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masterofNone · 01-28-2004, 11:46 AM

down through recorded history human beings have said a lot of things worth repeating. some of my favorite things are quotations. but a philosophy teacher once said to me that the problem with conventional wisdom is that it's immensely contradictory. for example, using conventional wisdom we might say "look before you leap," but conventional wisdom also tells us that "he who hesitates is lost." so i was thinking it might be possible to have a debate using only quotations. somebody could offer up a quotation and someone else could find an equally convincing quotation to the contrary. thought it might make an intersting format for debate. so, that being the premise, i'll get things started.

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"i've never met a man i didn't like."
will rogers

malina · 01-28-2004, 12:16 PM

I love humanity but I hate people.
Edna St. Vincent Millay

masterofNone · 01-28-2004, 01:00 PM

I know that there are people who do not love their fellow man, and I hate people like that!
Tom Lehrer

malina · 01-28-2004, 01:31 PM

Human diversity makes tolerance more than a virtue; it makes it a requirement for survival.
Rene Dubos

masterofNone · 01-28-2004, 02:10 PM

Intolerance itself is a form of egoism, and to condemn egoism intolerantly is to share it.
George Santayana

malina · 01-28-2004, 02:20 PM

We can't solve problems by using the same kind of thinking we used when we created them.
Albert Einstein

masterofNone · 01-28-2004, 02:29 PM

Mathematicians are like Frenchmen: whatever you say to them they translate into their own language, and forthwith it is something entirely different.
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

malina · 01-28-2004, 02:36 PM

As far as the laws of mathematics refer to reality, they are not certain, as far as they are certain, they do not refer to reality.
Albert Einstein

masterofNone · 01-28-2004, 03:25 PM

Reality is a crutch for people who can't cope with drugs.
Lily Tomlin

malina · 01-28-2004, 04:08 PM

Words are, of course, the most powerful drug used by mankind.
Rudyard Kipling

masterofNone · 01-28-2004, 04:39 PM

Talk is cheap, writing is expensive.
anon

NSonweb · 03-04-2007, 04:53 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by masterofNone

Talk is cheap, writing is expensive.
anon

Silence is gold; speech is silver. Anon

NSonweb · 03-04-2007, 04:54 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by NSonweb

Silence is gold; speech is silver. Anon

Ask and ye shall be given.
Bible

zero · 03-04-2007, 07:10 AM

there are no foolish questions, just fools asking questions.

- david kifer

12"razormix · 03-04-2007, 11:24 AM

the trouble ain't that there is too many fools but that the lightning ain't distributed right.

mark twain

01-28-2004, 11:46 AM	#1
masterofNone ________ Join Date: Sep 2002 Posts: 5,131	quotation debate down through recorded history human beings have said a lot of things worth repeating. some of my favorite things are quotations. but a philosophy teacher once said to me that the problem with conventional wisdom is that it's immensely contradictory. for example, using conventional wisdom we might say "look before you leap," but conventional wisdom also tells us that "he who hesitates is lost." so i was thinking it might be possible to have a debate using only quotations. somebody could offer up a quotation and someone else could find an equally convincing quotation to the contrary. thought it might make an intersting format for debate. so, that being the premise, i'll get things started. ------------------------------------------------- "i've never met a man i didn't like." will rogers

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01-28-2004, 12:16 PM	#2
malina leaving Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: up on the hill Posts: 6,013	I love humanity but I hate people. Edna St. Vincent Millay

01-28-2004, 01:00 PM	#3
masterofNone ________ Join Date: Sep 2002 Posts: 5,131	I know that there are people who do not love their fellow man, and I hate people like that! Tom Lehrer

01-28-2004, 01:31 PM	#4
malina leaving Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: up on the hill Posts: 6,013	Human diversity makes tolerance more than a virtue; it makes it a requirement for survival. Rene Dubos

01-28-2004, 02:10 PM	#5
masterofNone ________ Join Date: Sep 2002 Posts: 5,131	Intolerance itself is a form of egoism, and to condemn egoism intolerantly is to share it. George Santayana

01-28-2004, 02:20 PM	#6
malina leaving Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: up on the hill Posts: 6,013	We can't solve problems by using the same kind of thinking we used when we created them. Albert Einstein

01-28-2004, 02:29 PM	#7
masterofNone ________ Join Date: Sep 2002 Posts: 5,131	Mathematicians are like Frenchmen: whatever you say to them they translate into their own language, and forthwith it is something entirely different. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

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malina leaving Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: up on the hill Posts: 6,013	As far as the laws of mathematics refer to reality, they are not certain, as far as they are certain, they do not refer to reality. Albert Einstein

01-28-2004, 03:25 PM	#9
masterofNone ________ Join Date: Sep 2002 Posts: 5,131	Reality is a crutch for people who can't cope with drugs. Lily Tomlin

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malina leaving Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: up on the hill Posts: 6,013	Words are, of course, the most powerful drug used by mankind. Rudyard Kipling

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masterofNone ________ Join Date: Sep 2002 Posts: 5,131	Talk is cheap, writing is expensive. anon

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zero ª ★ ª Join Date: May 2004 Location: lª m°°n Posts: 13,853	there are no foolish questions, just fools asking questions. - david kifer

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12"razormix ° ★ ° Join Date: May 2004 Location: ªs°k° Posts: 6,458	the trouble ain't that there is too many fools but that the lightning ain't distributed right. mark twain