"It is possible to live only as long as life intoxicates us; once we are sober we cannot help seeing that it is all a delusion, a stupid delusion."

-- Leo Tolstoy

#Stupid Quotes #Long Quotes #Pessimistic Quotes

“Humans are threatened by anything different, and their response is to fight. They're bullies, picking on the weak, cowering from the strong.”
“She said, 'You can be broken, or broken open. That choice is yours.'”
“I love working with technology because it allows me to follow my imagination and to invent new things.”
“It's so painful to be next to someone you feel strongly about and know you can't say the things you want to.”
“It is commonly, but erroneously, believed that it is easy to ask questions. A fool, it is said, can ask questions that a wise man cannot answer. The fact is that a wise man can answer many questions that a fool cannot ask.”

Source : Cassius Jackson Keyser (1947). “Mathematics as a culture clue: and other essays”
“I can only get my drummer in the winter; he plays with Grand Funk all summer.”
“Most meteorological research is funded by the federal government. And boy, if you want to get federal funding, you better not come out and say human-induced global warming is a hoax because you stand the chance of not getting funded.”
“This is Huntress placing Panta four-five, four-six on battle stations, I repeat battle stations, time one-two-four-one. Authenticate hotel romeo, all parties acknowledge with initials.”

Source : New 9/11 Tapes: Audio And Full Transcripts, news.sky.com. September 8, 2011.

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