[F.U.C.K. is an e-zine that I started on January 24, 1993 and ended on January 24, 2000. One concept is that articles should be timeless if possible, so they were not released with dates. As such, the date on this blog is not exact but I will try to use a date as close as possible.]
Come, my friends, ’tis not too late to seek a newer world.
Stress-n- The condition or confusion that arises when the brain overrides the body’s desire to choke the hell out of some idiot who really needs it.
Optical Rectosis? A condition when the optic nerves are connected to the rectum and an individual has a shitty outlook on life.
Latin is a language that’s as dead as can be; first it killed the Romans and now its killing me.
From perils come pearls and power. – Kender Saying
If you take your leaders too seriously, then they’ll start taking themselves too seriously.
That which does not kill us makes us stronger.
There are things known and there are things unknown, imbetween them lie the doors. – Doors
“Diversity in culture, in ethnicity, and in gender must be the standard, not the exception, for the goals we seek.” – Richard F. Peck
We cannot all truly be masters, nor all masters can truly befollowed.
“Power corrupts and absolute power corrupts absolutely.” – Lord Acton
Don’t change color to match the walls. Look like you belong and the walls will change color to match you. – Kender Saying
The Human Syndrome? An affliction that causes a being to have hatred and mistrust toward other beings for no apparent reason. (No cure has yet been found.)
Accept what you can not change.
Space is infinite without ending, all within just beginning. – Prime Directive
Civilization. The death of dreams.
Death was the twin brother of life and the more interesting of the two. It was secretive, unknown, mysterious. It was inevitable and forever when it came. It was a dark, infinitely chambered fortress waiting to be explored. Most entered only once and then only because they had no choice. – The Druid of Shannara, Terry Brooks
Without the heart there can be no connection between mind and hand.
“Good Morning!” “What do you mean? Do you wish me a goodmorning, or mean that it is a good morning whether I want it or not; or that you feel good this morning; or that it is a morning to be good on?”
“War is an endeavor never entered into lightly, though there are many reasons to fight.”
Only the dead are without fear.
Luck is simply the advantage a true warrior gains in executing the correct course of action. – Drizzt Do’Urden, The Halfling’s Gem
Never confuse honor with stupidity.
A tiring opponent will often move with all of his strength at once. But rarely will he move in the apparent direction, the directionthat he thinks you think he is moving in.
“Death is a commingling of eternity with time; in the death of a good man, eternity is seen looking through time.” – Goethe
“As I stand in darkness, I feel the warmth of the light upon my skin and I know my face is turned toward the sun. I can look in to the sun, for my eyes are forever shrouded by darkness. But if you who can see look too long in the sun, you will lose your sight, just as those who live too long in the darkness will gradually lose theirs.” – Test of the Twins, Margaret Weis + Tracy Hickman
“Nobility is not hereditary, it is based upon one’s actions.” – Robin Hood
Anticipation of death is worse than death itself.
Dr. Doolittle’s Alimentary Deduction: Never, never play leapfrog with a unicorn.
To know thyself is the ultimate form of aggression. (Freudian Psychology)
Los Angeles Miranda Warning:
You have the right to remain silent.
You also have the right to swing first. However, if you choose to swing first any move you make can and will be used as an excuse to beat the shit out of you. Cooperating can be interpreted as hostile.
You have the right to have a doctor and a priest present. If you cannot afford a doctor and are not presently attending a church of your own choice one will be appointed for you to administer last rites to you.
Los Angeles Miranda Warning:
You have the right to remain silent.
You also have the right to swing first. However, if you choose to swing first any move you make can and will be used as an excuse to beat the shit out of you. Cooperating can be interpreted as hostile.
You have the right to have a doctor and a priest present. If you cannot afford a doctor and are not presently attending a church of your own choice one will be appointed for you to administer last rites to you.
Do you understand what I have told you asshole?
Sometimes I think life is a terminal illness. – Spencer Tracy
“Death is a dignitary who when he comes announced is to be received with formal manifestations of respect, even by those most familiar with him.” – Ambrose Bierce
The road to hell is paved with good intentions. – Samuel Johnson
“There’s not to make reply,
There’s not to question why,
There’s but to do or die.”
The art of silence is as great as that of speech.
The more general the title of a course, the less you will learnfrom it. – Rominger’s Rule for Students
- Anything that can go wrong, will go wrong.
- Things will go wrong at the worst possible time.
- If there is a possibility of several things going wrong, the one that will go wrong is the one that will do the most damage.
- Left to themselves, things will go from bad to worse.
- When properly attended to ,things will go from bad to worse.
- Nature always sides with the hidden flaw.
- If everything seems to be going well, you have obviously overlooked something.
- No good deed goes unpunished.
- Don’t mess with Mrs. Murphy
- Dimensions will always be expressed in the least usable terms. For example, Velocity will be expressed in furlongs per fortnight.
- In the hierarchy, each individual rises to his own level of incompetence, and then remains there.
Foreboding? Premonition? I do not believe in such things, for they imply a higher power, an immortal hand and mind meddling in the affairs of men. – Fire Sea, Margaret Weis and Tracy Hickman
Another man’s story is his to tell or to keep hidden, as he chooses. – Fire Sea, Margaret Weis and Tracy Hickman
Of the chief parts of the Ruling Passion, only this can be truly said: Hate has a reason for everything, but love is unreasonable. – Romulan Proverb
All is permissible until one is caught. – Romulan Proverb
It is death that gives life its meaning. Death, the great equalizer. Man, woman, peasant, king, rich, poor: all of us fellowtravelers to our journey’s end. Life is sacred, precious, a thingto value, to cherish, not to be taken lightly or wantonly. You havelost all respect for death and thereby all respect for life. – Fire Sea, Margaret Weis and Tracy Hickman
All trust is foolish.
Darkness is both friend and enemy.
The best knife is the unseen one.
The foolish and unwary find surprises?and among them, waitingdeath.
Trust no one more than yourself.
Those who watch their backs meet their death from the front.
Remember your gods and keep their faith, or you will suffer assurely as the wicked.
Know thyself – because in the end there’s no one else. – Solace of You, Living Colour
Heaven doesn’t want me and hell is scared I’ll take over.
Don’t steal… the government hates competition.
Increase the Peace
Either they don’t know, it don’t show, or don’t care about what’s going on in the hood. – Boyz n the Hood
Only those who play can be serious. – Marcel Duchamp
We never stop to contemplate the present for we can not; it passes to quickly. – John Hejduk
All of life is a waking dream, and death is the final awakening.
The entire key to diplomacy is sincerity. Once that can be faked, the rest is simple.
Outside of traffic, there is nothing that has held this country back as much as committees.
A dead martyr is worth ten posturing leaders. – ST:TNG Episode
In a democracy, as freedom increases, equality decreases, and viceversa.
A great many people think they are thinking when they are merely rearranging their prejudices.
Always acknowledge a fault frankly, this will throw those in authority off their guard and give you opportunity to make more.
Self is the only person that can ever bind the soul. – Henry Van Dyke
I believe the moment is near when by a procedure of active paranoiac thought, it will be possible…to systematize confusionand contribute to the total discrediting of the world of reality. – Salvador Dali
The more prohibitions you have, the less virtuous people will be.
The more weapons you have, the less secure people will be.
The more subsidies you have, the less self?reliant people will be.
Therefore the master says: I let go of law, and people become
honest, I let go of economics, and people become prosperous, I let
go of religion and people become serene, I let go of all desire for
the common good and the good becomes as common as grass.
The truth is more important than the facts. – Frank Lloyd Wright
When you want to fool the world, tell the truth. – Otto Von Bismarck
He who talks to much cannot talk well. – Carlo Goldini
Depression is for those who pity themselves. Anger is for those who pity society.
You have a bad habit – you breath.
Assassination: The extreme form of censorship.
When in charge – Ponder
When in trouble – Delegate
When in doubt – Mumble
Those of you who think they know everything are very annoying to those of us who do.
Just because you are paranoid doesn’t mean they’re not out to get you.
Organization is for the idiots, only the genius understands Chaos!
Now I want you to remember that no bastard ever won a war by dying for his country. You won it by making the other poor dumb bastard die for his country.
Friends come and go, but enemies accumulate.
A single death is a tragedy; a million deaths is a statistic.
Ordinary people choose their friends, but a genius chooses his enemies.
“And what is an angel but a ghost in drag?” – Stan Rice, 1983
“Is there in all the world a concept more fleeting, more elusive?” – Drizzt Do’Urden, Talking about Love, The Legacy (SA Salvatore)
“What loss is death if life is not the be lived?” – Drizzt Do’Urden, The Legacy (RA Salvatore)
“Knowledge itself is power” – Francis Bacon
“The only thing every mortal has in common is death”
Death is no respecter of age.
Any politician who starts shouting election?year demagoguery about the rich and the poor should be asked, “What about the other 90 percent of the people?” – Thomas Sowell
Irony is the one constant in the universe.
“…There is a very fine line between pride and humility…everyone needs to find that line and realize that for all we are worth, for all the ego that everyone has…we are very insignificant in the cosmic scheme of things…” – Shaun Long
Imagination is more important than knowledge. – Einstein
When all is done, it is not to die? It is to die well…
Love is for poets.
Just because everything is different doesn’t mean anything haschanged. – Southern California Oracle
The most merciful thing in the world … is the inability of the human mind to correlate all its contents. – H.P. Lovecraft
When choosing between two evils I always like to take the one I’ve never tried before. – Mae West
Honest Officer, had I known my health stood in jeopardy I would never had lit one. – Maxim Of The Hells Angels
You cant underestimate the power of fear. – Tricia Nixon
The whole earth is in jail and we’re plotting this incredible jailbreak. – Wavy Gravy
The end move in politics is always to pick up a gun. – Buckminster Fuller
Stay out of the road, if you want to grow old. – Pink Floyd
I think that God in creating man somewhat overestimated his ability. – Oscar Wilde
Anyone can hate. it costs to love. – John Williamson
I either want less corruption, or more chance to participate in it. – Ashleigh Brilliant
We are going to have peace even if we have to fight for it. – Dwight D. Eisenhower
Eeny Meeny, Jelly Beanie, the spirits are about to speak. – Bullwinkle Moose
Vique’s Law: A man without religion is like a fish without a bicycle.
“Man will occasionally stumble over the truth, but most times he will pick himself up and carry on…” – Winston Churchill
“We have met the enemy and he is us” – Walt Kelly
Avoid quiet and passive persons, unless you are in need of sleep.
You have no right to be here.
Whether you can hear it or not, the universe
Is laughing behind your back.
“Anarchy is the base of todays society, without it, we would be in chaos” – Anarchist
“To keep your secret is wisdom, to expect others to keep it is folly.” – Samuel Johnson
“Every tyrant who has lived has believed in freedom-for himself.” – Elbert Hubbard
“The essence of war is violence. Moderation in war is embicility.” – John A. Fisher
“Complete equality means universal irresponsibility.” – T.S. Elliot
“An argument needs no reason, nor a friendship”
“I both love and do not love, and am mad and am not mad.”
The cautious seldom err.
Have no friends not equal to yourself.
Nothing endures but change.
Life is one long struggle in the dark.
What is left when honor is lost? – Publilius Syrus
Hell is paved with priest’s skulls. – St. John Chrysostom
The finest edge is made with the blunt whetstone.
Night hath a thousand eyes.
Nam et ipsa scientia potestas est. – “Knowledge is power”
Of all the base passions, fear is most accursed.
A politician…one that would circumvent God.
I do not attack fools, but foolishness. – Jacques du Laurens
Pleasure is nothing else but the intermission of pain.
Hell is full of good meanings and wishings.
The reasonable moderator, and equal piece of justice, Death.
Life is what happens while you’re making other plans.
Teenagers by definition, don’t fit into society. – Prince of Tides
“Be either hot or cold. Be not lukewarm or I shall vomit you out of my mouth.”
We cannot live by power, and a culture that seeks to live by it becomes brutal and sterile. But we can die without it. – Max Lerner
“What shall it profit a man if he should gain the whole world and lose his own soul” – Mark 8:36
“War: That mad game the world so loves to play”
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