Brilliant Quotes

And some not so brilliant…

"Everywhere I go I see increasing evidence of people swirling about in a human cesspit of their own making."
-James Anderton

"Nil carborundum illegitimi" = Don't let the bastards get you down.
-Anonymous

"My infant mind even was bitter with those who insisted on regarding me as a normal child and not as a prodigy."
-W.N.P. Barbellion

"Once in the racket you're always in it."
-Al Capone

"In my beginning is my end."
-T.S. Eliot

"Never be afraid to beat someone up if you have to. First, try to talk 'em into listening, but just in case, you know what to do!"
-From 'A Child's Machiavelli'

"There are not enough jails, not enough policemen, not enough courts to enforce a law not supported by the people."
-Hubert Humphrey

"Life's not a popularity contest, it's about getting what you want."
-Me

"She saw shrewdly that the world is quickly bored by the recital of misfortune, and willingly avoids the sight of distress."
-W. Somerset Maugham

"You know everyone is ignorant, only on different subjects."
-Will Rodgers

"Speak softly and carry a big stick; you will go far."
-Theodore Roosevelt?

"I wouldn't have wanted to spend my life as a real estate salesman or a lawyer. Any nine-to-five job I don't think I could bear. I don't do well under circumstances in which I have to be highly disciplined and responsible to other people. But if a studio offered to pay me as much to sweep the floor as it did to act, I'd sweep the floor. Better yet, I would just as soon someone drove up to my house once a week, handed me some money and said, 'Good morning, Marlon, how you doing?' 'Just fine, thank you. See you next week when you bring more money.'"
-Marlon Brando

"The life they were so hell-bent on preparing me for bored the living shit out of me."
-Jimmy Buffett

"If this song sucks, I'm going to feel free to kick your ass!"
-Arika

"Virgin face!"
-Arika

"I hope I didn't just poop my pants!"
-Arika

"Garrett called my goldfish sexy. I don't have a goldfish anymore."
-Meginator

"Your mom is a grade A dufus!"
-Meginator

Sarah Brown: That bacardi flavoring certainly makes a difference, doesn't it?
Sky Masterson: Oh, yeah. Nine times out of ten!
Sarah Brown: You know, this would be a wonderful way to get children to drink milk!
from Guys & Dolls

"I didn't really notice his pants, I was looking at his body part."
-Meginator (To be fair, this is taken way out of context, but it's funnier this way!)

I (Alexa) said something to Meginator and she said, "Ahhh." Then she said, "I was trying to say, 'Ah,' but I yawned so it sounded like I was aroused, but don't worry, I wasn't aroused."