Favorite quote - Page 16

brownjenkins · 04-27-2004, 03:34 PM

i can resist everything but temptation ~ oscar wilde

Falagar · 04-27-2004, 04:40 PM

"Jason had doting parents and an attention span of minus several seconds, except when it came to inventive cruelty to small furry animals, when he could be quite patient. Jason kicked, punched, bit and spat. His artwork had even frightened the life out of Miss Smith, who could generally find something nice to say about any child. He was definitely a boy with special needs. In the view of the staffroom, these began with an exorcism.."
-Thief of Time

Brilliant writing.

brownjenkins · 04-27-2004, 04:52 PM

"'But I don’t want to go among mad people,' Alice remarked.

'Oh, you can’t help that,' said the Cat. 'We’re all mad here. I’m mad. You’re mad.'

'How do you know I’m mad?' said Alice.

'You must be,' said the Cat. 'or you wouldn’t have come here.'"

~ "Alice in Wonderland," Lewis Carroll

Falagar · 04-27-2004, 05:19 PM

"No matter where you go, there you are."
-Can't remember...someone help me?

Count Comfect · 04-27-2004, 06:18 PM

Wilde quotes are very fun.

The truth is rarely pure and never simple. Modern life would be very tedious if it were either, and modern literature a
complete impossibility!

I do not approve of anything that tampers with natural ignorance. Ignorance is like a delicate exotic fruit; touch it and the bloom is gone. The whole theory of modern education is radically unsound. Fortunately in England, at any rate, education produces no effect whatsoever.

Long, but good.

Mercutio · 04-27-2004, 06:37 PM

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

Elvengirl · 04-27-2004, 07:58 PM

"For me life is continuously being hungry. The meaning of life is not simply to exist, to suvive, but to move ahead, to go up, to achieve, to conquer."

"I saw a woman wearing a sweatshirt with Guess on it. I said, 'Thyroid problem'?"

both by Arnold Schwarzenegger

Elvengirl · 04-27-2004, 07:58 PM

"For me life is continuously being hungry. The meaning of life is not simply to exist, to suvive, but to move ahead, to go up, to achieve, to conquer."

"I saw a woman wearing a sweatshirt with Guess on it. I said, 'Thyroid problem'?"

both by Arnold Schwarzenegger

Elvengirl · 04-27-2004, 07:59 PM

"For me life is continuously being hungry. The meaning of life is not simply to exist, to suvive, but to move ahead, to go up, to achieve, to conquer."

"I saw a woman wearing a sweatshirt with Guess on it. I said, 'Thyroid problem?' "

both by Arnold Schwarzenegger

Mercutio · 04-27-2004, 08:22 PM

Woah

! Triple post---

"As my wimsey takes me"

Lord Peter Wimsey

Elvengirl · 04-27-2004, 09:12 PM

Whoopsadaisy

how'd that happen?

Count Comfect · 04-28-2004, 12:17 AM

Mercutio - the Twain quote is what I used in our yearbook this year for a senior quote under my name.

People don't want handouts - they want handjobs.
- a (very) former governor of Idaho, to riotous applause.

Janny · 04-28-2004, 11:04 AM

Before you criticise someone walk a mile in their shoes - Anon...

Then you're a mile away and they have no shoes.

Can anyone attribute the second bit?

Falagar · 04-28-2004, 03:08 PM

Can't remember, but read it recently...Pratchett, I think.

Here's a few good quotes I found on some web-site:

"You cannot make someone love you. All you can do is stalk them and hope they panic and give in."

"If the good die young then immortality must be reserved for the greatest of evils."

Elvengirl · 05-02-2004, 09:11 PM

One is what one is, not what one is admired or hated for. ~ LRH

The mind is the limit. As long as the mind can envision the fact that you can do something, you can do it, as long as you really believe 100%. ~ AS

Quote:

Originally posted by Falagar

"You cannot make someone love you. All you can do is stalk them and hope they panic and give in."

o.O

Mercutio · 05-02-2004, 10:58 PM

"For myself I am an optimist - it does not seem to be much use being anything else."

Winston Churchill

***Khamûl*** · 05-03-2004, 12:57 AM

In keeping with the Winston Churchill theme...

After being told that he was drunk by a woman at a party, he replied with something along the lines of "I may be drunk, but you are ugly. However, in the morning, I will be sober and you will still be ugly."

Not an exact quote, but you get the idea.

Falagar · 05-03-2004, 06:44 AM

"All warfare is based on deception"
-Sun Tzu

"You do not go to war to see if you are going to win, you win first and then you go to war."
-Sun Tzu

"Bonaparte has not given me any idea of his projects; and as my plans will depend upon his, how can you expect me to tell you what mine are?"
-Lord Uxbridge

"Life" said Marvin dolefully. 'Loathe it or ignore it, you can't like it."
-Marvin

Elvengirl · 05-05-2004, 09:54 AM

"You're not your job. You're not how much money you have in the bank. You're not the car you drive. You're not the contents of your wallet. You're not your f***ing khakis. You're the all-singing, all-dancing c*** of the world"
~ Tyler Durden

"I love Mickey Mouse more than any woman I have ever known"
~Walt Disney

brownjenkins · 05-05-2004, 10:53 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by Elvengirl
"I love Mickey Mouse more than any woman I have ever known"
~Walt Disney

that's kind of disturbing

04-27-2004, 03:34 PM	#301
brownjenkins Advocatus Diaboli Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Reality Posts: 3,767	i can resist everything but temptation ~ oscar wilde __________________ Your reality, sir, is lies and balderdash and I'm delighted to say that I have no grasp of it whatsoever.

04-27-2004, 04:40 PM	#302
Falagar Death of Mooters and [Entmoot] Internal Affairs Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Oslo, Norway Posts: 2,870	"Jason had doting parents and an attention span of minus several seconds, except when it came to inventive cruelty to small furry animals, when he could be quite patient. Jason kicked, punched, bit and spat. His artwork had even frightened the life out of Miss Smith, who could generally find something nice to say about any child. He was definitely a boy with special needs. In the view of the staffroom, these began with an exorcism.." -Thief of Time Brilliant writing. __________________ Fëanor - Innocence incarnated Still, Aikanáro 'till the Last battle. Last edited by Falagar : 04-27-2004 at 04:42 PM.

04-27-2004, 04:52 PM	#303
brownjenkins Advocatus Diaboli Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Reality Posts: 3,767	"'But I don’t want to go among mad people,' Alice remarked. 'Oh, you can’t help that,' said the Cat. 'We’re all mad here. I’m mad. You’re mad.' 'How do you know I’m mad?' said Alice. 'You must be,' said the Cat. 'or you wouldn’t have come here.'" ~ "Alice in Wonderland," Lewis Carroll __________________ Your reality, sir, is lies and balderdash and I'm delighted to say that I have no grasp of it whatsoever.

04-27-2004, 05:19 PM	#304
Falagar Death of Mooters and [Entmoot] Internal Affairs Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Oslo, Norway Posts: 2,870	"No matter where you go, there you are." -Can't remember...someone help me? __________________ Fëanor - Innocence incarnated Still, Aikanáro 'till the Last battle.

04-27-2004, 06:18 PM	#305
Count Comfect Word Santa Claus Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Chicago, IL Posts: 2,922	Wilde quotes are very fun. The truth is rarely pure and never simple. Modern life would be very tedious if it were either, and modern literature a complete impossibility! I do not approve of anything that tampers with natural ignorance. Ignorance is like a delicate exotic fruit; touch it and the bloom is gone. The whole theory of modern education is radically unsound. Fortunately in England, at any rate, education produces no effect whatsoever. Long, but good. __________________ Sufficient to have stood, yet free to fall. Last edited by Count Comfect : 04-27-2004 at 06:19 PM.

04-27-2004, 06:37 PM	#306
Mercutio Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Narnia Posts: 1,656	"I have never let my schooling interfere with my education." Mark Twain __________________ Mike nodded. A sombre nod. The nod Napoleon might have given if somebody had met him in 1812 and said, "So, you're back from Moscow, eh?". Interested in C.S. Lewis? Visit the forum dedicated to one of Tolkien's greatest contemporaries.

04-27-2004, 07:58 PM	#307
Elvengirl Mirthful Maiden Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Rivendell Posts: 1,252	"For me life is continuously being hungry. The meaning of life is not simply to exist, to suvive, but to move ahead, to go up, to achieve, to conquer." "I saw a woman wearing a sweatshirt with Guess on it. I said, 'Thyroid problem'?" both by Arnold Schwarzenegger __________________ The Elves represent, as it were, the artistic, aesthetic, and purely scientific aspects of the Humane nature raised to a higher level than is actually seen in Men.~ J.R.R. Tolkien Wanna play? www.thievesguild.com

04-27-2004, 07:58 PM	#308
Elvengirl Mirthful Maiden Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Rivendell Posts: 1,252	"For me life is continuously being hungry. The meaning of life is not simply to exist, to suvive, but to move ahead, to go up, to achieve, to conquer." "I saw a woman wearing a sweatshirt with Guess on it. I said, 'Thyroid problem'?" both by Arnold Schwarzenegger __________________ The Elves represent, as it were, the artistic, aesthetic, and purely scientific aspects of the Humane nature raised to a higher level than is actually seen in Men.~ J.R.R. Tolkien Wanna play? www.thievesguild.com

04-27-2004, 07:59 PM	#309
Elvengirl Mirthful Maiden Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Rivendell Posts: 1,252	"For me life is continuously being hungry. The meaning of life is not simply to exist, to suvive, but to move ahead, to go up, to achieve, to conquer." "I saw a woman wearing a sweatshirt with Guess on it. I said, 'Thyroid problem?' " both by Arnold Schwarzenegger __________________ The Elves represent, as it were, the artistic, aesthetic, and purely scientific aspects of the Humane nature raised to a higher level than is actually seen in Men.~ J.R.R. Tolkien Wanna play? www.thievesguild.com

04-27-2004, 08:22 PM	#310
Mercutio Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Narnia Posts: 1,656	Woah ! Triple post--- "As my wimsey takes me" Lord Peter Wimsey __________________ Mike nodded. A sombre nod. The nod Napoleon might have given if somebody had met him in 1812 and said, "So, you're back from Moscow, eh?". Interested in C.S. Lewis? Visit the forum dedicated to one of Tolkien's greatest contemporaries.

04-27-2004, 09:12 PM	#311
Elvengirl Mirthful Maiden Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Rivendell Posts: 1,252	Whoopsadaisy how'd that happen? __________________ The Elves represent, as it were, the artistic, aesthetic, and purely scientific aspects of the Humane nature raised to a higher level than is actually seen in Men.~ J.R.R. Tolkien Wanna play? www.thievesguild.com

04-28-2004, 12:17 AM	#312
Count Comfect Word Santa Claus Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Chicago, IL Posts: 2,922	Mercutio - the Twain quote is what I used in our yearbook this year for a senior quote under my name. People don't want handouts - they want handjobs. - a (very) former governor of Idaho, to riotous applause. __________________ Sufficient to have stood, yet free to fall.

04-28-2004, 11:04 AM	#313
Janny The Blobbit Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Kent, England (Not Oxford! ... yet...) Posts: 1,596	Before you criticise someone walk a mile in their shoes - Anon... Then you're a mile away and they have no shoes. Can anyone attribute the second bit? __________________ Janny's Songs Janny's lyrics and random photographs Tradition means giving votes to the most obscure of all classes, our ancestors. It is the democracy of the dead. Tradition refuses to submit to the small and arrogant oligarchy of those who happen to be walking about. ~ Mercutio... erm, GK Chesterton.

04-28-2004, 03:08 PM	#314
Falagar Death of Mooters and [Entmoot] Internal Affairs Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Oslo, Norway Posts: 2,870	Can't remember, but read it recently...Pratchett, I think. Here's a few good quotes I found on some web-site: "You cannot make someone love you. All you can do is stalk them and hope they panic and give in." "If the good die young then immortality must be reserved for the greatest of evils." __________________ Fëanor - Innocence incarnated Still, Aikanáro 'till the Last battle. Last edited by Falagar : 04-28-2004 at 03:29 PM.

05-02-2004, 10:58 PM	#316
Mercutio Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Narnia Posts: 1,656	"For myself I am an optimist - it does not seem to be much use being anything else." Winston Churchill __________________ Mike nodded. A sombre nod. The nod Napoleon might have given if somebody had met him in 1812 and said, "So, you're back from Moscow, eh?". Interested in C.S. Lewis? Visit the forum dedicated to one of Tolkien's greatest contemporaries.

05-03-2004, 12:57 AM	#317
*Khamûl* Slacker Warrior Admin Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Alabama Posts: 2,759	In keeping with the Winston Churchill theme... After being told that he was drunk by a woman at a party, he replied with something along the lines of "I may be drunk, but you are ugly. However, in the morning, I will be sober and you will still be ugly." Not an exact quote, but you get the idea. __________________ "If the giving of information is to be the cure of your inquisitiveness, I shall spend all the rest of my days in answering you." Gandalf to Pippin Psalm 107:31

05-03-2004, 06:44 AM	#318
Falagar Death of Mooters and [Entmoot] Internal Affairs Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Oslo, Norway Posts: 2,870	"All warfare is based on deception" -Sun Tzu "You do not go to war to see if you are going to win, you win first and then you go to war." -Sun Tzu "Bonaparte has not given me any idea of his projects; and as my plans will depend upon his, how can you expect me to tell you what mine are?" -Lord Uxbridge "Life" said Marvin dolefully. 'Loathe it or ignore it, you can't like it." -Marvin __________________ Fëanor - Innocence incarnated Still, Aikanáro 'till the Last battle.

05-05-2004, 09:54 AM	#319
Elvengirl Mirthful Maiden Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Rivendell Posts: 1,252	"You're not your job. You're not how much money you have in the bank. You're not the car you drive. You're not the contents of your wallet. You're not your f*ing khakis. You're the all-singing, all-dancing c* of the world" ~ Tyler Durden "I love Mickey Mouse more than any woman I have ever known" ~Walt Disney __________________ The Elves represent, as it were, the artistic, aesthetic, and purely scientific aspects of the Humane nature raised to a higher level than is actually seen in Men.~ J.R.R. Tolkien Wanna play? www.thievesguild.com Last edited by Elvengirl : 05-05-2004 at 08:54 PM.

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