Lars Blomberg > Lars's Quotes

“I find television very educating. Every time somebody turns on the set, I go into the other room and read a book.”
― Groucho Marx

“The statistics on sanity are that one out of every four people is suffering from a mental illness. Look at your 3 best friends. If they're ok, then it's you.”
― Rita Mae Brown

“There is a theory which states that if ever anyone discovers exactly what the Universe is for and why it is here, it will instantly disappear and be replaced by something even more bizarre and inexplicable.

There is another theory which states that this has already happened.”
― Douglas Adams, The Restaurant at the End of the Universe

“Whether you think you can, or you think you can't--you're right.”
― Henry Ford

“Time flies like an arrow; fruit flies like a banana.”
― Anthony G. Oettinger

“I refuse to answer that question on the grounds that I don't know the answer”
― Douglas Adams

“From the moment I picked up your book until I put it down, I was convulsed with laughter. Some day I intend reading it.”
― Groucho Marx

“The chatterer reveals every corner of his shallow mind.”
― Mike Bell

“Some people think they are worth a lot of money just because they have it.”
― Fannie Hurst

“Sitting quietly, doing nothing, Spring comes, and the grass grows, by itself.”
― Basho

“It`s not how old you are, it`s how you are old.”
― Jules Renard

“The last word in ignorance is the man who says of an animal or plant: 'What good is it?”
― Aldo Leopold

“Besides the noble art of getting things done, there is the noble art of leaving things undone. The wisdom of life consists in the elimination of non-essentials.”
― Lin Yutang, The Importance of Living

“I like spring, but it is too young. I like summer, but it is too proud. So I like best of all autumn, because its leaves are a little yellow, its tone mellower, its colours richer, and it is tinged a little with sorrow and a premonition of death. Its golden richness speaks not of the innocence of spring, nor of the power of summer, but of the mellowness and kindly wisdom of approaching age. It knows the limitations of life and is content. From a knowledge of those limitations and its richness of experience emerges a symphony of colours, richer than all, its green speaking of life and strength, its orange speaking of golden content and its purple of resignation and death”
― Lin Yutang

“In ancient times cats were worshipped as gods; they have not forgotten this.”
― Terry Pratchett

“If you pick up a starving dog and make him prosperous he will not bite you. This is the principal difference between a dog and man.”
― Mark Twain

“Ah! There is nothing like staying at home, for real comfort.”
― Jane Austen

“If you want to find out what a man is to the bottom, give him power. Any man can stand adversity — only a great man can stand prosperity. It is the glory of Abraham Lincoln that he never abused power only on the side of mercy”
― Robert Ingersoll

“Do you hate people?”

“I don't hate them...I just feel better when they're not around.”
― Charles Bukowski, Barfly

“One of the great things about books is sometimes there are some fantastic pictures.”
― George W. Bush

“I just can't listen to any more Wagner, you know...I'm starting to get the urge to conquer Poland.”
― Woody Allen

“The best fighter is never angry.”
― Lao Tzu

“Be content with what you have;
rejoice in the way things are.
When you realize there is nothing lacking,
the whole world belongs to you.”
― Lao Tzu

“Muddy water, let stand, becomes clear.”
― Lao Tzu

“Never try to outstubborn a cat.”
― Robert A. Heinlein, Time Enough for Love

“Don't handicap your children by making their lives easy.”
― Robert A. Heinlein

“He who knows all the answers has not been asked all the questions.”
― Confucius

“A lion chased me up a tree, and I greatly enjoyed the view from the top.”
― Confucius

“To see what is right and not do it is the worst cowardice.”
― Confucius

“When it is obvious that the goals cannot be reached, don't adjust the goals, adjust the action steps.”
― Confucius