An Amalgam of Quotations to shock, inspire, and otherwise invoke consternation…
For a collection of more philosophical quotes (that also may be less “perturbation inducing”) – refer to the “Whit and Whimsicalities” blogs below:
“New Mottos in Old Wineskins” – part one
“New Mottos in Old Wineskins” – part two
“Behind every man now alive stand thirty ghosts, for that is the ratio by which the dead outnumber the living.“
Arthur Clarke 1917- 2008
British Sci-Fi writer
The Amalgam
“Presentation? What presentation? The appearance of this plate is a nightmare! The last time I threw up – chunks of my vomit arranged themselves in more aesthetically pleasing configurations than this…”
“Chef!” – Season One
“Don’t piss on my Cheerios!”
unknown – unconfessed – unobserved
“I don’t own this circus…
These ARE NOT my monkeys.
These aren’t my elephants, either.”
CNN Commentator (?) – unknown – 2023
Russell Biles – “Seven Deadly Sins” Carousel Figures
“Gluttony” – 2003
Peabody Museum, Salem Massachusetts – image: KPS – 2022
“The injured captain, lying in the bow, was at this time buried in that profound dejection and indifference which comes, temporarily at least, to even the bravest and most enduring when, willy nilly, the firm fails, the army loses, the ship goes down.”
Stephen Crane – Author and Poet – 1871-1900
“There’s always a siren, singing you to shipwreck. Some of us may be more susceptible than others are, but there’s always a siren. It may be with us all our lives, or it may be many years or decades before we find it or it finds us. But when it does find us, if we’re lucky we’re Odysseus tied up to the ship’s mast, hearing the song with perfect clarity, but ferried to safety by a crew whose ears have been plugged with beeswax. If we’re not at all lucky, we’re another sort of sailor stepping off the deck to drown in the sea.”
Caitlín R. Kiernan – The Drowning Girl
“Speaking from my vast experience of four months as a psychotherapist, I can conclude definitively:
You are f****d up. You are the reason why you’re f****d up. Everybody around you is also f**** up. You f****d them up. You are the reason why everyone and everything is f****d. There’s nothing you can f***ing do about it. Because YOU are a f***ing, f****d, F**K.”
“Like Father” – 2018 film – aBard Productions
“Race is a human construct – not a spiritual one…”
Baháʼí Faith – 19th C
“I’m terrible with names…
Sometimes I even forget the name of the Virgin Mary’s eldest son.”
“Jesus?”
“That’s the one!”
anonymous Anglican cleric
Icon: Mary as the Theotokos, the “God-Bearer” traditional
courtesy: PixaBay
“When cultures come together – differences are removed.”
Lisa Ling – “This Is Life” – CNN – 2022
“Only when the way forward seems impossible have you found it.”
“Adventures of Merlin” – NETFLIX – season four – episode four
“It’s fun being me. Is it fun being you?”
Denny Crane (William Shatner) – Boston Legal
“I am really bad at math…
There are only THREE types of people in the world:
Those who are good at math.
And those who are bad at math.”
(Pause)
– got it?
“Good country music… is three chords and a truth.”
Anonymous – Sirus Y2K – 2022
“Show me the way to get out of this world – because that’s where everything is…”
Peggy Lee – 1950 (Anderson Cooper podcast – “All There Is” – 2022)
“If that’s all there is, my friends, then let’s keep dancing…”
unknown – (Anderson Cooper podcast – “All There Is” – 2022)
“History doesn’t repeat – but often it rhymes…”
Mark Twain – 1835-1910
“One thing life has taught me:
When the going gets tough – the tough stomp on other people’s throats and rip their f***ing guts out…”
“The Windsors” – Netflix – 2016
LEGO Sculpture – Clinton Presidential Library
Little Rock – image KPS – 2011
“Those who do not learn from the lessons of the past – are forever condemned to get an “F” in my class.”
Kenneth St. Germain, Sr. – History Teacher – 1932-2012
“Ideas are often cast aside as “old” – and people “unneeded” – like a machine.”
“A life of service is not a sacrifice, but an honor.”
“Today we need a special kind of courage. Not the kind needed in battle, but a kind that makes us stand up for everything that we know is right, everything that is true and honest, the courage that can stand the subtle corruption of the cynics so we can show the world we are not afraid of the future.”
Queen Elizabeth II – 1926-2022
“The Future: Coming Soon!”
“A child knows what his parents need him to be”
Six Feet Under – season one – episode 12
“We all live with wounds that will eventually kill us.”
“Counting down the miles and racking up the memories ” – “Happiness is a destination that is hard to find. It takes time.”
The Road and the Radio – Kenny Chesney
WE are what THEY grow beyond. This is the burden of all (mentors) masters.”
Star Wars: The Last Jedi – Yoda
V. “I’ll Kill you!” – R. “I’ve died before…”
Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker
“Let us tell the stories of history for future generations. Some we need to repeat – some we need NEVER to do again.”
Mysteries of the Abandoned: Hidden America S3 R5: “The Secrets of Butler Island”
“Even historians fail to learn from history.”
Star Trek: Patterns of Force – 1968
“Smell it? Its the putrid gasp of a human soul – fitted, festering, and slipping into the final rot of decay…”
“You are suffering from delusions of adequacy”.
“I may be fucked up and full of shit – but when I decide to be boring is up to me.”
“America may be my country, but England will always be my homeland.”
“The Future must remember…”
Lamoureaux – 2023
“When did your interstate dreams turn into a dead end road?”
“Never interrupt and enemy when they are making mistake.”
Napoleon
“Don’t YUCK my YUM!”
Red, White & Royal Blue – 2023
“I was OK – once.”
Film: Thomas Crown Affair
The “Three Permissions” of ministry:
- it’s OK to move-in together and have sex – really!
- It’s OK to get a divorce – you’re not first, the current, or the last!
- It’s OK to die – God really IS on the other side – and you really ARE “beloved, forgiven, and free”.
KPS – 2023
“The Episcopal Church is a great place for former Catholics go to discover how to be protestant, and former Protestants go to discover how to be Catholic.”
Josh Hill – Saint Alban’s Maine, 2023
“If I complain, I’d be bragging…”
Film: “10 Years” – 2023
“Sometimes one decides to stand still – so those who go on ahead
may look back – and see how far they have come.”
(Paraphrase) Barbie – style film, 2023