Great Quote Thread

BBelleADPi · #1 06-22-2005, 01:50 PM

This thread will be one where we post great quotes that we come across. They can be humorous, inspirational, thought-provoking-whatever!! You know, things that speak to you in one way or another. If you know the author, please credit him/her, if not, don't worry about it. If you're not sure, don't worry, we're not going to go research it!

(Slight aside: One of the most memorable things about our preferential YEARS ago was this: the kitchen walls of the beautiful Southern mansion that we held preff in were COVERED with quotes that meant something to the woman of the house. Some were typed, some printed, and some clipped from newspapers (this was long before the ease of the internet!). I'll never forget that sight-some were even taped above the doorway as you walked into the kitchen!)

So, I'll start with a few.

What would men be without women?
Scarce, sir .. mighty scarce. ~Mark Twain

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 against a wall."
~Eleanor Roosevelt

*EtaNu*ADPi* · #2 06-22-2005, 10:29 PM

i love quotes!

"The attitude you choose to assume toward life and everything it brings you will determine whether you realize your aspirations. Your talent determines what you can do. Your motivation determines how much you are willing to do. You attitude determines how well you do it." -Lou Holtz

"I've come to believe that each of us has a personal calling that's as unique as a fingerprint - and that the best way to succeed is to discover what you love and then find a way to offer it to others in the form of service, working hard, and also allowing the energy of the universe to lead you." -Oprah

"My motto is, wake up and have a good day, have a good time, no matter what goes wrong, and turn that into something good. Come out smiling, come out having a good time."
-Magic Johnson

Never be content with someone else's definition of you. Instead, define yourself by your own beliefs, your own truths, your own understanding of who you are and how you came to be. And never be content until you are happy with the unique person you are. -Unknown

"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 will say you're the wrong height or the wrong weight or the wrong type to play this or be this or achieve this. THEY WILL TELL YOU NO, a thousand times no, until all the no's become meaningless. All your life they will tell you no, quite firmly and very quickly. AND YOU WILL TELL THEM YES." -Unknown

"Try as much as possible to be wholly alive, with all your might, and when you laugh, laugh like hell and when you get angry, get good and angry. Try to be alive. You will be dead soon enough." -William Saroyan

...these are just a few of my favorites

ARADPi · #3 06-23-2005, 02:59 AM

Yay for quotes!

"A girl is only as strong as the cocktails she drinks, the hairspray she uses, and the girl friends she has"

"Life is not the number of breaths you take. It is the moments that take your breath away"

"If you don't get out of the box you've been raised in, you won't understand how much bigger the world is."

BBelleADPi · #4 06-23-2005, 11:33 AM

Oh, those are all good!!

Here's mine for the day:

Nobody can make you feel inferior without your permission.
-Eleanor Roosevelt-

Don't go around saying the world owes you a living.
The world owes you nothing. It was here first.
~Mark Twain

CougADPi · #5 06-23-2005, 11:34 AM

I can only think of one right now, but I'm sure I will come up with more later. But until then:

"Do not meddle in the affairs of dragons, for you are crunchy and taste good with ketchup"

Ok, not inspirational or anything, but I love it!

AOIIBrandi · #6 06-23-2005, 11:38 AM

I don't know where I read this one (maybe even here), but it fits with my life right now...

"Buying a house is a lot like getting engaged on the first date, and then agreeing not to see each other again until the wedding."

BBelleADPi · #7 06-23-2005, 11:44 AM

[QUOTE]Originally posted by CougADPi
[B]I can only think of one right now, but I'm sure I will come up with more later. But until then:

"Do not meddle in the affairs of dragons, for you are crunchy and taste good with ketchup"

Oh my gosh, I love this! I'm going to email it to my daughter right now!

As for the buying the house quote-oh yeah! And building one is even worse...

Play on!

adpi*violet · #8 06-23-2005, 12:47 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by CougADPi

"Do not meddle in the affairs of dragons, for you are crunchy and taste good with ketchup"

Here's another version...

"Do not meddle in the affairs of cats, for they are subtle and will pee on you while you sleep."

Here's my other favorite cat quote....

"I can not be held responsible for any future messages, as apparently, my cat has learned to type."

*EtaNu*ADPi* · #9 06-23-2005, 12:59 PM

"Nothing great was ever achieved without enthusiasm!"

"There is no way to tell people they are walking around shining like the sun." -Thomas Merton

"The only time you run out of chances is when you stop taking them." -Patti LaBelle

"Dream as if you'll live forever. Live as if you'll die today."

"Some smile becuase they are happy. I am happy because I smile."

Here's some more of my favorites. My school computer isn't hooked up at my house, so I don't have access to a bunch of the ones I have saved on there. oh well, I think I'll live...

smiley21 · #10 06-23-2005, 08:25 PM

"You can't change what you don't acknowledge." - Dr. Phil

BBelleADPi · #11 06-24-2005, 11:18 AM

Smiley, that's a good one. Along the same lines...

"You are not responsible for the pain someone else has inflicted upon you. But you are responsible for your own healing."

and

Laugh and the world laughs with you. Cry and you cry with your
girlfriends.
-Laurie Kuslansky-

ARADPi · #12 06-25-2005, 04:15 AM

"There is nothing like returning to a place that remains unchanged to find the ways in which you yourself have altered"
-Nelson Mandela

honeychile · #13 06-25-2005, 10:22 AM

"Service to others is the rent you pay for the space you occupy on earth." Albert Schweitzer

*EtaNu*ADPi* · #14 06-25-2005, 12:56 PM

"You only find your once-in-a-lifetime friend once in lifetime." -Winnie the Pooh

"A friend is somone who walks in when the rest of the world walks out."

"It's not true I had nothing on. I had the radio on." -Marilyn Monroe

"Some questions don't have answers, which is a terribly difficult lesson to learn." -Katherine Graham

"Jump into the middle of things, get your hands dirty, fall flat on your face, and then reach for the stars." -Joan Curcio

"You're only given a little spark of madness. You mustn't lose it." -Robin Williams

Stella: "I'm fine."
Charlie: "You know what fine stands for: Freaked-out, Insecure, Neurotic, and Emotional."
-The Italian Job

*EtaNu*ADPi* · #15 06-26-2005, 08:03 PM

"Ultimately magic finds you, if you let it." -Tony Wheeler-

(i just replied to my own post...haha

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