Matter of Record
- Historical Fact
The Japanese did not surrender after the dropping of the first atomic bomb. In fact, when the emperor decided to surrender after the second bomb was dropped, there was a revolt in the palace. Furthermore, the only alternative to dropping the bombs was an invasion of mainland Japan. Casualty estimates, for both the Allies and Japanese, for an invasion of Japan were in the millions.
Abraham Lincoln
- Thoughtful Quote
"I have stepped out upon this platform that I may see you and that you may see me, and in the arrangement I have the best of the bargain." Also by Lincoln, "I am not bound to win, but I am bound to be true. I am not bound to succeed, but I am bound to live by the light that I have. I must stand with anybody that stands right, and stand with him while he is right, and part with him when he goes wrong." - Abraham Lincoln.
Abraham Lincoln
- Thoughtful Quote
"When you reach the end of your rope, tie a knot and hang on." "I am rather inclined to silence, and whether that be wise or not, it is at least more unusual nowadays to find a man who can hold his tongue than to find one who cannot." - Abraham Lincoln.
Abraham Lincoln
- Thoughtful Quote
Character is like a tree and reputation like a shadow. The shadow is what we think of it; the tree is the real thing. However, you can fool all the people some of the time, and some of the people all the time, but you cannot fool all the people all the time.
Anonymous FP
- Let them eat cake (or don't. It's just a metaphor)
I don't care how perfect someone's fruitcake recipe is, I just don't like fruitcake. Heck, I have a friend who can't even eat cake. So make your own food. No one can tell you what to cook, especially because, in the end, their favorite dessert will still kill you if you're allergic.
A keyboard nerd
- Are we all Keyboard nerds?
The first time I came on to the website was the first time I purchased my first mechanical keyboard. It was the Razer mercury lite edition. I loved it. Fast forward till today, I'm now using my own custom keyboard. I still use this website because each test is like a little message in a bottle rather than randomized words. It dawned upon me that there might be other people who do typing tests because of their mechanical keyboards too. Hopefully I'm not the only one?
Dumbo
- Dandy Crow
Oh, why, he flies just like an eagle! That's better than an airplane. Brother, now I've seen everything... I be done seen about everything when I see an elephant fly with the wind, when I see an elephant fly!
Erich Maria Remarque
- Forward - All Quiet on the Western Front
This book is to be neither an accusation nor a confession, and least of all an adventure, for death is not an adventure to those who stand face to face with it. It will try simply to tell of a generation of men who, even though they may have escaped its shells, were destroyed by the war.
Ish Me
- This is wack
The penalty system on this site is ridiculous. If I type one character wrong and don't realize it for a word or two, then the penalty will get added. Fair enough. What doesn't make sense is that one character will set me back ten to twenty words per minute. Last time it happened I was above ninety words per minute and got penalized down to seventy.
Erich Maria Remarque
- All Quiet on the Western Front
He fell in October 1918, on a day that was so quiet and still on the whole front, that the army report confined itself to the single sentence: All quiet on the Western Front. He had fallen forward and lay on the earth as though sleeping. Turning him over one saw that he could not have suffered long; his face had an expression of calm, as though almost glad the end had come.
Devin Lorbo
You didn't get into a car crash by accident. You got into a two-ton death machine and went zooming down the road at over six times walking speed. What did you expect, a flat-screen TV?
Emma Smith
Hi, I'm a fetus! I'm here to feed upon your body for three quarters of a year and then violently tear my way out of it without your consent. This is not assault. It's normal. In fact, it's wonderful. There is no basis for considering abortion self-defense!
Mark Twain
- Trouble
Mark Twain, one of my favorite personalities, once said, "It's not what we don't know that gets us in trouble. It's what we know for sure that just ain't so."
Ira Sher
- The Man in the Well
I think it's important that we decided not to help him. Everyone, like myself, was probably on the verge of fetching a rope, or asking where we could find a ladder, but then we looked around at each other and it was decided. I don't remember if we told ourselves a reason why we couldn't help him, but we had decided then. Because of this, I never went very close to the lip of the well, or I only came up on my hands and knees, so that he couldn't see me.
Sahih Muslim 256c
- Trim Closely
Did you know, why Muslims are closely trimming their beard, because of The Messenger of Allah said: Act against the polytheists (non-Muslims), trim closely the mustache and grow beard. reference from Sahih Muslim 256c. So you're Muslim friend following this kind of beard trimming, he is a sleeping cell of Muslim terrorist. Please turn away from them.
Jimmy McGill
- Better Call Saul - Jimmy declines a job offer
You know why I didn't take the job? Because it's too small! I don't care about it! It's nothing to me! It's a bacterium! I travel in worlds you can't even imagine! You can't conceive of what I'm capable of! I'm so far beyond you! I'm like a god in human clothing! Lightning bolts shoot from my fingertips!
Q (me)
I once heard that men, when talking about communism, often say that the people should own everything equally, but discount women as people, instead viewing them as property. I think this explains a lot of the conversations I've tried to have with 'leftist' men.
Stephen Hillenburg
- Is mayonnaise an instrument???
Patrick: "Is mayonnaise an instrument?" Squidward: "No Patrick, mayonnaise is not an instrument." Patrick: *Raises hand* Squidward: "Horseradish is not an instrument either." Patrick: *Lowers hand*.
Damian Black
- Am I The Only One?
Am I the only one who has a harder time with the shorter quotes? It might be psychological or arrogance because the moment I see a shorter quote, my first thought is that I'm going to whip through it with ease and boost my speed and accuracy numbers. Next thing I know, it's like my fingers either freeze up or manage to hit all the wrong keys. But show me a long quote and I fly through those with no problem... Am I the only one?
