Quotes that Impact You. (Explain Why)

From a (fictional) book (Never whistle while you re pissing) within a book (Illuminatus! trilogy).

Here are some excerpts:

DEFINITIONS AND DISTINCTIONS

FREE MARKET: That condition of society in which all economic transactions result from voluntary choice without coercion.

THE STATE: That institution which interferes with the Free Market through the direct exercise of coercion or the granting of privileges (backed by coercion).

TAX: That form of coercion or interference with the Free Market in which the State collects tribute (the tax), allowing it to hire armed forces to practice coercion in defense of privilege, and also to engage in such wars, adventures, experiments, "reforms", etc., as it pleases, not at its own cost, but at the cost of "its" subjects.

PRIVILEGE: From the Latin privi, private, and lege, law. An advantage granted by the State and protected by its powers of coercion. A law for private benefit.

USURY: That form of privilege or interference with the Free Market in which one State-supported group monopolizes the coinage and thereby takes tribute (interest), direct or indirect, on all or most economic transactions.

LANDLORDISM: That form of privilege or interference with the Free Market in which one State-supported group "owns" the land and thereby takes tribute (rent) from those who live, work, or produce on the land.

TARRIFF: That form of privilege or interference with the Free Market in which commodities produced outside the State are not allowed to compete equally with those produced inside the State.

CAPITALISM: That organization of society, incorporating elements of tax, usury, landlordism, and tariff, which thus denies the Free Market while pretending to exemplify it.

CONSERVATISM: That school of capitalist philosophy which claims allegiance to the Free Market while actually supporting usury, landlordism, tariff, and sometimes taxation.

LIBERALISM: That school of capitalist philosophy which attempts to correct the injustices of capitalism by adding new laws to the existing laws. Each time conservatives pass a law creating privilege, liberals pass another law modifying privilege, leading conservatives to pass a more subtle law recreating privilege, etc., until "everything not forbidden is compulsory" and "everything not compulsory is forbidden".

SOCIALISM: The attempted abolition of all privilege by restoring power entirely to the coercive agent behind privilege, the State, thereby converting capitalist oligarchy into Statist monopoly. Whitewashing a wall by painting it black.

ANARCHISM: That organization of society in which the Free Market operates freely, without taxes, usury, landlordism, tariffs, or other forms of coercion or privilege. "Right" anarchists predict that in the Free Market people would voluntarily choose to compete more often than to cooperate; "left" anarchists predict that in the Free Market people would voluntarily choose to cooperate more often than to compete.

This is a Cary Grant quote by the way, and I'll add another quote kind of silly but true.

"Mp 40 -$20 Juggernaut -$40 people who use this combination and actually think there good priceless" - I never got his Gamertag

"It is best to not know, then to know and regret."

Hide not your talents. They for use were made. What's a sundial in the shade?
Benjamin Franklin

"Science without religion is lame, religion without science is blind."
-Albert Einstein

It is not an army of lions led by a sheep which i fear, but an army of sheep led by a loin.
-Alexander the Great

Many a man will have the courage to die gallantly, but will not have the courage to say, or even to think, that the cause for which he is asked to die is an unworthy one. - Bertrand Russell.

I think quotes are great, here are two;



This is a funny quote and it stays with me because time is a great teacher; we learn new things every day, but we die. So yeah, it's a great teacher, but hey, it shot me. POOM! (Pachow, whichever XD)

And the next one is one I personally favour;



This quote sticks true to me because loads of people will only like you by the way you look, they don't go for personality until later on. So if you look bad on the outside but you're really good on the outside, or maybe you're good looking on the outside, but bad on the inside. There's my philosophy on life. We are APPLES! (HAPPLES!)

"Music should strike fire from the heart of man, and bring tears from the eyes of woman." by Beethoven

or my own edition

"Anime should strike fire from the heart of man, and bring tears from the eyes of woman."

Louis Hector Berlioz, and the quote was actually this;



Now for some of my favorite quotes.

Think, stop thinking then you are not alive - my lecturer..

Be as smart as you can, but remember that it is always better to be wise than to be smart.
-Alan Alda

"Only those who're prepared to be shot deserve to shoot."
-Rurushu-

"We have more respect for the brave poor people than the timid rich people. Because in fact the quality difference is obvious that the future they would like to achieve."
-- Mario Teguh

Benjamin Franklin: "In this world there is nothing that is certain - except death and taxes." - a reminder to myself to always expect the unexpected

"Nothing is a better preparation for being a politician than studying agriculture - you spend two years of your life dealing with muck." - A German politician
- A reminder to myself to always remember that you should think about what your typing, writing and saying.

" What! what! men, dodging this way for single bullets! What will you do when they open fire along the whole line? I am ashamed of you. They couldn't hit an elephant at this distance." - the last words of John Sedgwick before being shot by a sniper...
- A reminder to myself that life has the best irony, no matter how hard you try you can't beat it.

Screw it, Im quoting myself

"You can spray-paint a turd and call it gold, at the end of the day it's still a piece of shit."

It sad how many times I have actually used that.

My friends are stupid.

study , study , study - Lenin ..... every time I hear it it drives me crazy ... and I heard it a 547 times already ... I'm libel to kill the next person that says it .....

but I prefer to say something like ....
You take what you get and don't complain .... or kill to get more ....

"Kill for a man and you defend him for a day, Teach a man how to kill and you defend him for a lifetime"
-Unknown-

"Stop dreaming your dreams, start living them"
-Unknown-

"Never take life serious, no one gets out alive anyway"
-Unknown-

It's a spin off of Lao Tzu's quote
"Give a Man a Fish, Feed Him For a Day. Teach a Man to Fish, Feed Him For a Lifetime"

From Band of Brothers based of the actual quote by the 101st airborne on the walk to the battle of bastogne.

"You'll be completely surrounded"
"Were paratroopers Lt, were always surrounded"

This is a cocky quote, but really shows how heroic these men really were.

"You just can't beat the person who never gives up." - Babe Ruth

Simple, yet gets the point across. :] I find it inspiring whenever I feel as if I want to give up on something.