People seem not to see that their opinion of the world is also a confession of their character.
-Ralph Waldo Emerson
The most beautiful thing we can experience is the mysterious. It is the source of all true art and science.
-Albert Einstein
Thread: Quotes
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Very insightful quotes, Melian(by the way, I love your name-Melian is my favorite Maia...)
Is there a girdle around your house?
Is there a girdle around your house?
Thanks Laurelindhe, and yes, there is a girdle around my house. It is in the form of a small shrub, but enchanting nonetheless. . .
Excellent!
Can you put one around my house? I would like very much to not see my neighbors, who keep coming out of their house with only their bathrobes on! Or perhaps it can keep out the ten million soliciters who ring my doorbell incessantly?!
Quote of the Day:"Consistency is contrary to nature, contrary to life. The only completely consistent people are dead."-Aldous Huxley, author and modern philosopher
Can you put one around my house? I would like very much to not see my neighbors, who keep coming out of their house with only their bathrobes on! Or perhaps it can keep out the ten million soliciters who ring my doorbell incessantly?!
Quote of the Day:"Consistency is contrary to nature, contrary to life. The only completely consistent people are dead."-Aldous Huxley, author and modern philosopher
Einar- Posted Tuesday 5th October 2004 (04:04pm)
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He who has a thousand friends has not a friend to spare, while he who has one enemy shall meet him everywhere - Ralph Waldo Emerson
He who has a thousand friends has not a friend to spare, while he who has one enemy shall meet him everywhere - Ralph Waldo Emerson
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My sister recently gave me 2 small ornaments. The first said...
Arrrhh, so sweet. The second said...
But I'm sure she loves me
Quote:
When I count my blessings, I always count you twice
When I count my blessings, I always count you twice
Arrrhh, so sweet. The second said...
Quote:
I'm smiling because I'm your sister. I'm laughing becasue you can't do anything about it
I'm smiling because I'm your sister. I'm laughing becasue you can't do anything about it
But I'm sure she loves me
The winds of fate.
One ship sails East and another sails West.
With the selfsame winds that blow.
Tis the set of the sails and not the gales,
That determine the way they go.
Like the winds of the sea are the waves of fate,
As we voyage along through life.
Tis the set of the soul that decides the goal,
And not the calm or the strife."
-- Ella Wheeler Wilcox
One ship sails East and another sails West.
With the selfsame winds that blow.
Tis the set of the sails and not the gales,
That determine the way they go.
Like the winds of the sea are the waves of fate,
As we voyage along through life.
Tis the set of the soul that decides the goal,
And not the calm or the strife."
-- Ella Wheeler Wilcox
I really like this one... Actually parts of it are used in Pink Floyd's "Keep Talking". I found this full quote on a lyrics website:
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The CD lyrics say "...just like animals."
The complete Hawking speach from the BT advert is as follows:
For millions of years, mankind lived just like the animals.
Then something happened which unleashed the power of our imagination.
We learned to talk.
And we learned to listen.
Speech has allowed the communication of ideas, enabling human beings
to work together.
To build the impossible.
Mankind's greatest achievements have come about by talking.
And it's greatest failures by NOT talking.
IT DOESN'T HAVE TO BE LIKE THIS!
Our greatest hopes could become reality in the future.
With the technology at our disposal, the possibilities are unbounded.
All we need to do is ...
make sure ...
we keep...
t a l k i n g .
The CD lyrics say "...just like animals."
The complete Hawking speach from the BT advert is as follows:
For millions of years, mankind lived just like the animals.
Then something happened which unleashed the power of our imagination.
We learned to talk.
And we learned to listen.
Speech has allowed the communication of ideas, enabling human beings
to work together.
To build the impossible.
Mankind's greatest achievements have come about by talking.
And it's greatest failures by NOT talking.
IT DOESN'T HAVE TO BE LIKE THIS!
Our greatest hopes could become reality in the future.
With the technology at our disposal, the possibilities are unbounded.
All we need to do is ...
make sure ...
we keep...
t a l k i n g .
"Music is thoughts that cannot be expressed in words and cannot remain silent." -Victor Hugo
Besides Tolkien, Victor Hugo is my favorite author, and the animated adaptation of "Hunchback of Notre Dame" is the best Disney movie EVER.
Besides Tolkien, Victor Hugo is my favorite author, and the animated adaptation of "Hunchback of Notre Dame" is the best Disney movie EVER.
a character in a book I read a few months ago (written by Karen Joy Fowler if I remember her name correctly) said,
this sentence was the beginning of a discussion in the book, a really interesting one, and I also thought the sentence was very interesting. ...noone loved him more than he deserved. you got to think about that...
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I feel sorry for Dick Musgrove because noone loved him more than he deserved.
I feel sorry for Dick Musgrove because noone loved him more than he deserved.
this sentence was the beginning of a discussion in the book, a really interesting one, and I also thought the sentence was very interesting. ...noone loved him more than he deserved. you got to think about that...
"Build a man a fire, and he'll be warm for a day. Set a man on fire, and he'll be warm for the rest of his life."- Terry Pratchett
Sorry... Not the pleasantest, but funny!
"Do not meddle in the affairs of dragons, for you are crunchy and taste good with ketchup."
Don't know who that's by, I've seen it so many places...
"For blocks are better cleft with wedges,
Than tools of sharp and subtle edges;
And dullest nonsense has been found
By some to be the most profound." -- Samuel Butler
This one just sounds so cool. Say it out loud!
Sorry... Not the pleasantest, but funny!
"Do not meddle in the affairs of dragons, for you are crunchy and taste good with ketchup."
Don't know who that's by, I've seen it so many places...
"For blocks are better cleft with wedges,
Than tools of sharp and subtle edges;
And dullest nonsense has been found
By some to be the most profound." -- Samuel Butler
This one just sounds so cool. Say it out loud!
Here's another one:
"Dream as if you'll live forever; live as if you'll die tomorrow."
(James Dean)
"Dream as if you'll live forever; live as if you'll die tomorrow."
(James Dean)
The TV series "Due South" (which I have only recently discovered, although it was on in the 90's) has so many good quotes... here's my two favorites.
"Why do I always have to be the fulcrum?" said as the two main characters are trying to pry open a vent and escape an insane asylum gone criminal.
"Bloom, close, kick 'im in the head. Bloom, close, kick 'im in the head."
A Due South swimming lesson
"Why do I always have to be the fulcrum?" said as the two main characters are trying to pry open a vent and escape an insane asylum gone criminal.
"Bloom, close, kick 'im in the head. Bloom, close, kick 'im in the head."
A Due South swimming lesson
"When you're in doubt, bribe your way out!"
-unknown
"Es kommt die Zeit, in der das Wünschen wieder hilft."
-Die Toten Hosen
"Of all the things to worry about... the Wookiee has no pants."
-Mark Hamill (the 'quote of the day' on Wookieepedia)
-unknown
"Es kommt die Zeit, in der das Wünschen wieder hilft."
-Die Toten Hosen
"Of all the things to worry about... the Wookiee has no pants."
-Mark Hamill (the 'quote of the day' on Wookieepedia)
To be or not to be..... - William Shakespeare
Do be, do be, do be! - Frank Sinatra
Do be, do be, do be! - Frank Sinatra
Don't ask yourself what the world needs. Ask yourself what makes you come alive, and go and do that, because what the world needs is people who have come alive."
~ Howard Thurman
and....
What this country needs is more people to inspire others with confidence, and fewer people to discourage any initiative in the right direction
more to get into the thick of things, fewer to sit on the sidelines, merely finding fault
more to point out what's right with the world, and fewer to keep harping on what's wrong with it
and more who are interested in lighting candles, and fewer who blow them out.
~Father James Keller
Does Tommie still check this? It wa started a few years ago for her quote book wasn't it?
~ Howard Thurman
and....
What this country needs is more people to inspire others with confidence, and fewer people to discourage any initiative in the right direction
more to get into the thick of things, fewer to sit on the sidelines, merely finding fault
more to point out what's right with the world, and fewer to keep harping on what's wrong with it
and more who are interested in lighting candles, and fewer who blow them out.
~Father James Keller
Does Tommie still check this? It wa started a few years ago for her quote book wasn't it?
Yes, Tommie still checks in a couple times a year; you may quote me on this, but I can't guarantee she will in the future.
Quote:
It isn't enough to talk about peace. One must believe in it. And it isn't enough to believe in it. One must work at it.
It isn't enough to talk about peace. One must believe in it. And it isn't enough to believe in it. One must work at it.
Eleanor Roosevelt