# Notable Quotes (Nonreligious) **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [October 21, 2017, 6:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/notable-quotes-nonreligious/799457 "2017-10-21T18:39:51Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2017, 6:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/notable-quotes-nonreligious/799457/1 "2017-10-21T18:39:51Z")
I thought we could use a thread featuring quotes that offered insight or inspiration. And since this is my thread, I am prohibiting religious guff. I’m reading John Steinbeck’s _East of Eden_ now, and last night I came across this little nugget: “No one who is young is ever going to be old.” This nicely sums up my own point of view during my wasted youth. Back then, I was convinced I had a million years ahead of me. ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2017, 6:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/notable-quotes-nonreligious/799457/2 "2017-10-21T18:44:00Z")
"Fools names like Fools faces, always found in public places " don’t know who said it! ---
**Author:** ![mbh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a6a055/32.png) [@mbh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mbh)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2017, 7:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/notable-quotes-nonreligious/799457/3 "2017-10-21T19:11:33Z")
“Anyone can oppose, it’s fun to be against things, but there comes a time when you have to start being for things as well.” from the film _The Libertine_ ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2017, 7:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/notable-quotes-nonreligious/799457/4 "2017-10-21T19:51:05Z")
“Stand for something, or you’ll fall for anything” I am pretty sure it is in a song, but I don’t where it originated ---
**Author:** ![buddha\_david](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ee7513/32.png) [@buddha\_david](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/buddha_david)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2017, 9:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/notable-quotes-nonreligious/799457/5 "2017-10-21T21:39:45Z")
“The blues isn’t about feeling better; it’s about making other people feel worse! And making a few bucks while you’re at it.” – Bleeding Gums Murphy, _The Simpsons_ ---
**Author:** ![harmonicamoon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/65b543/32.png) [@harmonicamoon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/harmonicamoon)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2017, 9:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/notable-quotes-nonreligious/799457/6 "2017-10-21T21:49:55Z")
"i"before “e” except after “c” ---
**Author:** ![Dendarii\_Dame](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/bbce88/32.png) [@Dendarii\_Dame](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dendarii_Dame)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2017, 11:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/notable-quotes-nonreligious/799457/7 "2017-10-21T23:12:49Z")
“Make memories you can live with.” Robert Knott (Sidenote: _East of Eden_ was one of the best things I had to read in high school. I actually bought a copy.) ---
**Author:** ![The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_other_waldo_pepper/32/12370_2.png) [@The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Other_Waldo_Pepper)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2017, 11:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/notable-quotes-nonreligious/799457/8 "2017-10-21T23:20:32Z")
I learned three things in Zurich during the war. I wrote them down. Firstly, you’re either a revolutionary or you’re not, and if you’re not you might as well be an artist as anything else. Secondly, if you can’t be an artist, you might as well be a revolutionary… I forget the third thing. - Tom Stoppard ---
**Author:** ![Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mean_mr.mustard/32/3865_2.png) [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2017, 12:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/notable-quotes-nonreligious/799457/9 "2017-10-22T00:43:51Z")
> [@Beckdawrek](#): > > “Stand for something, or you’ll fall for anything” I am pretty sure it is in a song, but I don’t where it originated Maybe you’re thinking of this lyric from ‘Aaron Burr, Sir’ from ‘Hamilton’: LAURENS: _Burr, the revolution’s imminent, What do you stall for?_ HAMILTON: _If you stand for nothing, Burr, what’ll you fall for?_ mmm ---
**Author:** ![Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mean_mr.mustard/32/3865_2.png) [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2017, 12:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/notable-quotes-nonreligious/799457/10 "2017-10-22T00:45:33Z")
_The less you care, the happier you’ll be._ (generally applies to the work environment) mmm ---
**Author:** ![Kron](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kron/32/12444_2.png) [@Kron](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kron)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2017, 1:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/notable-quotes-nonreligious/799457/11 "2017-10-22T01:11:36Z")
> [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](#): > > > [@Beckdawrek](#): > > > > “Stand for something, or you’ll fall for anything” I am pretty sure it is in a song, but I don’t where it originated > > Maybe you’re thinking of this lyric from ‘Aaron Burr, Sir’ from ‘Hamilton’: > > LAURENS: > _Burr, the revolution’s imminent, What do you stall for?_ > > HAMILTON: > _If you stand for nothing, Burr, what’ll you fall for?_ > mmm Well, it is definitely from an [early-90s Aaron Tippin country song.](https://youtu.be/Z_s-Qk07KxA) ---
**Author:** ![Helena](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/c68b51/32.png) [@Helena](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Helena)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2017, 1:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/notable-quotes-nonreligious/799457/12 "2017-10-22T01:31:57Z")
“It won’t get better if you pick it.” ---
**Author:** ![TriPolar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripolar/32/3008_2.png) [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2017, 1:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/notable-quotes-nonreligious/799457/13 "2017-10-22T01:40:36Z")
From Bull Durham: “The world is made for people who aren’t cursed with self awareness.” ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2017, 2:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/notable-quotes-nonreligious/799457/14 "2017-10-22T02:46:13Z")
_“The better you look, the more you’ll see.”_ ---
**Author:** ![John\_Mace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_mace/32/185_2.png) [@John\_Mace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Mace)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2017, 3:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/notable-quotes-nonreligious/799457/15 "2017-10-22T03:31:57Z")
> [@Dendarii\_Dame](#): > > “Make memories you can live with.” Robert Knott > > (Sidenote: _East of Eden_ was one of the best things I had to read in high school. I actually bought a copy.) _I believe there are monsters born in the world to human parents. Some you can see, misshapen and horrible, with huge heads or tiny bodies. . . . And just as there are physical monsters, can there not be mental or psychic monsters born? The face and body may be perfect, but if a twisted gene or a malformed egg can produce physical monsters, may not the same process produce a malformed soul?_ ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2017, 4:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/notable-quotes-nonreligious/799457/16 "2017-10-22T04:18:34Z")
“Kids, you tried your best and you failed miserably. The lesson is, never try!” _—Homer J Simpson_ ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2017, 4:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/notable-quotes-nonreligious/799457/17 "2017-10-22T04:19:39Z")
“You can get more with a kind word and a gun than you can with a kind word alone.” _—Alphonse Capone_ ---
**Author:** ![movingfinger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7ab992/32.png) [@movingfinger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/movingfinger)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2017, 5:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/notable-quotes-nonreligious/799457/18 "2017-10-22T05:23:31Z")
“Old age is the most surprising thing that can happen to a man.”–Leon Trotsky, (although an ice pick through the head was not exactly on his to-happen-to-me-today list) ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2017, 7:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/notable-quotes-nonreligious/799457/19 "2017-10-22T07:39:42Z")
“A little song, a little dance, a little seltzer down your pants.” _—Chuckles the Clown_ ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2017, 7:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/notable-quotes-nonreligious/799457/20 "2017-10-22T07:42:11Z")
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