"Absent a mechanism for connecting symbol structures to experienced reality, thinking is nothing more than empty symbol crunching."

Charles S. Peirce

Every statement is true in some sense, false in some sense, meaningless in some sense; true, false, and meaningless in some sense; and neither true nor false nor meaningless in some sense.

All most human beings and societies understand is force. When decisions come down to life and death, it makes the choices much simpler and is to the benefit of the individual or group making the demands. Therefore, it should not strike anyone as odd that the countries the with most weapons and best trained military are also some of the most prosperous. The only way to achieve to truly achieve world peace is through force and the threat of death.

Right before I left for college, about five years ago, my dad gave me a book on speed reading.

I'm almost done with it.

From what can one act, if not feelings?

I spend far too much time doing things that I don't spend nearly enough time doing.

So many of "the necessities of modern civilization" feel like a prison cell with the sentence being a slow suicide.

All I am asking for is the opportunity to prove beyond any shadow of a doubt that having a great deal of money won't make me happy.

indulging the repitition of word sounds such as vacuum..
will suck.

As I was walking up the stair,
I met a man who wasn't there.
He wasn't there again today...
I wish that man would go away!

I do not know naught about knots. It's a knotty problem and I ought not be so naughty about it.

You ought to know ought about knots if you do no know naught. If you tied the tide tidily its tidings may never arrive. So I won't waive my wont to waver, I wave goodbye. A bargain at any price.

It feels so good to heal, I keep on hurting myself.

The harder you work, the harder you work.

What kind of weather will there be on the day that I consider myself worthy of wearing the mark of quotation?

Whatever weather wears well when wit has weathered the blather of whether wit or whinging wealth brings.

In sooth, astute statements suit. Gather gloom or gleam, the weather, moot. Blow wind, blow storm, the pluvial fruit. Blow mute.

Taking myself seriously makes me laugh.

The more frequently a person asks for your opinion, the less they want it.

Each time I assert that I have no good reason to believe in karma, fate conspires to assert that I have.

male homophobes are well aquainted with their own prostate.

The nectar of the forbidden tastes twice as sweet.

I fought the law and the law stomped me like Godzilla stomps Tokyo.

Fear of flying floats fears' wings.

Always finish what you start, otherwise you risk

All your waste are belong to flush.

You've obviously never done a bleach shooter.
/ being alive and all. just sayin'

To paraphrase Terry Pratchett: When someone says all things are possible, suggest they try striking a match on Jello.

Not everyone can flush their waste.

Not everyone who can flush their waste does.

You must have a five year old.

No, but I use public washrooms.

That reminds me: Not everyone who can wash their hands does.

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Waking up happy is significantly better than going to bed happy and speaks volumes about your current life situation.

Love comes when you're not looking for it.

as do STDs.

In fact, experience is what you get when you were looking for something else.

(Unless you're playing D&D or one of the follow ons, in which case you're probably actually looking for experience.)

There are billions of people worse off than us.

And we don't even spend the time to adequately contemplate this.

Yet, it's not because we're selfish; it's because we're distracted.

It's not about whether we feel guilty; it's about whether we see beyond our delusions.

The smart ass comments in this thread are funny.

If I liked people, sociopaths would be my bestest friends.

Life seems to be held together with metal fastener.

Motivation nuts threaded onto "be-know-do" bolts.

The last time I played 'Follow the Leader'
I had to watch my back constantly.

Every challenge in life can be defined and solved by deciding tasks, conditions, and standards with the proper application of purpose, direction, and motivation.

No one gets what they deserve.