Favourite quotes

[briantrumpet]

Not entirely irrelevant in the era of Trump & MAGA...

 

[Psamathe]

"When the last tree Is cut down, the last fish eaten, and the last stream poisoned, we will realise that we cannot eat money"

Source: Cree Indian Proverb

 

[Ianonabike]

“It's hard to win an argument with a smart person. It's damn near impossible to win an argument with a stupid person.” - Bill Murray

I think it's also impossible to win an argument with a troll. They'll just keep coming at you from different trollish angles, one logical fallacy after another.

 

[stephec]

“It's hard to win an argument with a smart person. It's damn near impossible to win an argument with a stupid person.” - Bill Murray

I think it's also impossible to win an argument with a troll. They'll just keep coming at you from different trollish angles, one logical fallacy after another.

There's another saying that goes with that -

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

 

[Psamathe]

“It's hard to win an argument with a smart person. It's damn near impossible to win an argument with a stupid person.” - Bill Murray

I think it's also impossible to win an argument with a troll. They'll just keep coming at you from different trollish angles, one logical fallacy after another.

There's another saying that goes with that -

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

I may have alreadt posted it to this thread but relevant:

“Never wrestle with a pig; you both get dirty and the pig likes it”​

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or maybe more relevant here (eg endless "you're wrong ..." posts)

"Never argue with an idiot; people watching may not be able to tell the difference”​

 

[secretsqirrel]

Fausto Coppi once said….

”It's like wrestling a gorilla, you don't quit when you're tired, you quit when the gorilla is tired."

 

[Ianonabike]

"It is difficult to get a man to understand something when his salary depends upon his not understanding it." - Upton Sinclair

 

[Psamathe]

Maybe for all those politicians (and others) seeking some "legacy"

"It's the rememberers who get to decide the memories not the remembered"​

 

[Ian H]

Had an incredible time introducing a newbie to saline infusions!! We had his balls pomelo-sized in an hour and he couldn’t get over the extra weight and sensation.
[Random Bluesky post]

 

[Beebo]

The sheep lives its whole life in fear of the wolves. Only to be eaten by the shepherd.

 

[Ianonabike]

"I am not a wolf in sheep's clothing, I'm a wolf in wolf's clothing." - Ricky Gervais

 

[Ianonabike]

"All I ask is the chance to prove that money can't make me happy." - Spike Milligan

 

[spen666]

"ahh bollocks, man ne one cares"

 

[Xipe Totec]

I can't remember who said their ambition was to have more money than sense. Always liked that - but I think I achieved it the day I found a fiver in the street when I was about 8.

 

[secretsqirrel]

“Poverty makes people sub-human, excess of wealth makes people inhuman" (Marx*)



*Groucho