Quotes

They shared all the characteristics of humans, with the sole exception of a soul.

The human race is divided into beings animate and beings inanimate. Up to this very day, the inanimate ruled the…

2 years ago

The fate of a nation depends on the way that they eat

La destinée des nations dépend de la manière dont elles se nourrissent (The fate of a nation depends on the…

3 years ago

God first made England, Ireland and Scotland

God first made England, Ireland and Scotland. Then, when he corrected his mistakes, he made Wales. — Katharine Hepburn https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bai_9GRspuI…

4 years ago

Beer, of course, is actually a depressant

Beer, of course, is actually a depressant. But poor people will never stop hoping otherwise. — Kurt Vonnegut

5 years ago

National stereotyping in Britain

In a list of ‘moves designed to piss lots of people off’, banning coffee in Turkey probably ranks somewhere alongside…

5 years ago

The best thing about the English: you’re so domesticated

The best thing about the English - you’re so domesticated. All standing around, apologising, keeping your little heads down. You…

5 years ago

The English in Greece—a sorry lot

The English in Greece—a sorry lot, by the way—seem to have a poor opinion of the Greek character. The English…

6 years ago

Condoms made from animal membrane

The Condum being the best, if not only Preservative our Libertines have found out at present; and yet by reason…

8 years ago

Keep your distance!

A number of porcupines huddled together for warmth on a cold day in winter; but, as they began to prick…

8 years ago

Culture is your operating system

Ethnobotanist and hallucinogenic scion Terrence McKenna said in one of his lectures that, “Culture is your operating system.” Through hallucinogenic…

8 years ago