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Posted by Advent 115 (Member # 8914) on :
 
I'd like to hear everyones favorite quotes, from movies, books, anything. So go wild everybody.

[ January 17, 2006, 05:10 PM: Message edited by: Advent 115 ]
 

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Posted by cheiros do ender (Member # 8849) on :
 
I''ll go first since this has probably been done on hatrack before, but if it has I wasn't part of it.

"All my life, whenever it comes time to make a decision, I make it and forget about it." ~ Harry Truman.

"If you can't convince them, confuse them." ~ Harry Truman.

"Carry the battle to them. Don't let them bring it to you. Put them on the defensive and don't ever apologize for anything." ~ Harry Truman.

""It is a miracle that curiosity survives formal education." ~ I'm so glad Albert Einstein agrees with me on formal education.

[ January 17, 2006, 04:33 PM: Message edited by: cheiros do ender ]
 

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Posted by Stan the man (Member # 6249) on :
 
This would just be my favorite quote right now. I use it as my signiture for my e-mail.

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"Somewhere out there is the perfect woman for me, I'm doing my best to make sure she doesn't find me."--Pat E. Fogger

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Posted by Advent 115 (Member # 8914) on :
 
My favorite is: "Do or do not, there is no try"~
Yoda.
 

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Posted by Evie3217 (Member # 5426) on :
 
Favorite quote: Timshel. If you've read East of Eden, you know what it means.
 

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Posted by Advent 115 (Member # 8914) on :
 
Good one Stan, good one. But are you following that quotes advise or actively doing the opposite?
 

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Posted by The Pixiest (Member # 1863) on :
 
"As an American, being mocked by people from third world hell holes is a bit like being made fun of by the retarded kid on the playground. I know I should be insulted, but I can't stop laughing."

That one always makes me think of KoM for some reason.
 

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Posted by Evie3217 (Member # 5426) on :
 
Pixiest - where's that from?
 

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Posted by Advent 115 (Member # 8914) on :
 
Pix, were in the world did you find that quote? :laughing in background:
 

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Posted by Stan the man (Member # 6249) on :
 
Advent 115, I am not actively going against it. However, in the past couple of years it has been proven that I am definately not actively following it. Bonus for me that those relationships lasted such a short amount of time that it gave me no cause for concern.
 

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Posted by peterh (Member # 5208) on :
 
It doesn't DO anything. That's the beauty of it.


 

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Posted by Advent 115 (Member # 8914) on :
 
Lets get back to the quotes. Okay.
 

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Posted by Raventhief (Member # 9002) on :
 
Jeez, I have to pick just one? I collect quotes, got about a hundred.

"We have nothing to hide. We have nothing. And we must hide it."
-Nikita Kruschev
 

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Posted by cheiros do ender (Member # 8849) on :
 
No-one said you had to pick just one.
 

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Posted by Evie3217 (Member # 5426) on :
 
Raventhief- I collect quotes too. I have a little book that I carry around with me in case I find good quotes that I can use.
 

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Posted by Raventhief (Member # 9002) on :
 
OK, here's a few more:
“Unfortunately, when you close your eyes and click your heels, life’s problems don’t just solve themselves.”
-Unknown

“The greatest trick the devil ever pulled was convincing the world he didn’t exist.”
-The Usual Suspects

“'Tis better to be silent and be thought a fool, than to speak and remove all doubt.
-Abraham Lincoln

"He who thinks by the inch and talks by the yard deserves to be kicked by the foot."
-Unknown

“The problem with doing something right the first time is no one appreciates how difficult it was.”
-Unknown

“Better your road to hell than another’s road to heaven, is that it?”
-The Caves of Steel, Isaac Asimov

“Protocol is either useful or it should be abolished.”
-The Cat Who Walked Through Walls, Robert A. Heinlein

“We all have truths. Are mine the same as yours?”
-Jesus Christ, Superstar
 

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Posted by Raventhief (Member # 9002) on :
 
Evie, mine's a computer file, if you'd care to see them.
 

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Posted by kmbboots (Member # 8576) on :
 
"Keep always in your mind some image of magnificence." From Robert Edmond Jones, but he was quoting an Irish poet

"Fear not" various angels
 

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Posted by Advent 115 (Member # 8914) on :
 
Here is another one

-"First rule of dealing with the devil, don't" ~Solo
 

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Posted by peterh (Member # 5208) on :
 
If it bleeds, we can kill it.

Arnold Schwarzenegger in Predator. (It sums up every single Ah-Nold movie plot)
 

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Posted by katharina (Member # 827) on :
 
The reason the All-American Boy prefers beauty to brains is the All-American Boy can see better than he can think.

--Farrah Fawcett
 

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Posted by Advent 115 (Member # 8914) on :
 
"Have you ever been afraid of whats inside you" Law and Order SVU
 

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Posted by RackhamsRazor (Member # 5254) on :
 
My all time favorite quote:

"Blessed are those who can laugh at themselves for they shall never cease to be amused"-no clue
 

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Posted by MandyM (Member # 8375) on :
 
You did the best you could, and when you knew better, you did better. Maya Angelou

This is how I keep from living with regret.
 

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Posted by Angiomorphism (Member # 8184) on :
 
God isn't dead, he just took up a less ambitious project. - i forget who
 

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Posted by Advent 115 (Member # 8914) on :
 
Angio, I sure would like to know what that project is.
 

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Posted by dantesparadigm (Member # 8756) on :
 
Education will not take the place of persistence; the world is full of educated derelicts. Persistence and determination alone are omnipotent. The slogan 'press on' has solved and always will solve the problems of the human race.

-T.R.

If you want to be worshipped, go to India and moo.

- Quiz Show

"Oh, you hate your job? Why didn't you say so? There's a support group for that. It's called EVERYBODY, and they meet at the bar."

- Drew Carey

When it comes to human beings, the only type of cause that matters is final cause, the purpose. What a person had in mind. Once you understand what people really want, you can't hate them anymore. You can fear them, but you can't hate them, because you can always find the same desires in your own heart.

- Guess
 

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Posted by Ryan Hart (Member # 5513) on :
 
"Estragon: Nothing to be done.
Vladimir: I'm beginning to come round to that opinion" - Waiting for Godot

"Let us not waste our time in idle discourse! Let us do something while we have the chance! To all mankind they were addressed, those cries for help still ringing in our ears! But at this place, at this moment of time, all mankind is us, whether we like it or not." -Waiting for Godot
 

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Posted by Evie3217 (Member # 5426) on :
 
Raventhief - I would love to see it.
 

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Posted by IvyGirl (Member # 6252) on :
 
"The one concern of the devil is to keep Christians from praying. He fears nothing from prayerless studies, prayerless work, and prayerless religion. He laughs at our toil, mocks at our wisdom, but trembles when we pray" - Samuel Chadwick

I liked that one so much it's my signature for my emails.

Ivy
 

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Posted by Evie3217 (Member # 5426) on :
 
More quotes:
"Here's to the crazy ones, the misfits, the rebels, the trouble makers, the round pegs in the square holes, the ones who see things differently. They're not fond of rules and they have no respect for the status quo. You can quote them, disagree with them, glorify or vilify them; about the only thing you can't do is ignore them because they change things, they push the human race forward. And while some see them as the 'crazy ones,' we see genius because the people who are crazy enough to think they can change the world are the ones who do." -Apple Computers *hides* Don't Hurt Me!

"Eagles may soar, but weasels don't get sucked into jet engines." - Prarie Home Companion

"A human being should be able to change a diaper, plan an invasion, write a sonnet, balance accounts, build a wall, set a bone, comfort the dying, take orders, give orders, cooperate, act alone, solve equations, analyze a new problem, pitch manure, program a computer, cook a tasty meal, fight efficiently, die gallantly... specialization is for insects." -Robert A. Heinlein
 

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Posted by erosomniac (Member # 6834) on :
 
"A woman has a close male friend. This means that he is probably interested in her, which is why he hangs around so much. She sees him strictly as a friend. This always starts out with, you're a great guy, but I don't like you in that way. This is roughly the equivalent for the guy of going to a job interview and the company saying, You have a great resume, you have all the qualifications we are looking for, but we're not going to hire you. We will, however, use your resume as the basis for comparison for all other applicants. But, we're going to hire somebody who is far less qualified and is probably an alcoholic. And if he doesn't work out, we'll hire somebody else, but still not you. In fact, we will never hire you. But we will call you from time to time to complain about the person that we hired."

-"Dragonflyblade21", excerpted from Bash.org
 

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Posted by The Pixiest (Member # 1863) on :
 
Alright, I'll confess. It was me.

I said it the other day in WoW when some russians were ripping on the US non-stop on channel 1. It provoked quite a reaction...

So I'll add a real quote.

"A writer who quotes himself [or herself] in public, may have other nasty habits." -- RAH

Pix
 

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Posted by Advent 115 (Member # 8914) on :
 
"Right, now to wander aimlessly"~ Unknown
 

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Posted by Enigmatic (Member # 7785) on :
 
"You would sail a ship against the winds and currents by lighting a bonfire under her deck? I have no time for such nonsense."
--Napoleon, on steamships.
 

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Posted by The Pixiest (Member # 1863) on :
 
Enigmatic has been playing Civ IV
 

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Posted by cheiros do ender (Member # 8849) on :
 
Originally by The Pixiest: "A writer who quotes himself [or herself] in public, may have other nasty habits." -- RAH

OSCs books on writing fiction are the only two I've ever read where the author didn't cite their own work. I've since given up on everyone else. I hope he writes another book about the study of fiction this year or next.
 

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Posted by Celaeno (Member # 8562) on :
 
Forgive me my nonsense, as I also forgive the nonsense of those that think they talk sense.
-Robert Frost

Do I dare
Disturb the universe?
In a minute there is time
For decisions and revisions which a minute will reverse.
-T.S. Eliot, The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock

What was it about this unlovable century that convince us we were, despite everything, eminently lovable as a people, as a species? What made us think that anyone who fails to love us is damaged, lacking, malfunctioning in some way? And particularly if they replace us with a god, or a weeping madonna, or the face of Chris in a ciabatta roll—then we call them crazy. Deluded. We are so convinced of the goodness of ourselves, and the goodness of our love, we cannot bear to believe there might be something more worthy of love than us, more worthy of worship. Greeting cards routinely tell us everybody deserves love. No. Everybody deserves clean water. Not everybody deserves love all the time.
-Zadie Smith, White Teeth
 

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Posted by Alcon (Member # 6645) on :
 
The road goes ever on and on,
down from the door where it began.
Now far ahead the road has gone,
and I must follow if I can.
- Bilbo Baggins (IE JRR Tolkien)

I use that one as my signature.

"Never raise a hand to your children, it leaves your groin unprotected."
- I forget who.

"I have never let my schooling interfere with my education."
- Mark Twain, on so true.
 

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Posted by Enigmatic (Member # 7785) on :
 

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Originally posted by The Pixiest:
Enigmatic has been playing Civ IV

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"I have never let my schooling interfere with my education."
- Mark Twain, on so true.

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Originally posted by Celaeno:
Oh, ambyr, I really liked that quotation, so I went to check out the link and it's pretty amazing. Thanks.

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Originally posted by Raventhief:
“We all have truths. Are mine the same as yours?”
-Jesus Christ, Superstar

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"Sunset used to depress me. But I learned in Baffin Island, you've just got to remember the light, keep it inside you, and wait. The sun comes back every monring."
--Maureen McHugh China Mountain Zhang

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But... on Baffin Island, the sun *doesn't* come back every morning!
 

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Posted by Dan_raven (Member # 3383) on :
 
"The first thing we do is kill all the lawyers." Shakespear, The Tempest--with Apologies to Dag.
 

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Posted by Glenn Arnold (Member # 3192) on :
 
"The conventional view serves to protect us from the painful job of thinking." JOHN KENNETH GALBRAITH

"Bodily exercise, when compulsory, does no harm to the body; but knowledge which is acquired under compulsion obtains no hold on the mind." PLATO

"It has yet to be proven that intelligence has any survival value." ARTHUR C. CLARKE

"The fact that a believer is happier than a skeptic is no more to the point than the fact than a drunken man is happier than a sober one." GEORGE BERNARD SHAW

"Children's playthings are not sports and should be deemed as their most serious actions." MONTAIGNE

"Real education must ultimately be limited to men who insist on knowing. The rest is mere sheep-herding." EZRA LOOMIS POUND

"Education is an admirable thing, but it is well to remember from time to time that nothing that is worth knowing can be taught." OSCAR WILDE

"In our country, we have those three unspeakably precious things: freedom of speech, freedom of conscience, and the prudence never to practice either." MARK TWAIN

"The bigger the information media, the less courage and freedom they allow. Bigness means weakness." ERIC SEVAREID

"The artist needs no religion beyond his work." ELBERT HUBBARD

"Truth is not determined by majority vote." DOUG GWYN

"It's useful that there should be Gods, so let's believe there are." OVID
 

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Posted by Stan the man (Member # 6249) on :
 
Here's a few I had stashed in a folder on my computer.

"I told my psychiatrist that everyone hates me. He said I was being ridiculous - everyone hasn't met me yet."
Rodney Dangerfield.

"I used to sell furniture for a living. The trouble was, it was my own."
Les Dawson.

"Sometimes I lie awake at night, and I ask, 'Where have I gone wrong?' Then a voice says to me, 'This is going to take more than one night.' "
Charlie Brown.

"I once heard two ladies going on and on about the pains of childbirth and how men don't seem to know what real pain is. I asked if either of them ever got themselves caught in a zipper."
Emo Philips

"An intellectual is someone who has found something more interesting than sex."
Edgar Wallace.

"Bigamy is having one wife too many. Monogamy is the same."
Oscar Wilde

"Heaven is an American salary, a Chinese cook, an English house, and a Japanese wife. Hell is defined as having a Chinese salary, an English cook, a Japanese house, and an American wife."
James H. Kabbler III.

"Life is a sexually transmitted disease and the mortality rate is one hundred percent."
RD Laing.

"The trouble with children is that they're not returnable."
Quentin Crisp.

"People want to know why I do this, why I write such gross stuff. I like to tell them I have the heart of a small boy -- and I keep it in a jar on my desk."
Stephen King
 

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Posted by Orincoro (Member # 8854) on :
 

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Originally posted by starLisa:


"Beware of geeks bearing gifs." -- Anonymous

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Originally posted by Cashew:
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"We who are about to die salute you"- American Soldier at begining of war on terror
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That's actually "Morituri salutant", which Roman gladiators were supposed to have said before they started killing each other.

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Originally posted by estavares:
"It's a dog-eat-dog world out there...and I'm wearing milk-bone underwear." - Unknown

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Originally posted by starLisa:
"Klaatu barada nikto."

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"Sunset used to depress me. But I learned in Baffin Island, you've just got to remember the light, keep it inside you, and wait. The sun comes back every monring."
--Maureen McHugh China Mountain Zhang

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But... on Baffin Island, the sun *doesn't* come back every morning!

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"Life is a tragedy to those who feel and a comedy to those who think" -Fortune cookie

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Originally posted by James Tiberius Kirk:

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Originally posted by alath:
"Life is a tragedy to those who feel and a comedy to those who think" -Fortune cookie

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"You love Chinese food." -- Fortune cookie

Got that one twice. Not kidding.

--j_k

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Originally posted by ricree101:
"Beep, Beep, Beep, Beep"

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