Mark Rosenfelder Quotes

Mark Rosenfelder also known as Zompist, is an American amateur linguist and computer programmer, creator of a fictional world called "Almea". Wikipedia  

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Famous Mark Rosenfelder Quotes

“Words are devils, which may lead a man to pick up a sword; but they can never teach him to use it.”

Mark Rosenfelder

A saying by Nyekhen http://www.almeopedia.com/Nyekhen, an early Almean general who became a culture hero <br class="br">Fictional sayings

“What harms no other is not sin.”

Mark Rosenfelder

A saying in Cuzeian theism http://www.zompist.com/cuzeian.htm#Responsibility <br class="br">Fictional sayings

“If he met resistance he threw men at it; if the obstacle was insurmountable he went around it; if the odds were hopeless he trusted in Jippir”

Mark Rosenfelder

God <br class="br">About a leader of the Tžuro http://www.zompist.com/almea.htm#Tzhuro <br class="br">Fictional sayings

“The language organ evolved on Tuesday; language was invented on Wednesday; and everyone else in the world was eliminated on Thursday.”

Mark Rosenfelder

Mocking the w:Proto-World language hypothesis in an essay http://www.zompist.com/langorg.htm

“Idleness, theft, and viciousness dishonor your mother who in pain bore you.”

Mark Rosenfelder

Some of the original tenets in Jippirasti http://www.almeopedia.com/Jippirasti#Jippir.E2.80.99s_demands, another Almean religion <br class="br">Fictional sayings

Mark Rosenfelder Quotes

“It’s a little too early to play curmudgeon and complain that the kids today don’t have the patience to read long web pages.”

Mark Rosenfelder

About the paradigm change http://zompist.wordpress.com/2008/07/31/ask-zompist-blogs-vs-non-blogs/ from static web pages to blogs.

“No matter where Woody goes, he never seems to leave 1955.”

Mark Rosenfelder

Discussing http://zompist.wordpress.com/2008/09/08/woody-in-barcelona/ the movie Vicky Cristina Barcelona

“A nation needs clear rules on what happens in the case of a disputed succession. Surely there’s a Queen’s Bedchamber Mace or someone who knows.”

Mark Rosenfelder

Discussing http://zompist.wordpress.com/2010/05/08/ask-zompist-uk-election/ the results of the 2010 UK election

“If you're the sort of person who likes absolutes, you want them even if all your other convictions change.”

Mark Rosenfelder

What&#x27;s wrong with libertarianism http://www.zompist.com/libertos.html

“How did an entire ecosystem develop around dungeon exploration?”

Mark Rosenfelder

About Dungeons and Dragons creatures http://zompist.wordpress.com/2008/07/07/monster-mash-up/

“A good skeptical mind doesn't waste itself on drugs or ideology, and prefers to break the rules in our minds, in the form of humor, rather than in real life.”

Mark Rosenfelder

From an elegy http://www.zompist.com/dfcdead.html to the Dysfunctional Family Circus http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dysfunctional_Family_Circus

“I kind of wonder if people who are outraged at the movie saw the originals when they were 13-years-olds and didn’t realize that "cheesy" was registering as "awesome."”

Mark Rosenfelder

About http://zompist.wordpress.com/2008/06/19/indiana-jones-and-the-synopsis-of-dread/ Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull

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