“Men are not open to truth or reason. They cannot be reached by a rational argument. The mind is powerless against them. Yet we have to deal with them. If we want to accomplish anything, we have to deceive them into letting us accomplish it. Or force them.” – Ayn Rand, Atlas Shrugged
Scarlett: Rhett, Rhett… Rhett, if you go, where shall I go? What shall I do?
Rhett: Frankly, my dear, I don’t give a damn.
One of the best quote in movie history. (from “Gone with the wind”, of course….)
“Opinions are like assholes, everyone has got one.” – Clint Eastwood, as Dirty Harry
Well… may be it’s just cheap rethoric, but it worth a look…
“If we really want to live, we’d better start to try; If we don’t, it doesn’t matter, but we’d better start to die.”
W. H. Auden
“The masculine error is to think that eventually things will be different in some fundamental way. They won’t. It never ends. As long as life continues, the creative challenge is to tussle, play, and make love with the present moment while giving your unique gift” – David Deida
“They realized that to be in power, you didn’t need guns or money or even numbers. You just needed the will to do what the other guy wouldn’t.”
Verbal Kint (from “The usual suspects”)
“Fere libenter homines id quod volunt credunt.”
Julius Caesar, De Bello Gallico
(Nearly always people believe willingly that which they wish.)
“Scies nihil esse in istis terribile nisi ipsum timorem”
(you will know that nothing in these things is terrible except the fear itself).
Seneca
(no, no, it’s not by Roosevelt…sorry for yankees’ fans…)
“Never be a minion, always be an owner.”
Cornelius Vanderbilt
