Quote of the Day Thread

[JackSlack]

Note quite "of the day", but I only found this quote today and it made me laugh. On Avatar:

"Sensitive viewers will also want to note that two characters engage in tasteful sex under a special tree that bears a close resemblance to a bachelor-pad fiber-optic lamp. Clearly, Cameron has looked everywhere for inspiration -- nature, art, the Spencer's Gifts catalog -- and this tree, in particular, isn't just any old plug-in prop. "There is something really interesting going on in there biologically," says the brainy scientist character played by Sigourney Weaver, and believe you me, she doesn't know the half of it." -- Stephanie Zacharek

[Zhou]

"Why do today what you can leave for tomorrow"- Jecht FFX
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"They told me that even though my deodorant is made for a woman, it's strong enough for a man."

-Fox Mulder, The X-Files (episode: Shapes)


"Two things are infinite: the universe and human stupidity; and I'm not sure about the the universe."

-Albert Einstein
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[Frozencry]

"I will not die until I achieve something. Even though the ideal is high, I never give in. Therefore I never die with regrets." - Ikaruga

A quote I kind of live by. Great motivator.
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"Where is the good? In the will. Where is the evil? In the will. Where is neither of them? In those things that are independent of the will."
Epictetus

[embersilvermoon]

One quote that always struck me hard when I've looked back at something that I regretted.

"Failure is success if we learn from it." - Malcolm Forbes

And a quote that I find quite funny because I do play chess every now and then against the computer and get quite frustrated when I lose:

"A computer once beat me at chess, but it was no match for me at kick boxing." - Emo Philips
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[Till@]

I like this Italian Proverb that uses Chess as a metaphor myself.

"After the game the king and pawn go into the same box"
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[JackSlack]

In response to the last quote, and since I'm watching The Wire:

"The King stay the King." -- D'angelo.

But the quote of the day, the horrible, horrible quote of the day:

[JackSlack]

[JackSlack]

"We are a culture without the will to seriously examine our own problems. We eschew that which is complex, contradictory or confusing. As a culture, we seek simple solutions. We enjoy being provoked and titillated, but resist the rigorous, painstaking examination of issues that might, in the end, bring us to the point of recognizing our problems, which is the essential first step to solving any of them." -- David Simon.

[Azza]

[theory]

^ But... the future never comes.

Like tomorrow.

And nuns.
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It's not the size of the dog in the fight, it's the size of the fight in the dog.
-Mark Twain





Saw it yesterday and really liked it :)

[MaTBoY]

So, initially what I do, you know like in my home, I feed them. I don’t use any poison at all. I have one of these on my level, on my floor, on my condominium where I live because outside, once a month I open up and look inside, oh it’s empty. I put some honey in it. Once, I put my dog’s bone in there because my dog was fighting with the ants and was covered with the ants, the bone was covered with ants. He goes like—so I said, here’s your bone and I gave them to the ants and they ate it right up inside the house so that the ants could—because remember I said the steps, first step is watch the ants and see where they’re coming in. Male 2: So, first step is to watch. Male 1: Second step is you go buy one of these, you don’t place it yet. And you buy one of these. It’s called Dr. Bronner’s peppermint soap. Male 2: I’ve seen this before. Male 1: Okay, it’s a castile soap, it’s a safe soap, it’s been around a long time. One of the things that are most toxic to ants is peppermint. Remember the antenna? Male 2: Right. Male 1: Scrabble their tingle. Ants leave a little tingles all over the place, this way to the house, this way to the food, this way, make it left, make it right. The trails are—there are certain kinds of trails that the ants leave, you see. And so this will not only hide the trails but the ants will go back away from that. So, once you see where they’re coming in your house, you know, you buy the peppermint soap, and before you even use it, you cock up the edge. And you see where they’re coming from, you take about five tablespoons of the Dr. Bronner’s peppermint soap in a quart sprayer and you start it from the center of the house. You spray whether it’d be in the bathroom or in the kitchen. That will drive them out. So, you got all the ants outside. But before they can come in, you cock up any of the entrances, remember how they were coming in? Cock up in the entrances with chewing gum, or whatever. In the old days, I used to use chewing gum, stick it in there. I’ll get cayenne pepper, stick it in there, anything that cock up the entrances, right. So, the ants come back. And if you didn’t do anything else, the ants would figure out a way to get back inside the house. Male 2: Now, are there typical places where ants normally come in? Male 1: That’s what we call—well, there are ant trails that you got to watch and they usually—the ants are very smart, they follow the natural path whether it would be you know, along the wall or whether it would be leaves or whatever, they can get at you know in the their search for water, food and water. So, once you figure out where the ants are coming in and you use a peppermint soap to drive them out, you cock up the entrance and then you place this. Remember where the ants were running around outside in their paths? You place it right on their path. And this is what I do, it’s really very simple, you just take—I take the honey, I’m always getting honey all over me and any kind of honey would do, it doesn’t have to be organically grown honey or whatever you know because honey is honey. And I just take it and I pour it and I give it to them straight. And said here guys, I have some honey. So, I just go like this, give them about like that. And then I also pour all over the outside. Ants have become very civilized. They can walk right by and I don’t know it’s there. Okay, so I put a little bit on the outside, let them know it’s there and the ants will go right for it, okay. And if you have an infestation, you have a lot of ants. So, first thing you have to do is the ants have to recognize this as a source of food. The scouts will go back tenaciously there is food here, you know then they’ll come and get it—people and they‘ll say, “Well, I’ll try first.” If nobody dies, no ants die, they’ll keep coming back. This is their source of food, then here’s where you trick them. So, I like using Drax because it’s really easy to use. Boric acid can be bought in many places. You can go to the drugstore and buy boric acids and eyewash, 20 Mule Team Borax Soap, boric acid. There are other products on the market. Ant killer basically is just boric acid. Okay. I like the Drax because it’s really easy, convenient to use. Male 2: And this is not an expensive product either? Male 1: No, no. And this is what I do, you have to learn to add enough of the boric acid. Ants have two stomachs. One they eat, one they take back to the can. If the stuff is too strong, they’ll die right there. An ant come along and says, “Well, look at George, he’s dead, I ain’t going to touch that stuff.” And they’ll leave it alone. They will back away and not even touch it. So, you have to fool them into eating this stuff. If you have to give them just enough so that—and this is what I’ve learned to do is you want to give them just enough to give them a little shock like that, see? Male 2: It’s about a teaspoon, not even a teaspoon. Male 1: Not even a teaspoon. And you stir it up with a tablespoon, you know with a spoon or stick or something. You don’t really want to use your finger and stuff because then—you know, burn it or lick it, you don’t want to eat this stuff, you see. But this stuff is made on purpose, if you ate this whole thing, you can die, that’s the law because they can be—so that’s toxic enough to do, you have to follow directions in all the stuff around. You can use a straight and the ants will go after. But after a few weeks they will leave it alone and they say, “This is bad, bad news.” So, what you’re doing is you’re confusing them, tricking them into eating this stuff. So, by mixing it up, the ants will eat it. They’ll eat it all up, take it back to their colony, sooner or later the queen will get it and the queen will die. And they’ll start the whole process again. The key here is you change. One month I use honey, next month I use molasses, another month I use regular sugar. Male 2: So, you change the bait. Male 1: Change the bait, so that will—because they always like a different bait. And what I do is I add a little bit more water because they’re also looking for water. So, I have some water, stir it up, put it back inside, you know. I’ve learned not to cover it all the way, leave it open a little bit. And this could be placed around the four corners of the house wherever the ants were coming. So, the ants will go in there for a while first, they’ll go in there, they’ll go in there. Use the peppermint soap inside the house. It keeps them out of the house. They do not love it, like it at all, they hate it, peppermint. It will kill them too. And you’ll find that this is a—I’ll talk about this in a little bit later but this is a very important tool in controlling all kinds of bugs. So now, you have yourself your ant cafe, the ants are going into it, you can see them, there would be major ants coming into it. One lady said, I swear my ant cafe is moving because it would be like massive. Have you ever seen a billion ants? A billion ants is like the whole thing, the earth is moving and everything, you know. So, you have to be persistent with this. Remember the five steps. You have to identify where the ants are coming from. You have to cock up the entrances. You have to set up the ant caf?. Male 2: Set the caf?. Male 1: But then after that, you have to use a peppermint soap and not only that, you have to take care of this regularly, you know. It depends on your consciousness. I have many customers and they tell me, “Let me get this for you. I’m paying you to feed the ants.” I said, “Yes, you can do it yourself.” “Oh, I’m to busy, I’m busy. I’ll pay you to feed the ants.” Because a lot of times I’ll use a honey or whatever, just the normal mixture you want to use, ants will go in there. Ants are very important predators in your yard, they’ll go after termites. They’ll go after other creatures. So here, you have your warriors on your property. You know what happens if you get rid of the ants? Call the ants in your place and more ants will move in. You have to start all over again. I don’t want you here, I don’t want you there, I don’t want you here, I don’t want you here. So, I rather have ants I have trained, allies.
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[MaTBoY]

u need to tell kangawallawawombat that I'm the next Mark Twain.
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"Me, Grimlock, kick butt." - Grimlock (Transformers)
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"The difference between an Assassin and a crazed gunman is one is a job and one is mental sickness." - The Sniper, Team Fortress 2.
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[MaTBoY]

You can't squeeze cheese from a Goat until it's hatched.
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Those who believe in telekinetics, raise my hand - Kurt Vonnegut.

I am Andrew Ryan, and I'm here to ask you a question. Is a man not entitled to the sweat of his brow? 'No!' says the man in Washington, 'It belongs to the poor.' 'No!' says the man in the Vatican, 'It belongs to God.' 'No!' says the man in Moscow, 'It belongs to everyone.' I rejected those answers; instead, I chose something different. I chose the impossible. I chose... Rapture, a city where the artist would not fear the censor, where the scientist would not be bound by petty morality, Where the great would not be constrained by the small! And with the sweat of your brow, Rapture can become your city as well. - Bioshock.

[mclinton92]

AK-47. The very best there is. When you absolutely, positively got to kill every motherf***er in the room, accept no substitutes.

-Samuel L. Jackson/Ordell Robbie - Jackie Brown
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[Tobias Funke]

"It's only after we've lost everything that we're free to do anything."
Tyler Durden
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[MaTBoY]

You are not your GRANDË LATTË
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[BurnZ]

^ Is that from Role Models?
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[JackSlack]

"[Tyler Durden sounds] like a man who tripped over the Nietzsche display on his way to the coffee bar in Borders. In my opinion, he has no useful truths. He's a bully--Werner Erhard plus S & M, a leather club operator without the decor." -- Roger Ebert.