Has anyone got a quotes book? I have one and I think it's one of the most important things in my life. In it, you write real cool quotes that inspire you, they can be from books, movies and famous people or even your friends! I reckon everyone should start up a quotes book because it could even help you in your time of crisis. Whenever I'm feeling a bit down, I just flip through it and it really makes me feel better, so get out there and start one. Here are a few to start you out: "A journey of a thousand miles begins with one single step"-confucious, "Always be a first rate version of yourself, instead of a second rate version of somebody else" -Judy Garland. "Be like a postage stamp. Stick to one thing till you get there"-Josh Billings
Trust me, this is real fun

"You cannot simultameously prevent and prepare for war." -Albert Einstein

"What lies behind us and what lies before us are small matters compared to what lies within us."
--Ralph Waldo Emerson

"Man's reach should exceed his grasp, or what's a heaven for?"
--Robert Browning

"Hope is the companion of power and the mother of success, For those of us who hope strongest have within us the gift of miracles."
--Sydney Bremer

"Impossible is a word to be found only in the dictionary of fools."
--Unknown

"The human heart feels things the eyes cannot see, and knows what the mind cannot understand."
--Robert Vallett

"The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams."
--Eleanor Roosevelt

"When you reach for the stars, you may not quite get them, but you won't come up with a handful of mud either."
--Leo Burnett

"Learn as if you were going to live forever. Live as if you were going to die tomorrow."
--Mahatma Gandhi

"All stories teach us something, and promise us something, whether they're true or invented, legend or fact "
--Stewart O'Nan

"You should always learn, with life comes wisdom and with wisdom comes the courage to live your life selflessly. The more you learn about yourself and the experiences surrounding your life the more opportunities you have to make your life better and more fulfilling."
--Amy Candy

Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth
--1 Corinthians 13:6

-Most I can remember...

-Katz

"If you love me, you will do as I will."

"Pain is inevitable; suffering is optional."

"Truth sits upon the lips of dying men." Matthew Arnold

"Let us so live that when we come to die even the undertaker will be sorry." Mark Twain

"when the power of love overcomes the love of power the world will know peace"
- Jimi Hendrix

"Though the sun is gone, I have light." Kurt Cobain

"If it's illegal to rock and roll, throw my *** in jail!" Kurt Cobain

"Eat more chicken."-Chic-fil-a cow

"If you want to really know how a guy will treat you when you start going out, look at how he treats his mom because that's exactly how he will treat you." - Mr. G.

"i swear to drunk i'm not god"

"don't embrace violence, instead hug a hippo!"

"eat greasy chicken."

I'm not one for those "inspiring" quotes, but what the hell. I've got some good funny ones. They are as follows:
"The good psychic would pick up the phone before it rang. Of course it is possible there was no one on the other line. Once she said "God Bless you" I said, "I didn't sneeze" She looked deep into my eyes and said, "You will, eventually." And damn it if she wasn't right. Two days later I sneezed. "
"We all feel like idiots at one time or another. Even if we feel we're cool 98% of the time, that 2% doofus is poised to take over our bodies without any warning. It just takes a crack in the sidewalk - one little trip. We feel like fools, turning back to look at it. 'There's a pebble, somebody better put up some orange cones to warn others. Everybody's gonna trip like I did.' Then we look back that one more time to show the pebble who's boss, 'Damn pebble, why-I-oughta..."
"The pen is mightier than the sword, and considerably easier to write with."
"Suburbia is where the developer bulldozes out the trees, then names the streets after them."
"Last night I lay in my bed looking up at the stars in the sky and thought to myself, 'Where the hell is the ceiling?"
"Marriage is a three ring circus: Engagement ring, wedding ring, and suffering."

"Duct tape is like the Force. It has a light side, a dark side, and holds the universe together."
"When his life was ruined, his family killed, his farm destroyed, Jon knelt down on the ground and yelled up to the heavens, "Why god? Why me?" and the thundering voice of God answered, "There's just something about you that pisses me off."
"When I told the people of Northern Ireland that I was an atheist, a woman in the audience stood up and said, 'Yes, but is it the God of the Catholics or the God of the Protestants in whom you don't believe?"
"If toast always lands butter-side down, and cats always land on their feet, what happens if you strap toast on the back of a cat and drop it?"
"Ice-cream is exquisite. What a pity it isn't illegal."
"I've been accused of vulgarity. I say that's bull****."
"I always start writing with a clean piece of paper and a dirty mind."

Wow... you're probably bored to pieces now. I won't give you anymore, but those are some of my favorites.
~Liz

dont let ur stuides ineterfere with ur education

dust on ur neddle u thihk u are a rebel?

even heaven has its rainy days

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 and fabulous?
actually, who are you not to be?
you are a child of God.
your playing small doesn't 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're liberated from our own fear, our presence automatically liberates others.
~Marianne Williamson

A hotel by my house has a bunch of awesome quotes hanging on the wall, and I was so intent on finding them I ran a web search for a couple and got a whole list. Apparently they're all by a woman named Jenny Holzer. They're great, as at first they sound like the same boring, not-really-motivating crap people are always throwing at you, but they're all surprisingly insightful. Anyway, these are the best ones:

A lot of professions are crackpots
A name means a lot just by itself
A relaxed man is not necessarily a better man
A sense of timing is the mark of genius
A single event can have infinitely many interpretations
A strong sense of duty imprisons you
Abstraction is a type of decadence
Abuse of power comes as no surprise
Action causes more trouble than thought
Alienation produces eccentrics or revolutionaries
All things are delicately interconnected
Ambition is just as dangerous as complacency
Anger or hate can be a useful motivating force
Any surplus is immoral
Anything is a legitimate area of investigation
At times inactivity is preferable to mindless functioning
At times your unconscious is truer than your conscious mind
Automation is deadly
Bad intentions can yield good results
Being alone with yourself is increasingly unpopular
Being honest is not always the kindest way
Being judgemental is a sign of life
Being sure of yourself means you're a fool
Believing in rebirth is the same as admitting defeat
Boredom makes you do crazy things
Categorizing fear is calming
Change is valuable when the opressed become the tyrants
Children are the cruelest of all
Class action is a nice idea with no substance
Class structure is as artificial as plastic
Confusing yourself is a way to stay honest
Crime against property is relatively unimportant
Decency is a relative thing
Deviants are sacrificed to increase group solidarity
Disgust is the appropriate response to most situations
Drama often obscures the real issues
Dreaming while awake is a frightening contradiction
Dying and coming back gives you considerable perspective
Eating too much is criminal
Elaboration is a form of pollution
Enjoy yourself, because you can't change anything anyway
Even your family can betray you
Every achievement requires a sacrifice
Everyone's work is equally important
Exceptional people deserve special consessions
Expiring for love is beautiful but stupid
Expressing anger is necessary
Extreme self-consciousness leads to perversion
Faithfulness is a social, not biological, law
Fake or real indifference is a powerful personal weapon
Fathers often use too much force
Fear is the greatest incapacitator
Freedom is a luxury, not a necessity
Go all out in romance and let the chips fall where they may
Going with the flow is soothing but risky
Government is a burden on the people
Guilt and self-laceration are indulgences
Habitual contempt doesn't reflect a finer sensibility
Humanism is obsolete
Ideals are replaced by conventional goals at a certain age
If you aren't political, your personal life should be exemplary
If you can't leave your mark, give up
If you have many desires your life will be interesting
If you live simply there is nothing to worry about
Illness is a state of mind
In some instances it is better to die than continue
Inheritance must be abolished
It is man's fate to outsmart himself
It's a gift to the world not to have babies
It's better to be lonely than to be with inferior people
It's better to be naive than jaded
It's crucial to have an active fantasy life
It's just an accident that your parents are your parents
It's not good to hold too many absolutes
Just believing something can make it happen
Killing is unavoidable but is nothing to be proud of
Knowledge should be advanced at all costs
Labor is a life destroying activity
Lack of charisma can be fatal
Learn to trust your own eyes
Leisure time is a gigantic smokescreen
Letting go is the hardest thing to do
Listen when your body talks
Looking back is the first sign of aging and decay
Loving animals is a substitute activity
Low expectations are good protection
Men are not monogamous by nature
Moderation kills the spirit
Money creates taste
Morals are for little people
Most people are not fit to rule themselves
Mostly you should mind your own business
Mothers shouldn't make too many sacrifices
Much was decided before you were born
Murder has its sexual side
Noise can be hostile
Nothing upsets the balance of good and evil
Occasionally principles are more valuable than people
Offer very little information about yourself
Often you should act like you are sexless
Old friends are better left in the past
Pain can be a very positive thing
People are boring unless they are extremists
People are nuts if they think they are important
People are responsible for what they do unless they're insane
People who go crazy are too sensitive
People won't behave if they have nothing to lose
Planning for the future is escapism
Playing it safe can cause a lot of damage in the long run
Potential counts for nothing until it's realized
Presentation is as important as content
Pursuing pleasures for the sake of pleasures will ruin you
Raise boys and girls the same way
Random mating is good for debunking sex myths
Rechanneling destructive impulses is a sign of maturity
Recluses always get weak
Redistributing wealth is imperative
Religion causes as many problems as it solves
Remember you always have freedom of choice
Repitition is the best way to learn
Resolutions serve to ease your conscience
Romantic love was invented to manipulate women
Routine is a link with the past
Routine small excesses are worse than the occasional debauch
Sacrificing yourself for a bad cause is not a moral act
Self-awareness can be crippling
Seperatism is the way to a new beginning
Sex differences are here to stay
Sin is a means of social control
Slipping into madness is good for the sake of comparison
Solitude is enriching
Spending too much time on self-improvement is anti-social
Starvation is nature's way
Statis is a dream state
Strong emotional attachment stems from basic insecurity
Stupid people shouldn't breed
Symbols are more meaningful than things themselves
Taking a strong stand publicizes the opposite position
Talking is used to hide one's inability to act
The desire to reproduce is a death wish
The family is living on borrowed time
The idea of revolution is an adolescent fantasy
The idea of transcendence is used to obscure oppression
The land belongs to no one
The more you know, the better you are
The most profound things are inexpressible
The mundane is to be cherished
The new is nothing but a restatement of the old
The unattainable is invariably attractive
The world operates according to discoverable laws
There's a fine line between information and propoganda
There's nothing except what you sense
Thinking too much can only cause problems
Timidity is laughable
To disagree presupposes moral integrity
True freedom is frightful
Unquestioning love demonstrates a largesse of spirit
Using force to stop force is absurd
Violence is permissible, even desierable, occasionally
We must make sacrifices to maintain our quality of life
When something terrible happens people wake up
With perseverance you can discover any truth
Women love power
Worrying can help you prepare
You are a victim of the rules you live by
You are responsible for constituing the meaning of things
You can live on through your descendants
You can never outrun yourself
You can pull yourself out of any hole
You can't expect people to be something they're not
You dig your own grave
You don't know what's what until you support yourself
You get the face you deserve
You have to hurt others to be extraordinary
You must be intimate with a token few
You must disagree with authority figures
You must have one grand passion
You must know where you stop and the world begins
You never know what people really think about you
You can only understand someone of your own sex
You should study as much as possible
Your actions are pointless if no one notices
Your oldest fears are the worst ones

Discuss.

Hey everyone

"life is like a box of chocolates, u neva know which one u'r gonna get"

A SMART PERSON LOOKS ON THE SIDE OF THE BOX!

"If you're tough enough, every road seems flat." - Lance Armstrong

A few movie quotes for ya, "Life is like a box of chocolates, you never know what you're gonna get"
"Forgiveness is divine but never pay full price for late pizza"
"You have to let it all go, fear, doubt, and disbelief. Free your mind"
"It's supposed to be hard. If it were easy everyone would do it."

I have a quotes book. They are mostly things that I find funny to help me get out of a bad mood. Like when my mom tries to tell me to do things that I don't see her do. "Parents can tell but they can't teach unless they practice what they preach." Just things like that.

"Pain is weakness leaving the body." - U.S. Marines

"I have come to the conclusion that politics are too serious a matter to be left to the politicians."
-Charles De Gaulle (1890 - 1970)

"One of the penalties for refusing to participate in politics is that you end up being governed by your inferiors."
-Plato

“I love America more than any other country in this world; and, exactly for this reason, I insist on the right to criticize her perpetually. ~James Baldwin

“I just don't know why they're shooting at us. All we want to do is bring them democracy and white bread. Transplant the American dream. Freedom. Achievement. Hyperacidity. Affluence. Flatulence. Technology. Tension. The inalienable right to an early coronary sitting at your desk while plotting to stab your boss in the back.” ~Hawkeye, M*A*S*H, "O.R."

And of course the one I use currently as my signature.

Bushism of the day:
"My views are one that speaks to freedom." —George W. Bush, Washington, D.C., Jan. 29, 2004

" a pessimist is an optimist with experience"

"we live in a world today where pizza can get here before the cops"---?(i forget who)

"Fear is nothing but the anticipation of pain, be it physical, mental, spiritual or emotional."

"Faith is believing in things when common sense tells you not to"

"EVIL is just LIVE spelled backwards"

"You may shoot me with your words,You may cut me with your eyes,You may kill me with your hatefullness, But still, like air, I'll rise."

^My faves...