like a penis- it’s fine to have one and be proud of it, but you never whip it out in public and you never try to shove it down someone else’s throat]]"
-->-- '''Creator/AmandaWinnLee'''
->''"That's why they call it UsefulNotes/TheAmericanDream, because you have to be asleep to believe it."''
-->--'''Creator/GeorgeCarlin'''
->''The world has enough for everyone's need, but not enough for everyone's greed.''
-->--'''UsefulNotes/MahatmaGandhi'''
->''"[[HumansAreMorons Think about how stupid the average person is, then realize that half of them are stupider than that]]."''[[note]]Averages don't work that way, but [[BackhandedCompliment we do underestimate what humans are capable of]].[[/note]]
-->--'''Creator/GeorgeCarlin'''
->''"[[PerfectPacifistPeople Those who 'abjure' violence]] can do so only because others are committing violence on their behalf."''
-->-- '''Creator/GeorgeOrwell'''
->''“Travel is fatal to prejudice, bigotry, and narrow-mindedness, and many of our people need it sorely on these accounts. Broad, wholesome, charitable views of men and things cannot be acquired by vegetating in one little corner of the earth all one's lifetime.”''
-->-- '''Creator/MarkTwain'''
->''“To argue with a man who has renounced the use and authority of reason, and whose philosophy consists in holding humanity in contempt, is like administering medicine to the dead, or endeavoring to convert an atheist by scripture.”''
-->-- '''Creator/ThomasPaine'''
->"well, well, well, if it isn't the consequences of my own actions"
-->-- [[https://twitter.com/geraldinreverse/status/1045907408474664961 Tweet by @geraldinreverse]]
->"What have a drug cartel and American hospitals got in common? \\
'''If you can’t pay, they’ll both leave you dead in the street.'''"
-->--[[https://www.quora.com/Is-healthcare-in-the-US-really-that-expensive-or-is-it-some-kind-of-a-running-joke/answer/Tom-Overton-5 Is healthcare in the US really that expensive?]]''
->''"When you can't make them see the light, make them feel the heat"''
-->-- '''UsefulNotes/RonaldReagan'''
->"[[https://twitter.com/franklinleonard/status/652885246220734464?lang=en When you're accustomed to privilege, equality feels like oppression]]."
-->--'''[[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Franklin_Leonard Franklin Leonard]]''', American film executive
->''"Whether it be better to be loved than feared or feared than loved? A prince ought to inspire fear in such a way that, if he does not win love, he avoids hatred"''
-->-- '''Creator/NiccoloMachiavelli''', ''Literature/ThePrince''
->''"You can fail at what you don’t want, so you might as well take a chance on doing what you love"''
-->-- '''Creator/JimCarrey'''
->“You can’t beat goodness into a person.”
-->-- '''[[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Keshia_Thomas Keshia Thomas]]''', who [[https://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-24653643 stopped an angry mob from killing a KKK member]].
->"You don’t get to grow up when you’re born poor, you get dragged up by circumstance."
-->-- [[https://www.quora.com/What-is-it-like-to-be-born-poor-in-Britain/answer/Tarry-Sinclaire What is it like to be born poor in Britain?]]
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Unknown sources]]
->''Actions have consequences''
->"[[https://twitter.com/ebelden/status/781169899703898112 Assholes beget assholes.]]"
->''"Because you can '''doesn't''' mean you should"''
->''Blessed is he who sits on a bee for he shall rise again''
->''[[https://www.quora.com/What-is-the-most-hurtful-thing-someone-has-said-to-you/answer/Rashmi-Pathak-21 Carelessly spoken words have the ability to pierce more sharply than a sword, and the effects last longer]]''
->"Deprive someone of their creature comforts—and you’ll see what kind of creature they really are."
-->--''[[https://www.quora.com/How-do-you-know-someones-true-personality/answer/Nathan-Jackson-82 How do you know someone's true personality?]]''
->''Don't be a jerk''
->''Don't cry because it's over. Smile because it happened.''
->''Don't wrestle with a pig in the mud. You both get dirty and the pig likes it''
->''Equal rights for everyone does not meant [[GrammarNazi fewer]] rights for you''
->''Finish what you start''
->''Freedom of speech does not mean freedom from criticism/consequences''
->''Go until you get a '''No'''''
->''God must have loved the common people: He made so many of them.''
-->-- Misattr. to '''UsefulNotes/AbrahamLincoln'''
->''Growth is just outside your comfort zone''
->''Guns don't kill people. People kill people. [[BreadEggsBreadedEggs People with guns]] kill more people.''
->"If you become expendable, you cannot negotiate"
-> ''If you can read this, thank a teacher''
->''If you're not paying for the product, '''you''' are the product''
->''Infatuation is selfish. Love is selfless''
->''[[YoyoPlotPoint Insanity is doing the same thing over and over again, and expecting different results]]''
->''It's easy to forgive when you're not the victim''
->''It's expensive to be poor''
->''The only person you need to be better than is the person you were yesterday''
->''[[ScrewTheRulesIHaveConnections It's not what you know. It's who you know]] / "[[http://www.businessinsider.com/networking-its-not-about-who-you-know-its-about-who-knows-you-2011-5 It's not about who you know]], it's about '''[[InvertedTrope who knows you]]'''"''
->'''''[[LookBehindYou LOOK, A DISTRACTION!]]'''''
->''Loyalty and Respect go both ways. If they don't return it, they don't deserve it. / Respect is a two-way street''
->''Loyalty to your company/employer isn't earned, [[OnlyInItForTheMoney it's bought]].
->''Measure seven times, cut once''
-->-- '''''Russian proverb'''''
->''Minimum wage, minimum effort''
->''Money isn't everything, but everything needs money''
->''"Never lift a hand to strike someone; it leaves your lower parts vulnerable"''
->''"Never play leapfrog with a unicorn"''
->''Out of sight, out of mind''
->''"Smile; Tomorrow will be worse"''
-->-- '''''The Murphy Philosophy'''''
->''[[https://www.quora.com/What-did-your-drawings-look-like-in-middle-school-versus-now/answer/John-Gibbons-50 Talent is a myth. Practice is a fact.]]''
->''The best lies have an [[MetaphoricallyTrue element of truth]]''
->''Two wrongs do not make a right''
->''What Goes Online, Stays Online Forever''
->''[[https://www.quora.com/How-can-we-help-young-people-figure-out-what-they-want-to-do-with-their-lives-through-the-education-system/answer/Dave-Consiglio What’s the difference between a high school graduate and a college dropout?]] '''DEBT'''''
->''When exposing a crime is treated as committing a crime, you are being ruled by criminals.''
-->-- Attr. to '''Edward Snowden'''
->''Winners never quit. Quitters never win.''
->''Work '''Smarter''', not harder''
->"Why give your heart to someone who doesn't even want it?"
--> ''(from a video series about Literature/TheBible, forgot what series it was)''
->''[[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thoughts_and_prayers Thoughts and prayers]] are only insulting when they replace needed action.''
->''You could fill a library with all the things you don’t know! In fact, they do, they’re called libraries!''
->''[[EarnYourHappyEnding You only get what you put into it]]''
->''Your right to swing your arms ends just where the other man’s nose begins.''
-> بعد از هر تاریکی روشنایی است (After every darkness there is light)
-->-- '''''Afghan proverb'''''
[[/folder]]
!Quotes by me or my friends (but mostly my friends)
->''"'''Any''' direction is a direction. The only way to go nowhere is by staying still"''
->''"Give a man a fire and you keep him warm for a day. Set a man on fire and you keep him warm for the rest of his life"''
->''"Once a king, always a king. Once a (k)night, enough!"''
->''"Too much of a good thing is a bad thing. Too much of a bad thing...EVEN WORSE!"''
!Favorite Quotes
[[foldercontrol]]
[[folder:From Fiction]]
->"An empire toppled by its enemies can rise again, but one which crumbles from within? That's dead... forever."
-->-- '''Helmut Zemo''', ''Film/CaptainAmericaCivilWar''
->"Artists use lies to tell the truth"
-->-- '''Evey Hammond''', ''ComicBook/VForVendetta''
->"Bitterness is a paralytic. '''[[ThePowerOfLove Love]]''' is much more '''''[[LoveMakesYouEvil vicious]]''''' motivator"
-->-- '''Series/{{Sherlock}}''', ''[[Recap/SherlockS01E01AStudyInPink A Study In Pink]]''
->"[[Administrivia/BrevityIsWit Brevity is the soul of wit]]"
-->-- '''Polonius''', ''{{Theatre/Hamlet}}: Act 2 Scene 2''
->"Childhood is short, and maturity is forever."
-->-- '''ComicStrip/CalvinAndHobbes'''
->"Criminals thrive on [[ApatheticCitizens the indulgence of society's understanding.]]"
-->-- '''Henri Ducard''', ''Film/BatmanBegins''
->"Everything that has a beginning, has an end"
-->-- '''The Oracle''', ''Film/TheMatrixRevolutions''
->"[[UndyingLoyalty For you, a thousand times over]]"
-->-- '''Hassan''', ''Literature/TheKiteRunner''
->"Good deed's like pissing yourself in dark pants. [[KnightInSourArmor Warm feeling, but no one notices.]]"
-->-- '''Jacob''', ''VideoGame/MassEffect2''
->"[[KnightTemplar How many of us do you have to kill to keep us safe?]]"
-->-- ''WesternAnimation/JusticeLeague [[Recap/JusticeLeagueUnlimitedS3E7PatriotAct S3E7: Patriot Act]]''
->"I have experience... and patience. A man can do anything if he has those."
-->-- '''Helmut Zemo''', ''Film/CaptainAmericaCivilWar''
->"If it is justice that you want, be smart about it."
-->--'''Petyr "Littlefinger" Baelish''', ''Series/GameOfThrones [[Recap/GameOfThronesS2E5TheGhostOfHarrenhal S2E5: The Ghost of Harrenhal]]''
-> "[[DullSurprise If the character can never express any emotion]], ''[[EightDeadlyWords why should the audience ever express any emotion?]]''"
->"[[TheGodsMustBeLazy If there are gods, why is the world so full of pain and injustice?]]"
-->-- '''Jaime Lannister''', ''Literature/ASongOfIceAndFire''
->"If you can't say something nice, don't say nothing at all"
-->-- '''Thumper''', ''{{WesternAnimation/Bambi}}''
->"If you have to ''explain'' a joke, '''[[DontExplainTheJoke THERE IS NO JOKE!]]'''"
-->-- '''ComicBook/TheJoker''', ''[[WesternAnimation/BatmanTheAnimatedSeries The New Batman Adventures]] [[Recap/TheNewBatmanAdventuresE21MadLove E21: Mad Love]]''
->"If you want to know what a man's like, [[NiceToTheWaiter take a good look at how he treats his inferiors, not his equals.]]"
-->-- '''Sirius Black''', ''Literature/HarryPotterAndTheGobletOfFire''
->"It is a capital mistake to theorize before one has data. Insensibly [[ConfirmationBias one begins to twist facts to suit theories]], instead of theories to suit facts."
-->-- '''Literature/SherlockHolmes''', ''A Scandal In Bohemia''
->"[[HeWhoFightsMonsters In your haste to save the world boy, take care you don't destroy it!]]"
-->-- '''Achilles Davenport''', ''VideoGame/AssassinsCreedIII''
->"[[TheCaligula Incompetence]] should not be rewarded with [[MyMasterRightOrWrong blind loyalty!]]"
-->-- '''Varys''', ''Series/GameOfThrones [[Recap/GameOfThronesS7E2Stormborn S7E2: Stormborn]]''
->"[[BuryYourGays It seems strange that my life should end in such a terrible place.]] But for three years I had roses - and apologised to no-one. I shall die here. Every last inch of me shall perish. Except one."
-->-- '''Valerie Page''', ''ComicBook/VForVendetta''
->"[[https://youtu.be/k6C8SX0mWP0?t=44s It's like in the great stories, Mr. Frodo. The ones that really mattered.]] Full of darkness and danger, they were. And sometimes you didn't want to know the end. Because how could the end be happy? How could the world go back to the way it was when so much bad had happened? But in the end, it's only a passing thing, this shadow. Even darkness must pass. A new day will come! And when the sun shines it'll shine out the clearer!"
-->-- '''Samwise Gamgee''', ''Film/TheLordOfTheRingsTheTwoTowers''
->"Lesson number one: ''Never'' attack in anger"
--> '''Diego de la Vega''', ''Film/TheMaskOfZorro''
->"[[DesignatedHero Our hero, ladies and gentlemen!]]"
-->-- '''[[WebVideo/AtopTheFourthWall Linkara]]''', ''RunningGag/AtopTheFourthWall''
->"People need dramatic examples to shake them out of apathy"
-->-- '''[[Franchise/{{Batman}} Bruce Wayne]]''', ''Film/BatmanBegins''
->"People want Me to do everything for them, but what they don't realize is, [[HumansAreSpecial they have the power]]. You want to see a miracle, son? ''[[YouAreBetterThanYouThinkYouAre Be the miracle.]]''"
-->-- '''God''', ''Film/BruceAlmighty''
->"'''Please!''' [[ShowDontTell No more 'splaining!]]"
-->-- '''Amelia''', ''WesternAnimation/TheTick [=S1E09:=] The Tick vs Brainchild''
->"[[AwfulTruth Sometimes truth isn't good enough]]; sometimes people deserve more. Sometimes people deserve to have their faith rewarded."
-->-- '''Franchise/{{Batman}}''', ''Film/TheDarkKnight''
->"Telling someone like me he can't do a thing just ensures he will...[[AchievementInIgnorance without your oversight]]"
-->-- [[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/4611673/27/Naruto-s-Compensation Naruto's Compensation Chapter 27]]
->"''That's your story, all one hundred percent of it. That one hundred percent is all in your head. ''[...]'' Once you get it down on paper, maybe only fifty to seventy-five percent of the original story makes it down there. And when the reader reads the story, they'll probably only get about fifty percent of even that. Get it? ''[...] \\
''This is because you as a writer... when you read your own story, that story is already all in your head, so as you read, you unconsciously fill in all the gaps, all the plot holes, but your reader doesn't have that convenience, does she? ''[...]'''' \\
''To make up for that, you gotta put that missing percentage of the story that the reader doesn't get the first time through by stylistic writing that subtly impacts their emotions!''"
-->--[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/3798215/1/Icha-Icha-Fantasy Icha Icha Fantasy]]
->"The past makes you who you are. It shouldn't be your burden!"
-->-- '''Zhang Junbao''', ''Film/TaiChiMaster''
->"There are six things the Lord hates, seven that are detestable to him: haughty eyes, a lying tongue, hands that shed innocent blood, a heart that devises wicked schemes, feet that are quick to rush into evil, a false witness who pours out lies and a person who stirs up conflict in the community."
-->-- '''Proverbs 6:16-19 (NIV)''', ''Literature/TheBible''
->"[[RedemptionQuest There is a way to be good again]]"
-->-- '''Rahim Khan''', ''Literature/TheKiteRunner''
->"There is neither happiness nor misery in the world; there is only the comparison of one state with another, nothing more [...]\\
Live, then, and be happy, beloved children of my heart, and never forget that until the day when God shall deign to reveal the future to man, all human wisdom is summed up in these two words, -- Wait and hope"
-->-- '''Edmond Dantes''', ''Literature/TheCountOfMonteCristo''
->"There's always one guaranteed weak link in any security set up: The human heart"
-->-- '''Carl Johnson''', ''VideoGame/GrandTheftAutoSanAndreas''
-> "Traditional storytelling is setting up a character, sending them on their journey, and learning more about them through their journey. Film/TheLastAirbender is just chess piece storytelling: Character goes here, character goes there, character says this, pawn to king four."
->"We are oft to blame in this, \\
'Tis too much proved, that with devotion's visage \\
And pious action we do sugar o'er \\
The devil himself."
-->-- '''Polonius''', ''{{Theatre/Hamlet}}: Act 3 Scene 1''
->"We didn't realise we were making memories, we just knew we were having fun"
-->-- '''Franchise/WinnieThePooh'''
->"We don't get to choose how or who we fall for, and we don't get to choose if or when those feelings go away. But if they do and you find yourself alone, that shouldn't take away the good times you ''did'' have together and that shouldn't take away the things you learned about yourself. It's okay to be sad about what you lost, but eventually you should try to be thankful for what you gained from the experience. And, maybe, with enough time, and enough understanding, you'll find that you're not alone, but rather that you traded a romance for a friend. A friend that still wants the best for you, even if they had to hurt you by saying they weren't the best for you nor you for them."
-->-- '''David''', ''WebAnimation/CampCamp [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M3gJx6MSFSI Season 2, Episode 7 - Bonjour Bonquisha]]''
->"[[AdultsAreUseless What good are you then?]]"
-->-- [[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/4611673/3/Naruto-s-Compensation Naruto's Compensation Chapter 3]]
->"What we do in life... echoes in eternity"
-->-- '''Maximus''', ''Film/{{Gladiator}}''
->"When a man says [[ScrewTheMoneyIHaveRules he has principles]], [[EveryManHasHisPrice what he means is]] [[AnOfferYouCantRefuse he can't be bought cheap]]"
-->--'''Chester Hoenicker''', ''Film/{{Flubber}}''
->"When you make somebody work to get a piece of information, they'll believe it that much more because it's hard to get."
-->-- '''Michael Westen''', ''Series/BurnNotice [[Recap/BurnNoticeS1E3FightOrFlight S1E3: Fight or Flight]]''
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Real Life]]
->''"A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step"''
-->-- '''{{Creator/Laozi}}'''
->''"A man’s character is most evident by how he treats those who are not in a position either to retaliate or reciprocate."''
-->--'''Paul Eldridge''' (Novelist, 1897–1972)
->"A professional enjoys what he does, but knows at the end of the day that he has to keep what he does about business."
-->-- '''Christatos Aristad''', ''[[https://www.artofmanliness.com/2009/06/03/so-you-want-my-job-professional-gambler/ So You Want My Job: Professional Gambler]]''
->''"Adults are only kids grown up, anyway"''
-->-- '''Creator/WaltDisney'''
->"Art takes hours to produce and seconds to consume so don't act surprised when artists get upset when their posts only get likes and no reblogs. Similarly, a piece of writing that takes a few minutes to read could have weeks of work behind it… \\
Don't take creativity for granted when you're getting it for free"
-->-- ''[[http://princeloki.tumblr.com/post/134831255776 princeloki Tumblr post]]''
->''"Be kind to everyone on the way up. You’ll meet the same people on your way down."''
-->-- Attr. to '''Walter Winchell''' (Gossip Columnist, 1897–1972)
->''"Be the change you want to see happen"'' [[labelnote:*]]often misattributed to UsefulNotes/MahatmaGandhi[[/labelnote]]
-->-- '''Arleen Lorrance''' (Author and School Teacher), ''[[https://www.consciousnesswork.com/love.htm The Love Principles]]''
->''"[[WhosLaughingNow Best revenge is massive success]]"''
-->-- '''Creator/FrankSinatra'''
->''"Character is {{what you are in the dark}}"''
-->-- Attr. to '''Dwight L. Moody''' (American Evangelist, 1837–1899)
->''"Complaining is finding faults. Wisdom is finding solutions."''
-->-- '''Ajahn Brahm''' (Theravada Buddhist monk)
->''"[[CowardlyLion Courage is being scared to death but saddling up anyway]]"''
-->-- '''Creator/JohnWayne'''
->"[[https://youtu.be/AtjTRTKHDjg?t=7 Do you know what it means when somebody pays you minimum wage?]] [...] It's like 'Hey, if I could pay you ''less'', I '''''would'''''.'"
-->-- '''Creator/ChrisRock'''
->"[[https://www.reddit.com/r/Games/comments/1g8lqv/gabe_newell_one_of_the_things_we_learned_pretty/ Don't ever, ever try to lie to the internet - because they will catch you. They will de-construct your spin. They will remember everything you ever say for eternity.]]"
-->--'''Gabe Newell''' (Managing Director and co-founder of [[Creator/ValveSoftware Valve Corporation]])
->"Don’t ''noun'' people, '''''verb''''' them"
-->--''[[https://www.quora.com/Is-it-ok-to-call-your-teenage-daughter-a-liar/answer/Craig-Good Is it ok to call your teenage daughter a liar?]]''
->"[[https://twitter.com/EdLatimore/status/1058305553020141570 Embarrassment is the cost of entry. If you aren't willing to look like a foolish beginner, you'll never become a graceful master.]]"
-->-- '''Ed Latimore''' (Former heavyweight boxer)
->''"Everyone is entitled to his own opinion, but not to his own facts."''
-->-- '''Daniel Patrick Moynihan''' (American Politician and Sociologist, 1927-2003)
->''"Everything in moderation, '''including''' moderation"''
-->-- '''Creator/OscarWilde'''
->''"I fear not the man who has practiced 10,000 kicks once, but I fear the man who has practiced one kick 10,000 times."''
-->-- '''Creator/BruceLee'''
-> ''"I've failed over and over and over again in my life. And that is why I succeed"''
-->-- '''UsefulNotes/MichaelJordan'''
->''"[[HardWorkHardlyWorks If hard work were such a wonderful thing]], surely the rich would have kept it all to themselves."''
-->-- '''Lane Kirkland''' (AFL-CIO union leader, 1922-1999)
->"If to correct you must humiliate; you don't know how to teach."
-->--''https://www.quora.com/q/heroesandtheirstories/This-is-almost-certainly-apocryphal-but-it-has-two-surprises-that-left-me-thinking-for-days-An-old-man-meets-a-young-m''
->"If wealth was the inevitable result of hard work and enterprise, every woman in Africa would be a millionaire."
-->-- '''George Monbiot''', ''[[http://www.monbiot.com/2011/11/07/the-self-attribution-fallacy/ The Self-Attribution Fallacy]]''
->''"If you can't explain it to a six year old, you don't understand it yourself"''
-->-- Attr. to '''UsefulNotes/AlbertEinstein'''
->''"If you don't love me at my worst, then you don't deserve me at my best."''
-->-- '''Creator/MarilynMonroe'''
-> "If you talk to a fireman he will say, 'all houses matter but right now we are heading to the one that's burning'".
-->--[[https://uspolitics.quora.com/Why-are-Democrats-offended-by-ALM-Don-t-All-lives-matter-Or-is-BLM-truly-just-a-front-to-get-democrats-more-black-vote-157 Why are Democrats offended by ALM? Don’t All lives matter?]]
-> "If you don’t have a seat at the table, you’re likely on the menu."
-->-- Attr. to '''[[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ann_Richards Ann Richards]]''' (45th Governor of Texas, 1933–2006)
->''"Most people can bear adversity. But if you wish to know what a man really is, [[TheChainsOfCommanding give him power]].''
-->-- '''Robert G. Ingersoll''' (US politician, orator, agnostic, 1833-1899) in a lecture about UsefulNotes/AbrahamLincoln
->''"[[https://twitter.com/dollyparton/status/567789578342645760 If you want the rainbow, you gotta put up with the rain]]"''
-->-- '''Music/DollyParton'''
-> "It turns out that wealth ''does'' trickle down, you just have to make them '''bleed''' first."
-->-- [[https://twitter.com/Zi_W/status/1354685327324147715 Tweet by @Zi_W]]
-> ''"It's easier to ask forgiveness than it is to get permission."''
-->-- '''[[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grace_Hopper Grace Hopper]]''' (Rear admiral, 1906-1992)
->''"It’s easier to fool someone than it is to convince them they’ve been fooled."''
-->-- Attr. to '''Creator/MarkTwain'''[[labelnote:(What he actually wrote)]] [[https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/did-mark-twain-say-its-easier-to-fool-people-than-to-convince-them-that-they-have-been-fooled/ "How easy it is to make people believe a lie, and [how] hard it is to undo that work again!"]][[/labelnote]]
->''"Learn the rules before you break them"''
-->-- ''The Bookman, Volume 60'' (Attr. to '''Creator/PabloPicasso''')
->''"[[SelfDisposingVillain Never interrupt your enemy when he is making a mistake]]"''
-->-- Attr. to '''UsefulNotes/NapoleonBonaparte'''
->''"No one is born hating another person because of the color of his skin, or his background, or his religion. People must learn to hate, and if they can learn to hate, they can be taught to love, for love comes more naturally to the human heart than its opposite."''
-->-- '''UsefulNotes/NelsonMandela''', ''Long Walk to Freedom''
->"People who demand respect get the bare minimum. \\
People who command respect get that and more."
-->--''[[https://www.quora.com/What-does-the-Secret-Service-think-of-Donald-Trump/answer/Aaron-Fleisher-2/comment/119571907 What does the Secret Service think of Donald Trump?]]''
->"Sacrifice '''must''' come with a purpose. There has to be a good reason for it."
-->-- '''WebAnimation/ExtraCredits''', ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sHBOWPLpXrs&feature=youtu.be&t=173 Working Conditions - The Deplorable Status Quo that Killed a Studio]]''
->"Sell the sizzle not the sausage"
-->-- '''Katy Hill''' (former Blue Peter presenter and life coach)
->"[[https://twitter.com/MackDistrict6/status/1555679877075976192 Speech is free, but LIES will cost ya ✨]]"
-->-- '''[[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tiara_Mack Tiara Mack]]''' (Rhode Island Senator)
->''"That which can be asserted without evidence may also be dismissed without evidence."''
-->--'''Christopher Hitchens''' (British-American author, 1949–2011), ''Hitchens' Razor''
->''"The brick walls are not there to keep us out. The brick walls are there to give us a chance to show how badly we want something. Because the brick walls are there to stop the people who don’t want it badly enough."''
-->-- '''Randy Pausch''' (Carnegie Mellon Professor, 1960-2008), ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ji5_MqicxSo&t=1098s The Last Lecture: Achieving Your Childhood Dreams]]''
->''"The effect you have on others is the most valuable currency there is"''
-->-- '''Creator/JimCarrey'''
->''"[[ItsTheJourneyThatCounts The joy is in the journey, the struggle is part of the joy and the final destination is not an end but another beginning of another journey]]"''
-->-- '''[[http://www.kathyboydfellure.com/ Kathy Boyd Fellure]]''' (Novelist and Children's Author)
->''"The master has failed more times than the beginner has even tried"''
-->-- '''[[https://stephenmccranie.com/ Stephen McCranie]]''' (Cartoonist)
->''"The object of war is not to die for your country but to make the other bastard die for his."''
-->-- '''UsefulNotes/GeorgeSPatton'''
->''"The old law of an eye for an eye leaves everybody blind."''
-->-- '''UsefulNotes/MartinLutherKingJr'''
->''"The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing"''
-->-- Attr. to '''Edmund Burke''' (Irish statesman, 1730–1797)
->''"Those who stand on tiptoes do not stand firmly. \\
Those who rush ahead don’t get very far. \\
Those who try to outshine others dim their own light. \\
Those who call themselves righteous can’t know how wrong they are. \\
Those who boast of their accomplishments diminish the things they have done."''
-->-- '''{{Creator/Laozi}}'''
->"''[...]'' [[https://twitter.com/amandawinnlee/status/1159953547754004480 Religion is like a penis- it’s fine to have one and be proud of it, but you never whip it out in public and you never try to shove it down someone else’s throat]]"
-->-- '''Creator/AmandaWinnLee'''
->''"That's why they call it UsefulNotes/TheAmericanDream, because you have to be asleep to believe it."''
-->--'''Creator/GeorgeCarlin'''
->''The world has enough for everyone's need, but not enough for everyone's greed.''
-->--'''UsefulNotes/MahatmaGandhi'''
->''"[[HumansAreMorons Think about how stupid the average person is, then realize that half of them are stupider than that]]."''[[note]]Averages don't work that way, but [[BackhandedCompliment we do underestimate what humans are capable of]].[[/note]]
-->--'''Creator/GeorgeCarlin'''
->''"[[PerfectPacifistPeople Those who 'abjure' violence]] can do so only because others are committing violence on their behalf."''
-->-- '''Creator/GeorgeOrwell'''
->''“Travel is fatal to prejudice, bigotry, and narrow-mindedness, and many of our people need it sorely on these accounts. Broad, wholesome, charitable views of men and things cannot be acquired by vegetating in one little corner of the earth all one's lifetime.”''
-->-- '''Creator/MarkTwain'''
->''“To argue with a man who has renounced the use and authority of reason, and whose philosophy consists in holding humanity in contempt, is like administering medicine to the dead, or endeavoring to convert an atheist by scripture.”''
-->-- '''Creator/ThomasPaine'''
->"well, well, well, if it isn't the consequences of my own actions"
-->-- [[https://twitter.com/geraldinreverse/status/1045907408474664961 Tweet by @geraldinreverse]]
->"What have a drug cartel and American hospitals got in common? \\
'''If you can’t pay, they’ll both leave you dead in the street.'''"
-->--[[https://www.quora.com/Is-healthcare-in-the-US-really-that-expensive-or-is-it-some-kind-of-a-running-joke/answer/Tom-Overton-5 Is healthcare in the US really that expensive?]]''
->''"When you can't make them see the light, make them feel the heat"''
-->-- '''UsefulNotes/RonaldReagan'''
->"[[https://twitter.com/franklinleonard/status/652885246220734464?lang=en When you're accustomed to privilege, equality feels like oppression]]."
-->--'''[[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Franklin_Leonard Franklin Leonard]]''', American film executive
->''"Whether it be better to be loved than feared or feared than loved? A prince ought to inspire fear in such a way that, if he does not win love, he avoids hatred"''
-->-- '''Creator/NiccoloMachiavelli''', ''Literature/ThePrince''
->''"You can fail at what you don’t want, so you might as well take a chance on doing what you love"''
-->-- '''Creator/JimCarrey'''
->“You can’t beat goodness into a person.”
-->-- '''[[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Keshia_Thomas Keshia Thomas]]''', who [[https://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-24653643 stopped an angry mob from killing a KKK member]].
->"You don’t get to grow up when you’re born poor, you get dragged up by circumstance."
-->-- [[https://www.quora.com/What-is-it-like-to-be-born-poor-in-Britain/answer/Tarry-Sinclaire What is it like to be born poor in Britain?]]
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Unknown sources]]
->''Actions have consequences''
->"[[https://twitter.com/ebelden/status/781169899703898112 Assholes beget assholes.]]"
->''"Because you can '''doesn't''' mean you should"''
->''Blessed is he who sits on a bee for he shall rise again''
->''[[https://www.quora.com/What-is-the-most-hurtful-thing-someone-has-said-to-you/answer/Rashmi-Pathak-21 Carelessly spoken words have the ability to pierce more sharply than a sword, and the effects last longer]]''
->"Deprive someone of their creature comforts—and you’ll see what kind of creature they really are."
-->--''[[https://www.quora.com/How-do-you-know-someones-true-personality/answer/Nathan-Jackson-82 How do you know someone's true personality?]]''
->''Don't be a jerk''
->''Don't cry because it's over. Smile because it happened.''
->''Don't wrestle with a pig in the mud. You both get dirty and the pig likes it''
->''Equal rights for everyone does not meant [[GrammarNazi fewer]] rights for you''
->''Finish what you start''
->''Freedom of speech does not mean freedom from criticism/consequences''
->''Go until you get a '''No'''''
->''God must have loved the common people: He made so many of them.''
-->-- Misattr. to '''UsefulNotes/AbrahamLincoln'''
->''Growth is just outside your comfort zone''
->''Guns don't kill people. People kill people. [[BreadEggsBreadedEggs People with guns]] kill more people.''
->"If you become expendable, you cannot negotiate"
-> ''If you can read this, thank a teacher''
->''If you're not paying for the product, '''you''' are the product''
->''Infatuation is selfish. Love is selfless''
->''[[YoyoPlotPoint Insanity is doing the same thing over and over again, and expecting different results]]''
->''It's easy to forgive when you're not the victim''
->''It's expensive to be poor''
->''The only person you need to be better than is the person you were yesterday''
->''[[ScrewTheRulesIHaveConnections It's not what you know. It's who you know]] / "[[http://www.businessinsider.com/networking-its-not-about-who-you-know-its-about-who-knows-you-2011-5 It's not about who you know]], it's about '''[[InvertedTrope who knows you]]'''"''
->'''''[[LookBehindYou LOOK, A DISTRACTION!]]'''''
->''Loyalty and Respect go both ways. If they don't return it, they don't deserve it. / Respect is a two-way street''
->''Loyalty to your company/employer isn't earned, [[OnlyInItForTheMoney it's bought]].
->''Measure seven times, cut once''
-->-- '''''Russian proverb'''''
->''Minimum wage, minimum effort''
->''Money isn't everything, but everything needs money''
->''"Never lift a hand to strike someone; it leaves your lower parts vulnerable"''
->''"Never play leapfrog with a unicorn"''
->''Out of sight, out of mind''
->''"Smile; Tomorrow will be worse"''
-->-- '''''The Murphy Philosophy'''''
->''[[https://www.quora.com/What-did-your-drawings-look-like-in-middle-school-versus-now/answer/John-Gibbons-50 Talent is a myth. Practice is a fact.]]''
->''The best lies have an [[MetaphoricallyTrue element of truth]]''
->''Two wrongs do not make a right''
->''What Goes Online, Stays Online Forever''
->''[[https://www.quora.com/How-can-we-help-young-people-figure-out-what-they-want-to-do-with-their-lives-through-the-education-system/answer/Dave-Consiglio What’s the difference between a high school graduate and a college dropout?]] '''DEBT'''''
->''When exposing a crime is treated as committing a crime, you are being ruled by criminals.''
-->-- Attr. to '''Edward Snowden'''
->''Winners never quit. Quitters never win.''
->''Work '''Smarter''', not harder''
->"Why give your heart to someone who doesn't even want it?"
--> ''(from a video series about Literature/TheBible, forgot what series it was)''
->''[[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thoughts_and_prayers Thoughts and prayers]] are only insulting when they replace needed action.''
->''You could fill a library with all the things you don’t know! In fact, they do, they’re called libraries!''
->''[[EarnYourHappyEnding You only get what you put into it]]''
->''Your right to swing your arms ends just where the other man’s nose begins.''
-> بعد از هر تاریکی روشنایی است (After every darkness there is light)
-->-- '''''Afghan proverb'''''
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!Quotes by me or my friends (but mostly my friends)
->''"'''Any''' direction is a direction. The only way to go nowhere is by staying still"''
->''"Give a man a fire and you keep him warm for a day. Set a man on fire and you keep him warm for the rest of his life"''
->''"Once a king, always a king. Once a (k)night, enough!"''
->''"Too much of a good thing is a bad thing. Too much of a bad thing...EVEN WORSE!"''
