#borg

As a kid I loved John McEnroe. They called me Mac because, while everyone else liked Borg, I was crazy about McEnroe. I tried wearing headbands and sweatbands, and whooping at people. It didn't quite work. ↗

— Sachin Tendulkar

#because #borg #called #crazy #else

I normally don't do requests. Unless, of course, I have been asked to do so. ↗

— Victor Borge

#funny #humor #humorous #requests #victor

Resistance, however, is useless. (1939) ↗

— A.E. van Vogt

#science-fiction #star-trek #science

(Responding to a sneeze from the audience) Who exploded? ↗

— Victor Borge

#funny #humor #humorous #sneeze #victor

The shortest distance between two people is a smile. ↗

— Victor Borge

#kindness #music #victor-borge #humor

He looked haggard and careworn, like a Borgia who has suddenly remembered that he has forgotten to shove cyanide in the consommé, and the dinner-gong due any moment. ↗

— P.G. Wodehouse

#forgetfulness #humor #poison #unhappiness #humor

At a certain point talk about 'essence' and 'oneness' and the universal becomes more tautological than inquisitive. ↗

— Christopher Hitchens

#mysticism #tautology #love