Quote THAT!
Jan 30th 2008
Karen HawkinsWhen Goddesses Fall To Earth
I love a good quote. My entire office is covered with them. Some are Life Instructions like “Live Loud.” I have that one on the door of my office so that I can remember to challenge myself while I’m writing.
On the inside of my moleskin notebook I have a quote from George Carlin that says, “Don’t sweat the petty things and don’t pet the sweaty things.” That’s to remind me not to get too wrapped up in unimportant things — like worrying about things I can’t control.
My favorite quotes right now (and they change daily) are:
“If you think you’re right, if you think you’re wrong, you’re probably right.” — Henry Ford
“I’m an excellent housekeeper. Every time I get a divorce, I keep the house!” — Zsa Zsa Gabor
“Beware of the young doctor and the old barber.” — Benjamen Franklin
“I intend to live forever. So far, so good.” — Steven Wright
“A bird doesn’t sing because it has an answer. It sings because it has a song.” — Maya Angelou
“Why does Sea World have a seafood restaurant? I’m halfway through my fish burger and I realize, Oh man, I may be eating a slow learner!” — Lyndon B Johnson
“An invasion of armies can be resisted, but not an idea whose time has come.” — Victor Hugo
What quotes mean a lot to you? Do you like inspirational or funny or both? And do you print them up and hang them over your desk, too?
81 Comments »
Judy F on 31 Jan 2008 at 6:55 am #
I have a couple at work:
I have found that if you love life, life with love you back.
Arthur Rubenstein
Don’t let the fear of striking out hold you back.
Babe RUth.
If you spend your whole life waiting for the storm you’ll never enjoy the sunshine.
Morris west
Adversity is another way to measure the greatness of individuals. I never had a crisis that didn’t make me stronger.
Lou Holtz.
I love quotes. The keep me on track sometimes.
My fav on my desk is
Dogs have owners, Cats have staff
Ellen on 31 Jan 2008 at 7:52 am #
A fanatic is one who can’t change his mind and won’t change the subject.
Winston Churchill
Ellen on 31 Jan 2008 at 7:57 am #
The hard part about being a bartender is figuring out who is drunk and who is just stupid.
Richard Braunstein
Ellen on 31 Jan 2008 at 7:59 am #
A true friend is someone who thinks that you are a good egg even though he knows that you are slightly cracked.
Author: Bernard Meltzer
cail on 31 Jan 2008 at 8:12 am #
i’m not one for inspirational quotes, but one that i always loved is “a good answer is what you think of later”
Judy, love the dog/cat one.
Freedom Writer on 31 Jan 2008 at 8:31 am #
When thinking about the future, make sure you’re not trying to fulfill someone else’s dreams. You’re more likely to stick to your own agenda.
Charles Parker Marion
The road to happiness lies in two simple principles: find what it is that interests you and that you can do well, and when you find it put your whole soul into it–every bit of energy and ambition and natural ability you have.
John D. Rockefeller III
Kim on 31 Jan 2008 at 8:35 am #
I love quotes but rarely print them out. The one from Eleanor Roosevelt about no one being able to make you feel inferior without you letting them. I try to remember that one daily.
George Carlin is a hoot, although everything he says that I remember is way too dirty to post. LOL
Gannon on 31 Jan 2008 at 8:42 am #
I love quotes. I have some books of fun quotes, and I write down good ones when I see them.
One of my faves–I use it as my signature on my e-mails–is this:
Life is not measured by the number of breaths we take, but by the moments that take our breath away.
Back with some more later…..
Margaret Garland on 31 Jan 2008 at 9:06 am #
My current e-mail sig:
Blood may be thicker than water, but love is thicker than blood. - Goldie Nash
Karen Hawkins on 31 Jan 2008 at 9:20 am #
Ohhhhh, these are AWESOME! I am taking notes here.
I thought of two other ones, too!
Good girls go to heaven, bad girls go everywhere. — Helen Gurley Brown
Being powerful is like being a lady. If you have tell people you are, then you aren’t. — Margaret Thatcher
I used to use the last one in my class when I taught poli sci.
Margaret Garland on 31 Jan 2008 at 9:32 am #
Karen, here is a web site where you can find some great quotes. It’s where I get the ones I use in my sig.
The Quotation Page
http://www.quotationspage.com/random.php3
In another month, I’ll be switching over to baseball quotes. Some wonderful ones in that category.
doglady on 31 Jan 2008 at 9:36 am #
I am a quote collector too! I love ‘em! Some of my favs -
“Girls, a lady can do everything a tramp does as long as she doesn’t do it in the street and scare the horses.” Betty Martin, Dean of Women, Judson College
“Sometimes you have to go on when you don’t feel like it, and sometimes you’re doing good work when it feels like all you’re managing is to shovel shit from a sitting position.” Stephen King - On Writing
“I can resist anything except temptation.” Oscar Wilde
Margaret Garland on 31 Jan 2008 at 9:40 am #
An intellectual is a man who takes more words than necessary to tell more than he knows. - Dwight David Eisenhower
I didn’t attend the funeral, but I sent a nice letter saying that I approved of it. - Mark Twain
It’s easy to get lost in thought if it’s not familiar territory to you. - Unknown
Laura Lee Guhrke on 31 Jan 2008 at 9:46 am #
Oscar Wilde:
I sometimes think that God in creating man somewhat overestimated his ability.
This morning, I put in a comma; this afternoon, I took it out.
I brought my diary; one should always have something sensational to read on a train.
Sir Winston Churchill:
Success is not final, failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts.
Julia London on 31 Jan 2008 at 9:50 am #
I adore Mark Twain. He has the greatest quotes. I remembered this one but had to look it up:
“There is nothing comparable to the endurance of a woman. In military life she would tire out an army of men, either in camp or on the march.” Mark Twain
That’s the kind of heroine I like to write.
SuzyQ on 31 Jan 2008 at 9:52 am #
I love quotes. This is one of my favorites for work:
A lack of planning on your part does not constitute an emergency on my part.
And this is a favorite of me and my bf:
A good friend will come and bail you out of jail. A true friend will be sitting beside you saying “Damn, that was fun!”
Lisa H on 31 Jan 2008 at 9:53 am #
These are awesome! I’ll be back later with a few contributions!
Freshechelle on 31 Jan 2008 at 9:54 am #
If you can’t say something nice, sit next to me. - Alice Roosevelt
Losing a parent is a shame, losing both is carelessness. - Oscar Wilde
And from the father of everyone’s favorite charlatan, Dr. Phil - You wouldn’t care what other people think about you if you knew how little they did.
Anything that is too stupid to be spoken is sung. - Voltaire or Wilde (I’ve seen it attributed to both.)
Freshechelle on 31 Jan 2008 at 10:27 am #
So cool that SEP is climbing Mt. Oly next week. Can’t wait.
Karen Hawkins on 31 Jan 2008 at 10:33 am #
Gannon, I loooove the one about measuring life. I’ve never heard that before, but wow!
doglady, I laughed at the tramp comment. ‘–scare the horses–” BWHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!
Margaret, I’ve been lost in thought many. many times so I can’t put that last quote up. It would be Too True!!! Thanks for the website. I’ll be very busy today, going through it.
LLG, I had an Oscar Wilde writing day yesterday and didn’t even realize it! That’s a great one. I think I may need to print that up and hang it over my computer. It’s time to change the quotes out!
Julia, I’ve always wanted to meet Mark Twain. He said so many things worth repeating.
Suzy Q, the ‘good friend’ quote made me laugh. Yup, that’s a Texas friend there.
Fresh, that Alice Roosevelt sounds so darn FUN, doesn’t she?
Buffie on 31 Jan 2008 at 10:33 am #
Karen, my dh is getting laid of from work (today is the day) and we have this hanging by the computer so that we can take comfort from it.
“The will of God will never take you where the Grace of God will not protect you.”
Karen Hawkins on 31 Jan 2008 at 10:34 am #
And yeap, SEP will be in da house! Or rather, on da mount! She’s an incredible writer and I can’t wait for her to visit with us.
Karen Hawkins on 31 Jan 2008 at 10:41 am #
Ah, Buffie, I’m so SORRY to hear about your dh. That’s a beautiful quote and I can see why it holds your hand in this difficult time.
I’ll bet there’s a better, more satisfying job out there for your DH. One that will make him, in a few month’s time, look back and realize that this event was actually a blessing.
Hugs to you both!
Freedom Writer on 31 Jan 2008 at 10:43 am #
Buffie, I like your saying
I also love all of Oscar Wilde’s quotes from the Importance of Being Earnest.
SnikWhite on 31 Jan 2008 at 10:49 am #
I love quotes! This is the one that started me collecting. Don’t worry not all are this long.
“Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. It is our light, not our darkness that most frightens us. We ask ourselves, Who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous, talented, fabulous? Actually, who are you not to be? You are a child of God. Your playing small does not serve the world. There is nothing enlightened about shrinking so that other people won’t feel insecure around you. We are all meant to shine, as children do. We were born to make manifest the glory of God that is within us. It’s not just in some of us; it’s in everyone. And as we let our own light shine, we unconsciously give other people permission to do the same. As we are liberated from our own fear, our presence automatically liberates others.” Marianne Williams (Also quoted by Nelson Mandela during his inaugrual address in Cape Town S Africa)
Cookiedough on 31 Jan 2008 at 10:55 am #
my fav right now is:
Eat well, stay fit.. die anyway
Also on my facebook page I have:
I’m in shape. Round is a shape.
SnikWhite on 31 Jan 2008 at 10:58 am #
Other quotes that I love:
Not all who wander are lost - JRR Tolkien
To ignore the facts, doesn’t change the facts. - Oscar Wilde (I think)
Do what you want and say what you feel, because those who matter don’t mind, and those who mind, don’t matter. - Dr. Suess
The way I see it, if you want to see the rainbow, you gotta put up with the rain - Dolly Parton
Make every thought, every fact, that comes into your mind pay you a profit. Make it work and produce for you. Think of things not as they are but as they might be. Don’t merely dream - but create! - Robert Collier
It’s not enough to have a dream unless I’m willing to pursue it. It’s not enough to know what’s right unless I’m strong enough to do it. It’s not enough to join the crowd, to be acknowledged and accepted. I must be true to my ideals, even if I’m excluded and rejected. It’s not enough to learn the truth unless I also learn to live it. It’s not enough to reach for love unless I care enough to give it -Unknown
Margaret Garland on 31 Jan 2008 at 11:06 am #
Cookiedough, I love the eat well one! Made me snicker. I have to save that one.
Free, I find a lot of good Wilde ones come from “Lady Windemere’s Fan”. If I were a better person, I’d have read these things.
I once read that his last words were “Either that wallpaper goes or I do.”
claudia dain on 31 Jan 2008 at 11:09 am #
I heard a comic say this, can’t remember his name, but I love this quote: It’s doesn’t matter what you call me; all that matters is what I answer to.
Mae West: When I’m good, I’m very good…and when I’m bad, I’m better. Gotta love that woman!
I don’t have any quotes posted around my office, but the one that is in my head currently and stuck there, courtesy of DH: Go big or go home.
I do have a refrigerator magnet, a gift from Sabrina, that says it all: Let’s assume I know everything and get this over with. Sabrina…she knows me too well.
Mia Rose on 31 Jan 2008 at 11:13 am #
Hi my name is Mia and I’m a quote whore.
Seriously, I love quotes… inspriational, funny, lyric lines from songs… I save them all and surround myself with ‘em.
I have a book of quotes too, Gannon. I’ve had it for years and I LOVE it. Some of my all time favs…
“What a woman says to her ardent lover should be written in wind and running water.” - Caius Valerius Catullus
“Pleasures a sin, and sometimes sins a pleasure.” - Lord Byron
“By words the mind is winged.” - Aristophanes
“Only the passions, only great passions, can elevate the mind to great things.” - Dennis Diderot
“Don’t get your knickers in a knot. Nothing is solved and it just makes you walk funny.” - Kathryn Carpenter
“I trust only one thing in a woman; that she will not come to life again after she is dead. In all other things I distrust her.” - Antiphanes
Ellen I Love the egg one! I’m going to have to start adding some of these to my collection…
Mia Rose on 31 Jan 2008 at 11:14 am #
P.S.
For all you fiction writers, this one puts a smile on your face…
“Fiction writing is great. You can make up almost anything.”
- Ivana Trump after writing her first novel
Bithalynn on 31 Jan 2008 at 11:19 am #
My favorite is from Martha Graham, a dancer/coreographer
“There is a vitality, a life force, an energy, a quickening, that is translated through you into action, and because there is only one of you in all time, this expression is unique. And if you block it, it will never exist through any other medium and will be lost.”
Karen Hawkins on 31 Jan 2008 at 11:48 am #
Snik, that made me get teary-eyed. What an absolutely beautiful quote. Thank you for sharing. I’ve got to write that one down. Thank goodness I can copy and paste that to my Word!
CookieD, I’m on Weight Watchers and I need a ’round is a shape’ quote myself. Ha!
Hello, Mia! Welcome to the Quote Ho meeting! I’m one, too. I’m scribbling all fo these down as fast as I can. I need to see more Oscar Wilde! I love the Antiphanes quote and the Trump one isn’t to be sneezed at, either!
Bitha, that’s a gorgeous quote. Makes me think of the Dancing with the Stars show . . . I am always so awed by how beautifully they can move after their lessons. Wow!
bonnieblue on 31 Jan 2008 at 11:50 am #
My all time favorite quote that I put everywhere, but don’t know who said it is “Women who behave rarely make history”…I have it on a t-shirt and I always get lots of compliments on it…
I also like “I know I’m in my own little world, but it’s okay, they know me here.”
“Smile! It increases your face value” Dolly Parton, Steel Magnolias
I love quotes! All the ones y’all posted are fantastic!
Kim on 31 Jan 2008 at 11:55 am #
OMG!!! SEP is coming to the Mt! Holy schmoly! Did I tell y’all about the fool I made of myself in Dallas? The horrors! Goddesses, I promise to be on my bestest behavior. Promise!
Adrienne on 31 Jan 2008 at 12:20 pm #
These are wonderful.
My current favorties:
“It is never too late to be what you might have been.” - George Eliot
“Be a light unto yourself.” - Buddha
ladydawgfan on 31 Jan 2008 at 12:28 pm #
I have several favorites:
“The difference between Mercy and Grace:
Mercy is when God doesn’t give us what we do deserve;
Grace is when God gives us what we don’t deserve.” ~~ unknown
“Time is a companion that goes with us on a journey. It reminds us to cherish each moment, because it will never come again. What we leave behind is not as important as how we have lived. ” Jean Luc Picard - Star Trek Generations
ct009ct on 31 Jan 2008 at 12:29 pm #
Not sure if they qualify as quotes, (don’t actually know where I got them) but these two have been on my fridge forever (really):
CHILDREN - Tired of being harrassed by your parents?
ACT NOW! - Move out, Get a Job, Pay your own bills,
While you still know everything.
So far, God, I’ve done alright. I haven’t gossiped, I haven’t lost my temper.
I haven’t been grumpy, nasty or selfish. I’m really glad of that.
But in a few minutes, God, I’m going to get out of bed;
I’m probably going to need a lot of help!
zambonigirl on 31 Jan 2008 at 12:32 pm #
Some of the quotes on here are thoughtful, some are very funny. I knew I could definitely count on Ellen and Snik White. I currently have two quotes on my bulletin board:
Silence is as full of potential wisdom as the unhewn marble of great sculpture-Robert Heinlein and
Set your heart on integrity, true piety, faithfulness, love, endurance and gentleness-Timothy 6:11 (It’s on a card with my name and the meaning on it.)
I used to have a hilarious quote from Michael Parfit about chickens and tiddleywinks; I’ll see if I can find it on google.
ct009ct on 31 Jan 2008 at 12:32 pm #
A favorite of mine:
“To me, old age is always fifteen years older than I am” - Bernard Baruch
ct009ct on 31 Jan 2008 at 12:36 pm #
And this one:
“Men are like wine. Some turn to vinegar, but the best improve with age.”
- Pope John XXIII
anneriailin on 31 Jan 2008 at 12:46 pm #
I’m a quote whore also. Love the ones I’ve read here. I’ll try to put some that haven’t already been done.
Here’s one I keep on my office cubicle — The man who rows the boat generally doesn’t have time to rock it. don’t know who said it though
And two dragon ones: It does not do to leave a dragon out of your calculations if you live near him. JRR Tolkien
Meddle not in the affairs of a dragon for thou art crunchy and taste good with ketchup. — my favorite bumbersticker
Lisa H on 31 Jan 2008 at 12:48 pm #
A balanced diet is chocolate in both hands. - unknown
“When people call me a dumb blonde, it doesn’t bother me. I know I’m not dumb and I know I’m not a blonde.” - Dolly Parton
anneriailin on 31 Jan 2008 at 12:51 pm #
Found another one!! I know alot of people who should heed this!
It is better to remain silent and be thought a fool than to open one’s mouth and remove all doubt.
Abraham Lincoln
Gannon on 31 Jan 2008 at 12:53 pm #
I love this line that Dumbledore says to Harry in Harry Potter And The Chamber of Secrets:
“It is not our abilities that show what we truly are. It is our choices.”
That is so true, isn’t it?!
Karen Hawkins on 31 Jan 2008 at 12:56 pm #
bonnie, ha! I love that! I promise not to behave too much.
Kim, yup! SEP herself is goinna climb the Mt. And boy, are we EXCITED!
Oooohhhh, Andrienne, I love the one from George Eliot. That’s just wonderful.
ladydawg, a quote from Jon-Luc? Suzanne Enoch is gonna be so proud of you!
It’s a wonderful quote, too. I can just hear him saying that!
ct, your quote about the kids moving out ‘while you still know everything’ is priceless. I need to get that magnet for my son! Btw, you quoted the Pope — wow!
zamboni, please find that quote. I can’t even imagine what chickens have to do with tiddlywinks, but now you’ve got me wonderin’.
Anne, i always snicker when I read your last dragon quote on bumper stickers. It’s funny, but some quote are funny every single time you read/hear/see them.
Karen Hawkins on 31 Jan 2008 at 12:57 pm #
Gannon, that’s a great quote. I’m going to send that one to my daughter. She loved that series and she has become very reflective lately (finally!).
Lisa H on 31 Jan 2008 at 1:02 pm #
I have not yet begun to fight. - John Paul Jones
This is the sort of English up with which I will not put. - Winston Churchill
It is amazing how complete is the delusion that beauty is goodness. - Leo Tolstoy
Do noble things, do not dream them all day long. - Charles Kingsley
THe only thing necessary for evil to triumph is for good men to do nothing. Edmond Burke
Professionals built the Titanic, amatures the ark. - Unknown
I’ve been things and seen places. - Mae West
Show me a hero and I will write you a tradgedy. - F. Scott Fitzgerald
What one beholds of a woman is the least part of her. - Ovid
Yes, I love quotes, they are important to me!
ladydawgfan on 31 Jan 2008 at 1:03 pm #
I have many more on my computer at home. I am at work and trying to remember my favorites. I am loving the ones quoted here and will be copying and pasting like a mad fool later on when I get home!!!!
Lisa H on 31 Jan 2008 at 1:04 pm #
I loooove SEP! Can’t wait to blog with her!
SnikWhite on 31 Jan 2008 at 1:16 pm #
Gannon I love that one! Oh that more people thought about the choices they make!!!
Flatter me, and I may not believe you.
Criticize me, and I may not like you.
Ignore me, and I may not forgive you.
Encourage me, and I will never forget you. - William Arthur Ward
Courage is resistance to fear, mastery of fear - not absence of fear. - Mark Twain
Everyone has talent. What is rare is the courage to follow the talent to the dark place where it leads -Erica Jong
Laughter is an instant vacation - Milton Berle
The opportunity of a lifetime only lasts as long as the lifetime of that opportunity. -Unknown
Some cause happiness where ever they go…some when they go- Oscar Wilde
Mia Rose on 31 Jan 2008 at 1:19 pm #
Quote ho reporting a couple more…
“I think that God in creating Man somewhat overestimated his ability.” - Oscar Wilde (for you Karen H)
“Women are sick of men who don’t share, and that means whether they talk all of the time or none of it.” - Jude Deveraux’s High Tide
“Giving a man space is like giving a dog a computer: Chances are he will not use it wisely.” - Bette-Jane Raphael
“Love can do all but raise the dead.” - Emily Dickenson
“There is no pleasure in having nothing to do; the fun is having lots to do and not doing it.” - Mary Little
ct009ct on 31 Jan 2008 at 1:37 pm #
“When the grandmothers of today hear the word “Chippendales,” they don’t necessarily think of chairs.” - Jean Kerr
KariE on 31 Jan 2008 at 1:43 pm #
It’s not a famous quote but who cares:
“KarenH, Congratulations on TCAH’s success!!!”
-Kari E.
This one is a little saying I have loved since I was little:
Today…is the tomorrow you worried about yesterday.
-I have no clue who said/wrote it. aka. Unknown
zambonigirl on 31 Jan 2008 at 1:49 pm #
I found it! I had put it on my live journal: That’s the kind of thing you think about when you’re walking 190 miles. You start off seeking profound awareness of the complexity of life, and what you get is tiddly winks and killer chickens.
-Michael Parfit~Walking Across England
You can actually google the article and read it on the Smithsonian website, but they totally condensed it so that the quote hardly makes any sense. Here’s the article: http://www.smithsonianmag.com/history-archaeology/england.html
ct009ct on 31 Jan 2008 at 1:49 pm #
Don’t know who said these:
“Being happy doesn’t mean everything is perfect, it just means you’ve decided to see beyond.”
“Around here, we put the ‘fun’ in disFUNctional!”
“Doing a good deed is like peeing in your pants. Everyone can see it, but only you get the funny, warm feeling.”
Lisa H on 31 Jan 2008 at 2:31 pm #
ct009ct - love the good deed-peeing in your pants! LOL
Karen Hawkins on 31 Jan 2008 at 2:39 pm #
I have over thirty new quotes now! Thank you all for sharing!
Kari, that’s a GREAT quote! You made me grin ear-to-ear.
It’s amazing how powerful - or upifting - words can be.
Krissy on 31 Jan 2008 at 2:53 pm #
One of my favorite quotes comes from mark Twain (that man was pretty quotable):
A man who does not read good books has no advantage over the man who can’t read them
KariE on 31 Jan 2008 at 3:16 pm #
>>It’s amazing how powerful - or upifting - words can be.
Yes,it is, that is why I agree that:
The Pen Is Mightier Than The Sword
-Edward Bulwer-Lytton
Ann in IL on 31 Jan 2008 at 3:23 pm #
Ooohh, I love quotes. Have books, boxes and snippets of papre all over the house. Here are a few of my all time faves.
Life is mostly froth and buble,
Two things stand like stone -
Kindness in another’s troubles
and Courage in your own. Adam Lindsay Gordon
Vacation : What you take when you can no longer take what you’ve been taking. Ron Dentinger
A woman is like a tea bag. You never know her true strength until she gets into hot water.
There are two great books of quotes. APPLES OF GOLD and WINGS OF SILVER. Here are a few………
The man who understands one woman is qualified to understand pretty well everything.
The best gifts are tied with heartstings
The blue of heaven is larger than the clouds.
Caffey on 31 Jan 2008 at 3:29 pm #
I don’t have alot of quotes I use but most I had from a quote a day desk calendar I had once and saved on my old computer but I looked up some I thought I remembered mostly of famous authors:
“There is nothing like staying at home for real comfort.” -Jane Austen
(I so love being home!)
“The best and most beautiful things in the world cannot be seen or even touched. They must be felt within the heart.” -Helen Keller (Being deaf, I so admire her and she touches my heart alot)
“I don’t give a damn for a man that can only spell a word one way.” -Mark Twain (I always have so many typos, LOL)
Ann in IL on 31 Jan 2008 at 3:30 pm #
More……….
A diamond is a piece of coal that stuck to the job.
Tact is the ability to close your mouth before someone else wants to.
Taxes could be much worse - suppose we had to pay on what we THINK we’re worth.
To speak kindly does not hurt the tongue
One learns manners from those who have none.
Nothing is so strong as gentleness,
nothing so gentle as real strength.
People who fly into a rage always make a bad landing.
Out of the mouths of babes come words we shouldn’t have said in the first place
RachelG on 31 Jan 2008 at 4:35 pm #
Great spirits have always encountered violent opposition from mediocre minds.–Albert Einstein
It serves me right for keeping all my eggs in one bastard. — Dorothy Parker
What men call gallantry, and gods adultery, is much more common where the climate’s sultry–Lord Byron
Sabrina Jeffries on 31 Jan 2008 at 6:29 pm #
My two fave writing quotes are:
“What is written without effort is in general read without pleasure.”–Samuel Johnson
and “Writing is like prostitution. First you do it for love, and then for a few close friends, and then for money.”–Moliere
I can’t find a source for it, but one of my recent favorites is one my sister related,
“Bitterness is a poison that you drink hoping that it will make someone else sick.”
And then there’s one of my faves from Warren Zevon:
“I’ll sleep when I’m dead.”
Lisa H on 31 Jan 2008 at 6:33 pm #
Oh Sabrina - I love your “writing is like prostitution” very funny!
Kelly Ann on 31 Jan 2008 at 7:05 pm #
I have a ton of fav’s - funny & serious! here are a few -
‘I crawled into my books and pulled the pages up over my head’.
Said by the character Mary Russell in Laurie R. King’s book, Monstrous Women.
Happiness is wanting what you have; not having what you want.”
- Mark Twain
“A Ship is safe in harbor, but that’s not what ship’s are for.” - William Shedd
“You were born an original. Don’t die a copy.” - John Mason
And one more -
“Perseverance & Spirit have done wonders in all ages.” - General George Washington
I have a million - I’m also a quote ho! I’m so glad you posted this topic today, now I have more for my collection! ha-ha!
Karen Hawkins on 31 Jan 2008 at 7:29 pm #
I’ve added over fifty new quotes to my Quote Folder! Thanks guys! I am inspired, amused, and thoroughly gloating over such quote bounty.
Suzanne Enoch on 31 Jan 2008 at 9:49 pm #
Yay, ladydawgfan! Jean-Luc Picard!
Some of my fav quotes are from Joss Whedon, whom I want to be when I grow up *g*:
-from “Buffy the Vampire Slayer”: “Are we gonna fight, or is there just gonna be a monster sarcasm rally?”
-from Joss: “I love to write. I love it. I mean there’s nothin in the world I like better, and that includes sex, probably because I’m so very bad at it.”
-from “Serenity”: “I aim to misbehave.”
“Let’s be bad guys.”
Not very profound, but fun. I hope. Ahem.
doglady on 31 Jan 2008 at 9:55 pm #
Good evening, all! Karen H - I ADORED TCAH!!! Finished it last night. Him eating that soup cracked me up. Great work, my friend!
More quotes :
Stop telling God how big your storm is. Instead, tell the storm how big your God is!
The hardest thing to learn in life is which bridge to cross and which to burn.
Finish the damned book! - Anna Campbell’s advice to me on writing.
I care for no man’s religion who’s dog is not the better for it. Abraham Lincoln
The most massive characters are seared with scars. Out of suffering comes the strongest souls. Kahlil Gibran
A friend had this put on a headstone for my beloved Great Dane, Glory’s grave.
Know that no matter how deep my sleep
And all the power of death
Can keep my spirit from being with you.
ladydawgfan on 31 Jan 2008 at 11:57 pm #
More from me!!
“Life is not a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in a pretty and well-preserved body…but rather to skid in broadside, thoroughly used up, totally worn out, and loudly proclaiming, WOW! What a ride!”…
~~Unknown
If wealth is gone, nothing is lost; if health is gone, something has lost. But if a good character is gone, everything is lost.
—Unknown
It is never too late to be what you might have been.
—George Eliot
doglady on 01 Feb 2008 at 12:19 am #
ladydawgfan, I LOVE that first one!!!
evlqn on 01 Feb 2008 at 1:37 am #
I have two quotes that I really like, one is from my dad and the other from Tommy Lee Jones in the Fugitive.
When I was a teenager and I wanted to know WHY I couldn’t do what my friends could, my dad told me, “The loneliest man in the world is the one who lays down thier principals to stand with thier friends.” I started picking a better class of friends.
And I absolutely loved when Richard Kimball told Sam Gerard he was innocent and Gerard said,”I don’t care.”
Karen Hawkins on 01 Feb 2008 at 9:19 am #
Suzanne Enoch, I KNEW you’d love the Jean-Luc quote!
doglady, I’m so glad you enjoyed TCAH! I had a great time watching Sophie try and torture Dougal, but had the upper hand all of the time . . . well, he did until it came to fighting his own desires for her.
And I’m glad to see a fellow Kahlil Gabran fan!
evign, that’s so cool that your father was able to say something so profound that it changed your outlook for the better! I love that. I hope I’m able to pull off that miracle for my own kids when they need it, too.
Pesky on 01 Feb 2008 at 12:38 pm #
I’m in the middle of a 174 lb weight loss. 80 lbs down. I have quotes up all over the place. The one I keep in front of me is:
If hunger is not the problem, food is not the solution.
I also have some that I have for work:
“It is what it is” (Which to me is, regarless of the reason something happened, it’s my job to fix it.)
“Be excellent to one another.” Bill and Ted
“Be kind to yourself” Anon
“Failure IS an option.” (I test emerging technologies. We try and make it work…but sometimes failure is the answer.)
and “What did the fish say when it swam into the wall? Dam…”
Those hang up, but I have numerous quotation books in my office.
Karen Hawkins on 01 Feb 2008 at 1:04 pm #
Pesky, you have and are accomplishing so much! I am inspired. I love your quotes, especially the first one. Thank you for sharing with us! I am losing weight too and I am going to print that up and put it on my mirror so I see it first thing every morning.
barbara on 01 Feb 2008 at 9:59 pm #
Here are 2 worth pondering:
In the case of good books, the point is not how many of them you can get
through, but rather how many can get through to you. -Mortimer J. Adler,
philosopher, educator and author (1902-2001)
and this is my favorite………
A word is not a crystal, transparent and unchanged, it is the skin of a
living thought and may vary greatly in color and content according to the
circumstances and the time in which it is used. -Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.,
jurist (1841-1935)
BeatriceYoung on 02 Feb 2008 at 2:34 pm #
My favorite quote is by William Shakespeare. It’s one that many people have heard. I myself am in love, which makes this quote somewhat ironic. But it is very inpirational:
“Love is blind.”
BeatriceYoung on 02 Feb 2008 at 2:36 pm #
Sorry, I’ve misspelled “inspirational”
Kathleen Grandfield on 07 Feb 2008 at 8:34 am #
Hi Everyone I am new to this blog and I love quotes!
Here’s one of my favorites from Saint Agustine:
“The measure of love is to love without measure.”
PJane1031 on 17 Feb 2008 at 2:22 am #
Is it too late to add a few of my favorites?! I’m also new. . . .I already feel like I’m getting to know folks on here from reading the blogs/etc.!!
O.K. So, a few I don’t know who said them, but I love:
Nothing makes it easier to resist temptation than a proper upbringing, a sound set of values, and witnesses.
You know, I don’t really want people to spoil my delusions with reality.
Problem? What problem? It’s just an issue that hasn’t been resolved yet!!
“Donkey, you have the right to remain silent. What you lack is the capacity.” –Shrek
Bud Bundy (a la ‘Married with Children’): “When you pour a gallon of knowledge into a shot glass-sized brain, you’re bound to spill some.” (this sits in front of me at my desk so that I can look at it and take a deep breath whenever I’m on the verge of strangling a co-worker that has managed to live up to the quote)
Finally: I may disagree with what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it. –Voltaire