"The only reason some people get lost in thought is because it's unfamiliar territory."
- Paul Fix

"Get busy living or get busy dying"
Andy- Tim Robbins
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"That's God D**** right"
Red- Morgan Freeman **Shawshank Redemption {such a great movie}

I've come to realize that it is not my dog's job to understand English, but rather my job to understand Dachshund.

~*~*Soror SigmaDiva*~*~

I say this so much as the mother of another aspiring rapper.


"Until it pays the bills, it is still just a hobby". ~~ Dondae West

"There is no negro problem. The problem is whether the American people have loyalty enough, honor enough, patriotism enough, to live up to their own constitution..."
-- Frederick Douglass (1818-1895)

"Racism is not an excuse to not do the best you can."
-- Arthur Ashe (1943-1993) Kappa Alpha Psi

"Hold fast to dreams, for if dreams die, life is a broken winged bird that cannot fly."

-Langston Hughes

"From the little spark may burst a mighty flame." -Dante'

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LOL!

It sucks for him to be reduced to "Kappa Alpha Psi." haha.

No other group in America has so had their identity socialized out of existence as have black women... When black people are talked about the focus tends to be on black men; and when women are talked about the focus tends to be on white women.

~ bell hooks

What had begun as a movement to free all black people from racist oppression became a movement with its primary goal the establishment of black male patriarchy.

~ bell hooks

I collect quotes, love this thread. Lots of good ones. I have a few.

"There is a woman at the beginning of all great things" --Alphonse Marie Louis de Prat de Lamartine

"The hottest places in hell are reserved for those who, in times of great moral crisis, maintain their neutrality" --Dante (one of my faves)

"Life is growth. If we stop growing technically and spiritually, we are as good as dead" --Morihei Ueshiba

A DMX quote: "If U love something, let it go, if it comes back to U it's yours, if it doesn't it never was"

"A friend is someone who knows the song in your heart, and can sing it back to you when you have forgotten the words" --Donna Roberts

"The art of being wise is the art of knowing what to overlook" --William James

Well, I have been going to different forums today and stopped here too so, hello to all since this is my first time posting here.

So, my quotes:
"Never look down on someone unless you're helping them up"

"Be careful how you treat people on your way up cause you might meet 'em on your way down"

And one of my friends said this about community service: "I feel like I'm serving my God by serving his people" I almost cried! (Well, maybe I just got a little emotional)

Welcome:)

I like these because they are so TRUE!

"I don't live with you, I live with your stuff."

Lauren to Heidi when Heidi told her about moving out with Spencer.

you can run,but why die tired

Don't expect change from washington , we must bring change to washington - Sen. Barrack Obama- DNC 08

People the world over have always been more impressed by the power of our example than by the example of our power. Bill Clinton- DNC 08

Put an X next to the O. McCain's name doesn't have an o in it.

--Samuel L. Jackson on the Steve Harvey Morning Show

"I don't like skinny women. Like those models on the magazines, I hate that. I like meat on my woman."

- Hairham (sp?)
Guy about to marry his girl on a reality show

I heard this one the other day. "If you want to soar with eagles, stop pecking with the chickens."

"Class is an aura of confidence that is being sure without being cocky. Class has nothing to do with money. Class never runs scared. It is self-discipline and self-knowledge. It's the sure-footedness that comes with proving you can meet life." -- Ann Landers

The day we stop playing is the day we start getting old. -- Mr Bloom (Twilight Zone the movie)

“You can never cross the ocean until you have the courage to lose sight of the shore”
- Christopher Columbus

“Communication. It's the first thing we really learn in life. Funny thing is, once we grow up, learn our words, and really start talking, the harder it becomes to know what to say. Or how to ask for what we really need.”
- Grey's Anatomy

Problems cannot be solved by the same level of thinking that created them.
-- Albert Einstein

And the day came when the risk to remain tight in a bud was more painful than the risk it took to blossom.
~Anais Nin

One I really love, but most people either don't know or misquote.

"The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots & tyrants" Thomas Jefferson

The great pleasure of a dog is that you may make a fool of yourself with him and not only will he not scold you, but he will make a fool of himself too.

-Samuel Butler

http://l.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/i/mesg/emoticons7/8.gif :p

“A word to the WISE isn't necessary, it's the STUPID ones who need the advice.- Dr. W.H. Cosby, Jr.

The longer quotes are my all time (or ultime? :P) favorites.

"There is something about music that keeps its distance even at the moment that it engulfs us. It is at the same time outside and away from us and inside and part of us. In one sense it dwarfs us, and in another we master it. We are led on and on, and yet in some strange way we never lose control."
-Aaron Copland

"You only live once. Why miss the opportunity?"
-Richie Herskowitz (1990-2007) a friend I was supposed to graduate high school with

"In three words I can sum up everything I’ve learned about life. It goes on."
-Robert Frost

"Straight Americans need... an education of the heart and soul. They must understand - to begin with - how it can feel to spend years denying your own deepest truths, to sit silently through classes, meals, and church services while people you love toss off remarks that brutalize your soul."
-Bruce Bawer

This is so true on every level.

Everybody wants a happy life. But sometimes people, in order to achieve a happy and successful life, rely entirely on external means like money and power. I think this is a mistake. Ultimately, the source of happiness and joyfulness is within ourselves. And once our mind is more calm and joyful, then our activities can be more effective. **~Dalai Lama~**

"It's never too late to be what you might have become" George N Parks

Every great dream begins with a dreamer. Always remember, you have within you the strength, the patience, and the passion to reach for the stars to change the world."

--Harriet Tubman

No matter how far you've gone down the wrong road--turn back!

-Turkish proverb

You can't stop the waves, but you can learn to surf.
-Jon Kabat-zinn

"Successful people do what lazy people will not do" -cheerfulgreek
:rolleyes::D

I love this thread. :)