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The Quotable Jesse *updated with EVEN MORE quotes*
After searching my archives high and low, I finally found some things that I've said that I thought were interestng. Checik it out!
“It is too bad that people have grown too cynical to try things out that might work. Nobody has anything to lose by trying to make the world a better place, and in this case, its not like you are sacrificing too much. I don't see a problem with trying out ideas that are idealistic, but some people slander ideas with the word and say it could never work. I don't think they give enough credit to mankind, but that is what cynicism is all about, right?”
On cynicism
If half the people who said they are punk rock actually heard punk rock, they'd probably stop saying it. EMO is not punk. It’s not really like punk at all. PUNK is "I don't care and I pissed on your carpet" EMO is "I care too much, sorry I pissed on your carpet my girlfriend left me."
On Punk Rock
“It really is sad to think that once upon a time, people were apt to just live on a farm taking care of their little community and now we all want to have a big house, a big car, and have no idea (nor do we really care) what we put into our bodies. I'm not particularly impressed by all of this. And it’s even worse to know that the only reason I really want everything I do is because that’s what values have been etched into my being by society. I can say that, while I could no longer be happy just living on a little farm in a tiny little community, I'd be better off that way.”
On “the good ole days”
“I think we should have a PRESIDENTIAL SURVIVOR reality show where we make people impress us with their good political sense. One by one, the candidates will be excommunicated from the United States as they are voted out of the running. Its only fair.”
On elections
“Isn't it our duty to let the president know that we are unhappy? If everyone sat around agreeing, we’d be as well off as any other dictatorship.”
On protests
“But, isn't it sad that to some it is common sense, and to others it is a revelation? Apparently everyone's common sense just isn't the same“
On common sense
"It's weird how every once in a while a
person comes along, gets into a government position, and says something
that doesn't lack the intelligence of a newborn goat. Too bad these
bursts of insight are so sparse."
On Government Officals
“Every major religion, most philosophy, teaches the Golden Rule in some form or another. Hindu, Muslim, Buddhist, Christian, and Jewish faiths all use this as a guideline, and yet a lot of people forget because of the pressure from our cultures and society to get ahead in life no matter what you have to do. They are practically telling us, against all logic, that it is better for us to put ourselves before everyone else. While that doesn't "directly" mean that we shouldn't care about other people, it implies it”
On The Golden Rule.
“Parades are stupid.”
On parades
“Bad times are vivid, but certainly you've had good times. Good people are out there, happy times are around. If you never have those things it doesn't mean your life isn't worth living, it means that you aren't making the right choices, you aren't in the right place, or a little of both.”
On happiness
“Time is funny. At times, it seems to be running out. Sometimes we look back and it seems like our youth was long ago, while other times it seems like it was just yesterday. Usually, I feel like I was never younger than I am today. I sometimes tell the story of when I sat outside my house at seven years old and wondered why everyone treated me like a child. It seems silly now, as somewhere along the line we gain a more realistic view of ourselves and our maturity. Or perhaps we just catch up with it.”
On maturity
"Recently I realized that people are mostly stupid or ignorant and that
intelligence is a gem among stones. Unfortunitly it's more like a gem
that is only valuable to collectors."
On intelligence
“The fear of regret is strange to me. In all luck, I'm only 1/4 of the way through my life, and I have yet to regret anything of mention. There is no need to. Of course I've regretted things in the past, but regret isn't hard to resolve. There isn't much finality in life. You can almost always make up for the things you have or haven't done until you die or everyone else involved does.”
On regret
“I really don't like the holiday's much. Actually, I think the reason that Thanksgiving, Christmas, New Years and Valentines Day are so close together is to give lonely people a chance to off themselves. What's worse than spending the majority of holiday's alone? Probably a lengthy illness resulting in the removal of 3 out of 4 limbs. Or maybe a slow killing poison... I don't know.”
On holidays
“I'm also still sleeping bad. I must be doing something wrong. Perhaps I stepped on a bug and it gave me bad karma or something. I don't know. I tried thinking good thoughts, but it didn't help, so I thought about the world suddenly resorting to random fits of cannibalism. That turned out to be a lot more entertaining than it sounds, but it didn't affect my sleep much.”
On dealing with insomnia
“You can't be different by trying to be like someone else. Wearing a style of clothing that sets you apart from the people you hate is what you might think you are doing, but in reality you are just like the people who do the same thing. You get your piercings, your tattoos; you wear you ties and color your hair, but look around you. It’s just not that different anymore. You've just joined the club.”
On individuality
“ ‘Welcome to the real world’ is often spoke when something unfortunate happens. When the bubonic plague was killing thousands a day, did some seeping-rash covered man dare to speak "welcome to the real world"? Either way, we have to assume that this world is a bad thing.”
On the “real world”
"Problems arise when believing what people say and disregarding their actions. How many times do we completely ignore what people show us and instead believe what we think we know about them?"
On Behavior
"My first "girlfriend" was totally against my will. She claimed me in grade school and then moved away."
On Girlfriends
"It didn't say treat yourself how you want others to treat you. It didn't say treat yourself like you want others to treat themselves. It is clearly based on interaction with others. Perhaps we just like treating each other badly and then complaining when we are treated badly ourselves."
On the Golden Rule
"Hunting as a sport is far from what it should be. I think if people are really looking for a challenge they should try sneaking up on a deer with a spear. That's sportsmanship"
On Sportsmanship
'If there is still a question whether or not a person loves you for who you are or if they just want to have sex with you, why are you having sex with them? Pressure is not a good answer. Pressure is what you shouldn't be getting from a person that loves you, especially pressure about sex.'"
On Sex
"The key here is that no one is always happy. That is to say, no one with a normally functioning brain is always happy. Perhaps there are some people out there who aren't exactly pushing a full wagon and therefore might actually be happy all the time. Ignorance is bliss, but boring."
On Happiness
"Greed isn't human nature, it is just the nature of too many humans."
On Greed
"Some people have an approving, encouraging, and positive attitude with people on the internet, even though these people appear as words on a monitor. Others treat people as if they are just words on a monitor and therefore choose to be disrespectful and negative."
On Respect
I may add to this more as I find more quotes. If you stumble across something that I've said that you think would make a good quote, drop it in the reply box.
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