I found a really interesting article that'll appear in today's Honolulu Advertiser...you can read it here:
http://the.honoluluadvertiser.com/ar.../il/il01a.html
I just thought it was cool to see how quotes change over the years.
I thought it was appropriate how the author of the article used the year 1997 for some of his examples...it's the year I graduated! If you remember your yearbook quote, feel free to post it here!!!
Here's some of the examples he used:
Defining statements from grads
The Overachiever
1977
So little done. So much to do.
1987
I don't want to own the little pink house ... I want the entire suburb.
1997
The only way success comes before work is in the dictionary.
2002
Remember this face!! In a few years I'll be your boss.
The Dreamer
1977
We've only just begun! Butterflies are free!
1987
Just a dream and the wind to carry me and soon I will be free.
1997
Always shoot for the moon, so if you miss you'll still be among the stars.
2002
I know it hurts to say goodbye but it's time for me to fly.
The Truth Is Out There
1977
Star Trek lives!
1987
Beam me up Scotty ... no intelligent life down here.
1997
Scully, Mulder and me! X-Files rokz!
2002
Buffy! Buffy! Buffy!
The Ones Not To Keep In Touch With
1977
If you mess with the best then you die like the rest.
1987
REDRUM! REDRUM!
1997
Have you ever danced with the devil in the pale moonlight?
2002
I am The Chad!
The Romantic
1977
Love can grow in all kinds of weather, if it's planted by two hearts together.
1987
Perhaps I'm not a knight in armor bright, but I will love you day and night.
1997
If you love something set it free. If it comes back to you, it's yours. If it doesn't, it was never meant to be.
2002
The mind forgets but the heart always remembers.
The Music Fan
1977
And in the end, the love you take is equal to the love you make. — Lennon/McCartney
1987
It's time to rock a rhyme to rock a rhyme that's right on time, it's tricky! — Run D.M.C.
1997
I don't question our existence. I just question our modern needs. — Pearl Jam
2002
Don't be a hard rock when you are really a gem. — Lauryn Hill
The Herbal Enthusiast
1977
Grows on mountains ... naturally.
1987
Boogie Boarding is like smoking, it feels good no matter how many times you've done it.
1997
I'm having a fly day 'cause maryjane's on her way.
2002
I said NO TO DRUGS but they didn't listen.
The Eternally Happy
1977
A smile is the light in the window of your face that tells everyone your heart is home.
1987
Remember to smile 'cause it takes 14 muscles to smile and 72 to frown.
1997
If u don't have a smile, i'll give u one of mine.
2002
Stay sweet, stay cool, but most of all, stay you!
The Realist
1977
Space is not the final frontier, it's what you have between your ears.
1987
12 years of hard and boring labor, for what?!!
1997
The trouble with a rat race is that even when you win, you're still a rat.
2002
What life does not give you, TAKE!
The Graduate
1977
Yo Adrian! I did it!
1987
Roses are red. Violets are blue. Thank God I'm out of school.
1997
Now what do I do?
2002
Finally!
The Surfer
1977
Coast, go for it, get the tube, cut out, coast.
1987
Grad! Grad! Grad! That's what I am. Surf! Surf! Surf! That's what I'll jam.
1997
Praise the Lord! Pray for surf!
2002
I bodyboard cause pimping is too easy!!
The Underachiever
1977
Contrary to popular belief, I did do some work.
1987
Surprise! I made it!
1997
See mom ... I told you no worry.
2002
I dunno nothing ... so no ask me.
The Rocker
1977
Frampton comes alive!
1987
Ozzy rulz!
1997
Metallica ... amen!
2002
Linkin Park rules!
The Outsider
1977
Conform and be dull.
1987
Why be normal?
1997
Dear God, please make me a bird so I can fly far, far, far away from here.
2002
Truthfully, I'm not going to miss any of you.
The Leader of the Bandroom
1977
Who comes to call ... baby, it's the guitar man.
1987
Hey wind section ... we made it through the rain. — Barry Manilow
1997
Flute girls rage!
2002
And this one time, at band camp ...
The Jock
1977
Football boyz RULE!
1987
If it wasn't for sports and lunch, I wouldn't have come to school.
1997
Soccer boyz RULE!
2002
CHEERLEADING IS A SPORT!
Huh?
1977
The past has passed. The present is passing. The future is approaching.
1987
Let the good times roll let them leave you in the air Morey boogie rules no townies Jesus Lives!!
1997
I'm tone, brutally tone and even when I'm not, I look toned.
2002
I am Godzilla. You are Japan.
**If I had my way, I would've had the Surfer quote from 1997, but because Administration at the Academy was anal and a half, I had to "tone it down a little" (even though I was Senior section editor of the yearbook). I ended up settling for:
"In this great future, we can't forget our past."--Bob Marley