tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post4476292725983645980..comments2024-03-19T05:34:51.425-05:00Comments on Althouse: What is the greatest sentence ever uttered by a human being?Ann Althousehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01630636239933008807noreply@blogger.comBlogger193125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-18345706331858814512014-08-13T19:48:02.172-05:002014-08-13T19:48:02.172-05:00But there are also unknown unknowns, the ones we d...But there are also unknown unknowns, the ones we don't know we don't know. - Donald Rumsfeld<br />I was thinking about how I probably have said one of the stupidest 10 things every said by a human being and maybe the all time worst. Then it occurred to me that Rumsfeld has a good one that would make both list.JHapphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08572648948443081117noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-49652274651185390252014-08-13T17:48:37.004-05:002014-08-13T17:48:37.004-05:00Follow the moneyFollow the moneylemondoghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14606734670170393751noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-1925673092518617602014-08-13T16:35:41.411-05:002014-08-13T16:35:41.411-05:00I've got a headache.I've got a headache.<br />jaque222https://www.blogger.com/profile/18183342092460185321noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-73392192385378340802014-08-13T14:46:28.823-05:002014-08-13T14:46:28.823-05:00If they give you ruled paper, write the other way....If they give you ruled paper, write the other way. <br /><br />--Juan Ramon Jimenez<br /><br />I love my country because it is mine.<br /><br />--Stephen OrbelianNichevohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12591460407621898458noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-4747004326655056292014-08-13T12:41:07.811-05:002014-08-13T12:41:07.811-05:00Half these utterances were probably first said by ...Half these utterances were probably first said by a woman, regarded as insignificant, then said by a man, and everybody applauded. Jasonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16517956537865658903noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-84099958814961467212014-08-13T11:03:48.071-05:002014-08-13T11:03:48.071-05:00Robert Cook: "... blah blah heard that he hat...Robert Cook: "... blah blah heard that he hates working people blah with more marxist crap on top"<br /><br />Funny how all those working people abandoned the unions in droves once they Walker made it possible.<br /><br />I guess even the working people hate the working people, eh? Thats why they need super smart people like you to tell them what to do.Fenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16734571593963330215noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-60964898295355664252014-08-13T09:43:05.132-05:002014-08-13T09:43:05.132-05:00Todd, lefties like Robert Cook don't really be...Todd, lefties like Robert Cook don't really believe in *a* man, they believe in "the working man", nor do they believe in a person, but rather "the people". They privilege the collective and the abstract over the individual. This is why they believe what they believe, and never quite understand why their principles never actually get implemented - only a series of monsters wearing their faces committing atrocities, mocking their truest beliefs. Those communists that killed all those people, enslaved those countries? They were individuals, evil individuals - but The Party - The Party has the answer. And when The Party is discredited, and the collective can't be sustained, they shift to The Ideal, because their ideals can't betray them the way that the heroes of the people, being wicked men, and The Party, being corrupted by conspiracies of wicked men - could, and did, betray their trust.Mitch H.https://www.blogger.com/profile/01630047498946143646noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-84789783898841141542014-08-13T07:54:19.453-05:002014-08-13T07:54:19.453-05:00Robert Cook said...
"So let me be clear, Col...<i><br /><br />Robert Cook said... <br />"So let me be clear, Collective bargaining isn't a right, it is an expensive entitlement." - Scott Walker<br /><br />Wow, that's pretty good. It's about as direct a statement by a politician I've ever heard that he hates working people. He may be a shit but at least he's honest about it. <br /> 8/13/14, 7:22 AM</i><br /><br />Collective bargaining is not about working people, it is about the collective. It is right there in the name for goodness sakes.Toddhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12837407567105543162noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-85010000799823541142014-08-13T07:22:06.876-05:002014-08-13T07:22:06.876-05:00"So let me be clear, Collective bargaining is...<i>"So let me be clear, Collective bargaining isn't a right, it is an expensive entitlement." - Scott Walker</i><br /><br />Wow, that's pretty good. It's about as direct a statement by a politician I've ever heard that he hates working people. He may be a shit but at least he's honest about it.Robert Cookhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06951286299515983901noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-72151570117847787702014-08-13T03:07:59.319-05:002014-08-13T03:07:59.319-05:00Did you ever feel like a pair of brown shoes in a ...Did you ever feel like a pair of brown shoes in a room full of tuxedos? George GobelDebhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08453645332115977645noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-9282515191087119582014-08-12T21:51:47.149-05:002014-08-12T21:51:47.149-05:00@Stoutcat - I would have pointed it out, but I was...@Stoutcat - I would have pointed it out, but I was wondering if anyone would notice. It's a pretty damned good answer to the question, though.Bob Rhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08678321545012311414noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-84035992160704463372014-08-12T21:07:06.244-05:002014-08-12T21:07:06.244-05:00"Hello. My name is Inigo Montoya. You killed..."Hello. My name is Inigo Montoya. You killed my father. Prepare to die."<br /><br />(I know. Disqualified. More than one sentence.)The Godfatherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10575359417766667457noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-30033162969615197792014-08-12T20:39:11.215-05:002014-08-12T20:39:11.215-05:00Greatest excited utterance: "Behind the bag…...Greatest excited utterance: "Behind the bag…it gets through Buckner.'mramshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17006571023135892260noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-70337863960643532302014-08-12T20:38:06.980-05:002014-08-12T20:38:06.980-05:00'I don't believe what I just saw.' Ja...'I don't believe what I just saw.' Jack Buckmramshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17006571023135892260noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-42971253790417187032014-08-12T20:31:55.987-05:002014-08-12T20:31:55.987-05:00"Who ordered the double cheese and sausage?&q..."Who ordered the double cheese and sausage?"<br />"Right here, dude"<br /><br />-Fast Times at Ridgemont HighmadAsHellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01149940549262340795noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-68786293300359747902014-08-12T20:04:52.471-05:002014-08-12T20:04:52.471-05:00"The steak is ready.""The steak is ready."MikeMangumhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08139796729498544078noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-41439849948289235132014-08-12T19:55:27.711-05:002014-08-12T19:55:27.711-05:00If you don't think too good, don't think t...<i>If you don't think too good, don't think too much. </i><br />--Ted WilliamsSmilin' Jackhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01501763605001379362noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-22218082281900483322014-08-12T19:49:56.492-05:002014-08-12T19:49:56.492-05:00Ann Althouse said...
Anything by a woman yet?
Hal...<i>Ann Althouse said...<br />Anything by a woman yet?<br /><br />Half these utterances were probably first said by a woman, regarded as insignificant, then said by a man, and everybody applauded.</i><br /><br />Next you'll be asking for reparations.Smilin' Jackhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01501763605001379362noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-5439433661897258512014-08-12T19:47:10.626-05:002014-08-12T19:47:10.626-05:00"Molon labe"
("come and take")..."Molon labe"<br />("come and take")<br />-- Leonidas<br /><br />Short, simple, extremely meaningful, extremely historically important, funny, tragic, inspiring. About as good as it gets for a human speaking to another human about human things. Of course, it does need some context to get the full effect.Static Pinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17083787604745437979noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-90160376762260912162014-08-12T19:46:04.702-05:002014-08-12T19:46:04.702-05:00I am the wrath of god, the earth upon which I trea...I am the wrath of god, the earth upon which I tread sees me and trembles.Alanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07028993183225267118noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-63206547444711100222014-08-12T19:37:25.885-05:002014-08-12T19:37:25.885-05:00"I will show you how an Italian dies" as..."I will show you how an Italian dies" as he ripped off his blindfold while standing in his own grave in Iraq. He was shot by Sadaams men. Fabrizio Quattrocchisdharmshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12667962395368822004noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-26681474728166024142014-08-12T19:30:56.137-05:002014-08-12T19:30:56.137-05:00OK, so "retired" was at least on the rig...OK, so "retired" was at least on the right track (and a minute quicker on the "publish" button).Markhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07575021285669012791noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-13624148703301119932014-08-12T19:29:35.648-05:002014-08-12T19:29:35.648-05:00Yes, Jesus was fully human, but He is also fully G...Yes, Jesus was fully human, but He is also fully God, so it's a bit slanted to choose anything He said. As for the Old Testament quotes, that was the Holy Spirit speaking through humans, so again it is not really fair.<br /><br />Rather, the greatest sentence ever uttered by a human being was, in fact, said by a woman - and because of saying it, she is exalted above all other humans, man or woman --<br />"I am the handmaid of the Lord; let it be done unto me according to thy word."<br /><br />EVERYTHING that follows regarding Jesus, Christianity, and YOUR salvation hinged upon Mary giving her fiat, saying "Yes" to God.Markhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07575021285669012791noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-58543704653659765472014-08-12T19:28:02.657-05:002014-08-12T19:28:02.657-05:00Luke 1
And Mary said:
“My soul glorifies the Lo...Luke 1 <br /><br />And Mary said:<br /><br />“My soul glorifies the Lord<br />47 and my spirit rejoices in God my Savior,<br />48 for he has been mindful<br /> of the humble state of his servant.<br />From now on all generations will call me blessed,<br />49 for the Mighty One has done great things for me—<br /> holy is his name.<br />50 His mercy extends to those who fear him,<br /> from generation to generation.<br />51 He has performed mighty deeds with his arm;<br /> he has scattered those who are proud in their inmost thoughts.<br />52 He has brought down rulers from their thrones<br /> but has lifted up the humble.<br />53 He has filled the hungry with good things<br /> but has sent the rich away empty.<br />54 He has helped his servant Israel,<br /> remembering to be merciful<br />55 to Abraham and his descendants forever,<br /> just as he promised our ancestors.”retiredhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07646990154054503566noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-84812187778356841692014-08-12T18:44:33.167-05:002014-08-12T18:44:33.167-05:00"So let me be clear, Collective bargaining is..."So let me be clear, Collective bargaining isn't a right, it is an expensive entitlement." - Scott WalkerJHapphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08572648948443081117noreply@blogger.com