Interesting Quotes - Page 22

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Small minds discuss people. Average minds discuss events. Great minds discuss ideas.

- Henry Thomas Buckle

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To anyone I've offended, I just want to say: I reinvented electric cars and I'm sending people to Mars in a rocket ship. Did you also think I was gonna be a chill, normal dude?

- Elon Musk

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People will forget what you said. But people will never forget how you made them feel.

- Unknown. Incorrectly attributed to Maya Angelou.

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Success breeds complacency. Complacency breeds failure. Only the paranoid survive.

- Andy Grove, former CEO of Intel

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Comparison is the thief of joy.

- Unknown

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Feb 14, 2023

"Luck is what happens when preparation meets opportunity"

- Seneca

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Oct 28, 2023

You miss 100% of the shots you don't take.

-Hesiod

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Level 66

Feb 15, 2023

"I asked God for a bike, but I know God doesn't work that way So I stole someone's bike and asked God for forgiveness."

- George Washington, probably

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Feb 18, 2023

I also asked god to give me the power of prophecy to learn of the future invention of the bike. - George Washington, probably

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Feb 16, 2023

Been long enough, finally new quotes!

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Feb 18, 2023

"The victor is not victorious if the vanquished does not consider himself so."

-Roman Poet (Search it up, it's someone)

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Mar 7, 2023

Just a quick search came up with Quintus Ennius

Level 81

Feb 18, 2023

That Buckle guy had the right ideas.

Level 63

Jan 15, 2024

And you are discussing a person lol

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Feb 23, 2023

Pink is the best color of the alphabet

-some kid ahead of me in line at a food truck. I'll call him Jimmy Jenkins.

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Feb 23, 2023

"I have not come into this world to make men better, but to make use of their weaknesses."

- Adolf Hitler, possibly

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Feb 26, 2023

106, somebody talking about the minds of people.

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Feb 26, 2023

"May God save the country, for it is evident that the people will not."

- Millard Fillmore

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Nov 14, 2025

Neither did he

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Feb 27, 2023

"Look again at that dot. That's here. That's us, that's home. On it everyone you love, everyone you know, everyone you ever heard of, every human being who ever was, lived out their lives."

- Carl Sagan

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Apr 4, 2023

I know it's just my small mind talking, but Buckle sounds insufferable.

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Apr 22, 2023

Some must be warriors, so that others may live in peace.

- Mercedes Lackey

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Apr 23, 2023

“If I were a bank robber, heck, I wouldn’t rob banks. I’d rob senior centers. Grandmas are filthy rich.”

-totally not me

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Dec 14, 2023

Ive seem nore than one grandma with extremely expensive antique items. Their net worth must be worth 1,000,000 bucks!

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Apr 5, 2025

Internet scammers learned this lesson quickly

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Apr 28, 2023

“I've missed more than 9,000 shots in my career. I've lost almost 300 games. Twenty-six times, I've been trusted to take the game-winning shot and missed. I've failed over and over and over again in my life. And that is why I succeed."

- Michael Jordan

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May 3, 2023

"We should never look on History as a period of peace peppered by outbreaks of war, but rather as a period of war peppered by outbreaks of peace."

― Herbie Brennan

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May 8, 2023

So all of history so far is just a period?!

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May 19, 2023

History, colorized^

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May 9, 2023

"If you are not willing to risk the unusual, you will have to settle for the ordinary."

-Jim Rohn

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May 9, 2023

“The kings of modern thought are dumb.”

— Matthew Arnold

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May 9, 2023

“Nothing may be impartial.”

— Unknown

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May 10, 2023

Lincoln went on to taunt Shields’ pursuit of women:

"His very features, in the ecstatic agony of his soul, spoke audibly and distinctly–'Dear girls, it is distressing, but I cannot marry you all. Too well I know how much you suffer; but do, do remember, it is not my fault that I am so handsome and so interesting.'"

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May 12, 2023

A dog is a part of your world, but to a dog, you are their whole world.

-Unknown, often misattributed to Ben Boyce or Jonathan Pryor

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May 13, 2023

The best way to predict your future is to create it.

- Abraham Lincoln

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May 13, 2023

Give a computer some data, and you'll feed it for a millisecond. Teach a computer to search, and you'll feed it for a millennium.

- Jerry Kaplan

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May 16, 2023

“I don't belong to an organized political party. I'm a Democrat.”

— Will Rodgers

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May 23, 2023

“Good parenting means investing in your child's future, which is why I am saving to buy mine a hoverboard someday.”

-Lin-Manuel Miranda

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Jun 8, 2023

“Not unmindful of my son, I give all of my estate, both real and personal, to my wife, Grace Coolidge, in fee simple.”

— Calvin Coolidge's entire will

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Jun 11, 2023

"Competitions are for horses, not artists."

-Bela Bartok

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Jun 17, 2023

“The decision of one man, to launch a wholly unjustified and brutal invasion of Iraq. I mean, of the Ukraine. Iraq too.”

— George W. Bush, speaking of the Ukraine War

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Jun 29, 2023

Well firstly, the Democratic Republic of the congo probably does not shoot rockets into the earths core to try and find maple syrup for the pancakes in New Caledonia.

And secondly, Sudan is already selling water to the Netherlands, so why is Donald Trump trying to become president, because i missed Saint Lucia on countries of the world?

Level 62

Nov 14, 2025

What? None of what you said made any sense on any level.

Level 50

Jun 29, 2023

“Yes i can speak Mexican.

- someoneprobablyidunno

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Jul 7, 2023

“We like to troll, we like to go the night before one of their primaries, we do a little trolling, it's called we do a little trolling.”

— Donald Trump

Level 81

Jul 25, 2023

“A society of atheists would immediately invent a religion.”

— Honoré de Balzac

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Jul 29, 2023

Creativity is inspiration having fun.

-Albert Einstein

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Jul 29, 2023

“Capitalism is the exploitation of man by man. Yes? Well socialism is exactly the reverse.”

— Czechoslovak joke

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Jul 30, 2023

"If it were not for the government, we should have nothing to laugh at in France." - Nicolas Chamfort

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Aug 5, 2023

"Don't worry that the world will end today. It's already tomorrow in Australia."

- Charles Schultz

Level 68

Aug 5, 2023

Monopolies aren't good, but they sure are convenient.

- Me

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Aug 8, 2023

“The one difference between Hell and Texas is that Texas is above the surface of the Earth.”

— Texan joke

Level 81

Aug 8, 2023

Similarly…

“You all may go to Hell, and I shall go to Texas.”

— Davy Crockett

Level 81

Aug 8, 2023

More Texas jokes…

“You can tell the Lord has mercy, because he didn't cast Lucifer into Texas.”

“Why wasn't Jesus born in Texas? Because they couldn't find three wise men and a virgin.”

“Did you hear about the fire at the Texas State Library? A shame, most of the books hadn't been colored in yet.”

“What do you call a smart man in Texas? A tourist.”

“Why do Texans have the state flag all over their car? So they can park in handicap spaces.”

“Why are there so many unsolved murders in Texas? Because everyone has the same DNA.”

“How many UT freshman does it take to screw in a lightbulb? They can't—it's a senior course.”

“The dumbest Texan moved to Oklahoma. The average IQ was raised in both states.” (I like this one in particular.)

Level 81

Aug 8, 2023

One more… what's the difference between the Longhorns and some cereal? Only one belongs in a bowl.

Level 81

Aug 19, 2023

“After Saturday comes Sunday.”

— Islamic extremist phrase

Level 50

Sep 22, 2023

Sure its not thursday?

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Aug 22, 2023

“In real life, I assure you, there is no such thing as algebra. ”

--Fran Lebowitz

https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/30261-in-real-life-i-assure-you-there-is-no-such

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Aug 26, 2023

X + Y = Z

1+ 2 = 3

Algebra + Real Life = A Thing

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Aug 26, 2023

In mathematics, you don't understand things. You just get used to them.

-John Von Neumann

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Sep 2, 2023

“All men are equal before fish.”

— Herbert Hoover

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Sep 2, 2023

“Comedy is tragedy plus time.”

— Carol Burnett

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Sep 12, 2023

“It is human to like to be praised, one can even notice it in the French.”

— Mark Twain

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Sep 23, 2023

Add new quotes!!!

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Sep 24, 2023

In the absence of orders, find something and kill it.

-Erwin Rommel, WW2 general

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Sep 24, 2023

The first time I ever saw a jet, I shot it down.

-Chuck Yeager

Level 62

Nov 14, 2025

West Virginia hero!

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Sep 27, 2023

Gentlemen, you have fought like lions and been led by donkeys.

-Erwin Rommel

(he was a Nazi)

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Sep 29, 2023

"Yesterday, you made note of my—the lack of my talent when it came to dancing. But nevertheless, I want you to know I danced with joy. And no question Liberia has gone through very difficult times"

"Our enemies are innovative and resourceful, and so are we. They never stop thinking about new ways to harm our country and our people, and neither do we."

"See, free nations are peaceful nations. Free nations don't attack each other. Free nations don't develop weapons of mass destruction."

"The decision of one man, to launch a wholly unjustified and brutal invasion of Iraq. I mean, of the Ukraine. Iraq too. Anyway — I'm 75."

Classic Bushisms.

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Oct 7, 2023

Oops, didn’t see Qyz’s

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Oct 11, 2023

I don't know if the quote will be Jetpunk-acceptable, but you should really post the letter of the Zaporizhzhian Cossacs to Sultan Mehmed IV

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Nov 8, 2023

“ Philosophy is wondering if ketchup is a smoothie. Common sense is knowing that it isn’t.”

-One of my friends

Level 75

Dec 22, 2023

Give me my pen back

Level 54

Dec 25, 2023

I do not believe in taking the right decision. I take the decision and make it right.

- Muhammad Ali Jinnah

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Dec 26, 2023

Content is fire, social media is gasoline.

-Jay Baer

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Dec 26, 2023

Overnight success takes about 10 years.

- unknown, often attributed to Jeff Bezos or Tom Clancy

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Jan 12, 2024

"We can't do anything about the past. But we can do something about the future."

- Jon Arbuckle

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Level 62

Jul 4, 2024

To add context on the #107 quote: Elon Musk has been deemed ‘offensive’ for promoting antisemitic statements, conspiracy theories (about George Soros, the Pelosis, mass shooting evidence, etc.) and expressing opposition to gender-affirming care. He has endorsed anti-vaccination and climate-denialist politicians, discredited journalists and attacked several critics as “pedos” without basis.

That’s without mentioning X’s (formerly Twitter) massive increase in harassment, impersonation, antisemitism, child p*r*graphy, Islamic State propaganda, and misinformation since Musk took over the platform and cracked down on content moderation.

Jetpunk’s ‘Interesting Quotes’ section will sometimes feature Churchill and Thatcher’s funny and in-absolutely-no-way-biased characterization of socialism as well as quotes like this that sound a bit like antisemitic conspiracy-theorist apologia. But you ARE allowed to feel offended by the richest person in the world, despite what this quote suggests.

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Level 65

Jul 4, 2024

Don’t forget how he objectively did not reinvent the electric car nor did he send people to Mars.

Level 71

Jan 9, 2025

It's also a complete non-sequitur anyway. Expectation doesn't preclude or even necessarily diminish offence.

Level 77

Feb 26, 2025

This quote also offers nothing that we haven't already heard from Lord Acton: "Power tends to corrupt and absolute power corrupts absolutely. Great men are almost always bad men, even when they exercise influence and not authority."

Level 79

May 22, 2025

well said lmao

Level 68

Nov 2, 2024

" That certainly is an interesting quote "

- Me

Level 53

Mar 17, 2025

"I be farding all the time tbh"

-Confucius

Level 37

Jun 10, 2025

"Comparison is the thief of joy." is a quote from Theodore Roosevelt