"Learning from ones enemies is the best way toward loving them; for it makes us grateful to them." - F. Nietzsche I am just having all anti-Semites shot. - F. Nietzsche That which does not kill me, makes me stronger. - F. Nietzsche "Life without music would be a mistake." Freddy Nietzsche One must still have chaos in oneself to give birth to a dancing star. --Friedrich Nietzsche Insanity in individuals is something rare - but in groups, parties, nations and epochs, it is the rule. -- Friedrich Nietzsche Thus Spoke Zarathustra "And if a friend does you evil, then say: I forgive you what you did to me; but that you have done it to yourself - how can I forgive that?" -- Nietzsche "In a friend one should have ones best enemy. You should be closest to him with your heart when you resist him." -- Nietzsche "A thousand goals there have been so far, for there have been 1000 peoples. Only the yoke for the 1000 necks is still lacking: the one goal is lacking. Humanity still has no goal." -- Nietzsche "It is nobler to declare oneself wrong than to insist on being right - especially when one is right." -- Nietzsche "And those who were seen dancing were thought to be insane by those who could not hear the music." --Friedrich Nietzsche "Better to pick up a single piece of trash than to curse the mess." - me "Take responsibility for the things you build and invent." - Bill Joy A person is like a three legged stool. If any of the 3 legs (physical, mental and spiritual) is too long or short, he falls over. - my mom "I don't think..." said Descartes, and promptly disappeared. It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it. -- Aristotle Nothing is more conducive to peace of mind than not having any opinions at all. -- Georg Christoph Lichtenberg You have to allow a certain amount of time in which you are doing nothing in order to have things occur to you, to let your mind think. Mortimer Adler We forfeit three-fourths of ourselves to be like other people. -- Arthur Schopenhauer "Play it once and it's wrong. Play it twice and it's right". -- Ornette Coleman A witty saying proves nothing. -- Voltaire I passionately hate the idea of being with it, I think an artist has always to be out of step with his time. -- Orson Welles "Why should I give them my mind as well?" -- Dalai Lama (1935- ), when asked if he wasn't angry at the Chinese for taking over his country. The man who doesn't read good books has no advantage over the man who can't read them. -- Mark Twain So hard to miss you baby, with my pistol in your mouth, So haard to miss you baby, with my pistol in your mouth, You say your headed north, darlin, but your brains is stayin south -- Louisiana Red I've been burned so bad I'm still smokin' - Tracy Nelson It has yet to be proven that intelligence has any survival value. -- Arthur C. Clarke For every human problem, there is a neat, simple solution; and it is always wrong -- H. L. Mencken, Mencken's Metalaw When you're through changing, you're through. -- Bruce Barton Scientists say arctic melting is caused by Man's pollution. Mister Curmudgeon says it's from the world going to hell in a handbasket. lebenskunstler - noun, German - someone for whom life is an art form. Don't ask yourself what the world needs; ask yourself what makes you come alive. And then go and do that. Because what the world needs is people who have come alive. --Harold Whitman The law, in its majestic equality, forbids the rich as well as the poor to sleep under bridges, to beg in the streets, and to steal bread. -- Anatole France The secret of eternal youth is arrested development. -- Alice Roosevelt Longworth The secret of eternal youth is eternal self development. -- Gary Wesley contra Alice Roosevelt Longworth Nobody realizes that some people expend tremendous energy merely to be normal. -- Albert Camus Unix *is* user friendly. It's just selective which users it is friendly to. Be careful about reading health books. You may die of a misprint. -- Mark Twain To invent, you need a good imagination and a pile of junk. -- Thomas A. Edison Exploring the world is one of the best ways of exploring the mind, and walking travels both domains. - - Rebecca Solnit "Wanderlust" There are 2 means of refuge from the miseries of life: music and cats. - Albert Schweitzer Don't tell people how to do things. Tell them what to do and let them surprise you with their results. -- George S. Patton We must believe in luck. For how else can we explain the success of those we don't like? -- Jean Cocteau My doctor told me to stop having intimate dinners for four. Unless there are three other people. -- Orson Welles TANSTAAFL - "There Ain't No Such Thing As A Free Lunch" -- Robert A. Heinlein "The Moon is a Harsh Mistress" For a list of all the ways technology has failed to improve the quality of life, please press three. -- Alice Kahn "I never cheated an honest man, only rascals. They wanted something for nothing. I gave them nothing for something." -- Joseph "Yellow Kid" Weil People are more violently opposed to fur than leather because it's safer to harass rich women than motorcycle gangs. -- Unknown Abortion is advocated only by persons who have themselves been born. -- Ronald Reagan Thank you for sending me a copy of your book. I'll waste no time reading it. -- Moses Hadas I'd rather be dead than cool. - Kurdt Cobain We should be too big to take offense and too noble to give it. - Abraham Lincoln Don't worry if you're a kleptomaniac, you can always take something for it. -- Unknown "Government is not the solution to our problem; government is the problem." -- anarchist slogan as quoted by R Reagan "They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety." -- Benjamin Franklin A coupla months in the laboratory can save a coupla hours in the library. -- Westheimer's Discovery You have heard that it was said, 'An eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth.' But I say to you, 'Do not resist one who is evil. But if any one strikes you on the right cheek, turn to him the other also' Matthew 5:38-40 Beloved, never avenge yourselves, but leave it to the wrath of God; for it is written, "Vengeance is mine, I will repay, says the Lord." No, "if your enemy is hungry, feed him; if he is thirsty, give him drink;" Christianity. Romans 12.19-20 The first casualty when war comes is truth. Hiram Johnson Nature cannot be ordered about, except by obeying her. -- Francis Bacon ...we create continuously before us the road we must journey upon -- Thomas Pynchon "Let's have a moment of silence for all those Americans who are stuck in traffic on their way to the gym to ride the stationary bicycle." - Earl Blumenauer Every decent man is ashamed of the government he lives under. -- H. L. Mencken Consistency is the last refuge of the unimaginative. -- Oscar Wilde TV is the enemy -- John Bradley If god had wanted us to run, instead of a belly button, he'd of given us a fast-forward button. - Joe Hickman I was a man trapped in a woman's body. That was before I was born, of course. - Mike Bent My sister married a German. He complained he couldn't get a good bagel back home. I said "Well, whose fault is that?" - Emo Philips We've heard that a million monkeys at a million keyboards could produce the complete works of Shakespeare; now, thanks to the Internet, we know that is not true. -- Robert Wilensky What we call 'Progress' is the exchange of one nuisance for another nuisance. -- Havelock Ellis If you marry a man who cheats on his wife, you will be married to a man who cheats on his wife. - Ann Landers Obesity is wide spread - me I don't like people who take drugs... customs men, for instance. - Mick Miller [On the differences between England and America] When we have a world series, we ask other countries to participate.. - John Cleese I'm 63 now, but that's just 17 Celsius - George Carlin Why on earth do people say things like "My eyes aren't what they used to be"? So what did they used to be? Ears? Wellington boots? - Billy Connolly They say that if two airplanes almost collide, it's a near miss. Bull----, it's a near hit! A collision is a near miss. - George Carlin [ actually a transvestite is a near miss ] You know the oxygen masks on airplanes? I don't think there's really any oxygen. They're just to muffle the screams. - Rita Rudner One tequila, two tequila, three tequila, floor. - George Carlin My cousin just died. He was only 19. He got stung by a bee- the natural enemy of the tightrope walker. - Emo Phillips America is dumb, like a dumb puppy that has big teeth. - Johnny Depp Scientists tell us that the fastest animal on earth, with a top speed of 120 ft/sec, is a cow that has been dropped out of a helicopter. - Dave Barry I wish I could think of a positive point to leave you with. Will you take 2 negative points? - Woody Allen Every body deserves a massage. - me I hope the ambitious realize they are more likely to succeed with success as opposed to failure. - George W Bush The thing that's important for me to remember is to remember what's the most important thing. - George W Bush Holding onto anger is like grasping a hot coal with the intent of throwing it at someone else: you are the one who gets burned. - Gautama Buddha http://InfoLab.Stanford.EDU/~gary/ Not burned out, burning brightly Band names: Chucky Jeezus American Arrogance Abroad Bye Bye Bush Bush Tit Sludgeathon Raw Throat PITA Fuckitall Bucketall Law Unto Itself The Smells Skunky Stuff Skunk Works Gigglebites For the Love of It Musickers Amateur Love Loose Bree Hack Blue Popcorn Blue Sludge Slim Wails Bloody Waters Bloody Roger Waters Paly Slim Al O'bama Hot Blue