I don't know very much about Friedrich Nietzsche, could somebody tell me about some of his main views?
This is like asking Yahoo answers "I need to do brain surgery in a half hour -- please give me a run through." Nietzsche, born in what would be considered middle class nowadays, is credited with having one of the highest IQs in history. He did to philosophy what Einstein did to physics. His work was also misunderstood and exploited. Most of his work revolved around how humans create their own truth, much to their disadvantage in the long run. National Socialists loved this idea, thinking that they could borrow his concept of "Will to Power" as a justification for their rule. Communists actually loved the incorrect assumption that Nietzsche was an atheist. (He sought Truth, not necessarily any religion's gods. To him, Truth is God.) People quote Nietzsche as saying "God is Dead." But they should have finished the line which is: "God is Dead and you have killed him." Meaning, of course, that people have a tendency to warp truth to suit their own will to power. He wanted to understand what the real, inhuman Truth was, and to do so would require understanding the nature of the humans and their lesser truths. Read "Thus Spake Zarathustra." It's an easy read compared to Kant and most of the others, and it's a good intro for further reading. Once you get a feel for the man, please note that Nietzsche didn't like actors, philosophically. He considered them false. Dancers, however, exhibit true philosophical virtues, in that they do what they do from the heart and from their will and physical skill without pretense. Gotta go now. Long answers never count for much on Yahoo Answers. Promised myself I'd keep it shot. (LOL). Suffice to say Nietzsche lead to many late night hours of discussions back in my college days. The guy is hot. Read him. And find discussions about his work written by scholars who don't misjudge him. And like I said, it's pretty much heavy-duty brain surgery. But worth the study. And Scarlett's answer is excellent. Just keep in mind that Freddy didn't condone lying (like Hitler or relgious bigots,etc have done), but that it a natural function to be understood. As I said, he treated actors with disdain...
Some quote sites with humorous and clever quotes from famous people?
For Example: 1. "Common looking people are the best in the world: that is the reason the Lord makes so many of them." 2. "I like pigs. Dogs look up to us. Cats look down at us. Pigs treat us as equals." 3. "Put your hand on a hot stove for a minute, and it seems like an hour. Sit with a pretty girl for an hour, and it seems like a minute. THAT'S relativity." 4. "A classic is something that everybody wants to have read and nobody wants to read." 5. "Live in such a way that you would not be ashamed to sell your parrot to the town gossip." 6. "God heals and the doctor takes the fee."