It's a simple question really.
What are your favorite quotes and by whom?
If you would like to share why those quotes are your favorites, please feel free to do so.
Mine will be posted as a comment later in this thread.
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Please share the actual quote here, and don't just link to a dozen other posts.
Zayda posted on Nov 08, 2006
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sweetsoul said on Nov 08, 2006....
to quote Margaret Cho...I'm not gay, I'm not straight, I'm just slutty....Where's my parade???I read this and adopted it as one of my signatures. I like it for a variety of reasons. Personally I dislike labels regarding sexuality. I'm a sexual being...period. In addition the 'where's my parade?' adds a bit of fun and I think sex should be fun...a celebration. Yes it can be serious etc. but not always.I just liked ti. -
Zayda said on Nov 08, 2006....
Sweetsoul--that siggy makes me smile every time I see it, elsewhere. :)
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silverwhisper said on Nov 08, 2006....
"power corrupts. absolute power corrupts absolutely."--lord acton.
his timeless wisdom should be kept in mind by those who haunt the halls of power.
ed
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Zayda said on Nov 08, 2006....
Thanks for contributing, Silver.
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the_infernal_optimist said on Nov 09, 2006....
"As if you could kill time without injuring eternity." - Thoreau
"I am seeking, I am striving, I am in it with all of my heart." van Gogh
(my two faves at the moment - I also like the "Trust thyself" line from Emerson, but then I get into entire essays of his that I love)
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whosthatgirl said on Nov 09, 2006....
"Forget regret or life is yours to miss." from the musical Rent, written by Jonathan Larson.That's one of my favorite quotes, and the one that immediately comes to mind. I also like this quote from Hallmark's Maxine character: "Life is too short to dance with ugly men." :) -
Zayda said on Nov 09, 2006....
This has been one of my favorite quotes for some time:
"Fable is more important than fact because fact tells us about one man and fable tells us about a million men." ~~G.K. Chesterson
I suppose it has been one of my favorites because I have always been an avid reader of mythology and fables as well as novels and religious documents. So, the quote speaks to me and my love of reading.
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Sunkissed said on Nov 09, 2006....
The only people for me are the mad ones, the ones who are mad to live, mad to talk, mad to be saved, desirous of everything at the same time, the ones who never yawn or say a commonplace thing, but burn, burn, burn, like fabulous yellow roman candles exploding like spiders across the stars and in the middle you see the blue centerlight pop and everybody goes "Awww!”
Jack KerouacYou have to leave the city of your comfort and go into the wilderness of your intuition. What you'll discover will be wonderful. What you'll discover is yourself.
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sweetsoul said on Nov 09, 2006....
Beauty is skin deep but ugly comes all the way from the soul.Sorry don't know who it's by.ooo I love quotes...thanks for the blog Z...when I've got time I'll look at some other ones I've saved and share more. -
quidnunc said on Nov 09, 2006....
The object of persecution is persecution. The object of power is power. The individual only has power in so far as he ceases to be an individual -- by George Orwell in "1984"
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queenparanoia said on Nov 09, 2006....
i read this qoute form youtube. and it i like it a lot."If we really are saying that rap is an art form, then we got to be more responsible for our lyrics. If you see everybody dying because of what you are saying, it dont matter that you didnt make them die, it just matters that you didnt save them." -2pacit really hit me cuz i'm starting listening to rap influence by my brother. it tells us that we have the responsibility to what we do especially if we influence people in what we do. -
secretlife said on Nov 09, 2006....
in high school i had a drafting teacher who would write a quote on the board every single day. Mr. Terrell, you taught me to love quotes, and to keep my own collection....
Some for you today Zayda-
Give all to love; obey thy heart (Ralph Waldo Emerson)
Whatever is begun in anger ends in shame (Ben Franklin)
This above all; to thine own self be true (William Shakespear)
Love is an irresistible desire to be irresistibly desired (Robert Frost)
Happiness depends upon ourselves (Aristotle)
To everything there is a season, and
a time to every purpose under the heavens:
A time to be born, and a time to die;
a time to plant, and a time to pluck
up that which is planted;
A time to kill, and a time to heal;
a time to break down, and a
time to build up;
A time to weep, and a time to laugh;
a time to mourn, and a time to dance;
A time to cast away stones, and a
time to gather stones together;
a time to embrace, and a time to
refrain from embracing;
A time to get, and a time to lose;
a time to keep, and a time to cast away;
A time to rend, and a time to sew;
a time to keep silence,
and a time to speak;
A time to love, and a time to hate;
a time of war, and a time of peace.(Ecclesiastes)
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Apollo said on Nov 09, 2006....
“Fear is the mind killer and the future is not for cowards.”
“But lo! Men have become the tools of their tools!”
“The right to own weapons is the right to be free.”
“Prove it.”
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rmuxagirl said on Nov 09, 2006....
We cannot fight for love as men may do
We are to be wooed and were not made to woo
I'll follow thee and make Heaven of Hell
To die upon the hand I love so well. A Mid Summer Nights Dream
Rather than love, money, or fame, give me truth. Thoreau: "Civil Disobedience"
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ShortShortMan said on Nov 09, 2006....
The sentence below is true.The sentence above is false"Try not to be a man of success but rather a man of value" -
ShortShortMan said on Nov 09, 2006....
"The greatest tricked the Devil did was convincing us that he doesn't exist." -
GrapeKoolaid said on Nov 09, 2006....
"To endure oneself may be the hardest task in the universe. You cannot hire a wise man or any other intellect to solve it for you. There's no writ of inquest or calling of witness to provide answers. No servant or disciple can dress the wound. You dress it yourself or continue bleeding for all to see." -Frank Herbert (1920 - 1986)-
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gingersoul said on Nov 09, 2006....
***There is a time to live. There is a time to die {(Native American proverb)
***You can discover more about a person in a hour of play than in a year of conversation" (Plato)
***Don't do to others what you would't like others do to you" (Jesus)
***In matters of style, swim with the current. In matter of principles, stand like a rock" (Thomas Jefferson)
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MissMimi said on Nov 09, 2006....
One of mine's from Mae West:
Good sex is like good Bridge: If you don't have a good partner, you'd better have a good hand.
From the ridiculous to the sublime...
My favorite Bible verse is 1 Corinthians 13:1-7
If I speak with the languages of men and of angels, but don't have love, I have become sounding brass, or a clanging cymbal.
If I have the gift of prophecy, and know all mysteries and all knowledge; and if I have all faith, so as to remove mountains, but don't have love, I am nothing.
If I dole out all my goods to feed the poor, and if I give my body to be burned, but don't have love, it profits me nothing.
Love is patient and is kind; love doesn't envy. Love doesn't brag, is not proud,
doesn't behave itself inappropriately, doesn't seek its own way, is not provoked, takes no account of evil;
doesn't rejoice in unrighteousness, but rejoices with the truth;
bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things. -
silverwhisper said on Nov 09, 2006....
GS, that's the second time in 12 hours i've seen that quotation by jefferson.
ed
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gingersoul said on Nov 09, 2006....
Really? I wrote it down some time ago in a journal i have in Word.
I like it a lot.
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thexperfectximperfection said on Nov 09, 2006....
"To speak without thinking is to shoot without aiming.""You say you read me like a book, but the pages are all torn and frayed."The first is a quote i saw on a music video. The second is a line from a song called "I'm not Okay" I'm new to this soulcast thing so if you have tips etc, feel free to clue me in. Thanks! -
Zayda said on Nov 09, 2006....
There is nothing in the world like a persuasive speech to fuddle the mental apparatus. ~~Mark Twain.
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silverwhisper said on Nov 12, 2006....
the biggest sex organ is the brain.--xaviera hollander.
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madamrose said on Nov 13, 2006....
An old Irish toast:
"Here's to me and here's to you and here's to love and laughter, I'll be true as long as you and not one moment after."
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bullblogg said on Nov 13, 2006....
madamorose- very nice! meas le meas- bullblogg!
'if you aim for the moon and miss, don't fret for you are amongest the stars'
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Zayda said on Nov 13, 2006....
The real voyage of discovery consists not in seeking new landscapes but in having new eyes.
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Zayda said on Nov 15, 2006....
You can't shake hands with a clenched fist. ~~ Indora Gandhi
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silverwhisper said on Nov 15, 2006....
oo, i like that one!
ed
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Zayda said on Nov 15, 2006....
SW--Yeah, that one has been one of my long time favorites.
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Zayda said on Nov 15, 2006....
Everything that is really great and inspiring is created by the individual who can labor in freedom.
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Zayda said on Nov 19, 2006....
Life is not measured by the amount of breaths we take, but by the moments that take our breath away. ~~ Unknown
What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what lies within us. ~~ Ralph Waldo Emerson
Great minds discuss ideas. Average minds discuss events. Small minds discuss people. ~~ Elenor Rosevelt
Indulge your imagination in every possible flight. ~~ Jane Austen
Go confidently in the direction of your dreams. ~~ Henry David Thoreau
The best and most beautiful things in the world cannot be seen or even touched. They must be felt with the heart. ~~ Helen Keller
Laughter is music for your heart to dance to. ~~ Unknown
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silverwhisper said on Nov 20, 2006....
all deities reside within the human breast--william blake
ed
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Zayda said on Nov 20, 2006....
Ahhh...Silver that one was actually on my list to share. It's one of my favorites from Blake.
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silverwhisper said on Nov 20, 2006....
blake was a genius. an absolute genius. :>
ed
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Zayda said on Nov 20, 2006....
You won't get an argument from me on that. :)
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silverwhisper said on Nov 20, 2006....
no bird soars too high. if he soars with his own wings.--william blake, the marriage of heaven and hell
:>
ed
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Zayda said on Nov 21, 2006....
I really need to get a copy of that. I haven't read that in forever.
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Zayda said on Nov 21, 2006....
ancora imparo ~~ michealangelo
Translated from Latin: I am still learning. Michaelangelo spoke these words when he was 87.
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Zayda said on Dec 04, 2006....
True worth is being, not seeming. ~~ Unknown -
silverwhisper said on Dec 04, 2006....
that michelangelo one i've encountered recently here and there in the past few days. weird.
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Apollo said on Dec 04, 2006....
I heard a new one recently, I don’t know who it’s from but it’s good. “To be born free is an accident. To live free is a privilege. But to die free is a responsibility.” -
Zayda said on Dec 10, 2006....
I missed your reply to this, Silver. The Michelangelo quote is available on few items from Signals. I've considered ordering the plaque that it's available on for my campus office because I think it's fitting there. Although, maybe I'll treat myself to the necklace it's on instead. :)
Apollo--Thanks for the contribution. I like that one. :)
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Zayda said on Dec 10, 2006....
Thoughts become Words; Words become Actions; Actions become Character; Character is Everything. ~~Unknown -
silverwhisper said on Dec 10, 2006....
i'm sometimes a little alarmed at how often i find things in the signals catalog that i think are nifty.
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Zayda said on Dec 10, 2006....
Why are you alarmed at that?
It's actually one of my favorite catalogues, as is Acorn gifts.
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silverwhisper said on Dec 10, 2006....
i prefer my tastes not be so easily catered to.
:D
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Zayda said on Dec 11, 2006....
LOL. You are silly, Ed.
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silverwhisper said on Dec 11, 2006....
and darned proud of it! :p
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Zayda said on Dec 21, 2006....
I believe peace lies within the small & the magnificent. Born in the blades of grass, living in golden sunlight, filtering through dusty shadows that whisper of tinkling piano keys. Growing in the quiet that can be found in a world that is never silent, and dying in the abandon that come afer the rain, only to be born again. Search & you will find beauty.~~ Sonya Kitchell -
Zayda said on Dec 30, 2006....
Art is empathy. Empathy and compassion are what we need most in times of grief. ~~ Susan Atefat-Peckham -
Zayda said on Mar 05, 2007....
Happiness is a place between too little and too much. ~~Finnish Proverb -
Zayda said on Mar 09, 2007....
Pleasure lies in the pursuit, not in the attainment. ~~ Anna C. Brackett, The Technique of Rest -
silverwhisper said on Mar 10, 2007....
an unattributed quotation i happen to like: "that which least tolerates criticism most deserves it".
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tattoovinnie said on Apr 04, 2007....
Free your mind and your ass will follow.
I don't know who wrote It. but I like It.
And this one is from my own thoughts I think.
If I am out in the middle of the forest talking and my wife Isn't there to hear me am I still wrong?
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gregw said on Jun 10, 2007....
“The difference between a dream and reality is writing your dream down as a goal” Gregory William Willoughby, July 1982 -
viciousgrl said on Jun 12, 2007....
"HOPE makes everything possible...Love makes everything easy"....why do i love this quote? cause it's true...don't know to whom it belongs... -
Zayda said on Jul 15, 2007....
Find out who you are and do it on purpose. ~~ Dolly Parton -
silverwhisper said on Jul 16, 2007....
i gotta confess, i don't generally look to dolly for wisdom but that's a good one!
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Zayda said on Aug 13, 2007....
I'm pretty but I'm not beautiful.
I sin but I am not the devil.
I'm good but I'm not an angel.~~Marilyn Monroe -
Zayda said on Aug 13, 2007....
Be courageous. It's one of the only places left uncrowded. ~~Anita Roddick, founder of The Body Shop -
silverwhisper said on Aug 14, 2007....
wordsworth quoth:
poetry is the spontaneous overflow of emotion, recollected in tranquility.
i don't particularly care for wordsworth's poetry (i vastly prefer the poetry of his friend coleridge), this particular insight is one that has always haunted me.
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Zayda said on Aug 14, 2007....
Only dull people are brilliant at breakfast. ~~ Oscar Wilde -
silverwhisper said on Aug 15, 2007....
oscar wilde also quoth:
i have nothing to declare except my genius!
i've always been fond of that one. :>
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Zayda said on Jan 31, 2008....
I don't know that this is a favorite, but it struck me as funny earlier today:
Charles M. Schulz - "I love mankind; it's people I can't stand." -
Zayda said on Mar 13, 2008....
The beginning is always today. ~~ Mary Wollstonecraft -
silverwhisper said on Mar 14, 2008....
i was surprised to see this pop back up in my conversations!
hm...right now i'm fond of this one:
blake quoth:
no bird soars too high if he soars on his own wings.
i've always been fond of that. :>
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Zayda said on Mar 26, 2008....
Never wear anything that panics the cat. ~~ PJ O'Rourke -
GrapeKoolaid said on Mar 26, 2008....
Something I've been thinking a lot about lately...
"Here is my secret. It is very simple: It is only with the heart that one can see rightly; what is essential is invisible to the eye."
-The Fox, in "The Little Prince" by Antoine de Saint Exupery-
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silverwhisper said on Mar 27, 2008....
oo, good ones!
[sigh]
i've got nothing.[/dejected]
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iamshay said on Apr 19, 2008....
" I have learned, in whatsoever state I am,therewith to be content" (phil. 4:11)- others may do a greater workbut you have your part to do,and no one in all God's heritage can do it so well as you. -
oceanwaves1 said on May 22, 2008....
Vietnam quote "We had to destroy the village in order to save it."My quote "I wonder how much of the world we will have to destroy in order to save it" PEACE-DL -
GrapeKoolaid said on May 23, 2008....
"Seek freedom and become captive of your desires. Seek discipline and find your liberty."
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silverwhisper said on May 23, 2008....
bob marley sang:
emancipate yourselves from mental slavery
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fromtheheart said on May 26, 2008....
From "The Little Prince" by Saint Van Exupery: "It is only with the heart that one can see rightly, What is essential is invisible to the eyes" -
Zayda said on May 28, 2008....
If you can't take the heat, don't tickle the dragon. -
Zayda said on Jul 27, 2008....
For a long time it had seemed to me that life was about to begin--real life. But there was always some obstacle in the way, something to be got through first, some unfinished business, time still to be served, a debt to be paid. Then life would begin. At last it dawned on me that these obstacles were my life. ~~ Alfred D' Souza -
silverwhisper said on Jul 28, 2008....
i really like that one, z. :>
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gingersoul said on Jul 30, 2008....
"The heart has reasons that Reason can't understand" - Blaise Pascal.
Since high school (when first i've studied him) i think i still have to find a quote that speaks to me deeper and more naturally than this one.
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ssmithford said on Jul 31, 2008....
The brick wall exists for a reason: It shows how much you really want to reach that goal. - unknown -
silverwhisper said on Aug 01, 2008....
and now, b/c i shockingly haven't done this already in these comments: a springsteen quotation. :D
the bard of freehold sang:
and you're in love with all the wonder it brings
and every muscle in your body sings
as the highway ignites, you work nine to five
and somehow you survive till the night
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gingersoul said on Aug 02, 2008....
Ssmithford........what a coincidence...
I was watching the video of the last lecture of professor Randy Pausch just two days ago and he starts his speech exaclty with that quote going on in his lecture explaining why is so true.
I found it very touching and thought provoking..
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Zayda said on Aug 20, 2008....
What you risk reveals what you value ~~ Jeanette Winterson
Risk! Risk anything! Care no more for the opinions of others, for those voices. Do the hardest thing on earth for you. Act for yourself. Face the truth. ~~ Katherine Mansfield
Do not fear death so much, but rather the inadequate life. ~~ Bertolt Brecht
All growth is a leap in the dark, a spontaneous unpremeditated act without the benefit of experience. ~~ Henry Miller
The guy who takes a chance, who walks the line between the known and the unknown, who is unafraid of failure, will succeed. ~~ Gordon Parks
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Zayda said on Aug 22, 2008....
Nothing is at last sacred but the integrity of your own mind. ~~ Ralph Waldo Emerson
You are still a whisper on my lips, a feeling on my fingertips that's pulling at my skin ~~ Dirty Vegas -
silverwhisper said on Aug 23, 2008....
i really like that emerson one, z. :>
william blake quoth:
always be ready to speak your mind and a base man will avoid you.
i've generally found this one to be quite true.
ed
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