Interesting Quotes - Page 20

Let me tell you something that we Israelis have against Moses. He took us 40 years through the desert in order to bring us to the one spot in the Middle East that has no oil!

- Golda Meir

We don't laugh because we're happy, we're happy because we laugh.

- Unknown

If a temple is to be erected, a temple must be destroyed.

- Friedrich Nietzsche

Austria's greatest historical achievements are convincing the world that Mozart was Austrian and Hitler was German.

- Unknown

100

Any headline that ends in a question mark can be answered by the word no.

- Betteridge's Law of Headlines

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Level ∞

Dec 29, 2021

Credit @Afghabwe for #96.

Level 53

Jan 3, 2022

I found a quote for the Lawn Chair Larry fact.

Upon interview, he said:

"I had this dream for 20 years, and if I hadn't done it, I would have ended up in the funny farm". - The Original Lawnchair Larry

Level 63

Jan 20, 2022

"Hate, it has caused a lot of problems in this world, but not solved one yet."

-Maya Angelou

Level 60

Jan 24, 2022

Interesting Quotes, not Peace quotes.

+11

Level ∞

Feb 15, 2022

I think it would be fun to write a bunch of generic quotes like this and attribute them to respected authors and see which ones catch on.

Obviously hate is not a positive force in the world, but only someone with childlike naïveté could believe that it has never solved a single problem.

Level 72

Mar 7, 2024

Solved plenty of problems. Can't say we liked the solutions.

Level 68

Jan 21, 2022

"There is nothing permanent except change."

-Heraclitus

Level 34

Jan 27, 2022

“I’m Obama”

-Kanye West

+10

Level 65

Jan 27, 2022

"I'm semisnotcolon"

-TheNatureThread

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Jan 28, 2022

“I’m TheNatureThread”

-MiecraftMan

I predict this comment chain will be going strong for a couple years or so.

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Mar 8, 2024

It's still going.

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Jan 29, 2022

"I'm MiecraftMan"

-NeilV

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"I'm NeilV"

-fortoj

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I’m fortoj

— MG17

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I'm MG17

-- Nazgul

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“I’m Nazgul”

- Jato3

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"I am Jato 3"

- JetPunker180

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I'm JetPunker180

-toowise

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I'm toowise

-quizzer2

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Feb 3, 2022

"I'm quizzer2"

-Ethaboo444

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Feb 4, 2022

I'm Ethaboo444.

-DarthKnight

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Feb 6, 2022

"I'm DarthKnight"

-SirPhilippines

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Feb 7, 2022

I'm SirPhilippines

-Speere

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Feb 8, 2022

I'm Speere

-HinesBrothers

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Feb 12, 2022

I´m Tamashii7979

-Fallingdown

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Feb 12, 2022

Je suis Fallingdown

-Einstein

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Feb 14, 2022

I am the Walrus

-John Lennon

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Feb 15, 2022

I'm JWatson24

-LuigiDood227

Level 89

Feb 28, 2022

I'm Batman

-Batman

Level 63

Jun 24, 2022

Screws it up but still makes me laugh instead of being mad!

I'm Jacktheguy

-McKenzieFam

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Jun 27, 2022

I'm McKenzieFam

- deccy

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Jul 7, 2022

I'm deccy

-The Slayer of Death, Deathslayer

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Jul 28, 2022

I’m all of you

-YouLoveEagle

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Sep 20, 2022

“I’m YouLoveEagle”

-Sensei_KK

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Sep 23, 2022

I’m Barack Obama

-Barack Obama

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I'm bentshaggyoil

-PastaPeople

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Nov 10, 2022

I'm PastaPeople

-Kiwi01

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Dec 22, 2022

I'm Kiwi01

-Neodymium

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Dec 25, 2022

I'm Neodymium

-Eppek

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Jan 6, 2023

I’m eppek

-sdsyay

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Jan 8, 2023

I'm sdsyay

-yogru

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Jan 30, 2023

I'm yogru

-RistoMan14

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Apr 10, 2023

I'm RistoMan14

-Scorebeater

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Mar 8, 2024

Im Scorebeater

-Astana

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Mar 10, 2024

“I'm Astana, The capital of Kazakhstan”

-TheCubeIsBack

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Mar 20, 2024

I'm TheCubeIsBack

-soleplayer

Level 71

Jan 29, 2022

99 is brilliant, credit to whoever said it, especially because it is 100% true.

Level 60

May 22, 2022

Mozart was Austrian though..

Level 73

Feb 15, 2023

Was looking for this. Mozart was born in Salzburg, in Austria. Beethoven was the one who was German.

Level 43

Feb 24, 2024

Weeellll, as always it's complicated...

He was born and lived 25 (out of his 35) years in Salzburg, which nowadays lies in Austria but at that time was independent. Which would mean he is not Austrian.

On the other hand, he lived ten years in Vienna (actual Austria at that time also), abiding to austrian law etc. Hence you could say he was Austrian. But then again citizenships as nowadays didn't quite exist back then.

There are people studying from letters how Mozart might have felt with regards to that question, which again leads to no conclusive answer as he kinda hated the people and language (dialect) in Salzburg. Most notably, he often refered to himself as German ("Teutscher"). But then once again, Germany as we know it today did not exist at all, rather multiple small states like Austria, Prussia, Bavaria, ... The term "German" was instead used for the language and culture area of all German speaking people.

So yeah, let's just say he's Austrian, cause economy and ego etc :)

+13

Level 65

Feb 1, 2022

This "Unknown" seems to be a very wise person, it's a shame they don't get enough recognition

Level 53

Feb 3, 2022

Unknown has like over a quarter of these quotes, they should get like, the Nobel peace prize.

Level 70

Mar 12, 2022

assuming that for number 100 when you say "no" it will make sense ("Will there be a referendum?" "No") then you could say "How long will it take for climate change to have an impact" and you wouldn't reply with no

Level 59

May 8, 2023

"No....comment"

Level 65

Oct 20, 2023

"Any message which is by Neodymium is the word no" - TheNatureThread

Level 52

Mar 17, 2022

There is a mixup in quote #99. It should say Beethoven instead of Mozart. Because Mozart was actually Austrian. Beethoven was German.

Level 69

Jul 28, 2022

I agree, they messed up

Level 50

Apr 7, 2023

No, the quote is true. Both Mozart and Hitler were born in Austria, and that's the point.

Level 40

Oct 3, 2023

I don't think Beethoven was widely believed to be Austrian though...

Level 73

Oct 17, 2023

According to Wikiquote, Billy Wilder said, "The Austrians have completed the feat of turning Beethoven into an Austrian, and Hitler into a German" so I think it is supposed to be Beethoven.

Level 54

May 3, 2022

Forgiveness is stronger than anger. Forgiveness is the queen while anger is a pawn.

Level 70

Oct 30, 2022

I thought Mozart was born in Salzburg, so what makes him not Austrian?

Level 43

Feb 24, 2024

Salzburg not being Austrian at that time