***Quote that sums up who you are***
 

"Some people measure their lives in pulse rates and sit-ups. Far better to measure yours in licks of ice cream, well-told jokes, mad dashes to be first in the water, belly laughs. And, when you die, it won't be an erratic shift in your heart rate, it will be an overdose of mirth, fun poisoning, death by laughter."
-ad for Keds

"I like nonsense, it wakes up the brain cells. Fantasy is a necessary ingredient in living, it's a way of looking at life through the wrong end of a telescope and that enables you to laugh at life's realities. "
-Dr. Seuss

"Always behave like a duck - keep calm and unruffled on the surface but paddle like the devil underneath."
-Jacob Braude

"All your life you are told the things you cannot do.. all your life they will say you're not good enough.. or strong enough.. or talented enough.. they'll say you're the wrong height.. or the wrong type.. to play this.. or be this.. or achieve this.. they will tell you no a thousand times.. no until every no just becomes meaningless.. all your life they will tell you no.. quite firmly and very quickly.. they will tell you no.. and you will tell them yes."

oooo good topic!!
 

**With My Busy Life**
"You can't leave footprints in the sands of time if you're sitting on your *$$ and who wants to leave *$$ prints in the sands of time?"

**With my relationships with others (i strive to make this happen)
"Even if we never talk again after tonight, I want you to know that I am forever changed by who you are and what you meant to me"
::claps:: Great topic idea!!!!!!!!!

"Persistence. Nothing in the world can take the place of persistence. Talent will not; nothing is more common than unsuccessful men with talent. Genuis will not; unrewarded genius is almost a proverb. Education will not; 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."
-Calvin Coolidge
President of the United States 1924-29
Member of the Fraternity of Phi Gamma Delta, Amherst College Class of 1894

Also, Rudyard Kipling's "IF"
If you can keep your head when all about you
Are losing theirs and blaming it on you;
If you can trust yourself when all men doubt you,
But make allowance for their doubting too;
If you can wait and not be tired by waiting,
Or, being lied about, don't deal in lies,
Or, being hated, don't give way to hating,
And yet don't look too good, nor talk too wise;

If you can dream - and not make dreams your master;
If you can think - and not make thoughts your aim;
If you can meet with triumph and disaster
And treat those two imposters just the same;
If you can bear to hear the truth you've spoken
Twisted by knaves to make a trap for fools,
Or watch the things you gave your life to broken,
And stoop and build 'em up with wornout tools;

If you can make one heap of all your winnings
And risk it on one turn of pitch-and-toss,
And lose, and start again at your beginnings
And never breath a word about your loss;
If you can force your heart and nerve and sinew
To serve your turn long after they are gone,
And so hold on when there is nothing in you
Except the Will which says to them: "Hold on";

If you can talk with crowds and keep your virtue,
Or walk with kings - nor lose the common touch;
If neither foes nor loving friends can hurt you;
If all men count with you, but none too much;
If you can fill the unforgiving minute
With sixty seconds' worth of distance run -
Yours is the Earth and everything that's in it,
And - which is more - you'll be a Man my son!

I am still determined to be cheerful and happy, in whatever situation I may be; for I have also learned from experience that the greater part of our happiness or misery depends upon our dispositions, and not upon our circumstances.
-Martha Washington

Humor is the great thing, the saving thing. The minute it crops up, all our irritations and resentments slip away and a sunny spirit takes their place.
-Mark Twain

Love the ones you can. Touch the ones you can reach. Let the others go.
-Real Live Preacher

No matter where you go.

There you are.

Life's a bitch and so am I.

That's almost identical to what Paul says in the book of Philippians (which I love so much and willingly cosign!).

"He who is not busy being born is busy dying" Bob Dylan

"Rejoice in the Lord always, and Again, I say, Rejoice!" Philippians 4:4

and many more that I can't think of right now...

One thing I've found, there's just 2 ways to go; it all comes down to living fast or dying slow-Robert Earl Keen

Ok, this was my fav poem as a senior in high school. I re-read it today and it made a lot of sense to me.

Comes the Dawn

After a while you learn the subtle difference
Between holding a hand and chaining a soul.
ANd you learn that love doesn't mean security,
And you begin to learn that kisses aren't contracts
ANd presents aren' t promises.
And you begin to accept your defeats
With your head up and your eyes open.
With the grace of maturity not the grief of a child.
And you learn to build all your roads on Today
Because tomorrow's ground
Is too uncertain for plans, and futures have
A way of falling, down in mid-flight.
After a while you learn that even sunshine
Burns if you get too much.
So you plant your own garden and decorate
Your own soul, instead of waiting
For someone to bring you flowers.
And you learn that you really can endure...
That you really are strong,
And you really do have worth.
And you learn and learn and learn....
With every goodbye you learn.
~author unknown~

Okay, but my big quote right is:
"...after all this kind of fanfare, and even more, I came to a point where I needed solitude and just stop the machine of 'thinking' and 'enjoying' what they call 'living', I just wanted to lie in the grass and look at the clouds..." ~ Jack Kerouac

"I haven't lost my mind... it's backed up on disk somewhere"

:p

"I like people and I like them to like me, but I wear my heart where God put it -- on the inside." - F. Scott Fitzgerald

These sums up my world philosophy:

"The Greatest Heroes are never heard of" - LJR
"Integrity is being good, even when no one is watching." - Unknown

As for a quotes that sums up who I am:
"Comedy equals tragedy plus time." Mel Brooks

"f*** off"
-me

haha just kidding:p

"Sorry you cant define me. Sorry I break the mold. Sorry that I speak my mind. Sorry dont do what I'm told. Sorry if I dont fake it. Sorry I come too real. I will never hide what I really feel. Sorry I aint perfect. Sorry I dont give a f***. Sorry I aint no diva. Sorry I just know what I want. Sorry I am not a virgin. Sorry I am not a slut. I wont let you break me. Think what you want. "

-Christina Aguilera

"Whereever I may Roam, Where I lay my hat is Home".

"What, no dancing girls? Where are the dancing girls?"

"Life can suck on my big toe and gag on my foot fungus."

"Pledge class - come over here and give me a hug!"

"Garlic bread? Sure, I'll have some more!"

"Women are like teabags, you never know how strong they are until you put them in hot water" - Chinese proverb

"you've got to put your behind in your past"--pumba, the lion king

"The man in the glass poem" (don't have it with me, can someone else post it?)

"Pick battles big enough to matter, small enough to win" - Unknown

"If you don't have goals, you'll work for someone who does"

"If your life doesn't have a plan, then your life will go according to plan"

"If the NBA was on Channel 5 and a bunch of frogs making love were on Channel 4, I'd watch the frogs--even if they came in fuzzy."

and

"Everyone wants to play on a championship team, but nobody wants to come to practice."

--Robert Montgomery Knight (aka The General)

"when she was three, her barbies always did it on the first date....but i don't tend to worry 'bout the things that other people say, and i'm learning that i wouldn't want it any other way" - Barenaked Ladies - Life, in a Nutshell

"The only ones for me are those who are mad; mad to talk, mad to be saved, who never yawn and say a commonplace thing but burn, burn, burn like roman candle fireworks across the sky."-Kerouac

"Ah, but a man's reach should exceed his grasp or what's a heaven for?"-Frost

"And Devotion borrowed Music's tone, and Music borrowed Devotion's wing, and like the bird that hails the sun, they soar to Heaven and soaring sing."-Scott "Ivanhoe"

Another one
 

"What is it with you Southern girls? You can't make the right decision until you've tried all the wrong ones!" - Sweet Home Alabama

Leave it to Carrie Bradshaw...
 

a love quote
"Some people are settling down. Some people are just settling. And some people refuse to settle for anything less than butterflies"
a finance/real estate quote
"I just charged tomatos. I really don't think I'm in the position to buy an apartment"
and
a shopping/lifequote(because shopping is my life!! hahaha)
"Sometimes it's hard to walk in a single woman's shoes, that's why we need really special ones now and then to make the walk more fun!"

All thanks to Sex & the City!

"Dance like no one is watching, Sing like no one is listening, work like you don't need the money and Love like it's never going to hurt."

And one that my grandma had framed once and I'll never forget:
"Count your age by friends, not years.
Count your life by smiles, not tears."

I also like that one .. can't remember the author or the whole text, but it's about everything being 90% attitude.

Dee

"Some people measure their lives in pulse rates and sit-ups. Far better to measure yours in licks of ice cream, well-told jokes, mad dashes to be first in the water, belly laughs. And, when you die, it won't be an erratic shift in your heart rate, it will be an overdose of mirth, fun poisoning, death by laughter."

-yeah, either that or from obesity....

here is mine...

"To give anything other than your best is to sacrifice the gift"

Seems to me that the Cartesian proof of existance is a good starting point but one should just slightly adjust the Latin, as in:

Bibeo ergo sum or perhaps Coito ergo sum.

i'mma bbaaaaaddd maaaannn!!

"She's anything but typical, she's so unpredictable, and when she gets mad you best leave her alone"

I don't know if this poem sums me up, but this is what I try very hard to live by:

The Desiderata, by Max Ehrmann

Go placidly amid the noise and haste, and remember what peace there may be in silence.

As far as possible, without surrender, be on good terms with all persons.

Speak your truth quietly and clearly; and listen to others, even to the dull and ignorant; they too have their story.

Avoid loud and aggressive persons; they are vexations to the spirit.

If you compare yourself with others, you may become vain or bitter, for always there will be greater and lesser persons than yourself.

Enjoy your achievements as well as your plans.

Keep interested in your own career, however humble, it's a real possession in the changing fortunes of time.

Exercise caution in your business affairs, for the world is full of trickery.

But let this not blind you to what virtue there is; many persons strive for high ideals, and everywhere life is full of heroism.

Be yourself.

Especially do not feign affection. Neither be cynical about love;
for in the face of all aridity and disenchantment, it is as perennial as the grass.

Take kindly the counsel of the years, gracefully surrendering the things of youth.

Nurture strength of spirit to shield you in sudden misfortune. But do not distress yourself with dark imaginings. Many fears are born of fatigue and loneliness.

Beyond a wholesome discipline, be gentle with yourself.

You are a child of the universe no less than the trees and the stars; you have a right to be here. And whether or not it is clear to you, no doubt the universe is unfolding as it should.

Therefore be at peace with God, whatever you conceive him to be.

And whatever your labors and aspirations, in the noisy confusion of life, keep peace in your soul. With all its sham, drudgery and broken dreams, it is still a beautiful world.

Be cheerful. Strive to be happy.

“I have to make the life that I do live as happy as I can and try to be the best with what I have…live the best life that I can live be as happy as I can be… nothing is perfect for anybody. I don’t think. I feel for the trap. You know they say made your bed and lay in it? I tried to move I can’t move to no other bed. I found I can’t live a different lifestyle, this is the life they gave me, this is the life that I made. I felt that I can’t change…not for nobody. This is it.” – Tupac Shakur

My philosophies about life and the world in general:

You know the world is going crazy when the best rapper is a white guy, the best golfer is a black guy, the tallest guy in the NBA is Chinese, the Swiss hold the America's Cup. France is accusing the U.S. of arrogance, Germany doesn't want to go to war, and the three most powerful men in America are named 'Bush', 'Dick', and 'Colon.' Need I say more? -anon. I heard that one last year some time and it always made me chuckle...

And now these three remain: faith, hope and love. But the greatest of these is love. -1 Corinthians 13:13 (Also the Zeta Tau Alpha Battlecry)

It's hard to believe a man is telling you the truth when you know you would lie if you were in his place. -anon

And the quotes that I feel describe me:

Never choose to make someone your priority when they only choose to make you their option. -anon

Well behaved women rarely make history- anon

and one of my favorites:

I once had a rose named after me and I was very flattered. But I was not pleased to read the description in the catalogue: 'no good in a bed, but fine up against a wall.' -Eleanor Roosevelt :p

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And now my candle burns at both ends
It will not last the night
But Oh! my Foes
And Ah! my Friends
It gives off such a light.

I forgot who wrote that. But that's how I feel.

Because of my dissertation and my research papers being spread all over the floor:
"She's a Maniac, Maniac on the floor..." from the Dirty Dancing Soundtrack and the song "Maniac"

Will the dissertation never end????
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