Originally posted by moonbusOriginally posted by moonbus
"All that one knows which is not merely rushing and roaring, can be said in three words." Kuernberger
"All that one knows which is not merely rushing and roaring, can be said in three words." Kuernberger
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Here are Thomas Sterns Eliot's three word summation of the meaning of life in one sentence: "Birth; Copulation; death."
(Possibly to be found in his "Wasteland" or "The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock;
or in the poem by Ezra Pound's poem which contains the memorable line:
"I mate with my own kind upon the crags."
02 May 16
Originally posted by NoEarthlyReasonLife is a tragedy when seen in close-up, but a comedy in long-shot.
“Forrest Gump had gotten it all wrong. Life wasn't a box of chocolates. It was a box of ex-lax, and I felt like I'd consumed the entire thing.”
― Jana Deleon, Louisiana Longshot
Charlie Chaplin
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02 May 16
Originally posted by NoEarthlyReason"The chess-board is the world; the pieces are the phenomena of the universe; the rules of the game are what we call the laws of Nature. The player on the other side is hidden from us. We know that his play is always fair, just and patient. But we also know, to our cost, that he never overlooks a mistake, or makes the smallest allowance for ignorance."
“Forrest Gump had gotten it all wrong. Life wasn't a box of chocolates. It was a box of ex-lax, and I felt like I'd consumed the entire thing.”
― Jana Deleon, Louisiana Longshot
Thomas Henry Huxley
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04 May 16
Originally posted by Great Big Stees"Marriage is like a game of chess except the board is flowing water, the pieces are made of smoke and no move you make will have any effect on the outcome."
"The chess-board is the world; the pieces are the phenomena of the universe; the rules of the game are what we call the laws of Nature. The player on the other side is hidden from us. We know that his play is always fair, just and patient. But we also know, to our cost, that he never overlooks a mistake, or makes the smallest allowance for ignorance."
Thomas Henry Huxley
Jerry Seinfeld
