The Meaning of Life
Although I am an avid reader of literature and philosophy, I often think that wits and comedians are actually best at providing insight into the meaning of life. Here are some samples.
Meaning of Life
Eternal nothingness is fine if you happen to be dressed for it
I am at two with nature.
I don’t want to achieve immortality through my work ...
I want to achieve it through not dying.
Life is full of misery, loneliness, and suffering - and it’s all over much too soon.
If it turns out that there is a God, I don’t think that he’s evil. But the worst you can say about him is that basically he’s an under-achiever.
You know.. you come from nothing, you’re going to nothing. What have you lost? ... Nothing!
(Click on Graham Chapman to see where that one comes from.)
You only live once, but if you do it right, once is enough.
Early to rise, early to bed, makes a man healthy wealthy and dead.
James Thurber
Descartes is sitting in a bar having a drink. The bartender asks him if he would like another. “I think not, “ he says and vanishes in a puff of smoke.
There is a theory which states that if ever anybody discovers exactly what the Universe is for and why it is here, it will instantly vanish and be replace by something even more bizarre and inexplicable. There is another theory which states that this has already happened.
Human beings, who are unique in having the ability to learn from the experience of others, are also remarkable for their apparent disinclination to do so.
The ships hung in the sky in much the way that bricks don’t.
I think that God in creating man somewhat overestimated his ability.
Education is an admirable thing, but it is well to remember from time to time that nothing that is worth knowing can be taught.
I always pass on good advice. It is the only thing to do with it. It is never of any use to oneself.
I am not young enough to know everything.
It is absurd to divide people into good and bad. People are either charming or tedious.
Life is far too important a thing ever to talk seriously about.
Only the shallow know themselves.
"I have never allowed my duty as a gentleman to interfere with my pleasure in the slightest degree"
Video above can take quite awhile to load. It’s fun.
I may not have gone where I intended to go, but I think I have ended up where I intended to be.
