Hi, I'm Lux Solis and I'm a "Quote-aholic" (always figured a 12 Step Program of some sort was in my future). One of my favourite (nerdy) pastimes is digging up both razor-sharp, witty quips and deep, big-word using profundities from authors I admire - and then dropping them into correspondence (or blog entries) to make myself look cultured and well-read (or just plain smarter than I really am). Is it working so far? Forget I asked.
Anyway, I stumbled across some non-pensive, kinda smart-assy stuff by Mark Twain tonight that made me smile and thought I'd share a few of my favourites ...
"Go to Heaven for the climate, Hell for the company."
"Sometimes I wonder whether the world is being run by smart people who are putting us on or by imbeciles who really mean it."
"In Paris they simply stared at me when I spoke to them in French; I never did succeed in making those idiots understand their language."
"I thoroughly disapprove of duels. If a man should challenge me, I would take him kindly and forgivingly by the hand and lead him to a quiet place and kill him."
"July 4. Statistics show that we lose more fools on this day than in all the other days of the year put together. This proves, by the number left in stock, that one fourth of July per year is now inadequate, the country has grown so."
"Suppose you were an idiot, and suppose you were a member of Congress. But I repeat myself."
"Just the omission of Jane Austen's books alone would make a fairly good library out of a library that hadn't a book in it." (Yikes! *shuffles beloved copy of 'Emma' out of view*)
In retrospect, maybe it's just the number of times he uses the word 'idiot' that endears him to me. His honesty and blunt nature are a refreshing change from all the political correctness we have to trip over these days. I vote for more telling it like it is and more name-calling! Um ... maybe don't quote me on that last part.
Quid quid latine dictum sit, altum videtur.
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"One of my favourite (nerdy) pastimes is digging up both razor-sharp, witty quips and deep, big-word using profundities ..."
*snicker* I read "profanities"
“All hockey players are bilingual. They know English and profanity.”
~ Gordie Howe
oh wouldn't it be a better world if we could really speak our minds and not have to worry. I have a few people I would like to call idiot to their faces so when the day comes that it is ok to do so let me know so I can let loose....
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