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Posted: 2/24/2007 11:37:51 AM | I'm reading quotes today. They are great learning tools.
A loving person lives in a loving world. A hostile person lives in a hostile world: everyone you meet is your mirror. –Ken Keyes Jr.
The greatest mistake is life is to be continually fearing that you will make one. –Elbert Hubbard
Evil triumphs when good men do nothing. --Edmund Burke
Cautious, careful people, always casting about to preserve their reputation and social standing, never can bring about a reform. Those who are really in earnest must be willing to be anything or nothing in the world's estimation, and publicly and privately, in season and out, avow their sympathy with despised and persecuted ideas and their advocates, and bear the consequences. —Susan B. Anthony
Here is a good little site I found. I thought I would share it.
http://www.tentmaker.org/Quotes/quotesindex.htm
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Posted: 2/24/2007 2:19:12 PM | * "Any intelligent fool can make things bigger, more complex, and more violent. It takes a touch of genius -- and a lot of courage -- to move in the opposite direction."
* "Imagination is more important than knowledge."
* "Gravitation is not responsible for people falling in love."
* "I want to know God's thoughts; the rest are details."
* "The hardest thing in the world to understand is the income tax."
* "Reality is merely an illusion, albeit a very persistent one."
* "The only real valuable thing is intuition."
* "A person starts to live when he can live outside himself."
* "Weakness of attitude becomes weakness of character."
* "I never think of the future. It comes soon enough."
* "Sometimes one pays most for the things one gets for nothing."
* "Anyone who has never made a mistake has never tried anything new."
* "Everything should be made as simple as possible, but not simpler."
* "Common sense is the collection of prejudices acquired by age eighteen."
* "Science is a wonderful thing if one does not have to earn one's living at it."
* "The secret to creativity is knowing how to hide your sources."
* "The only thing that interferes with my learning is my education."
* "The whole of science is nothing more than a refinement of everyday thinking."
* "Technological progress is like an axe in the hands of a pathological criminal."
* "Peace cannot be kept by force. It can only be achieved by understanding."
* "The most incomprehensible thing about the world is that it is comprehensible."
* "We can't solve problems by using the same kind of thinking we used when we created them."
* "Education is what remains after one has forgotten everything he learned in school."
* "The important thing is not to stop questioning. Curiosity has its own reason for existing."
* "If A is a success in life, then A equals x plus y plus z. Work is x; y is play; and z is keeping your mouth shut."
* "Two things are infinite: the universe and human stupidity; and I'm not sure about the the universe."
* "As far as the laws of mathematics refer to reality, they are not certain, as far as they are certain, they do not refer to reality."
* "Whoever undertakes to set himself up as a judge of Truth and Knowledge is shipwrecked by the laughter of the gods."
* "I know not with what weapons World War III will be fought, but World War IV will be fought with sticks and stones."
* "In order to form an immaculate member of a flock of sheep one must, above all, be a sheep."
* "The fear of death is the most unjustified of all fears, for there's no risk of accident for someone who's dead."
* "No, this trick won't work...How on earth are you ever going to explain in terms of chemistry and physics so important a biological phenomenon as first love?"
* "My religion consists of a humble admiration of the illimitable superior spirit who reveals himself in the slight details we are able to perceive with our frail and feeble mind."
* "Yes, we have to divide up our time like that, between our politics and our equations. But to me our equations are far more important, for politics are only a matter of present concern. A mathematical equation stands forever."
* "The release of atom power has changed everything except our way of thinking...the solution to this problem lies in the heart of mankind. If only I had known, I should have become a watchmaker."
* "The most beautiful thing we can experience is the mysterious. It is the source of all true art and all science. He to whom this emotion is a stranger, who can no longer pause to wonder and stand rapt in awe, is as good as dead: his eyes are closed."
* "A man's ethical behavior should be based effectually on sympathy, education, and social ties; no religious basis is necessary. Man would indeeded be in a poor way if he had to be restrained by fear of punishment and hope of reward after death."
* "You see, wire telegraph is a kind of a very, very long cat. You pull his tail in New York and his head is meowing in Los Angeles. Do you understand this? And radio operates exactly the same way: you send signals here, they receive them there. The only difference is that there is no cat."
* "Not everything that counts can be counted, and not everything that can be counted counts."
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Posted: 2/24/2007 2:34:38 PM | "Forget all the bars and schmoozing and everybody checking out everybody else. My ideal date would be to park in a dark place, check out the stars, and have a great conversation. When all else fails, you can just make out. "
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Posted: 2/24/2007 2:35:25 PM | ^^ Up 2 Ima gonna venture a guess and say that someones a pretty big Albert Einstein fan!!
OT: I love reading through new quotes. My favorite right now is (although I dont know who said it):
"Life should not be a journey to the grave, with the intention of arriving safely in a attractive and well preserved body, but rather to skid in sideways, cigar in one hand, favorite beverage in the other, body thoroughly used up, totally worn out, and screaming WOW – what a ride!" | |
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Posted: 2/24/2007 3:31:45 PM | ^^^ according to google, that can be credited to Mavis Leyrer.
"I suppose the secret to happiness is learning to appreciate the moment." -- Calvin
Seems apropos to many in the current crop of threads, yet I shall post it here.  | |
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Posted: 2/24/2007 3:34:11 PM | | No matter how good looking he or she is somebodys fed up of putting up with their crap. | |
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Posted: 2/24/2007 3:39:39 PM | "Be mindful of the future, but live for today"
And one of mine
"Knowledge, understanding and wisdom are the trademarks of doing, failing and trying again." | |
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Posted: 2/24/2007 3:46:28 PM | Bore, n.: A person who talks when you wish him to listen.
Ambrose Bierce (1842 - 1914),
[S]he refused to be bored chiefly because she wasn’t boring.
Zelda Fitzgerald, 1922 | |
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Posted: 2/24/2007 10:07:41 PM | | "Finding a suitable match on PoF has not been fruitful....more like fruitcakefull" - Palmngranite | |
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Posted: 2/24/2007 10:43:09 PM | I just listen to that guy on the Toyota truck commercials during the hockey games...
You know the one, the cowboy talking Confucius...
"A tool is only as good as the man who wields it"
"A man is not judge by how he looks but how he acts"
"A good man is inherently greedy, he insists on keeping his word"
Those have to be the worst f*cking commercials ever... | |
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Posted: 2/25/2007 11:07:24 AM | We are attracted to people not by their ability for them to entertain us, but by our ability to entertain them.
Robert Mason Lee from “On the edge”
Love is an irresistible desire to be irresistibly desired
Robert frost
Creation of Woman from the rib of man:
She was not made of his head to top him;
Nor of his feet to be trampled upon by him;
But out of his side to be his equal with him;
Under his arm to be protected;
And near his heart to be loved.
I’ve learned that sometimes all a person needs is a hand to hold and a heart to understand.
Andy Rooney
Sighs are the natural Language of the heart.
Shadwell
We may give without loving, but we cant love without giving.
Absence makes the heart grow fonder.
Propertius
It is better to have loved and lost then to have never loved at all.
Your heart may be broken, but it isn’t gone.
Kevin McAllister, From Home Alone 2
The Heart has its reasons, That Reason cannot understand.
Blaise Pascal
How can she fall for you if you are not there to catch her?
Barmaid from The O.C.
The function of sexuality is to be creative, the function of the heart is to be connected.
Try to reason about love and you will lose your reason.
French Proverb
The key to exploring your inner opposite is in understanding that the woman you are living with or attracted to, is likely to be very much like your internal opposite. Understanding this principle profoundly alters the quality of relating to the opposite sex
Only a fool can make sense of the opposite sex.
Women and cats will do as they please, and men and dogs should relax and get used to the idea.
Girls are like phones...they like to be held & talked to...but if you press the wrong button...you're disconnected.
It is impossible to love and be wise.
Francis Bacon
Everybody’s looking for something,
Some of them want to use you,
Some of them want to be used by you.
Some of them want to abuse you,
Some of them want to be abused.
Hold your head up, Keep your Head up.
Eurhythmics
The pleasure of love lasts but a moment, the pain of love lasts a lifetime.
French Proverb.
A broken hand works but not a broken heart.
Persian Proverb
Some people claim that there’s a woman to blame, but I know it’s my own damn fault.
Jimmy Buffet
Success in marriage is much more than finding the right person. It is a matter of being the right person.
There are many more people trying to meet the right person than to become the right person.
Gloria Steinem
Some women work so hard to make good husbands that they never quite manage to make good wives.
I have found something more bitter than death… …Woman
Ecclesiastes
Love is an overrated thing conjured up by fools to justify relationships and sex.
Mike Keats
The only chaste woman is one who hasn’t been chased.
Spanish Proverb.
Love makes time pass, and time can make love pass.
It is better to have loved and lost than to never have loved at all.
Knowledge is gained by learning, trust by doubt, skill by practice, and love by love.
Thomas Szasz
You know you are in love when you see the world in her eyes,
and her eyes everywhere in the world.
David Levesque
No man or woman is worth your tears, and the one who is, won't make you cry.
2. Just because someone doesn't love you the way you want them to, doesn't mean they don't love you with all they have.
3. A true friend is someone who reaches for your hand and touches your heart.
4. The worst way to miss someone is to be sitting right beside them knowing you can't have them.
5. Never frown, even when you are sad, because you never know who is falling in love with your smile.
6. To the world you may be one person, but to one person you may be the world.
7. Don't waste your time on a man/woman, who isn't willing to waste their time on you.
8. Maybe God wants us to meet a few wrong people before meeting the right one, so that when we finally meet the person, we will know how to be grateful.
9 Don't cry because it is over. Smile because it happened.
10. There's always going to be people that hurt you so what you have to do is keep on trusting and just be more careful about who you trust next time around.
11. Make yourself a better person and know who you are before you
try and know someone else and expect them to know you.
12. Don't try so hard. The best things come when you least expect
them to.
Remember that the best relationship is one in which your love for each other exceeds your need for each other. | |
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Posted: 2/25/2007 11:52:41 AM | Never make someone a priority if they only make you an option.
Don't eat yellow snow.
Don't drink water, fish have sex in it.
Shut up voices, or I'll poke you with a Q tip. | |
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Posted: 2/25/2007 12:15:11 PM | I am only one, but still I am one. I cannot do everything, but still I can do something; and because I cannot do everything, I will not refuse to do the something that I can do.
Well-behaved women seldom make history.
Service is the rent we pay for the space we occupy on earth
Success is Never Final, Failure is Never Fatal, and Courage Always, Always Counts | |
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Posted: 2/25/2007 12:37:36 PM | Go to Heaven for the climate, Hell for the company.
It is better to keep your mouth closed and let people think you are a fool than to open it and remove all doubt.
Man is the only animal that blushes - or needs to.
Man was made at the end of the week's work when God was tired.
The first of April is the day we remember what we are the other 364 days of the year.
I didn't attend the funeral, but I sent a nice letter saying I approved of it.
When we remember we are all mad, the mysteries disappear and life stands explained.
Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to pause and reflect.
The trouble ain't that there is too many fools, but that the lightning ain't distributed right.
Such is the human race, often it seems a pity that Noah... didn't miss the boat.
Sam Clemens/Mark Twain | |
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Posted: 2/25/2007 12:43:58 PM | Brevity is the soul of wit.
William Shakespeare | |
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Posted: 2/25/2007 3:15:54 PM | | "How can I miss you when you won't go away"-Dan Hicks | |
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Posted: 2/25/2007 5:08:59 PM | | ^^^^^ LOL...I will use this one! love it! | |
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Posted: 2/25/2007 5:46:45 PM | "There is no try - only do."
Yoda
"Mmmmmmm.... fresh, nubile, furry gerbils."
BB
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Posted: 2/25/2007 5:49:20 PM | | "Tread softly on broken glass, and the window to your life shall appear" - my grandpa | |
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Posted: 2/25/2007 5:51:51 PM | You are disgusting BikerBoy! (Don't get me wrong; I like it...)
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Posted: 2/25/2007 7:10:07 PM | "Never miss an opportunity to keep your mouth shut"
I try to abide by that one on the forums here, but sometimes i'm weak.
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Posted: 2/25/2007 7:20:31 PM |
but sometimes i'm weak.
only sometimes?!^^^
OT: "You create your own universe as you go along" Winston Churchill | |
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Posted: 2/25/2007 10:06:11 PM | Just saying "No" to sex prevents teenage pregnancy the way saying "Have a nice day" cures chronic depression.
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Posted: 2/25/2007 10:06:33 PM | "never play leap frog with a Unicorn"
ouch!
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Posted: 2/25/2007 10:11:16 PM | "If you have more than a handfull of ***holes in your life...
...maybe YOU are the problem."
Anonymous
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