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talkpoliticsNew year, new luck, yo! And of course, again for the purposes of the DailyQuotes list, here's the 1st installment of the funny/silly/throughtful/whatev's quotes for 2015.
As usual, a line has a chance of finding its place here if it inspires others to either have a giggle, or go into deep contemplation (keep hoping, lol). A link to this list will also be displayed on the community sidebar.
The Dailyquote list for the first 4 months of 2015 begins after the cut (with links)...
"The problem is that no one pays attention until people riot. Once people riot, people start condemning the rioters."
(dexeron)
"Greece doesn't need a coup to be a risky debtor, they just need an election."
(mikeyxw)
"If choosing a song is the top issue on a nation's agenda, and the main thing people at your place are getting worked up about, then you guys are truly blessed."
(htpcl)
"Losing $200m basically makes Belfort an expert. Difficult for local disciples to emulate since they can't possibly lose anywhere near that much."
(peamasii)
"The notion that any opinion is just as valid as the next one, that Controversy(TM) deserves to be taught as scientific fact for the sake of freedom of speech, and that everyone is entitled to their beliefs therefore you're obliged to respect them, no matter how ridiculously stupid and potentially harmful to those who are eventually recruited into their doctrine - is probably the most dangerous notion I've ever come across."
(ddstory)
"Succumbing to complacency is a typical feature of formerly glorious empires entering a stage of their life cycle that's past their zenith point."
(abomvubuso)
"Time and space are absolute, like God's word!"
(unnamed525)
"And probably infinite - almost like human stupidity!"
(abomvubuso)
"If past experience is any guide, it tends to be far easier to perform "a standard attack on the quality of a premise" and leave it at that, than to even begin coming up with alternative solutions and/or proposals for improvement."
(ddstory)
"Iran is a rational player on the world stage. If they believe having nukes will act as a deterrent to invasion, we are giving them every reason to think so with our callous foreign policy."
(kylinrouge)
20
"Today I learned that there is such a thing as a Mr. Bean figure. Today I looked it up and found out that they cost something like $500. Today I was sad."
(dexeron)
"In all fairness, America *is* advanced, in many ways even the most advanced. Just not all parts of it are."
(ddstory)
"Honesty is a luxury that few are willing to afford."
(luzribeiro)
"The notion that any opinion is just as valid as the next one and "each person will come to their own conclusions", couldn't be further from the truth."
(airiefairie)
"Q: Whom does Russia border on? A: With whoever it bloody wants to."
(mahnmut)
"Shit. Let ISIS, Al-Q, and BH all fight it out? I dunno. Will the real Caliphate please stand up? Then sit down."
(yes_justice)
"Prop yourself up too high, though, and the fall will be all the more cataclysmic for everyone involved when it, inevitably, comes."
(dexeron)
"Characterizing your opponent as deranged appears to be a rather viable tactic. Of course, the GOP makes it pretty easy with their VP nominations as of late."
(kylinrouge)
"I'd love to do some yoga on a paddleboard, for the record. I hope that does not put me at risk of contracting a bad strain of measles."
(airiefairie)
"I'm still keeping a few old Drachma coins. I'm hoping those will cost a fortune soon, what with Greece's upcoming unprecedented self-inflicted prosperity."
(htpcl)
10
"I'm curious what Tsipras thinks will happen to the drachma when he gets Greece out of the euro. But what he really really thinks will happen - not the version for the mics and cams, but the off-the-record version."
(abomvubuso)
"It has to involve unicorns riding rainbows carrying sacks and sacks of drachmas. It's the only solution to his problem."
(policraticus)
"Why offend the Byzantine race, mhmmm?"
(ddstory)
"Because I don't give a damn about appeasing the sentiments of a Third World banana republic."
(underlankers)
"Technically, it's an olive- and lemon republic. And occasionally orange."
(ddstory)
"America never met a tinpot dictator who did our bidding that we didn't like, until that dictator stops doing our bidding and then suddenly we notice that they're not leading a democracy and get all offended."
(dexeron)
"Seems like there are some deep waters where free speech better not step into. And no matter how lightly you tread, you'd always drown into a swamp of intricate social complications".
(mahnmut)
"We're becoming less willing to fight fire with fire, and more willing to fight fire with hashtags."
(oportet)
"Time is precious. Important things are going on everywhere and we have to be selective about holy shit a forty minute video of a cat playing with an oven mitt here we go!"
(oportet)
"Truth is, most people can't care enough to move a finger beyond the occasional tweet on the occasional #ILikeFreedom hashtag, or a selfie posing with a touching message on a piece of cardboard."
(luvdovz)
"When Hezbollah is more reasonable than group X, group X has problems".
(underlankers)
"I'm content to be a voice crying in the wilderness because with the power I decry I'd be worse than the people I decry. "
(underlankers)
"All right Kim, let's see how you'll attack the White House, the Pentagon and the whole US mainland. Ahead tip: making paper planes and saying "wroom wrooom" doesn't count."
(abomvubuso)
As usual, a line has a chance of finding its place here if it inspires others to either have a giggle, or go into deep contemplation (keep hoping, lol). A link to this list will also be displayed on the community sidebar.
The Dailyquote list for the first 4 months of 2015 begins after the cut (with links)...
"The problem is that no one pays attention until people riot. Once people riot, people start condemning the rioters."
(dexeron)
"Greece doesn't need a coup to be a risky debtor, they just need an election."
(mikeyxw)
"If choosing a song is the top issue on a nation's agenda, and the main thing people at your place are getting worked up about, then you guys are truly blessed."
(htpcl)
"Losing $200m basically makes Belfort an expert. Difficult for local disciples to emulate since they can't possibly lose anywhere near that much."
(peamasii)
"The notion that any opinion is just as valid as the next one, that Controversy(TM) deserves to be taught as scientific fact for the sake of freedom of speech, and that everyone is entitled to their beliefs therefore you're obliged to respect them, no matter how ridiculously stupid and potentially harmful to those who are eventually recruited into their doctrine - is probably the most dangerous notion I've ever come across."
(ddstory)
"Succumbing to complacency is a typical feature of formerly glorious empires entering a stage of their life cycle that's past their zenith point."
(abomvubuso)
"Time and space are absolute, like God's word!"
(unnamed525)
"And probably infinite - almost like human stupidity!"
(abomvubuso)
"If past experience is any guide, it tends to be far easier to perform "a standard attack on the quality of a premise" and leave it at that, than to even begin coming up with alternative solutions and/or proposals for improvement."
(ddstory)
"Iran is a rational player on the world stage. If they believe having nukes will act as a deterrent to invasion, we are giving them every reason to think so with our callous foreign policy."
(kylinrouge)
20
"Today I learned that there is such a thing as a Mr. Bean figure. Today I looked it up and found out that they cost something like $500. Today I was sad."
(dexeron)
"In all fairness, America *is* advanced, in many ways even the most advanced. Just not all parts of it are."
(ddstory)
"Honesty is a luxury that few are willing to afford."
(luzribeiro)
"The notion that any opinion is just as valid as the next one and "each person will come to their own conclusions", couldn't be further from the truth."
(airiefairie)
"Q: Whom does Russia border on? A: With whoever it bloody wants to."
(mahnmut)
"Shit. Let ISIS, Al-Q, and BH all fight it out? I dunno. Will the real Caliphate please stand up? Then sit down."
(yes_justice)
"Prop yourself up too high, though, and the fall will be all the more cataclysmic for everyone involved when it, inevitably, comes."
(dexeron)
"Characterizing your opponent as deranged appears to be a rather viable tactic. Of course, the GOP makes it pretty easy with their VP nominations as of late."
(kylinrouge)
"I'd love to do some yoga on a paddleboard, for the record. I hope that does not put me at risk of contracting a bad strain of measles."
(airiefairie)
"I'm still keeping a few old Drachma coins. I'm hoping those will cost a fortune soon, what with Greece's upcoming unprecedented self-inflicted prosperity."
(htpcl)
10
"I'm curious what Tsipras thinks will happen to the drachma when he gets Greece out of the euro. But what he really really thinks will happen - not the version for the mics and cams, but the off-the-record version."
(abomvubuso)
"It has to involve unicorns riding rainbows carrying sacks and sacks of drachmas. It's the only solution to his problem."
(policraticus)
"Why offend the Byzantine race, mhmmm?"
(ddstory)
"Because I don't give a damn about appeasing the sentiments of a Third World banana republic."
(underlankers)
"Technically, it's an olive- and lemon republic. And occasionally orange."
(ddstory)
"America never met a tinpot dictator who did our bidding that we didn't like, until that dictator stops doing our bidding and then suddenly we notice that they're not leading a democracy and get all offended."
(dexeron)
"Seems like there are some deep waters where free speech better not step into. And no matter how lightly you tread, you'd always drown into a swamp of intricate social complications".
(mahnmut)
"We're becoming less willing to fight fire with fire, and more willing to fight fire with hashtags."
(oportet)
"Time is precious. Important things are going on everywhere and we have to be selective about holy shit a forty minute video of a cat playing with an oven mitt here we go!"
(oportet)
"Truth is, most people can't care enough to move a finger beyond the occasional tweet on the occasional #ILikeFreedom hashtag, or a selfie posing with a touching message on a piece of cardboard."
(luvdovz)
"When Hezbollah is more reasonable than group X, group X has problems".
(underlankers)
"I'm content to be a voice crying in the wilderness because with the power I decry I'd be worse than the people I decry. "
(underlankers)
"All right Kim, let's see how you'll attack the White House, the Pentagon and the whole US mainland. Ahead tip: making paper planes and saying "wroom wrooom" doesn't count."
(abomvubuso)
