"The two most common elements in the universe are hydrogen and stupidity."

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Source : Harlan Ellison, Arnie Fenner (2011). “Bugf#ck: The Useless Wit & Wisdom of Harlan Ellison”

Harlan Ellison

#Funny Quotes #Life Quotes #Stupid Quotes

“A painting which does not take its inspiration from the heart is nothing more than futile juggling.”

Source : "Culture: Caspar D. Friedrich and the Wasteland" by Gjermund E. Jansen in Bits of News, March 3, 2005.
“Life is too short. I don't have time to speak slowly.”

Source : "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“Any kind of advice that I've been given to cut out carbs forever, don't do it. It just doesn't work. You do okay for a while and then you just overcarb.”
“The paintings of Francis Bacon to my eye are very beautiful. The paintings of Bosch or Goya are to my eye very beautiful. I've also stood in front of those same paintings with people who've said, 'let's get on to the Botticellis as soon as possible.' I have lingered, of course.”
“There are no chains like hate...dwelling on your brother's faults multiplies your own. You are far from the end of your journey.”
“Blood had long since ceased to beat from one end to the other, but one could sense, from passages marked with fresher traces of wheels and hooves, that once the meaning and even the very idea of a long journey was lost, sleep had not descended over it in one fell swoop: it had continued to steal a march here and there, in a discontinuous way, and over short distances, like a laborer who feels his cart jolt on a section of Roman road that crosses his field.”
“The tide tarrieth no man.”
“The wonderful thing about television is the immediate impact of pictures of current events.”

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