Recreation Flashcards
Dr. Glenn Pierce - Worst thing you can do
The worst thing you can do is focus on negativity. It won’t spare you from the cage of death, the pain of disease,
Dr. Glenn Pierce - Ending Speech
But, more often than not, the problem is not that the problems we face can’t be solved, the problem is that we become so afraid of failure that we refuse to see our problems from a new perspective
The beginning of Romeo and Juliet
Two households, both alike in dignity, In fair Verona, where we lay our scene,
Frank Turek Pain and Suffering
If you’re going through pain and suffering, the first step to recovery is for you to intellectually understand that God has a reason for the pain and suffering you’re going through, even if you never find out this side of eternity what that reason or reasons are.
Frank Turek Objective Evil
Objective Evil presupposes objective good, and objective good requires God.
Frank Turek Evil 2
Evil can only exist as a parasite to a good thing.
C.S. Lewis Just and Unjust
{As an atheist} my argument against God was that the universe seemed so cruel and unjust. But how had I got this idea of just and unjust? A man does not call a line crooked unless he has some idea of a straight line. What was I comparing this universe with when I called it unjust?
What’s the worst sound in the world?
There is no worse sound in the world than someone who cannot play the violin but insists on doing so anyway.
Root beer float. (Unfinished)
It is a curious thing, but as one travels the world getting older and older, it appears that happiness is easier to get used to than despair.
What’s fate like?
Fate is like a strange, unpopular restaurant filled with odd waiters who bring you things you never asked for and don’t always like.
Wicked or noble
People aren’t either wicked or noble. They’re like chef’s salads, with good things and bad things chopped and mixed together in a vinaigrette of confusion and conflict.
Trapped in an elevator
Everyone should be able to do one card trick, tell two jokes, and recite three poems, in case they are ever trapped in an elevator.
What’s a library like?
A library is like an island in the middle of a vast sea of ignorance, particularly if the library is very tall and the surrounding area has been flooded.
Follies
Perhaps if we saw what was ahead of us, and glimpsed the follies and misfortunes that would befall us later on, we would all stay in our mother’s wombs, and then there would be nobody in the world but a great number of very fat, very irritated women.
Proven wrong
It is very unnerving to be proven wrong, particularly when you are really right and the person who is really wrong is proving you wrong and proving himself, wrongly, right.
Assumptions (Unfinished)
Assumptions are dangerous things to make, and like all dangerous things to make – bombs, for instance, or strawberry shortcake – if you make even the tiniest mistake you can find yourself in terrible trouble. Making assumptions simply means believing things are a certain way with little or no evidence that shows you are correct, and you can see at once how this can lead to terrible trouble.
Notion
Entertaining a notion, like entertaining a baby cousin or entertaining a pack of hyenas, is a dangerous thing to refuse to do. If you refuse to entertain a baby cousin, the baby cousin may get bored and entertain itself by wandering off and falling down a well. If you refuse to entertain a pack of hyenas, they may become restless and entertain themselves by devouring you. But if you refuse to entertain a notion - which is just a fancy way of saying that you refuse to think about a certain idea - you have to be much braver than someone who is merely facing some blood-thirsty animals, or some parents who are upset to find their little darling at the bottom of a well, because nobody knows what an idea will do when it goes off to entertain itself.
Trust
Never trust anyone who has not brought a book with them.
Wicked people reading
Wicked people never have time for reading. It’s one of the reasons for their wickedness.
Escape
Reading is one form of escape. Running for your life is another.
Death of a loved one (Unfinished)
It is a curious thing, the death of a loved one. We all know that our time in this world is limited, and that eventually all of us will end up underneath some sheet, never to wake up.
A good library
A good library will never be too neat, or too dusty, because somebody will always be in it, taking books off the shelves and staying up late reading them.
Crying
When someone is crying, of course, the noble thing to do is to comfort them. But if someone is trying to hide their tears, it may also be noble to pretend you do not notice them.
Allergic
If you are allergic to a thing, it is best not to put that thing in your mouth, particularly if the thing is cats.
Love changing a person
Love can change a person the way a parent can change a baby- awkwardly, and often with a great deal of mess.
Bedtime
It is one of life’s bitterest truths that bedtime so often arrives just when things are really getting interesting.
Leaves home
It is always sad when someone leaves home, unless they are simply going around the corner and will return in a few minutes with ice-cream sandwiches.
Taking chances
Taking one’s chances is like taking a bath, because sometimes you end up feeling comfortable and warm, and sometimes there is something terrible lurking around that you cannot see until it is too late and you can do nothing else but scream and cling to a plastic duck.
No matter
No matter who you are, no matter where you live, and no matter how many people are chasing you, what you don’t read is often as important as what you do read.
Miracles
Miracles are like meatballs, because nobody can exactly agree on what they are made of, where they come from, or how often they should appear.
Morals
For some stories, it’s easy. The moral of ‘The Three Bears,’ for instance, is “Never break into someone else’s house.’ The moral of ‘Snow White’ is ‘Never eat apples.’ The moral of World War I is ‘Never assassinate Archduke Ferdinand.’
Passport
A passport, as I’m sure you know, is a document that one shows to government officials whenever one reaches a border between two countries, so that the official can learn who you are, where you were born, and how you look when photographed unflatteringly.
My pleasure
As I am sure you know, when people say ‘It’s my pleasure,’ they usually mean something along the lines of, ‘There’s nothing on Earth I would rather do less.’ […]
Cards
One of the world’s most popular entertainments is a deck of cards, which contains thirteen each of four suits, highlighted by kings, queens and jacks, who are possibly the queen’s younger, more attractive boyfriends.
Tradition
Just because something is traditional is no reason to do it, of course. Piracy, for example, is a tradition that has been carried on for hundreds of years, but that doesn’t mean we should all attack ships and steal their gold.
Desert island
One of the world’s most tiresome questions is what object one would bring to a desert island, because people always answer “a deck of cards” or “Anna Karenina” when the obvious answer is “a well equipped boat and a crew to sail me off the island and back home where I can play all the card games and read all the Russian novels I want.
