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Best quotes in 2017

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Two years ago I published a post called “Best quotes in 2015”. Let’s update that shit here in order to increase our word count as 2017 is coming to an end. And since I didn’t have such a post for 2016, why not putting shit said last year as well?

西方大愛左膠最愛嘅 unisex toilet，早已在香港的茶餐廳實現 — Aug 2017

想喺公立醫院住一人病房，住ICU咪得 — May 2017. Well I don’t know what are the policies at public hospitals, but I guess you can’t complain too much when you’re in one.

On second thought I’m not calling my son Pierre. I should call him James instead, so when he acts childishly, I can say “C’mon James, 可唔可以成熟少少？” — Feb 2017, when I saw bad-behaving kids at a restaurant.

Me: Perhaps you can show Isabel cartoons which promote friendship.
My sister: Is there any cartoon that doesn’t promote friendship?
— Nov 2017, me suggesting to my sister on how to boost my 3-year-old niece’s social skills.

Had Beethoven not written anything when he composed, you wouldn’t have masterpieces to perform. — Mar 2016, when commenting on @HarryMak not jotting notes as we studied MFDS.

Expert opinion is also evidence-based, even though it’s just in the lowest level of the evidence-based hierarchy. — Mar 2016, also as I prepared for MFDS.

Best quotes in 2015

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Year 2015 is coming to an end, and this is another “end of year” series. Well, there’re no lack of “cool lines” I said throughout the years. Sometimes those are so cool that I’d mark that down and review that for my own leisure. This is kind of narcissistic… Anyway these are the coolest lines I’ve said this year.

The official English translation for “拉麵控” is “ramen whore”. — Aug 2015, on my crave for ramen

Display cars are like prostitutes, while second hand cars are like divorced women. — Dec 2015. Disclaimer: I drive a second hand car too.

Decaf 咖啡算唔算係咖啡？當然算，正如紮左嘅男人都射到無精子嘅精 — Dec 2015, when asked if decaffeinated coffee is considered coffee.

我一定要有D distraction 先可以專心 — Jan 2015, in the midst of my MFDS preparation.

“Federer vs Nadal” is like “Windows vs Mac” in the good old days, when the competition was so tense and fierce. “Federer vs Djokovic” is like “Apple vs Samsung” — the competition doesn’t get me as emotional. — July 2015, on Roger Federer’s Wimbledon final against Djokovic

Not all cool lines are my own quotes. Here’re some I appreciate so much:

我好努力去擺脫張志明，最後我發覺，我變左另一個張志明 — 春嬌與志明 (2012)

A picture’s worth a thousand words. Why not add a few more words in the picture, just to increase the word count? Because it looks shit. — Kai Wong, DRTV 2013

So here you are. Best quotes from 2015. Famous people like SJ and Abraham Lincoln got journalists and biographers to record their quotes. For the rest of us, we can only rely on ourselves. What’s the favourite quote of your own?

Cool lines, kooliner

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About a year ago, in the midst of my worst sufferings, I said a number of things that I would regret. But at that time I found those lines pretty cool, and I called them “cool lines”. @Johnson then gave me a nickname that I love — kooliner. If you’re not dental enough, you may not understand this. But, well, I really love the fact that I’m a kooliner.

Since those were not moments I’m proud of, let’s not review what cool lines I said at that time. Don’t worry. Given that this site has got 9 years of history, there’re no lack of cool lines. Let’s review some:

“The last place you can find in MK is a quiet one.” 19/11/2012

“In the eyes of the mediocre, only ordinary exists.” 18/11/2011

“Art is subjective, but experience and time make one’s artwork appeal to more people.” 1/9/2009

And of course there’re more. And I’m happy to announce that you can review them now, because our beloved old site is back online. Let’s have some fun!

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When it comes to cool lines, there’s of course another person who is a better kooliner than I am — Steve Jobs. Let’s keep this nice commemorate video on this site forever.