Give me an idea..... I mean it literally.

Cynical Eye August 27, 2017 at 08:18 6500 views 16 comments

I've been thinking about getting a tattoo since I was little.
And I'd really like to have quotes on my body, speaking my mind, depicting me.
Anyone willing to share their favourite philosophical quote(s)?
I personally really like "Life Imitates Art" :D

Feel free to comment and let the ideas collide!

Comments (16)

Janus August 27, 2017 at 08:19 #100469 0 likes

How about "What was the point of getting this stoopid tattoo"?

Shawn August 27, 2017 at 08:19 #100470 0 likes

It is what it is.

Cynical Eye August 27, 2017 at 08:21 #100471 0 likes

Reply to Janus cause this is what I love, and actually that could be a fun tattoo on me.

John Days August 27, 2017 at 10:15 #100480 0 likes

Quoting Posty McPostface

It is what it is.

*eye roll*

John Days August 27, 2017 at 10:20 #100481 0 likes

"You probably think this tattoo is about you, don't you, don't you..."

mcdoodle August 27, 2017 at 10:35 #100485 0 likes

I ink, therefore I am.

PeterPants August 27, 2017 at 10:47 #100486 0 likes

You want quotes that capture you? I don't know you..
Nonetheless ill give some I like.

“Violence is the last refuge of the incompetent.”
? Isaac Asimov

"people who think they know everything are a great annoyance to those of us who do.”
? Isaac Asimov

“Never be a spectator of unfairness or stupidity. The grave will supply plenty of time for silence.”
? Christopher Hitchens

“There can be no progress without head-on confrontation.”
? Christopher Hitchens

“Faith does not offer a strong link between our beliefs and actual states of the world.”
? Sam Harris

What kind of things are important to you?

unenlightened August 27, 2017 at 11:21 #100488 0 likes

It does exactly what it says on the skin.

Cavacava August 27, 2017 at 11:47 #100491 0 likes

Reply to unenlightened
British joke?

Cavacava August 27, 2017 at 11:55 #100492 0 likes

So then "The Real Thing" written in your choice of colored Coke a Cola script

unenlightened August 27, 2017 at 12:14 #100494 0 likes

Reply to Cavacava 'Fraid so.

Wosret August 27, 2017 at 14:42 #100513 0 likes

By reading this you forfeit your soul to me.

BC August 27, 2017 at 15:42 #100517 0 likes

"Give me an idea... I mean it literally" - great quote. A really difficult question will be whether to use 5 dots (seems excessive) or 3 (the current style) for the ellipsis following the word "idea". Be sure to decide what you want, because 5 dots could become really annoying.

Nils Loc August 27, 2017 at 17:18 #100525 0 likes

"There is no inktellectual exercise that is not ultimately useless."

This is a variant of a Borges quote shelved somewhere in his universal library.

I have a recurrent day dream about medical students reading tattooed instructions on how to fashion a magical fetish from my bones, something like the One Ring or a Horcrux by which my imaginary soul continues to wreak its ineffectuality and nonsense in the world.

“Ancient Spirits of Evil, transform this decayed form to Mumm-ra, the ever-living!”
~Mumra

Sir2u August 28, 2017 at 00:20 #100642 0 likes

Get an arrow and "this way up" on your ass.

Cynical Eye August 28, 2017 at 08:17 #100678 0 likes

Reply to Bitter Crank wow nice observation, I didn't even pay attention on that lol haha and yeah I got what you mean.