Rage, rage against the dying of the light.
– Dylan Thomas
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Think!
Either you think, or else others have to think for you and take power from you, pervert and discipline your natural tastes, civilize and sterilize you.
– F Scott Fitzgerald
Worstward Ho
All of old. Nothing else ever. Ever tried. Ever failed. No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better.
– Samuel Beckett
Stupidity – the basic building block
Some scientists claim that hydrogen, because it is so plentiful, is the basic building block of the universe. I dispute that. I say there is more stupidity than hydrogen, and that stupidity is the basic building block of the universe.
– Frank Zappa
Mencken speaks out (7)
I believe that the finest qualities of man can flourish only in free air — that progress made under the shadow of the policeman’s club is false progress, and of no permanent value.
– H L Mencken
Mencken speaks out (6)
It is impossible to imagine the universe run by a wise, just and omnipotent God, but it is quite easy to imagine it run by a board of gods.
– H L Mencken
Mencken speaks out (5)
For every complex problem there is an answer that is clear, simple, and wrong.
– H L Mencken
Mencken speaks out (4)
When a new source of taxation is found it never means, in practice, that the old source is abandoned. It merely means that the politicians have two ways of milking the taxpayer where they had one before.
– H L Mencken
Just say no
Frihet är möjligheten att säga nej. Frihet är väsentligen friheten att neka, friheten att motsätta sig. Så länge man inte förstår detta, förstår man överhuvudtaget inte friheten.
– Jukka Laajatinne, Mumin och tillvarons gåta, 2009.
Mencken speaks out (3)
It is inaccurate to say that I hate everything. I am strongly in favor of common sense, common honesty, and common decency. This makes me forever ineligible for public office.
– H L Mencken
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