Lucian-isms Archive

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A man does what he must — in spite of personal consequences, in spite of obstacles and dangers, and pressures — and that is the basis of all human morality. — John Kennedy

A man is a success if he gets up in the morning and goes to bed at night and in between does what he wants to do. — Bob Dylan

After a certain age every man is responsible for his face — Albert Camus

All large social groupings eventually degrade into a symbolic competition to determine who has the bigger penis… or who is the smartest person in the room. The internet is self-evident proof of this. — Lucian

All men are created equal. But by the end of elementary school, that’s all over. — Lucian

Around here, however, we don’t look backwards for very long. We keep moving forward, opening up new doors and doing new things, because we’re curious… and curiosity keeps leading us down new paths. — Walt Disney

Between men and women there is no friendship possible. There is passion, enmity, worship, love, but no friendship. — Oscar Wilde

Big jobs usually go to the men who prove their ability to outgrow small ones. — Theodore Roosevelt

Courage is the willingness to go into danger when a clear retreat exists. Bravery is how we describe that act. One is possessed. The other is observed. The transition from one to the other usually involves some amount of insanity. — Lucian

Everything about your life is determined by what you do, think or say. — Lucian

Few men have virtue to withstand the highest bidder. — George Washington

Having a machine that can take a measurement doesn’t mean that what you measure means anything. — Lucian

Heroism is just stupidity with a cause. — Lucian

Hypocritical behavior builds fury. — Lucian

I hope the Thought Police can’t hear the screams coming from inside my head. — Lucian

I must be the only person willing to say this out loud. Oprah is fat because she’s unhappy and white people are against immigration because they’re afraid of becoming a minority. — Lucian

I was talking to God the other day. And She reminded me of the one constant truth in this universe. Nothing is ever what it seems. — Lucian, God

I’m like Agent Mulder… I want to believe. I just haven’t found anything to believe in yet. — Lucian

I’ve always considered myself intelligent enough to have an inkling of how ignorant I really was. As I have gotten older, I have come to realize that an inkling is perhaps a bit too optimistic. — Lucian

I’ve been dead before. I prefer being alive. — Lucian

If a man has no doubts, it’s because his hypothesis is unfalsifiable. — Mark Rosenfelder, http://www.zompist.com/libertos.html

If it is to be, it is up to me. — Anonymous

In the Court of Public Opinion… you don’t get to select the jury. — Lucian

It ain’t bragging… if it’s true. — T. Boone Pickens

It is not titles that make men illustrious, but men who make titles illustrious. — Machiavelli

It’s not paranoia… if someone really is out to get you. — Lucian

Life is messy… Revel in the chaos. — Lucian

Look at me, I’m white and nerdy… — Weird Al

Maybe there is no such thing as coincidence… But there is an alignment of the stars. — Lucian

Men are like steel. When they lose their temper, they lose their worth. — Chuck Norris

Never do anything against conscience even if the state demands it. — Albert Einstein

Never let school interfere with your education. — Mark Twain

Never speak when you can whisper… never whisper when you can nod… never nod when you can wink… and never put anything in an email… — Anonymous

Not everything that can be counted counts, and not everything that counts can be counted. — Albert Einstein

People who live in glass houses… shouldn’t get stoned. — Lucian

Scientists investigate that which already is; Engineers create that which has never been. — Albert Einstein

Standing hard and fast on moral ground is not easy… because moral ground is almost always thin ice. — Lucian

Terrorism is a tactic, not an enemy. You cannot wage war on a tactic. It’s as much nonsense as saying we are going to have a war against sneaking around. — Lucian

Terrorists are criminals. Criminals with political agendas or military targets are still criminals. Hunting down and killing criminals with soldiers may feel good, but it is not war. — Lucian

The lack of the existence of proof, is not proof of the lack of existence… of anything. — Lucian

The test of our progress is not whether we add more to the abundance of those who have much; it is whether we provide enough for those who have too little. — Franklin D. Roosevelt

The world is divided into those who hear the hum… and those who don’t. — Lucian

There are 10 types of people in this world, those that understand binary and those who don’t. — Anonymous

There is one kind of robber whom the law does not strike at, and who steals what is most precious to men: time. — Napoleon

Two is one, one is none… — Navy Seals re: backup equipment

Two is one, one is none? We better carry three. — NASA to Navy Seals re: backup equipment

War is not a political tool. War is the failure of political tools. — Lucian

We despise in others the very thing we secretly hate most about ourselves. — Lucian

We must often learn how things fall apart to know how to make them work. — Lucian

When did Americans become such cowards? Our country was founded by men who said, “Give me Liberty, or give me Death…” Today the average knuckle-head American is willing to sacrifice anything, including the Constitution and ultimately their freedom and liberty, to pretend they are safe from something they have less chance of experiencing than being struck by lightening. — Lucian

When I grow up? Who the hell said I want to grow up? — Lucian

When men speak ill of thee, live so as nobody may believe them. — Plato

When you turn a child into an adult, you prevent them from ever becoming one. — Lucian

When your only choice is one… it’s not a choice. — Lucian

Without context, analysis and understanding… all data is just noise. — Lucian

You can only get beyond it… when it ends. — Lucian

You can’t change your life… if you don’t change your behavior. — Lucian

You get better the more you do it. So the first secret is just do it. — Lucian

You have a better shot with God. I tend to be less forgiving. — Lucian

You have only the ability to convince yourself of truth. Yet that is the hardest task to do honestly. — Lucian

You wanna talk to God? Let’s go meet him together. — Indiana Jones

You! Trying to flex on me? Don’t be silly. — Will Smith