A Kenyan man once said to me, "You can get used to anything when money's involved." He used to stick mice up his ass for twenty bucks a time.
"Masinile ar trebui sa lucreze, oamenii sa gandeasca. Masinile pot fi mai usor convinse" - Thomas J. Watson
43 muscles to frown, 17 muscles to smile, but not one single muscle to sit here with a dumb look on your face. Now we're talking efficiency.
Toti oamenii te aud cand vorbesti, prietenii insa inteleg ce spui, iar cei mai buni prieteni sunt cei care pricep si ceea ce n-ai spus in cuvinte.
*ahem* Eu am dat in boala Sting.. si sunt niste versuri care nu ma lasa in pace... You consider me the young apprentice Caught between the Scylla and Charybdis Hypnotized by you if I should linger Staring at the ring around your finger Sting & The Police -- Wrapped Around Your Finger
Cu banii poti cumpara o pozitie, dar nu poti cumpara respect. Cu banii poti cumpara o locuinta, dar nu poti cumpara un camin. Cu banii poti cumpara un ceas dar nu poti cumpara timp. Cu banii poti cumpara un pat dar nu poti cumpara odihna. Cu banii poti cumpara un medic, dar nu poti cumpara sanatatea. Cu banii poti cumpara o carte, dar nu poti cumpara cultura. Cu banii poti cumpara sex, dar nu poti cumpara iubirea. Cu banii poti cumpara sange, dar nu poti cumpara viata.
Before you criticize someone, you should walk a mile in their shoes. That way, when you criticize them, you're a mile away and you have their shoes.
Am gasit citatele astea din Coran... pacat ca fundamentalistii islamici nu se deranjeaza sa le citeasca [hl=skyblue] There is no compulsion in religion, truth stands out clear from error. 2:256 If it had been thy Lord?s will, all who are on earth would have believed. Wilt thou then compel humankind to become believers! 10:99 If they turn away, We have not sent thee as a guard over them, Thy duty is only to convey [the Message]. 42:48 [/hl]
[hl=skyblue]I loved you, so I drew these tides of men into my hands and wrote my will across the sky in stars...[/hl] ... intro al cartii "Seven Pillars of Wisdom", autobiografia lui Lawrence of Arabia ([hl=darkblue][link=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seven_Pillars_of_Wisdom]wiki[/link][/hl] si [hl=darkblue][link=http://www.gutenberg.net.au/ebooks01/0100111.txt]Guttenberg[/link][/hl])
"Nu ar fi imposibil de demonstrat, cu suficienta perseverenta si avand o intelegere umana profunda a celor ce trebuie convinsi, ca patratul e defapt cerc. Aceste notiuni sunt simple cuvinte, iar cuvintele pot fi modelate pana ajung sa reprezinte idei deghizate" (sublinierea mea) -- Joseph Goebbels
"The brute necessity of believing something so long as life lasts does not justify any belief in particular."George Santayana