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Quote Mania
Quotes have always inspired me in some way. Some of them make me think a great deal about what meanings lie behind them. So if you have a quote you know, or you made up yourself please feel free to share.
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3/20/2010 2:07 PM PDT
Constantly choosing the lesser of two evils is still choosing evil. - Jerry Garcia
Everyone is entitled to their own opinion. It's just that yours is stupid.
I am not a vegetarian because I love animals; I am a vegetarian because I hate plants. A. Whitney Brown
Everyone is entitled to their own opinion. It's just that yours is stupid.
I am not a vegetarian because I love animals; I am a vegetarian because I hate plants. A. Whitney Brown
3/20/2010 2:00 PM PDT
"Flying is learning how to throw yourself at the ground and miss." - Douglas Adams
3/20/2010 1:58 PM PDT
Yesterday is history, tomorow is a mystery, and today is a blessing. Thais why its called the preasent.
3/20/2010 12:57 PM PDT
"Let me live, love, and say it well in good sentences."
Sylvia Plath
Sylvia Plath
3/20/2010 9:29 AM PDT
'Nothing takes the taste out of peanut butter quite like unrequited love'
-- Charlie Borwn, Peanuts comic
-- Charlie Borwn, Peanuts comic
3/18/2010 7:33 AM PDT
"One day at a time..."
3/17/2010 4:11 PM PDT
Today is for confessing, tommorrow is a blessing
3/17/2010 4:03 PM PDT
Today is for confessing, tommorrow is a blessing
3/16/2010 8:29 PM PDT
"If you truly love someone, let them go. If they feel the same, they'll come back." me
3/16/2010 4:00 PM PDT
"A little memory loss is often kind to the soul."
line from tv show LOST
line from tv show LOST
3/16/2010 3:50 PM PDT
"Awful thing to do to a woman my age - leave her to her thoughts"
Lauren Bacall (line in a movie)
Lauren Bacall (line in a movie)
3/16/2010 3:48 PM PDT
"I'd stay in unresolved emotionality for days and days...
I was going down and with that came a tremendous sense of knowing nothing. Western psychology might call it a nervous breakdown, but in certain cultures the call it a Shamanic conversion...
Depression can be the sand that makes the pearl....
If you get rid of the demons - they're the disturbing things - if you get rid of them, then the angels fly off too. So there is a possibility, in that mire, of an epiphany."
Joni Mitchell
I was going down and with that came a tremendous sense of knowing nothing. Western psychology might call it a nervous breakdown, but in certain cultures the call it a Shamanic conversion...
Depression can be the sand that makes the pearl....
If you get rid of the demons - they're the disturbing things - if you get rid of them, then the angels fly off too. So there is a possibility, in that mire, of an epiphany."
Joni Mitchell
3/15/2010 8:04 AM PDT
“I do this real moron thing- it's called thinking, and I'm not a very good American because I like to form my own opinions."
-GEORGE CARLIN
“I never considered a difference of opinion in politics, in religion, in philosophy, as cause for withdrawing from a friend.”
-THOMAS JEFFERSON
"The significant problems we face cannot be solved at the same level of thinking we had when we created them."-
-ALBERT EINSTEIN
-GEORGE CARLIN
“I never considered a difference of opinion in politics, in religion, in philosophy, as cause for withdrawing from a friend.”
-THOMAS JEFFERSON
"The significant problems we face cannot be solved at the same level of thinking we had when we created them."-
-ALBERT EINSTEIN
3/14/2010 10:40 PM PDT
"You have to search for it. Fight, dig, crawl, whatever it takes. Just know that it is there, waiting. Inside of you.
3/14/2010 9:48 PM PDT
“I am an excitable person who only understands life lyrically, musically, in whom feelings are much stronger as reason. I am so thirsty for the marvelous that only the marvelous has power over me. Anything I can not transform into something marvelous, I let go. Reality doesn't impress me. I only believe in intoxication, in ecstasy, and when ordinary life shackles me, I escape, one way or another. No more walls.”-Anais Nin.
3/13/2010 10:19 PM PST
There is no "I" in team
-everyone's heard of this one, lol :)
-everyone's heard of this one, lol :)
3/13/2010 7:39 PM PST
Our generation has an incredible amount of realism, yet at the same time it loves to complain and not really change. Because, if it does change, then it won't have anything to complain about.
The violence betwen women is unbelievable. Women try to make each other crawl so that their knees are bleeding.
You know that saying, bad things don't happen to good people? That's a lie. - these are all from Tori Amos (musician)
In my nothing, you were everything, to me. - one of my favorites from Trent Reznor (musician)
If fate beckons, will you follow her? - me
The violence betwen women is unbelievable. Women try to make each other crawl so that their knees are bleeding.
You know that saying, bad things don't happen to good people? That's a lie. - these are all from Tori Amos (musician)
In my nothing, you were everything, to me. - one of my favorites from Trent Reznor (musician)
If fate beckons, will you follow her? - me
3/12/2010 7:14 PM PST
"The only questions I couldn't answer were my own"-myself
3/12/2010 5:50 PM PST
Great idea! :D
I have like three folders full of quotes but one I made up a while ago, that has to do with my mum, is as follows;
I congratulate you on creating a cage such as this one, and I forgive you for only opening it on the rarest of occasions.
I have like three folders full of quotes but one I made up a while ago, that has to do with my mum, is as follows;
I congratulate you on creating a cage such as this one, and I forgive you for only opening it on the rarest of occasions.
3/11/2010 4:35 PM PST
"Reading makes a ready man, writing makes an exact man."
3/10/2010 12:37 PM PST
No day but Today. ~RENT
3/8/2010 5:03 PM PST
" The best way to travel is by hat, Alice."
- Johnny Depp (Mad Hatter)
- Johnny Depp (Mad Hatter)
3/8/2010 1:49 AM PST
"This is the greatest quote ever conceived by man, regardless of semantics" - Dolph Adomian upon realizing no one has ever said this as a quote before.
3/3/2010 6:18 PM PST
Awesome I idea,
just commenting so I'll get updates =)
just commenting so I'll get updates =)
3/2/2010 4:15 PM PST
Some one once said that
"We are born to become happy
And we live in order to make someone else happy"
--Buono
"We are born to become happy
And we live in order to make someone else happy"
--Buono
2/28/2010 10:52 AM PST
"Talk to strangers
when the family fails and friends lead you astray
when Buddha laughs and Jesus weeps and it turns out God is gay.
'Cause angels and messiahs love can come in many forms:
when you finally take the time to see what they’re about
perhaps you find them lonely or their wisdom trips you out."
-Saul Williams
....just to get a little upbeat and silly with y'all
when the family fails and friends lead you astray
when Buddha laughs and Jesus weeps and it turns out God is gay.
'Cause angels and messiahs love can come in many forms:
when you finally take the time to see what they’re about
perhaps you find them lonely or their wisdom trips you out."
-Saul Williams
....just to get a little upbeat and silly with y'all
2/28/2010 2:36 AM PST
" Never give up, And never under any circumstance,face the facts" -ruth gordan
2/27/2010 10:49 AM PST
. Love is a temporary madness. It erupts like an earthquake and then subsides. And when it subsides you have to make a decision. You have to work out whether your roots have become so entwined together that it is inconceivable that you should ever part. Because this is what love is. Love is not breathlessness, it is not excitement, it is not the promulgation of promises of eternal passion. That is just being "in love" which any of us can convince ourselves we are.
Love itself is what is left over when being in love has burned away, and this is both an art and a fortunate accident. Your mother and I had it, we had roots that grew towards each other underground, and when all the pretty blossom had fallen from our branches we found that we were one tree and not two.
- Captain Corelli's Mandolin
Love itself is what is left over when being in love has burned away, and this is both an art and a fortunate accident. Your mother and I had it, we had roots that grew towards each other underground, and when all the pretty blossom had fallen from our branches we found that we were one tree and not two.
- Captain Corelli's Mandolin
2/27/2010 9:38 AM PST
”If the English language made any sense, lackadaisical would have something to do with a shortage of flowers.”
—Doug Larson
“I admit that twice two makes four is an excellent thing, but if we are to give everything its due, twice two makes five is sometimes a very charming thing too” -Fyodor Dostoyevsky
"Why, sometimes I've believed as many as six impossible things before breakfast." -Lewis Carroll
"So many worlds, so much to do, so little done, such things to be." -Alfred Lord Tennyson
"He who laughs most learns best." -John Cleese
“A little nonsense now and then is relished by the wisest men.” Roald Dahl
—Doug Larson
“I admit that twice two makes four is an excellent thing, but if we are to give everything its due, twice two makes five is sometimes a very charming thing too” -Fyodor Dostoyevsky
"Why, sometimes I've believed as many as six impossible things before breakfast." -Lewis Carroll
"So many worlds, so much to do, so little done, such things to be." -Alfred Lord Tennyson
"He who laughs most learns best." -John Cleese
“A little nonsense now and then is relished by the wisest men.” Roald Dahl
2/26/2010 10:24 PM PST
There must be an ideal world, a sort of mathmatician's paradise, where everything happens as it does in textbooks.
- Bertrandt Russell
- Bertrandt Russell
2/24/2010 6:01 PM PST
"Alone with myself
The trees bend to caress me
The shade hugs my heart"
- Candy Polgar
"Oh, the adventures we shall have! ...And with imaginations like these, the possibilities are limitless." T. K. O'Malley (me)
2/23/2010 2:11 AM PST
"Absorb theory for what it has to offer. But watch out for the trap of 'rules'."
"My smile is just my make-up, to hide me from this pain.My laugh just protects me, covers up where my tears stain." Anabelle Walker (me)
"My smile is just my make-up, to hide me from this pain.My laugh just protects me, covers up where my tears stain." Anabelle Walker (me)
2/21/2010 6:15 PM PST
"We're working on forever one day at a time."-unknown.
“A good novel tells us the truth about its hero; but a bad novel tells us the truth about its author.” --G.K. Chesterton
A hero is a man who is afraid to run away. --English Proverb
Some of my favorite quotes.
“A good novel tells us the truth about its hero; but a bad novel tells us the truth about its author.” --G.K. Chesterton
A hero is a man who is afraid to run away. --English Proverb
Some of my favorite quotes.
2/21/2010 5:17 PM PST
"....any individual who learned to do something better than anybody else--learned to doa common thing in an uncommon manner--had solved his problem..."
-Booker T Washington.
-Booker T Washington.
2/21/2010 2:55 PM PST
sing like no one can hear you
dance like no one can see you
and dream like nothing can stop you
-half me half unkown
live as if you'll die today
dream as if you'll live forever
-unknown
dance like no one can see you
and dream like nothing can stop you
-half me half unkown
live as if you'll die today
dream as if you'll live forever
-unknown
2/21/2010 12:46 AM PST
“Love one another"
- last words of George Harrison
- last words of George Harrison
2/21/2010 12:45 AM PST
"You can turn your back on a person, but never turn your back on a drug- especially when it's waving a razor-sharp hunting knife in your eyes."
- Hunter S. Thompson
"Computers are useless. They can only give you answers."
-Pablo Picasso
"We can't solve problems by using the same kind of thinking we used when we created them."
-Albert Einstein
- Hunter S. Thompson
"Computers are useless. They can only give you answers."
-Pablo Picasso
"We can't solve problems by using the same kind of thinking we used when we created them."
-Albert Einstein
2/21/2010 12:43 AM PST
"He found that he could see, the forest beyond the trees."
-Les Claypool
"The mushroom will be your teacher"
- Paul Stamets
-Les Claypool
"The mushroom will be your teacher"
- Paul Stamets
2/21/2010 12:43 AM PST
"They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety"
-Ben Franklin
"There never was a good war or a bad peace."
- Ben Franklin
-Ben Franklin
"There never was a good war or a bad peace."
- Ben Franklin
2/20/2010 9:03 PM PST
"Cancer is a word. Not a sentence." -John Diamond
2/19/2010 9:58 AM PST
"No doubt, the universe is unfolding as it should."
2/16/2010 9:51 PM PST
" i had never given much thought to how i would die, but dying in the place of someone i love sounds pretty good."
2/16/2010 3:41 PM PST
"Love without pain, is like the sky without stars"-Ashley Shipley(me)
2/15/2010 8:55 AM PST
Awesome, I really like that one!
2/14/2010 4:40 PM PST
Isn't it funny how someone can break your heart, but you still love them with all the little pieces?
-S
-S
2/12/2010 8:25 PM PST
I have more but need to go find them first.
I love making up my own quotes. =D
-Aulie
I love making up my own quotes. =D
-Aulie
2/12/2010 8:23 PM PST
"Read your own, Write your own, Publish your own"
a WEbooker's inspired quote.
-Aulie
a WEbooker's inspired quote.
-Aulie
2/9/2010 10:15 AM PST
Look at what you have generated! How smart of you.
2/9/2010 7:50 AM PST
All you need is love, but a little chocolate now and then doesn't hurt. :) love it!
2/7/2010 3:41 PM PST
Oh, here's one from Criminal Minds. If you've ever seen it, then you know that they have several good quotes throughout the show.
"Fairy tales do not tell children that dragons exist. Children already know that dragons exist. Fairy tales tell children that dragons are killed."
I think it really explains alot about the world today. What with all of the violence in the world today, it's so open to children's eyes. Myself being one, I know. One reason why I not only plan to become an author, but also a criminal profiler for the F.B.I.
"Fairy tales do not tell children that dragons exist. Children already know that dragons exist. Fairy tales tell children that dragons are killed."
I think it really explains alot about the world today. What with all of the violence in the world today, it's so open to children's eyes. Myself being one, I know. One reason why I not only plan to become an author, but also a criminal profiler for the F.B.I.
2/7/2010 5:26 AM PST
''You'll never get to heaven if you're scared of getting high.''
2/6/2010 9:16 PM PST
One of my favorite quotes is from Ralph Waldo Emerson, American poet and philosopher: "What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what lies within us."
What lies within us? Our dreams, our gifts and talents, our beliefs, our fears and our doubts are the keys and locks to our future and we are the master locksmith.
What lies within us? Our dreams, our gifts and talents, our beliefs, our fears and our doubts are the keys and locks to our future and we are the master locksmith.
2/5/2010 6:29 PM PST
Tone/Voice:
“In writing, don’t use adjectives which merely tell us how you want us to feel about the things you are describing. I mean, instead of telling us the thing is ‘terrible,’ describe it so that we’ll be terrified. Don’t say it was ‘delightful’; make us say ‘delightful’ when we’ve read the description. You see, all those words (horrifying, wonderful, hideous, exquisite) are only like saying to your readers, ‘Please, will you do my job for me?’”
– C.S. Lewis
“In writing, don’t use adjectives which merely tell us how you want us to feel about the things you are describing. I mean, instead of telling us the thing is ‘terrible,’ describe it so that we’ll be terrified. Don’t say it was ‘delightful’; make us say ‘delightful’ when we’ve read the description. You see, all those words (horrifying, wonderful, hideous, exquisite) are only like saying to your readers, ‘Please, will you do my job for me?’”
– C.S. Lewis
2/4/2010 2:44 PM PST
Don't dwell on the hurdles you've knocked down, but rejoice the one you jump.
I love quotes and this sounds like a great project.
also... Insanity is doing the same thing in the same way and still expecting a different result.
If you truly feared failure, you'd be very successful.
Never give up the hope that it might happen-to dream is to desire.
and... If at first you don't succeed, kick it under the bed and pretend you never saw it!! hehe ;)
I love quotes and this sounds like a great project.
also... Insanity is doing the same thing in the same way and still expecting a different result.
If you truly feared failure, you'd be very successful.
Never give up the hope that it might happen-to dream is to desire.
and... If at first you don't succeed, kick it under the bed and pretend you never saw it!! hehe ;)
2/2/2010 7:21 AM PST
"Life is too short to wake up in the morning with regrets, so love the people who treat you right, forget about the ones who don't, and believe that everything happens for a reason. If you get a chance, take it. If it changes your life, let it."
1/21/2010 6:38 AM PST
Hey I'm Dani I have a quote it's my favorite
A kiss can be a question mark, a exclamation mark, or a period.
A kiss can be a question mark, a exclamation mark, or a period.
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1/15/2010 7:57 PM PST
Here's a quote. I don't know if you have used it but, anyway. "It doesn't matter what others do; do better than yourself, beat your own record from day to day, and you are a success"
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1/15/2010 6:24 AM PST
"We speak to each other with the silence that lies between us. It is strong, safe, and calm."
-James Frey, A Million Little Pieces
-James Frey, A Million Little Pieces
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1/14/2010 9:07 PM PST
"Reading is to the mind, what exercise is to the body."
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1/12/2010 10:39 PM PST
"You see, heaven is not above our heads nor is hell below our feet. Heaven and hell is within. Heaven is what you make it, and hell is what we go through as men."
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1/12/2010 9:21 AM PST
Never take life too seriously, nobody ever gets out alive.
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1/10/2010 1:36 PM PST
Great idea for a project!
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1/9/2010 12:59 PM PST
"Live life like your going to die today, Dream like your going to live forever."
This is my absolute favourite quote. It is also my MSN message. It really speaks to me and inspires new story ideas about life, love, and loss.
This is my absolute favourite quote. It is also my MSN message. It really speaks to me and inspires new story ideas about life, love, and loss.
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1/9/2010 9:00 AM PST
"if you always do what youve always done, you'll always get what youve always gotten"
"dont give up if you still want to try'
im sure there are a lot more that have inspired me i will try to post back here if i remeber any of the others. i am new here and i just posted my first thing, its really long but i would love if someone would read it?
"dont give up if you still want to try'
im sure there are a lot more that have inspired me i will try to post back here if i remeber any of the others. i am new here and i just posted my first thing, its really long but i would love if someone would read it?
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1/2/2010 1:46 PM PST
I'm in love with this project. I love quotes so much i find them very inspiring especially when i'm down and don't know what to do like music i find a quote that gets me through it.
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1/2/2010 1:44 PM PST
I won't be able to officially join since this computer I'm on's so antiquated it could crash any moment now, but I'll gladly participate.
Travis
Travis
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