# Best Mock-Profundity **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [February 6, 2010, 3:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-mock-profundity/527898 "2010-02-06T03:53:19Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![The\_Bith\_Shuffle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ce73a5/32.png) [@The\_Bith\_Shuffle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Bith_Shuffle)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2010, 3:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-mock-profundity/527898/1 "2010-02-06T03:53:19Z")
I like quotes that have an air of profundity but actually do not contain any. Such lines may even be meant to mock the concept of profundity. Does anyone have any good ones to share? ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2010, 3:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-mock-profundity/527898/2 "2010-02-06T03:55:16Z")
Proof of God: Notice that our ears are perfectly designed and positioned to support eyeglasses. ---
**Author:** ![Rilchiam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/2bfe46/32.png) [@Rilchiam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rilchiam)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2010, 6:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-mock-profundity/527898/3 "2010-02-06T06:58:40Z")
A social conscience is like a garden shed. You try and eat it, it will stick in your throat. ---
**Author:** ![movingfinger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7ab992/32.png) [@movingfinger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/movingfinger)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2010, 7:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-mock-profundity/527898/4 "2010-02-06T07:30:33Z")
No matter where you go; there you are. …and… Things are more like they are now than they ever were before. ---
**Author:** ![Nathan\_S](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/47e85d/32.png) [@Nathan\_S](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nathan_S)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2010, 9:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-mock-profundity/527898/5 "2010-02-06T09:48:45Z")
Benjamin Franklin: _Beer is proof that God loves us and wants us to be happy._ Although I don’t know how “mock” profound that is. I kinda agree with him.😃 ---
**Author:** ![FriarTed](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/friarted/32/1052_2.png) [@FriarTed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FriarTed)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2010, 11:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-mock-profundity/527898/6 "2010-02-06T11:32:42Z")
'Tis an ill wind that blows no minds.~ Malacalypse the Younger- from The Illuminatus Trilogy, but maybe quoting the Principia Discordia. ---
**Author:** ![drpepper](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/8baadc/32.png) [@drpepper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drpepper)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2010, 1:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-mock-profundity/527898/7 "2010-02-06T13:20:17Z")
“A noble spirit embiggens the smallest man.” (This is from The Simpsons) ---
**Author:** ![Paul\_in\_Qatar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ccd318/32.png) [@Paul\_in\_Qatar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Paul_in_Qatar)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2010, 1:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-mock-profundity/527898/8 "2010-02-06T13:28:00Z")
Said of Tom Dewy’s standard stump speech… You can’t have freedom without liberty. Our rivers are full of fish. The future lies ahead! ---
**Author:** ![Slithy\_Tove](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slithy_tove/32/18248_2.png) [@Slithy\_Tove](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slithy_Tove)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2010, 4:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-mock-profundity/527898/9 "2010-02-06T16:32:09Z")
> [@Paul\_in\_Qatar](#): > > The future lies ahead! This sort is really irritating “At Glomcorp, the Future begins Today!” Well, yes, the future tends to do that; with or without Glomcorp’s assistance. ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2010, 4:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-mock-profundity/527898/10 "2010-02-06T16:42:46Z")
Sarah Palin-“Only dead fish go with the flow.” ---
**Author:** ![janis\_and\_c0](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/janis_and_c0/32/21_2.png) [@janis\_and\_c0](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/janis_and_c0)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2010, 9:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-mock-profundity/527898/11 "2010-02-07T21:22:02Z")
I thought for a moment this thread was for mock profanity, frizzlerfrazzle dagnabbit! ---
**Author:** ![Malleus\_Incus\_Stapes](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/malleus_incus_stapes/32/3293_2.png) [@Malleus\_Incus\_Stapes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malleus_Incus_Stapes)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2010, 9:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-mock-profundity/527898/12 "2010-02-07T21:40:01Z")
[Two](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0132347/) [movies](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0078841/) that say it all about saying nothing. ---
**Author:** ![picunurse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7bcc69/32.png) [@picunurse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/picunurse)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2010, 9:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-mock-profundity/527898/13 "2010-02-07T21:59:23Z")
Do you mean something like [Deep Thoughts by Jack Handey](http://www.deepthoughtsbyjackhandey.com/)? ---
**Author:** ![The\_Devil\_s\_Grandmother](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/74df32/32.png) [@The\_Devil\_s\_Grandmother](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Devil_s_Grandmother)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2010, 11:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-mock-profundity/527898/14 "2010-02-07T23:17:39Z")
> [@runner pat](#): > > Sarah Palin-“Only dead fish go with the flow.” “No! Dead things go downstream, Mother. Life is upstream!” Allie Fox (Harrison Ford) in _[The Mosquito Coast](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0091557/)_ ---
**Author:** ![Telperion](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/telperion/32/509_2.png) [@Telperion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Telperion)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2010, 12:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-mock-profundity/527898/15 "2010-02-08T00:19:29Z")
“_Quidquid latine dictum, altum videtur._” ---
**Author:** ![The\_Bith\_Shuffle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ce73a5/32.png) [@The\_Bith\_Shuffle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Bith_Shuffle)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2010, 12:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-mock-profundity/527898/16 "2010-02-08T00:28:17Z")
> [@picunurse](#): > > Do you mean something like [Deep Thoughts by Jack Handey](http://www.deepthoughtsbyjackhandey.com/)? Yes, that’s exactly the sort of thing I was talking about. ---
**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2010, 9:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-mock-profundity/527898/17 "2010-02-08T09:13:15Z")
How about this one: > **[Hidden Message on Montreal Headstone](https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/letter-rip/)** > > Epitaph on headstone in Montreal cemetery forms an unflattering acrostic. ---
**Author:** ![Dervorin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/eb8c5e/32.png) [@Dervorin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dervorin)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2010, 3:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-mock-profundity/527898/18 "2010-02-08T15:53:58Z")
> [@Telperion](#): > > “_Quidquid latine dictum, altum videtur._” I believe it’s “dictum sit”, but otherwise, full marks. ---
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2010, 4:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-mock-profundity/527898/19 "2010-02-08T16:09:37Z")
I believe that children are our future. ---
**Author:** ![WordMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e8c25b/32.png) [@WordMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WordMan)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2010, 4:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-mock-profundity/527898/20 "2010-02-08T16:20:23Z")
> [@movingfinger](#): > > No matter where you go; there you are. I came in to post this one. I love Buckaroo Bonzai; that movie also uses: > [@](#): > > Yoyodyne: where the future begins tomorrow! One I sometimes use when I am trying to convey a waste of time: “You know, of all the meetings I’ve been to, that was definitely one of them.” [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-mock-profundity/527898.md?page=2)