What will be shall be

Quotes & Misquotes

For many years we have been hearing so many inspirational quotes from the great philosophers and thinkers and majority have been inspired by their sayings - some even to the extent of their lives being changed.

However, as my age progresses, I realized that some of these quotes are just wrong, befitting only for the naive minds. That is why I have always hated philosophers - they just dump a sentence and expect you to grasp the meaning within.

To me they are the most irresponsible beings in the world because they do not offer practical solutions. All they do is to dump you a sentence and if you get it, they do a good deed and if you don't, you are just not wise enough and it's not their fault. Blame yourself for being not intelligent enough to understand.


Let thy words be few - Ecclesiastes 5:2 from Words of Wisdom

This is just a polite way of saying 'please shut up'. It is as good as telling a fat kid that he is not fat. He is just not as thin as the common people.


Children should be seen and not heard - unknown source

And so why is it when a child is just borne out of a mother's womb, the doctor has to give her a few slaps on the buttock cheeks to ensure that she cries? A child is deprived of a normal childhood if he or she is not allowed to speak. It is an irony that when a child is young, he is not allowed to speak. And when he is grown up, he refuses to speak up. By the way, we have a medical term for children who are only seen and not heard. We call it autism.


Seek further up and thou shall find glory - heard it's from the bible

This is one very suggestive quote from the bible of all places. Only 0.000001% of the population will understand the true meaning of this saying. This minority are the holy ones. The majority - people like you and me, the horny ones, will have another meaning for it. The full sentence should be 'Seek further up the skirt and thou shall find glory'.


Reach for the sky because even if you can't, you will reach the clouds - unknown

Yah right. Obviously this smart alec here have not heard of this before - The higher you climb, the harder you fall. So, which one is correct?


Believe in me and thou shall go to heaven - all religions

Apparently all the religions state that if you believe in me you will go to heaven and if you don't you will go to hell. With so many religions around and one can only believe in one religion, it will be safe to say that either everyone will go to heaven or everyone will go to hell.


What would life be if we had no courage to attempt anything? - Vincent van Gogh

If so life would be a breeze you idiot. Do you have any idea how many people in this world wish that they don't need to attempt anything to achieve something? It has nothing to do with courage. It has got to do with having no choice. I am sure if given a choice, many would have preferred to do nothing at all.


Success is only sweet when one has toiled buckets of sweat and hard work - unknown

There are such things called fatigue and dehydration you know. And they all lead to death. Congratuations on your death.


Experience teaches slowly, and at the cost of mistakes - James A. Froude

Not everyone gets a 2nd chance you know. Trying saying this to your boss after you have committed a mistake that has led to your dismissal.


Work spares us from three evils: boredom, vice, and need - Voltaire

When I work i get bored. When I work I get stressed and smoke. When I work I need to get away from it all. Voltaire, you are a liar.

posted by malmoncolo @ 7:12 PM