Quotes You Like

Aging is not for the faint of heart.
One day, you wake up and realize — youth has quietly slipped away.
But it didn’t leave alone.
It took with it your insecurities, your rush to please, your fear of not being enough.
And in its place?
It left you with something stronger:
A slower pace, but a steadier step.
The wisdom to say goodbye without fear.
The grace to cherish those who choose to stay.
The power to be you, unapologetically.
Aging isn’t about losing — it’s about letting go.
It’s about learning to accept, to release, and to truly see:
That beauty was never just in the mirror…
It lived in every story, scar, and silent strength we carried within.
Aging is a gift. Wear it with dignity.
— Inspired by Meryl Streep

@Torunn said
... and:

"There comes a time in every woman's life when the only thing that helps is a glass of champagne." - Bette Davis

Theory is when you know everything but nothing works.

Practice is when everything works but no one knows why.

In our lab, theory and practice are combined:
Nothing works and no one knows why.

In theory there is no difference between theory and practice. In practice there is.

Yogi Berra

"The death of human empathy is one of the earliest and most telling signs of a culture about to fall into barbarism." ~Hannah Arendt

Death is not the opposite of life, but part of it.
- Haruki Murakami

If you're not scared or angry at the thought of a human brain being controlled remotely,
then it could be this prototype of mine is finally starting to work.

~ John Alejandro King

You can discover what your enemy fears most by observing the means he uses to frighten you.

~ Eric Hoffer 1902 - 1983

"A few decades ago we had Johnny Cash, Bob Hope and Steve Jobs.
Now we have no Cash, no Hope and no Jobs.
Please don't let Kevin Bacon die."
- Bill Murray

donald is a stable genius
elon's a rocket scientist
homer is a nuclear safety inspector
and reality is pissed

~ anon

Ordinarily he was insane, but he had lucid moments when he was merely stupid.

~ Heinrich Heine
German critic & poet (1797 - 1856)

"On some great & glorious day
the plain people of the land
will reach their heart's desire
at last, & the White House
will be adorned by a
downright moron."

~ H.L. Mencken (1880 - 1956)

“We are travelers on a cosmic journey, stardust, swirling and dancing in the eddies and whirlpools of infinity. Life is eternal. We have stopped for a moment to encounter each other, to meet, to love, to share. This is a precious moment. It is a little parenthesis in eternity.”—Paulo Coelho, The Alchemist

Everybody believes in something
and everybody, by virtue of the fact that they believe in something,
use that something to support their own existence.

~ Frank Zappa

Only those who will risk going too far can possibly find out how far one can go.
- T.S. Eliot