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A philosopher is a blind man in a dark room looking for a black cat that isn't there. A theologian is the man who finds it.

H.L. Mencken

A philosopher is a blind man in a dark room looking for a black cat that isn't there. A theologian is the man who finds it.

H.L. Mencken

Tags: black cat, blind, cat, funny, humor, joke, lie, lies, looking, man

Death twitches my ear;'Live,' he says... 'I'm coming.

Virgil

Death twitches my ear;'Live,' he says... 'I'm coming.

Virgil

Tags: carpe diem, creepy, death, death and dying, inspirational, living, philosophical, philosophy, seize the day

A great city is not to be confounded with a populous one.

Aristotle

A great city is not to be confounded with a populous one.

Aristotle

Tags: great, city, country, great city, confounded

With the growth of civilisation in Europe, and with the revival of letters and of science in the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries, the ethical and intellectual criticism of theology once more recomm...

Thomas Henry Huxley

With the growth of civilisation in Europe, and with the revival of letters and of science in the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries, the ethical and intellectual criticism of theology once more recomm...

Thomas Henry Huxley

Tags: baruch spinoza, civilization, criticism, d holbach, denis diderot, descartes, diderot, europe, galileo, galileo galilei

There were good times or goodish times, only the bad times were so—crucial.

Iris Murdoch

There were good times or goodish times, only the bad times were so—crucial.

Iris Murdoch

Tags: abusive household, bad times, crucial, formative years, good times, iris murdoch, the sea the sea

I resolutely refuse to believe that the state of Edward's health had anything to do with this, and I don't say this only because I was once later accused of attacking him 'on his deathbed.' He was ent...

Christopher Hitchens

I resolutely refuse to believe that the state of Edward's health had anything to do with this, and I don't say this only because I was once later accused of attacking him 'on his deathbed.' He was ent...

Christopher Hitchens

Tags: cowardice, edward said, fitzwilliam darcy, george w bush, house of saud, imperialism, iraq, iraq war, iraqis, jane austen

He glued the chair to my ass.Silence.Is it still...attached?I can't get it off.

Ilona Andrews

He glued the chair to my ass.Silence.Is it still...attached?I can't get it off.

Ilona Andrews

Tags: curran, ilona andrews, kate, magic bleeds

Having solved all the major mathematical, physical, chemical, biological, sociological, philosophical, etymological, meteorological and psychological problems of the Universe except for his own, three...

Douglas Adams

Having solved all the major mathematical, physical, chemical, biological, sociological, philosophical, etymological, meteorological and psychological problems of the Universe except for his own, three...

Douglas Adams

Tags: h2g2, hitchhikers guide to the galaxy, humor, marvin, sci fi

Going somewhere? Tamlin asked. His voice was not entirely of this world.I suppressed a shudder. Midnight snack, I said, and I was keenly aware of every movement, every breath I took as I neared him.Hi...

Sarah J. Maas

Going somewhere? Tamlin asked. His voice was not entirely of this world.I suppressed a shudder. Midnight snack, I said, and I was keenly aware of every movement, every breath I took as I neared him.Hi...

Sarah J. Maas

Tags: bite, feyre, high lord, intimate, moaning, pick, scent, tamlin, wild

Avventurose età e benedette quelle che non seppero la spaventevole furia di queste indemoniate macchine dell'artiglieria, l'inventore delle quali io ritengo che sia nell'inferno a ricevere il guiderdo...

Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra

Avventurose età e benedette quelle che non seppero la spaventevole furia di queste indemoniate macchine dell'artiglieria, l'inventore delle quali io ritengo che sia nell'inferno a ricevere il guiderdo...

Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra

Tags: chivalry, knight, sword, war

Avoid those who seek friends in order to maintain a certain social status or to open doors they would not otherwise be able to approach.

Paulo Coelho

Avoid those who seek friends in order to maintain a certain social status or to open doors they would not otherwise be able to approach.

Paulo Coelho

Tags: benefits, classification, doors, exploitation, friends, friendship, hypocrisy, life lessons, loyalty, people

And I meant to tell you: that was a one-in-a-thousand shot.She raised her hand. Don't.It was awesome, George confirmed. It really was, Jack said. His head exploded.

Ilona Andrews

And I meant to tell you: that was a one-in-a-thousand shot.She raised her hand. Don't.It was awesome, George confirmed. It really was, Jack said. His head exploded.

Ilona Andrews

Tags: fate s edge, funny, george, ilona andrew, jack, kaldar, shot, the edge

Science is basically an inoculation against charlatans.

Neil deGrasse Tyson

Science is basically an inoculation against charlatans.

Neil deGrasse Tyson

Tags: against, basically

Those mausoleums of inactive masculinity are places for men who prefer armchairs to women.

V. S. Pritchett

Those mausoleums of inactive masculinity are places for men who prefer armchairs to women.

V. S. Pritchett

Tags: clubs, institutions

I'm a damsel, I'm in distress, I can handle this. Have a nice day!

Walt Disney Company

I'm a damsel, I'm in distress, I can handle this. Have a nice day!

Walt Disney Company

Tags: damsel in distress, damsel not in distress, disney, disney characters, disney movie, funny, greece, greek, greek mythology, hercules

How can one absolve intelligent men for engaging in arrogant and demented folly?

C.R. Strahan

How can one absolve intelligent men for engaging in arrogant and demented folly?

C.R. Strahan

Tags: absolution, arrogance, folly, intelligent men

Smartphones control us with assistance Netiquette provides guidelines for right and wrong. NetworkEtiquette.net

David Chiles

Smartphones control us with assistance Netiquette provides guidelines for right and wrong. NetworkEtiquette.net

David Chiles

Tags: android, app, application, assistance, cellular, digital etiquette, etiquette, internet, internet etiquette, internet manners

Some say "fear even helps like; The flight or over love reaction but to me it is your loving heart to prove to prove it worthy.

Auliq Ice

Some say "fear even helps like; The flight or over love reaction but to me it is your loving heart to prove to prove it worthy.

Auliq Ice

Tags: attraction, attractiveness, dating, facebook addiction, falling in love, internet addiction, internet dating, love, online dating

Is it not true that the clever rogue is like the runner who runs well for the first half of the course, but flags before reaching the goal: he is quick off the mark, but ends in disgrace and slinks aw...

Plato

Is it not true that the clever rogue is like the runner who runs well for the first half of the course, but flags before reaching the goal: he is quick off the mark, but ends in disgrace and slinks aw...

Plato

Tags: analogy, inspirational, motivational, perseverance, philosophy, running

Where faith costs nothing, faith loses respect, even to those who possess it.

Geoffrey Wood

Where faith costs nothing, faith loses respect, even to those who possess it.

Geoffrey Wood

Tags: christian fiction, christianity, faith, nothing, religion, respect
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