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I always loved browsing such posts on reddit, so thought I should make one on lemmy too

Edit: Usually these kind of posts only used to have excerpts from books or ancient proverbs, but now I am seeing a lot more quotes from shows/movies/games are also resonating with people. It's pretty cool to see.

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[–] quantumfoam@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago (2 children)

"Given enough time, Hydrogen starts to wonder where it came from, and where its going."

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[–] provisional@lemmy.sdf.org 3 points 2 years ago (5 children)

"When in doubt, draw a distinction." - Neil Postman

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"Friendly fire isn't!"

[–] aliceblossom@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago

With all of the time I have, I am an insult to the dead.

In context, the person is saying they feel like they are wasting their life and that innumerable people in the past would've killed to have the kind of free time or life they have.

It reminds me to be grateful for both the time I have alive and the quality of that time.

I find it extremely motivating in pursuing my various personal pursuits. I should seem like a Renaissance master to the people of the past and anything less is insulting.

[–] CanadaPlus@lemmy.sdf.org 3 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Hanlon's razor is basically my religion at this point. It's just a huge part of how I see and engage with the world.

[–] bzxt@lemmy.ml 3 points 2 years ago

In this world, the only thing we truly own is the body we shape everyday

  • Sun Ken Rock manga
[–] jonkenator@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago

"I don't knoooow, Margo"

In response to the classic National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation line: "And why is the carpet all wet, Todd?"

[–] Karjapuskuri@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago

Don't be a dick

-Ismo Leikola, stand-up comedian

[–] Trashcan@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago

Two plus two equals five for large values of two

[–] ALERT@sh.itjust.works 3 points 2 years ago (1 children)

ΠΉΠΎΠ±Π°Π½Π° русня.

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[–] wabafee@lemm.ee 3 points 2 years ago

I think it would be this two personally.

Don't do unto others what you don't want done unto you. - Confucius

Beneath this mask there is more than flesh. Beneath this mask there is an idea, Mr. Creedy, and ideas are bulletproof. - V

[–] ryomensukuna@lemmy.one 3 points 2 years ago

Keep moving forward

[–] C4d@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago (3 children)

Look after your equipment and your equipment will look after you.

-and-

There’s no such thing as bad weather, only bad clothing.

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[–] DeskP1loti@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago

Everytime you eat a steak, a hippie's hacky sack falls in the gutter.

-Patton Oswalt

[–] MashPTater@lemmy.fmhy.ml 3 points 2 years ago

"If worms had machine guns, then birds wouldn't fuck with them." A quote from my TI in basic from 85'.

[–] Helix@feddit.de 2 points 2 years ago

If you get down, you can always get up again.

[–] keeb420@kbin.social 2 points 2 years ago

"these problems are the good ones to have." from an atmosphere song, where they got it form idk. but whenever im feeling like shits going south i remember this and it reminds me that its not all so bad.

[–] eddietrax@dmv.social 2 points 2 years ago

β€œLaugh, and the whole world laughs with you, cry.. and I’ll give you something to cry about you little bastard.” -Jeff Goldblum - The Great White Hype

[–] MrGerrit@feddit.nl 2 points 2 years ago

"Why did I follow him...? I don't know. Why do things happen as they do in dreams? All I know is that, when he beckoned... I had to follow him. From that moment, we traveled together, East. Always... into the East."

  • Marius, Diablo 2
[–] Kolanaki@yiffit.net 2 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

We were shown an A&E biography episode on Ray Crock my freshman year of high school for career class and they quoted the dude as saying

If my competitors were drowning in a sea of gasoline, I would throw in a lit match.

Milkshake man was ice fuckin' cold!

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