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[wildroamer]

"An evil wind blows no one."
Confucius

 

[Marshy]

Six sleek swans swam swiftly southwards

 

[the GOAT]

A time will come to mankind when man will not care whether what he gets comes from a lawful or an unlawful source.

 

[Marshy]

How much ground would a groundhog hog, if a groundhog could hog ground? A groundhog would hog all the ground he could hog, if a groundhog could hog ground.

 

[the GOAT]

Men are probably nearer the central truth in their superstitions than in their science.

 

[the GOAT]

It is a characteristic of wisdom not to do desperate things.

 

[wildroamer]

Here's to it, and to it again.
And if we get to it, we'll do it again.

 

[Marshy]

How much wood could Chuck Woods' woodchuck chuck, if Chuck Woods' woodchuck could and would chuck wood? If Chuck Woods' woodchuck could and would chuck wood, how much wood could and would Chuck Woods' woodchuck chuck? Chuck Woods' woodchuck would chuck, he would, as much as he could, and chuck as much wood as any woodchuck would, if a woodchuck could and would chuck wood.

 

[the GOAT]

Nothing pains some people more than having to think.

 

[the GOAT]

If you can't laugh at yourself, make fun of other people.

 

[Marshy]

Birdie birdie in the sky laid a turdie in my eye.
If cows could fly I'd have a cow pie in my eye.

 

[the GOAT]

More than an end to war, we want an end to the beginnings of all wars.

 

[the GOAT]

Act so as to use humanity, yourself and others, always as an end and never as a means to an end.

 

[wildroamer]

Tried it, still unsure

 

[the GOAT]

The point is to develop the childlike inclination for play and the childlike desire for recognition and to guide the child over to important fields for society. Such a school demands from the teacher that he be a kind of artist in his province.

 

[the GOAT]

The remarkable thing we have is a choice every day regarding the attitude we will embrace for that day. We cannot change our past ... We cannot change the fact that people will act in a certain way. We cannot change the inevitable. The only thing we can do is play on the one string we have, and that is our attitude.

 

[Marshy]

This is the conversation I had with Goat...

What did you have for breakfast?
- rubber balls and liquor!
What did you have for lunch?
- rubber balls and liquor!
What did you have for dinner?
- rubber balls and liquor!
What do you do when your sister comes home?
- rubber balls and liquor!

 

[the GOAT]

Truth will always be truth, regardless of lack of understanding, disbelief or ignorance.

 

[Marshy]

Six slimy snails sailed silently.

 

[the GOAT]

We, ignorant of ourselves; Beg often our own harms, which the wise powers Deny us for our good; so find we profit By losing of our prayers.