I think a very cool quote is:

"That which we call sin in others is experiment for us." - Ralph Waldo Emerson

"You know things aren't going your way when you lose a game of pocket pool." - Me

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i love quotes http://discussanything.com/Ubb/smile.gif http://discussanything.com/Ubb/biggrin.gif

my fav:
"when you cry, that's your soul leaking out"
~unknown

another good one:
"loneliness and the feelin of being unwanted is the most terrible poverty"
~mother theresa

"be yourself. who else is better qualified"
~frank j giblin II

"don't be afraid to take a big step when indicated. you can't cross a chasm in two small steps"
~david lloyd george


this is a favorite bc i'm a poet:
"i talk out the lines as i write"
~tennesse williams

"there are many mediocre things in life, love shouldn't be one of them"
~unknown

~"walk a mile in someone else's shoes before u judge them"
~unknown

**these quotes help me everyday**


~kellie

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Almost anything written by Ayn Rand.

Some others,

"Politicians never accuse you of 'greed' for wanting other people's money --- only for wanting to keep your own money." -Joseph Sobran

"The government consists of a gang of men exactly like you and me. They have, taking one with another, no special talent for the business of government; they have only a talent for getting and holding office. Their principal device to that end is to search out groups who pant and pine for something they can't get and to promise to give it to them. Nine times out of ten that promise is worth nothing. The tenth time is made good by looting A to satisfy B. In other words, government is a broker in pillage, and every election is sort of an advance auction sale of stolen goods." -H. L. Mencken

"The whole aim of practical politics is to keep the populace alarmed (and hence clamorous to be led to safety) by menacing it with an endless series of hobgoblins, all of them imaginary." -H. L. Mencken.

"If you love wealth more than liberty, the tranquility of servitude better than the animating contest of freedom, depart from us in peace. We ask not your counsel nor your arms. Crouch down and lick the hand that feeds you. May your chains rest lightly upon you and may posterity forget that you were our countrymen." -Samuel Adams

"A democracy cannot exist as a permanent form of government. It can only exist until the voters discover that they can vote themselves money from the public treasure. From that moment on the majority always votes for the candidates promising the most money from the public treasury, with the result that a democracy always collapses over loose fiscal policy followed by a dictatorship. The average age of the world's great civilizations has been two hundred years. These nations have progressed through the following sequence: from bondage to spiritual faith, from spiritual faith to great courage, from courage to liberty, from liberty to abundance, from abundance to selfishness, from selfishness to complacency from complacency to apathy, from apathy to dependency, from dependency back to bondage."
- Alexander Tyler

"In general the art of government consists in taking as much money as possible from one class of citizens to give to the other." --Voltaire

"Government exists to protect us from each other. Where government has gone beyond its limits is in deciding to protect us from ourselves."
Ronald Reagan

On September 6, 1819, Thomas Jefferson wrote:
The Constitution is a mere thing of wax in the hands of the judiciary, which they may twist and shape into any form they please


Here are some which show similarities in thought between politicians of yesteryear and politicians of today.
Frightening stuff...

"The main plank in the National Socialist program is to abolish the liberalistic concept of the individual and the Marxist concept of humanity and to substitute for them the folk community, rooted in the soil and bound together by the bond of its common blood." (Adolph Hitler, quoted in Hitler, A Study in Tyranny, by Alan Bullock (Harper Collins, NY))
"It is thus necessary that the individual should come to realize that his own ego is of no importance in comparison with the existence of his nation; that the position of the individual ego is conditioned solely by the interests of the nation as a whole ... that above all the unity of a nation's spirit and will are worth far more than the freedom of the spirit and will of an individual. .... This state of mind, which subordinates the interests of the ego to the conservation of the community, is really the first premise for every truly human culture .... we understand only the individual's capacity to make sacrifices for the community, for his fellow man." (Adolph Hitler, 1933)

There is the great, silent, continuous struggle: the struggle between the State and the Individual; between the State which demands and the individual who attempts to evade such demands. Because the individual, left to himself, unless he be a saint or hero, always refuses to pay taxes, obey laws, or go to war. (Benito Mussolini)
Fascist ethics begin ... with the acknowledgment that it is not the individual who confers a meaning upon society, but it is, instead, the existence of a human society which determines the human character of the individual. According to Fascism, a true, a great spiritual life cannot take place unless the State has risen to a position of pre-eminence in the world of man. The curtailment of liberty thus becomes justified at once, and this need of rising the State to its rightful position. (Mario Palmieri, "The Philosophy of Fascism" 1936)

"Comrades! We must abolish the cult of the individual decisively, once and for all." (Nikita Khrushchev , February 25, 1956 20th Congress of the Communist Party)

"All our lives we fought against exalting the individual, against the elevation of the single person, and long ago we were over and done with the business of a hero, and here it comes up again: the glorification of one personality. This is not good at all." (Vladimir Lenin, as quoted in "Not by Politics Alone.)

We must stop thinking of the individual and start thinking about what is best for society." (Hillary Clinton, 1993)

"We can't be so fixated on our desire to preserve the rights of ordinary Americans ..."
(President Bill Clinton, USA Today, March 11, 1993, Page 2A)

"People sometimes need to sacrifice individual rights for public safety." - Clinton, lobbying for warrantless police search & seizures in public-housing, 1994
"If the personal freedoms guaranteed by the Constitution inhibit the government's ability to govern the people, we should look to limit those guarantees." (Clinton, 8-12-1993)

"The purpose of government is to rein in the rights of the people." (Clinton on "MTV" 1993)

"When we got organized as a country and we wrote a fairly radical Constitution with a radical Bill of Rights, giving a radical amount of individual freedom to Americans ...... And so a lot of people say there's too much personal freedom. When personal freedom's being abused, you have to move to limit it. That's what we did in the announcement I made last weekend on the public housing projects, about how we're going to have weapon sweeps and more things like that to try to make people safer in their communities." -- Bill Clinton, 3-22-94

Sarah Brady (In a letter to Senator Howard Metzenbaum, The National Educator, January 1994, page 3)
"Our main agenda is to have all guns banned. We must use whatever means possible. It doesn't matter if you have to distort the facts or even lie. Our task of creating a Socialist America can only succeed when those who would resist us have been totally disarmed."


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Man — every man — is an end in himself, not the means to the ends of others. He must exist for his own sake, neither sacrificing himself to others nor sacrificing others to himself. The pursuit of his own rational self-interest and of his own happiness is the highest moral purpose of his life.
Ayn Rand

In the morning to get me going I read this few things that I have posted on my wall. I guess you can say they are my motivation for the day. Hope you can get something out of this.


By far my favorite:

-To be a star, you must shine your own light, follow your own path and don't worry about the darkness for that is when starts shine the brightest.

Author Unknown

-Some people come quickly into our lives and go. Some stay awhile and leave footprints on our hearts. And we are never, ever the same.

--Unknown

My motto for the summer:

Dream what you want to dream; go where you want to go; be what you want to be, because you have only one life and one chance to do all the things you want to do.
--Unknown

May you have happiness to make you sweet, enough trials to make you strong, enough sorrow to keep you human, enough hope to make you happy.

--Unknown

The brightest future will always be based on a forgotten past, you can't go on well in life until you let go of your past failures and heartaches.

--Unknown


-Happiness lies for those who cry, those who hurt, those who have searched, and those who have tried, for only they can appreciate the importance of people who have touched their lives.

--Unknown


I know this was long, just got t o reading and I thought I would share. You guys have a nice weekend..

Heather


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Most quotes I can think of that are important to me are song lyrics.

"If I listened to everything they said to me, I wouldn't be here

If I took the time to bleed from all the tiny little arrows shot my way, I wouldn't be here

The ones who don't do anything are always the ones who try to put you down

You could spend your entire life in the nowhere land of self-doubt

But when you start to doubt yourself
The real world will eat you alive

If you think you've got 100 extra years to mess around, you're wrong

This time is real; your time is now

No such thing as spare time

No such thing as free time

No such thing as down time

All you got is life time

No time for drug addiction

No time for smoke & booze

Too strong for a shortened life span

I've got no time to lose"


-'Shine', Rollins Band



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-Curt

"Can you hear the violins playing your song?"

Here are few I enjoy...

"Some scientists say hydrogen is the most plentiful element in the universe. I say it's stupidity, so why not talk about it?" - Frank Zappa

“No one looks good wearing brown lipstick.” - Frank Zappa

"My own mind is my own church." - Thomas Paine

“He who dares not offend cannot be honest.” - Thomas Paine

“They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety.” - Benjamin Franklin

“Liberty means responsibility. That is why most men dread it.” – George Bernard Shaw

“I have never made but one prayer to God, a very short one: ‘O Lord, make my enemies ridiculous.’ And God granted it.” – Voltaire

“A man who does not think for himself does not think at all.” – Oscar Wilde

“The majority, oppressing an individual, is guilty of a crime, abuses its strength, and by acting on the law of the strongest breaks up the foundations of society.” – Thomas Jefferson

“There can be no such thing, in law or in morality, as actions forbidden to an individual, but permitted to a mob.” - Ayn Rand

"It is wiser to find out than to suppose." – Mark Twain

"I have never let my schooling interfere with my education." - Mark Twain

If you loan someone $20 and you never see that person again, it was probably worth it.

Heh, thats great Dest.

Curt, don't even get me started on song lyrics...but I know what you mean...there are sogns which are just so important to me, because of significant lyrics.

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Let's not forget the Bible, a real treasure-trove.

"Behold, I will corrupt your seed, and spread dung upon your faces." Malachi 2:3

The best quotes of all time, though, come from Jack Handey.

"Before you criticize someone,you should walk a mile in their shoes. That way, when you criticize them, you're a mile away and you have their shoes."

"Is there anything more beautiful than a beautiful, beautiful flamingo, flying across in front of a beautiful sunset? And he's carrying a beautiful rose in his beak, and also he's carrying a very beautiful painting with his feet. And also, you're drunk."

"I wish I would have a real tragic love affair and get so bummed out that I'd just quit my job and become a bum for a few years, because I was thinking about doing that anyway."

"As the light changed from red to green to yellow and back to red again, I sat there thinking about life. Was it nothing more than a bunch of honking and yelling? Sometimes it seemed that way."

"I can picture in my mind a world without war, a world without hate. And I can picture us attacking that world, because they'd never expect it."

"If I ever get real rich, I hope I'm not real mean to poor people, like I am now."

"Broken promises don't upset me. I just think, why did they believe me?"

"Consider the daffodil. And while you're doing that, I'll be over here, looking through your stuff."

"It's sad that a family can be torn apart by something as simple as a pack of wild dogs."

"If God dwells inside us, like some people say, I sure hope He like enchiladas, because that's what He's getting!"

"Probably to a shark about the funniest thing there is is a wounded seal, trying to swim to shore, because where does he think he's going?!"

"I hope that after I die, people will say of me: "That guy sure owed me a lot of money.""

"I wish I had a dollar for every time I spent a dollar, because then, Yahoo!, I'd have all my money back."

"If you get invited to your first orgy, don't just show up nude. That's a common mistake. You have to let nudity "happen.""

"When you go in for a job interview, I think a good thing to ask is if they ever press charges."

"If a kid asks where rain comes from, I think a cute thing to tell him is "God is crying." And if he asks why God is crying, another cute thing to tell him is "Probably because of something you did.""

...And my personal favorite,

"It takes a big man to cry, but it takes a bigger man to laugh at that man."



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-Curt

"Can you hear the violins playing your song?"

Found one this morning on my on my daily calander.

-There are two ways of spreading light; to be the candle or the mirror that recieves it.

--Edith Wharton

Which one are you?

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"I wish I would have a real tragic love affair and get so bummed out that I'd just quit my job and become a bum for a few years, because I was thinking about doing that anyway."

I like this one Curt!

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I suppose I'll add a few I think of off the top of my head.

"For those who paint the world as black and white, then show shall it appear." -me 2001

"Insight to the world is of little value while in your head. It's power will never be fathomed by you till the day choose to pass it on." -me 2001

"Reality itself, is nothing more than what our senses and emotions are able to comprehend. Remember that next time someone tells you, it's all in your head." -me 2001

"There's nothing wrong with being sad once in a while. It gives you a chance to appreciate what happiness is all about." -Kellie 2001

"I'm truly sorry to hear that your life sucks. I've got some good news for you though. You only get one life to squander away in self pity, so don't worry, it'll pass you by. I think I've got other plans." -me 1999

"There is only one point in life when you should bother self doubt. That's point when you think you've learned it all." -me 2001

"Ok, you came in here with a hug to give and a pretty face. You're not leaving with both." -My little sister -2001

69~ didn't know u liked what i said so much... http://discussanything.com/Ubb/smile.gif i'm glad u did.....all your quotes inspire me everyday and so do u...u never let me dwell.....and everyday i thank u for that http://discussanything.com/Ubb/biggrin.gif

~kellie

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Seen this on a bulletin board and it keeps going through my head :

"What lies between yesterday's regrets, and tommorow's dreams is todays oppurtunities"

-Unknown

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"The grand essentials to happiness in this life are something to do, something to love, and something to hope for"
-Joseph Addison

I tend to throw neat quotes I find into my AIM profile....so here's what's in there (yeah, I edited the one).

"I have no regrets. Regret only makes wrinkles." - Sophia Loren

"Just fear me, love me, do as I say, and I will be your slave" - David Bowie in Labyrinth

"Teenage love songs, there ain't such a thing, because f***ing's just f***ing when you're only sixteen" - Le Shok

"Bisexual people are not bisexual, they simply are too horny to limit their options." - (I have no idea who said this, but it made me laugh.)

"I can resist anything but temptation" - Mae West

"Freeze or burn, all else is only icing." - Soul Coughing

"If you obey all the rules, you miss all the fun." - Katharine Hepburn


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"I have no regrets. Regret only makes wrinkles." - Sophia Loren

i've heard them all, but one that has stuck with me:

Live like there's no tomorrow. Dance like there's no one watching and love like it will never hurt.

I liked this topic..So I brought it back to the top..since we have some new members..

Here is a new one I like..


"Hope is the feeling you have that the feelings you have isn't permanent"
- Jean Kerr

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"The grand essentials to happiness in this life are something to do, something to love, and something to hope for"
-Joseph Addison

Would you like my collection here, or in its own thread? Its about 35 A4 pages, so...

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Freedom, Justice, Equality, Democracy, Accountability, surely not too much to ask?

FREE MUMIA

I would like to see the quotes you have to offer..Perhaps you could um...Just pick the best ones and post..or just forward me those 35 pages.. http://discussanything.com/Ubb/biggrin.gif

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"The grand essentials to happiness in this life are something to do, something to love, and something to hope for"
-Joseph Addison

Sir Winston Churchill:

"Never, never, never, never, never, never, never give up"

"I am drunk good lady, but you are ugly . . . and in the morning, I shall be sober."

"Diplomacy is the act of saying NICE DOGGIE till you can get your hands on a bigger stick."

Voltaire: "A witty comment does not an argument make." That's possibly the BEST one

or: "87.33% of all statistics are made up on the spot."

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Minister of Spanking

"I AM the lyrical Jesse James."

"People who abhore the existance of God are generally too insecure with themselves to admit that SOMETHING in the universe might be greater than they are." - Author unknown

Anyo-ne notice Voltaire talks like Yoda?

And Dave, I thought it was 84%?!

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Manu Narayan

On my monitor, between the hoobustank and incubus stickers =

Drugs Help Alot

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"it's not how you play the game.. it's how the game plays you.."

"The truth is ugly; so we put our prophets in prison."
-Charles Manson

"But the gospels actually taught you this: before you kill someone make absolutely sure he isn't well connected. So it goes."
-Kurt Vonnegut, Slaughterhouse-Five

"Those who cast the votes decide nothing. Those who count the votes decide everything."
-Joseph Stalin

"If Jack's in love, he is no judge of Jill's beauty."
-Benjamin Franklin

I'm afraid that the BB won't let me post my quotes - I'm at 10 times the character limit.

So does anyone here want me to E-mail them the lot? Just post your address, and they'll be on the way.

You could just post some of them.. Oh well e-mail them to me..

Just click on my profile..

You should have it by now, unless Microsoft "lost" the E-mail again....it's happenned quite often lately.

Originally posted by JoeyNormal
You should have it by now, unless Microsoft "lost" the E-mail again....it's happenned quite often lately.

Joey, what you could try is put it all in a single textfile, upload it to somewhere, and link to it?

or email it to me and i can add it...

Yes Joey I would like to have a list of those quotes. :)

If nothing else email them to me also..Click below .

I recently formatted my hard drive, and the file is currently not beck on it, but on a backup CD. As I'm upgrading my PC hugely over the next two weeks, and formatting once more, it would be a waste of time to re-install Office and copy the files back. I could just E-mail it to Tam, as a .doc file and let him clean it all up, and sitck it online, if he's willing to do so.

Also, not all the quotes are particularily interesting to me, some are, some are not. When I see a short passage or quote I want for future referance, I save it in this file, so while some are of the inspirational sort, others are merely facts or opinions I wish to refer back to.

I've still got the e-mail you sent me. I could just forward it to you?

"But this above all, to thine own self be true." - Polonius, from Shakespeare's Hamlet

Ok, may as well. Cool, thanks.

"pity this busy monster, manunkind,

not. Progress is a comfortable disease" - e. e. cummings


"God is dead" - Nietzche

"Nietzche is dead" - God


"The supreme reward of virtue was to be drunk for eternity" - Musaeus, quoted in Plato's Republic


"Oh shit, that HURT" - Vincent Van Gogh


"Ayn Rand was a braindead crackwhore who didn't know her metaphysics/ethics from her arsehole" - anyone who's met an Objectivist, ever.


"Vanity, vanity, 'tis all vanity...there's nothing new under the sun" - a misquotation of some part of the Bible....Ecclesiastes?


"The radical of one century is the conservative of the next. The radical invents the views. When he has worn them out, the conservative adopts them." - Mark Twain

I like the God is dead, Neitzche is dead one. Good stuff.

Know who "Rusty" on MadTV is? He had a GREAT line recently, while discussing something with a teacher...make a great sig.

"Are you high? Because smoking pot makes you stupid.

Are you sure you're not high?"