What are your favorite quotes?

[Amazon]

lol,i just got my 1000th post!woooooo

(the one in my sig).
"Peace does not come without action"

[CGY_Betta_Guy]

"Ruuuun... get to the choppa!!!"

[190MPH]

"Call me sometime when you have no class."

[lobsternoob]

"f&*% it dude, let's go bowling" "nothing is F$%&*d here dude" from the big lebowski. A lot of great qoutes also from Hunter S Thompson, but I don't really want to post any of those here. I don't really go into truly serious qoutes, I need to keep things funny.

[Wild Turkey]

"Those who deny freedom to others, deserve it not for themselves; and, under a just God, can not long retain it."

-Abe Lincoln

[Deleted User]

Life's Too Short. Ride Your Best Horse First. -- unknown

and in honor of the season:
Santa is very jolly because he knows where all the bad girls live. -- Dennis Miller

[Deleted User]

Do unto others as they have done to you.
But do it back with interest ~ unknown

[ILuvMyGoldBarb]

See my sig for this one. :)

[MCHRKiller]

“We live in a society of victimization, where people are much more comfortable being victimized than actually standing up for themselves.”

"If you have any opinions at all or if you're even remotely verbal then they're going to call you fiery."

[mommy1]

"Life is a banquet and most poor suckers are starving to death."

[Deleted User]

“We live in a society of victimization, where people are much more comfortable being victimized than actually standing up for themselves.”
"Life is a banquet and most poor suckers are starving to death."

The contrast between these two quotes back to back is very interesting! [Only Registered Users Can See Links.]

[MCHRKiller]

I think the core meaning to both quotes has a similar basis. Both to me anyway have the underlying meaning of unless you step up for yourself no-one else will. In mommy's quote for instance it speaks of somebody being to ignorant to feast on the fruits of life instead they choose to starve. And in mine it speaks of people who find it easier to play the role of poor pitiful them than to stand up and fight for themselves :22:

What was your take on them, as to why you feel they contrast?

[Deleted User]

See, when I read the first quote, I think it advocates standing up for yourself.

When I read the second one, I think it reflects on people being at the mercy of circumstance.

It's neat how the same quotes can mean very different things depending on who is reading or hearing the quotes.

[mommy1]

my quote is from a movie called "auntie mame".
she lived each day to its fullest. everyday was a new adventure filled with joy. even through the great depression she found love, happiness and joy in each day. she meant that she didn't understand why some people chose to live their lives dwelling in their regrets and sorrows (a poor me attitude) rather than living life up to its fullest.

[Deleted User]

I like your interpretation of the quote better than mine, Mommy1. I can't imagine a life of not working hard, standing up for yourself, and having all the spiritual, emotional, professional and material rewards that brings thumbs2:

Too bad more people don't appreciate it when others do stand up for themselves [Only Registered Users Can See Links.]

[mommy1]

I like your interpretation of the quote better than mine, Mommy1. I can't imagine a life of not working hard, standing up for yourself, and having all the spiritual, emotional, professional and material rewards that brings thumbs2:

Too bad more people don't appreciate it when others do stand up for themselves [Only Registered Users Can See Links.]

i'm with you in everything but the material rewards, i've never really been a material kinda girl.
and as for standing up for myself, i have no problem with that either when it is something i deem important. like personal safety or the safety of my children, but on an internet forum...eh, i'm not so concerned.

[MCHRKiller]

Agreed, many people can have many different takes on the same simple statement...which I also find interesting as I feel that those perceptions can be somewhat of a lack of better term fruedian slip of the mindset of that person.

[Deleted User]

i'm with you in everything but the material rewards, i've never really been a material kinda girl.
and as for standing up for myself, i have no problem with that either when it is something i deem important. like personal safety or the safety of my children, but on an internet forum...eh, i'm not so concerned.

Well, I've been lucky in that in my life so far, hard work has paid off in all the departments noted.

I understand what you're saying about not sweating things online and also figure that means it doesn't rattle you when someone else does stand up for herself online.

For me, I've been using the internet since the 90's (as I'm sure many of you have). I just hold myself out as myself. Everyone here who wants to click could know my full name, where I live, my phone number, everything just about. I've handled it that way for over a decade. Since I don't say or do anything online I wouldn't say or do face to face, it's no issue... Plus, I have a great alarm system, two big dogs, and a license to carry.

The only other forum I'm a part of is about horses and there are people there from all over the world. I've "been there" since before 2002. The members know my name and details and I know theirs. We see each other at shows, at local and national club meetings, we buy and sell horses with each other, send Christmas cards, gifts, ETC.

I get that the AC isn't quite the same community, however, since I am me, here and in the real world, I stand up for myself and for that reason, the quotes from Jenn and yourself caught my particular interest.

[rich311k]

"Four score and seven years ago, our fathers brought forth on this continent a new nation: conceived in liberty, and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal.

Now we are engaged in a great civil war. . .testing whether that nation, or any nation so conceived and so dedicated. . . can long endure. We are met on a great battlefield of that war.

We have come to dedicate a portion of that field as a final resting place for those who here gave their lives that that nation might live. It is altogether fitting and proper that we should do this.

But, in a larger sense, we cannot dedicate. . .we cannot consecrate. . . we cannot hallow this ground. The brave men, living and dead, who struggled here have consecrated it, far above our poor power to add or detract. The world will little note, nor long remember, what we say here, but it can never forget what they did here. It is for us the living, rather, to be dedicated here to the unfinished work which they who fought here have thus far so nobly advanced.

It is rather for us to be here dedicated to the great task remaining before us. . .that from these honored dead we take increased devotion to that cause for which they gave the last full measure of devotion. . . that we here highly resolve that these dead shall not have died in vain. . . that this nation, under God, shall have a new birth of freedom. . . and that government of the people. . .by the people. . .for the people. . . shall not perish from the earth. "

I have always been rather fond of this one. Maybe the most famous words in American history.

[Deleted User]

"Four score and seven years ago, our fathers brought forth on this continent a new nation: conceived in liberty, and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal.

Now we are engaged in a great civil war. . .testing whether that nation, or any nation so conceived and so dedicated. . . can long endure. We are met on a great battlefield of that war.

We have come to dedicate a portion of that field as a final resting place for those who here gave their lives that that nation might live. It is altogether fitting and proper that we should do this.

But, in a larger sense, we cannot dedicate. . .we cannot consecrate. . . we cannot hallow this ground. The brave men, living and dead, who struggled here have consecrated it, far above our poor power to add or detract. The world will little note, nor long remember, what we say here, but it can never forget what they did here. It is for us the living, rather, to be dedicated here to the unfinished work which they who fought here have thus far so nobly advanced.

It is rather for us to be here dedicated to the great task remaining before us. . .that from these honored dead we take increased devotion to that cause for which they gave the last full measure of devotion. . . that we here highly resolve that these dead shall not have died in vain. . . that this nation, under God, shall have a new birth of freedom. . . and that government of the people. . .by the people. . .for the people. . . shall not perish from the earth. "

I have always been rather fond of this one. Maybe the most famous words in American history.
That always gives me goosebumps! I read through it again here as you posted it. Thanks, Rich!

[Tetris]

"Life's like school... You're either there to learn, or you're there to skip it... Either way you still have to be enrolled 'till you're old enough to leave..."

[Red]

"dont take life seriously, nobody gets out alive anyways"

[Tetris]

"Everybody wants to have the energy to ______ like rabbits... But nobody wants to eat like them" - My old bio teacher

[Northernguy]

I like Arnolds few quotes.
I am Tired of "I'll be back" but I have always enjoyed "I let him go!"

I have also enjoyed many others.Illegal is not just a sick bird!:19:


"Sick as a dog" never really made sense to me either.Most dogs never get sick!lol

[sheamurai]

A couple of mine - one of which I read here in somebodys signature:

"When in doubt, do a water change."

"Life isn't about learning how to avoid the storms, its about learning to dance in the rain."

"I do not suffer from stress - I am a carrier."

and my Arnold fave "It's not a tumah!"

[rhonin]

I use most often;

BTDTBTTS

Been There, Done That, Bought The t-Shirt


Second most:

PEBCAK

Problem exists between chair and keyboard

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[-Lp]

We hang the petty thieves and appoint the great ones to public office.

– Aesop 620-550 BC


If you think education is expensive, try ignorance.

– Derek Bok


Worrying doesn't empty tomorrow of it's troubles, it empties today of it's strength.

– unknown

[Deleted User]

I Aspire To Be The Kind Of Person My Dog Believes Me To Be. -- unknown

[AABatteries]

"Who would ride a skateboard with four wheels?"

[gabbyguppy]

"Well-behaved women rarely make history"

[Amazon]

See, when I read the first quote, I think it advocates standing up for yourself.

When I read the second one, I think it reflects on people being at the mercy of circumstance.

It's neat how the same quotes can mean very different things depending on who is reading or hearing the quotes.

yes the meaning of a poem (or quote) is the way you perceive it.

[Pele]

"The way you look at a thing will effect your experiance with it" - Chopsticks from America
"When you're doing something right, people wont be sure you're doing anything at all" - God in Futurama
"I'm back baby" bender from futurama
"All you need is love" -the beatles
"In the end, the love you take is equal to the love you make" - the beatles

[Aeonflame]

"Cruel fate hath chill'd thy heart; Marble cold, my love etched there, hath not held the hands of time" - Myself

[Amazon]

"Every thorn has it's everlasting rose, but not every rose has it's thorn" Myself

Actually read each word, it means that every bad occurence yeilds something good like a lesson, or you were strengthened. When my grandpa died I gained a lot of everlasting strenght and faith, which both are very important to me. But every good thing like love has no lasting bad things.

[Padams]

Determination is the unrelenting pursuit of perfection with the knowledge it can never be achieved.

I came up with this for our wrestlers about 2 years ago but is true in all of life.