Quotes
redshoeshelley
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We all have a favorite quote or words which we like to live by.
What's yours?
If you know the author, please include the name.
This is my fave :flowerforyou:
"What is a friend? I will tell you. It is a person with whom you dare to be yourself. Your soul can be naked with him. He seems to ask of you to put on nothing, only to be what you are. He does not want you to be better or worse. When you are with him, you feel as a prisoner feels who has been declared innocent. You do not have to be on your guard. You can say what you think, so long as it is genuinely you. He understands those contradictions in your nature that lead others to misjudge you. With him you breathe freely. You can avow your little vanities and envies and hates and vicious sparks, your meannesses and absurdities and, in opening them up to him, they are lost, dissolved on the white ocean of his loyality. He understands. You do not have to be careful. You can abuse him, neglect him, tolerate him. Best of all, you can keep still with him. It makes no matter. He likes you. He is like fire that purges to the bone. He understands. You can weep with him, sin with him, laugh with him, pray with him. Through it all - and underneath - he sees, knows and loves you.
A friend? What is a friend?
Just one, I repeat, with whom you dare to be yourself."
~ C. Raymond Beran
What's yours?
If you know the author, please include the name.
This is my fave :flowerforyou:
"What is a friend? I will tell you. It is a person with whom you dare to be yourself. Your soul can be naked with him. He seems to ask of you to put on nothing, only to be what you are. He does not want you to be better or worse. When you are with him, you feel as a prisoner feels who has been declared innocent. You do not have to be on your guard. You can say what you think, so long as it is genuinely you. He understands those contradictions in your nature that lead others to misjudge you. With him you breathe freely. You can avow your little vanities and envies and hates and vicious sparks, your meannesses and absurdities and, in opening them up to him, they are lost, dissolved on the white ocean of his loyality. He understands. You do not have to be careful. You can abuse him, neglect him, tolerate him. Best of all, you can keep still with him. It makes no matter. He likes you. He is like fire that purges to the bone. He understands. You can weep with him, sin with him, laugh with him, pray with him. Through it all - and underneath - he sees, knows and loves you.
A friend? What is a friend?
Just one, I repeat, with whom you dare to be yourself."
~ C. Raymond Beran
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"YAAAAAY! I've got mail! I've got mail! YAAAAAY"
~Special Ed, Crank Yankers0 -
"YAAAAAY! I've got mail! I've got mail! YAAAAAY"
~Special Ed, Crank Yankers
"Now you say it lady!" ~ Special Ed, Crank Yankers
OK, I'll be serious for a minute. This is currently my favorite, "Life will give you whatever experience is most helpful for the evolution of your consciousness". ~ Eckhart Tolle0 -
What I try to live by:
"Only a life lived for others is a life worthwhile." -Albert Einstein
“They may torture my body, break my bones, even kill me. Then they will have my dead body, but not my obedience.” - Mahatma Gandhi
"Boldness be my friend!" - William Shakespeare
“To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else is the greatest accomplishment.” - Ralph Waldo Emerson0 -
"People are stupid; given proper motivation, almost anyone will believe almost anything. Because people are stupid, they will believe a lie because they want to believe it's true, or because they are afraid it might be true. People's heads are full of knowledge, facts, and beliefs, and most of it is false, yet they think it all true. People are stupid; they can only rarely tell the difference between a lie and the truth, and yet they are confident they can, and so are all the easier to fool."
~Zeddicus Zu'l Zorander from The Wizard's First Rule by Terry Goodkind0 -
On my Facebook (or used to be, now it's kind of invisible........damn Facebook)
"Keep away from people who try to belittle your ambitions.
Small people always do that, but the really great
make you feel that you, too, can become great."
-Mark Twain0 -
"The principle is competing against yourself. It's about self-improvement, about being better than you were the day before" -Steve Young
"If you ever see me walking down the hall, look the other way because you're out of control. You're a hater and you're unattractive inside." -Serena Williams0 -
"In wine there is truth. In shots there are demonstrations."
"Our casual is so Friday that we dont even wear shoes."
Me: "Its creepy." Courtney: "Its call The Walking Dead. Not 'The Prancing with Pretty Ponies.'"
"Going to a fast food place for a salad is like going to a prostitute for a hug." - someone on MFP0 -
F#$k it and drive on!-Drill sergeant, US Army Basic Training.0
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"embrace the dork in yourself, because life's too short to be cool" ~ unknown
"be a fruit loop in a bowl of cheerios" ~unknown
" I am not what happened to me. I am what I choose to become" ~ C.J.Jung0 -
My favorite is....“A stranger is just a friend I haven't met yet.” ~ Will Rogers0
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My favorite quotes:
- If you want to be happy.... be.
- Tough times never last... Tough people do.
- Do unto others as you would have them do unto you.
- To get something you've never had you have to do something you've never done.
- Don't outsmart your common sense
- Actions speak louder than words
- DO or DO NOT, there is no try...
- Give a man a fish and you feed him for a day. Teach him how to fish and you feed him for a lifetime.
- Fill your bowl to the brim and it will spill. Keep sharpening your knife and it will blunt.
- Never kiss an *kitten* that is preparing to $h!t on you.
- I am strong because I know my weaknesses. I'm a lover because I'm a fighter. I am wise because I've been foolish. I laugh because I've known sadness.
- You can lead a horse to water but you can't make him drink.0 -
A wise man once said nothing.
Ships are safe in the harbor, but that's not what they are meant for.
There is a big difference between knowing and doing.
All things in moderation, including moderation
The best way to predict the future is to create it.
I am an old man and have known a great many troubles in my day, but most of them never happened.
As above, so below.
The early bird catches the worm, but the second mouse gets the cheese.
:flowerforyou: :drinker: :smokin: :drinker: :flowerforyou:0 -
"Some people are like Slinkies. Not good for much, but fun to watch when you push them down the stairs."
The best man in my wedding.0 -
"People are stupid; given proper motivation, almost anyone will believe almost anything. Because people are stupid, they will believe a lie because they want to believe it's true, or because they are afraid it might be true. People's heads are full of knowledge, facts, and beliefs, and most of it is false, yet they think it all true. People are stupid; they can only rarely tell the difference between a lie and the truth, and yet they are confident they can, and so are all the easier to fool."
~Zeddicus Zu'l Zorander from The Wizard's First Rule by Terry Goodkind
I love Zed...0 -
F#$k it and drive on!-Drill sergeant, US Army Basic Training.
Thanks for that, couldn't remember who said it.... you must have had the same DS! hahaha
Fr Jackson, SC0 -
"People are stupid; given proper motivation, almost anyone will believe almost anything. Because people are stupid, they will believe a lie because they want to believe it's true, or because they are afraid it might be true. People's heads are full of knowledge, facts, and beliefs, and most of it is false, yet they think it all true. People are stupid; they can only rarely tell the difference between a lie and the truth, and yet they are confident they can, and so are all the easier to fool."
~Zeddicus Zu'l Zorander from The Wizard's First Rule by Terry Goodkind
I love Zed...
He does by far have some of the funniest lines in the whole series.0 -
"You should probably give up."–Lemony Snicket0
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What my mom used to say (i don't know where she got it):
"It's better to have it and not need it, than need it and not have it."0 -
'We are all citizens of one world, we are all of one blood. To hate a man because he was born in another country, because he speaks a different language or because he takes a different view on this subject or that, is a great folly. Desist, I implore you, for we are all equally human... Let us have but one end in view, the welfare of humanity.' ~~ Johann Amos Comenius.
This is what I live by. If im asked for my race on application forms, I tick 'other' and enter 'Human'0 -
Be who you are and say what you feel, because those who mind don't matter and those who matter don't mind." ~Dr. Seuss0
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"Are you tripping Agent Dunham?"
~Walter Bishop0 -
“In a clutch or a corner, I tend to make a weapon out of what is near at hand. That can be anything from a crowbar to a cat, though if I had a choice, I would prefer an angry cat, which I have found to be more effective than a crowbar.
Although weaponless, I left the house by the back door, with two chocolate-pumpkin cookies. It's a tough world out there, and a man has to armor himself against it however he can. ~Odd Thomas”
― Dean Koontz, Odd Hours0 -
"What... me worry ?" Alfred E. Newman0
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"So long as government set the example of killing their enemies, private individuals will occasionally kill theirs also"
Elbert Hubbard
"When the last tree is cut, the last river poisoned, and the last fish dead, we will discover that we can't eat money."
"We the people means everyone, regardless of race, sex, religion, sexual orientation, sexual identity, or social class."
"Never fight with an idiot in public, people watching may not be able to tell the difference"
"I just thought if you invited me over, you knew it was me showing up" - If These Walls Could Talk 2 - Chloe Sevigny
"My manner of thinking, so you say, cannot be approved. Do you suppose I care? A poor fool indeed is he who adopts a manner of thinking for others"!
Marquis de Sade0 -
If someday they say of me that in my work I have contributed something to the welfare and happiness of my fellow man, I shall be satisfied.
George Westinghouse0 -
"It's just as easy to marry a rich man as it is a poor one"...my mother LOL0
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"Where you currently are in life; physically, mentally, and financially is the sum total of all thoughts and decisions you have made up to the present. Therefore all of your thoughts and decisions today will impact the course and direction of your life for the rest of your life."
- C.M.Casteel
"Great Spirit, Maker of All Life. A warrior goes to you swift and straight as an arrow shot into the sun. Welcome him and let him take his place at the council fire of my people. He is Uncas, my son. Tell them to be patient and ask death for speed; for they are all there but one - I, Chingachgook - Last of the Mohicans."0 -
"That's part of your problem: you haven't seen enough movies. All of life's riddles are answered in the movies." i used to live by this and
"If only there were a button somewhere that I could push. To force me to stop talking" Angela MY so called life
This year "Knowing who you are is confidence. Confidence not cockiness. Cockiness is knowing who you are and pushing it down everyone's throat" Milo Kunis0 -
Not exactly words to live by, but two Tom Waits quotes that I particularly love:
“I like beautiful melodies telling me terrible things.”
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"she was sharp as a razor and soft as a prayer"0 -
“I'm selfish, impatient and a little insecure. I make mistakes, I am out of control and at times hard to handle. But if you can't handle me at my worst, then you sure as hell don't deserve me at my best.”
Marilyn Monroe0
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