Famous Quotes Game - Page 18

Ladybugsmom · 06-22-2011, 11:39 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by NicksVSix

Napolean was Corsican, not French.
Just sayin...

Ahhh semantics...

Ivas · 06-23-2011, 07:50 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Future MDPilot

Sorry but Ivas will get a later chance to be stumped by you.

The lad who wrote the Communist Manifesto stated the words above. Karl Marx

.

"Power is given only to those who dare to lower themselves and pick it up. Only one thing matters, one thing; to be able to dare."

Ooh, I like the the way you, Future MDPilot, compliment Ladybugsmom while indirectly chiding and challenging me. Well done!

Now, as to YOUR quote... It was NOT written by a leftist because it objectifies the notion of power into a commodity to which the implied recipients would have to "lower themselves" in order to take it (a point of view from the petty bourgeoisie). The quote then promotes the seizure of power as admirable because doing so requires nerve to overcome caution. The action of a heroic type willing to shake off the constraints shared by his peers.

I have talked myself to my conclusion. Was it Friedrich Nietzsche?

Future MDPilot · 06-23-2011, 09:01 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Ivas

Ooh, I like the the way you, Future MDPilot, compliment Ladybugsmom while indirectly chiding and challenging me. Well done!

Now, as to YOUR quote... It was NOT written by a leftist because it objectifies the notion of power into a commodity to which the implied recipients would have to "lower themselves" in order to take it (a point of view from the petty bourgeoisie). The quote then promotes the seizure of power as admirable because doing so requires nerve to overcome caution. The action of a heroic type willing to shake off the constraints shared by his peers.

I have talked myself to my conclusion. Was it Friedrich Nietzsche?

Ah, a well educated guess which is close,very close.

This man is no philosopher yet his writing explores the human psyche and relates greatly to Nietzsche's work.

He is no German yet both existed during an era characterized by a drastic change in thought.

Lastly, if you have not realized who this man is, the precursor to 20th-century existentialism, then now you know.

Ivas · 06-23-2011, 09:20 PM

Since you say that your writer was NOT a philosopher, my circle of possibilities instantly narrowed. I was gonna' hazard a candidate from literature that would fit the bill: Franz Kafka. Then I read "precursor to 20th Century..." so that summation was obviated on the spot. My sole survivor in our game will therefore have to be the Russian novelist, Feodor Dostoyevsky.

Da?

Future MDPilot · 06-23-2011, 09:25 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Ivas

Since you say that your writer was NOT a philosopher, my circle of possibilities instantly narrowed. I was gonna' hazard a candidate from literature that would fit the bill: Franz Kafka. Then I read "precursor to 20th Century..." so that summation was obviated on the spot. My sole survivor in our game will therefore have to be the Russian novelist, Feodor Dostoyevsky.

Da?

Ja Ja, 'tis Fyodor Dostoevsky.

Your turn

Ivas · 06-23-2011, 09:30 PM

Whew! THAT was a labour of Hercules. Thanks, I loved the extreme challenge you provided.

New quote: "Man is born free, yet everywhere he is in chains."

Future MDPilot · 06-23-2011, 09:43 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Ivas

Whew! THAT was a labour of Hercules. Thanks, I loved the extreme challenge you provided.

New quote: "Man is born free, yet everywhere he is in chains."

It's Jacque Clouseau! Chief police in charge of the retrieval of the Pink Panther!

Oh, I'm sorry, the names are so similar. I happen to know this quote, so no tangibles where broken

(kidding).

Jean-Jacques Rousseau, 18th Century writer of Romanticism whose ideals happened to plant many seeds of the American Revolution.

Here is one out of a book I recently read (and greatly enjoyed):

"From the smallest necessity to the highest religious abstraction, from the wheel to the skyscraper, everything we are and everything we have comes from one attribute of man - the function of his reasoning mind."

Ivas · 06-23-2011, 10:21 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Future MDPilot

It's Jacque Clouseau! Chief police in charge of the retrieval of the Pink Panther!

Oh, I'm sorry, the names are so similar. I happen to know this quote, so no tangibles where broken

(kidding).

Jean-Jacques Rousseau, 18th Century writer of Romanticism whose ideals happened to plant many seeds of the American Revolution.

Here is one out of a book I recently read (and greatly enjoyed):

"From the smallest necessity to the highest religious abstraction, from the wheel to the skyscraper, everything we are and everything we have comes from one attribute of man - the function of his reasoning mind."

Hey, wait a minute. I wring my tiny grey cells more closely than Hercules Poirot ever did over your infernally inscrutable quotation, while you, you johnny-come-lately genius, trounce my proffered quote in a trice. I COULD have picked one that only Ivas or a god would recognize...

Hrumph, I am mortified. It is also quite clear you take to swimming my blood as it were only water. LOL. Good going!

As to your NEW punition for my arrogance, my suffering has only now recommenced...

Ladybugsmom · 06-23-2011, 10:22 PM

Wasn't that from The Fountainhead by Ayn Rand?

Here's a quote from a book I loved...
"Any powerful idea is absolutely fascinating and absolutely useless until you decide to put it to work"

Ivas · 06-23-2011, 10:29 PM

Okay, if you say so, I believe you.

Now, to your less heinous than Future MDPilot's choice.

I'd say it reeks of Positivism of the Utilitarian School. Might it be Jerry(?)Bentham, or John Stuart Mill? Not Hume, himself?

Ladybugsmom · 06-23-2011, 10:41 PM

Future MDPilot · 06-23-2011, 10:50 PM

It is Ayn Rand.

Ladybug, I know for a fact that this is from one of those pocket sized books of aphorisms. My mom has many and I remember this quote. Did I remember the author? No. Might it be Khalil Gibran? No, saying it in arabic does not resonate of him.

EDIT: Definitely wrong, just saw your post.

scottw · 06-23-2011, 10:53 PM

George McFly: Yes. Yes. I'm George, George McFly. I'm your density. I mean... your destiny.

Ladybugsmom · 06-23-2011, 11:02 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by scottw

George McFly: Yes. Yes. I'm George, George McFly. I'm your density. I mean... your destiny.

Ya gotta identify the quote in the previous post before posting your quote - and you aren't supposed to say who said it before you post it....

Now take a guess at the quote I posted!

FutureMDPilot, you're on the right track.... one more hint - one of his bestsellers was made into a movie...

06-23-2011, 10:22 PM	#247
Ladybugsmom Older than I look.... Drives: 2010 VR Camaro 2SS/RS LS3 Join Date: Feb 2011 Location: Washington Posts: 6,481 View My Garage	Wasn't that from The Fountainhead by Ayn Rand? Here's a quote from a book I loved... "Any powerful idea is absolutely fascinating and absolutely useless until you decide to put it to work" __________________ High Heels and Fast Wheels!!

06-23-2011, 10:41 PM	#249
Ladybugsmom Older than I look.... Drives: 2010 VR Camaro 2SS/RS LS3 Join Date: Feb 2011 Location: Washington Posts: 6,481 View My Garage	Nope - one hint. Copyright 2004, although I think the same author may have used the same line in another book copyrighted in 1977 (the second book might be considered a sequel by some) __________________ High Heels and Fast Wheels!!

06-23-2011, 10:50 PM	#250
Future MDPilot Drives: 2011 2SS/RS Join Date: May 2011 Location: Boston Posts: 967	It is Ayn Rand. Ladybug, I know for a fact that this is from one of those pocket sized books of aphorisms. My mom has many and I remember this quote. Did I remember the author? No. Might it be Khalil Gibran? No, saying it in arabic does not resonate of him. EDIT: Definitely wrong, just saw your post. __________________ My Cockiness is YOU falling short of Confidence

06-23-2011, 10:53 PM	#251
scottw Drives: 2011 SGM Camaro 2SS/RS Join Date: Jun 2011 Location: Blue Knob, PA Posts: 283 View My Garage	George McFly: Yes. Yes. I'm George, George McFly. I'm your density. I mean... your destiny. __________________

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06-23-2011, 09:20 PM	#242
Ivas el Ruco Drives: 2010 Camaro SS (now runnin' TENS ) Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Fontana, CA Posts: 7,388	Since you say that your writer was NOT a philosopher, my circle of possibilities instantly narrowed. I was gonna' hazard a candidate from literature that would fit the bill: Franz Kafka. Then I read "precursor to 20th Century..." so that summation was obviated on the spot. My sole survivor in our game will therefore have to be the Russian novelist, Feodor Dostoyevsky. Da?

06-23-2011, 09:30 PM	#244
Ivas el Ruco Drives: 2010 Camaro SS (now runnin' TENS ) Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Fontana, CA Posts: 7,388	Whew! THAT was a labour of Hercules. Thanks, I loved the extreme challenge you provided. New quote: "Man is born free, yet everywhere he is in chains."

06-23-2011, 10:29 PM	#248
Ivas el Ruco Drives: 2010 Camaro SS (now runnin' TENS ) Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Fontana, CA Posts: 7,388	Okay, if you say so, I believe you. Now, to your less heinous than Future MDPilot's choice. I'd say it reeks of Positivism of the Utilitarian School. Might it be Jerry(?)Bentham, or John Stuart Mill? Not Hume, himself?