What is your favorite saying or quote?
"Never let the fear of striking out, keep you from playing the game."
What do you think of that quote?

"Don't let success get to your head and don't let failure get to your heart"

"Don't be afraid of death, be afraid of an unlived life"

"Oh yes the past can hurt, but you can either run from it or learn from it -- the lion king

It does not do to dwell on dreams and forget to live" - harry potter

"If you're really that good people will brag for you"

"God Karen you can't just ask people why they're white" - mean girls

"Life's like a box of chocolates you never know what you're gonna get" - forrest gump

"Who are you to judge the life I live? I know I'm not perfect, and I don't life to be. But before you start pointing fingers, make sure your hands are clean." - Bob Marley

and the quote that is on my signature!

"But I know what it's like to want to die. How it hurts to smile. How you try to fit in, but you can't. How you hurt yourself on the outside to try to kill the thing on the inside."

"If I tell you I love you can I keep you forever?" ~ Casper

"In the end, it's not going to matter how many breaths you took, but how many moments took your breath away."

"When you touched my hand for the first time, I wanted nothing more than to hold it forever."

"You know you love someone when the mere thought of hurting them is enough to break your own heart…"

"People are always telling me to smile, like smiling is gonna take away all the hurt and all the pain....well I've tried that. I've tried hiding my sorrows, and covering the sadness in my smile... and what I've learned is when it hurts this much inside, your heart always has a way of showing it, no matter how many masks you wear."

"Lingering pain has changed me everyday - and now I'm covered with a substance of darkness that won't wash away."

"I've found out why people laugh. They laugh because it hurts so much...because it’s the only thing that will make it stop hurting."

"You're scared because you don't understand... I'm scared because I do."

"Most people love you for who you pretend to be. To keep your love you keep pretending; preforming. You get to love your pretense. It's so true, we are locked inside and image, an act. And the saddest thing is, people grow attached to their masks; they love their chains. They forget all about who they were and if you try to remind them- they hate you for it. They feel like you're trying to steal their most prized possession."

"Suicide sometimes proceeds from cowardice. But not all the time; for cowardice sometimes prevents it; since as many people live because they are afraid to die as die because they were afraid to live."

"We all need something we consider worth getting up in the morning for. Whether it's real or not; healthy or destructive; tangible or false is irrelevant, since when you've got nothing to hang onto, deception can seem pretty inviting."


"the worst part is that they don't notice. It's not that thy hate you, no. If they did it would be so much easier. If they did you could just hate them right back. Only they don't. They don't hate you. They just don't notice you. You're just not there to them..."

"People say I've changed but the truth is....I grew up!"

"Truly great madness cannot be achieved without significant intelligence." -Henrik Tikkanen

I have a blog that I post good quotes in:

Quotes of Significance

Email/comment your favorite quotes if you would!

klweger@gmail.com

Here is a good one:

Favorite quotes from the movie Patch Adams:

"I love you without knowing how, or when, or from where. I love you straightforwardly without complexities or pride. I love you because I know no other way then this. So close that your hand, on my chest, is my hand. So close, that when you close your eyes, I fall asleep."

"You're focusing on the problem. If you focus on the problem, you can't see the solution. Never focus on the problem! See what no one else sees. See what everyone chooses not to see... out of fear, conformity or laziness. See the whole world anew each day! "

"What's wrong with death sir? What are we so mortally afraid of? Why can't we treat death with a certain amount of humanity and dignity, and decency, and God forbid, maybe even humor. Death is not the enemy gentlemen. If we're going to fight a disease, let's fight one of the most terrible diseases of all, indifference."

"[standing on the edge of a cliff contemplating suicide. He talks to God . . ] So what now, huh? What do you want from me?

[looks down over cliff, a rock tumbles off] Yeah, I could do it. We both know you wouldn't stop me. So answer me please. Tell me what you're doing. Okay, let's look at the logic. You create man. Man suffers enormous amounts of pain. Man dies. Maybe you should have had just a few more brainstorming sessions prior to creation. You rested on the seventh day. Maybe you should've spent that day on compassion.

[looks down over the cliff again] You know what? You're not worth it."

"Our job is improving the quality of life, not just delaying death."

"We can head on down to the maternity ward. You know those chicks put out."

quote:

Originally posted by YouthVoice:
I'm the only one posting here lately.

There there I'll add some quotes; happy ones too!

"I could be bounded in a nutshell, and count myself a king of infinite space, were it not that I have bad dreams." - William Shakespeare, "Hamlet, Prince of Denmark"

I used to be a total Shakespeare fanatic when I was a kid, I read all his works by the time I was eight (thanks grandpa). I live by a lot of his quotes, and this is one of them. It means that he'd rather take the easy way out but he knows his conscience will bother him too much if he does.

"For never anything can be amiss,
When simpleness and duty tender it."
- William Shakespeare, "A Midsummer's Night Dream"

"Time's glory is to command contending kings,
To unmask falsehood, and bring truth to light."
- William Shakespeare, "The Rape of Lucrece" (heyyy I'm sorry if anyone finds the title disturbing...)

Onto funny ones.

"Isn't it weird that we drink milk, stuff designed to nourish baby cows? How did that happen? Did some cattleman once say, "Oh, man, I can't wait till them calves are done so I can get me a hit of that stuff."
- Jerry Seinfeld

Calvin: That's one of the remarkable things about life. It's never so bad that it can't get worse.
- Bill Watterson, "The Authoritative Calvin and Hobbes"

There are so many good Calvin and Hobbes ones, but considering we're on YN this seems appropriate.

"It's not easy to juggle a pregnant wife and a troubled child, but somehow I managed to fit in eight hours of TV a day." - Homer Simpson

"Brent: Now, no more dirty talk. Hand me that big tool so I can mount this."
- Corner Gas

I'm in a depressive mood right now, and so in light of that I've selected a couple of depressive quotes to post.

"My life is rapidly becoming the punchline for a seriously disturbed joke"

"In theory, everything works."

"Maybe this world is another planet's hell"

"If there is anything the nonconformist hates worse than a conformist, it is another nonconformist who does not conform to the prevailing standard of nonconformity."

"I hate life, i hate death, and everything in between just doesn't interest me."

"Some people say we live in the best of all possible worlds. the scary part is that they might be correct."

"Don't lie - the government hates competition"

"We are born naked, wet, and hungry. then things get worse."

"No-one is a virgin - life screws us all."

"I can see a world without hate, without violence and without war. Then I can see us bombing that world cuz they wouldn't expect it."

I'm the only one posting here lately.

"Faith is taking the first step even when you don't see the whole staircase." - Martin Luther King Jr.

"Freedom is never voluntarily given by the oppressor; it must be demanded by the oppressed." - Martin Luther King Jr.

"I look to a day when people will not be judged by the color of their skin, but by the content of their character." - Martin Luther King Jr.

"In the End, we will remember not the words of our enemies, but the silence of our friends." - Martin Luther King Jr.

"Nothing in all the world is more dangerous than sincere ignorance and conscientious stupidity." - Martin Luther King Jr.

"Intelligence plus character - that is the goal of true education." - Martin Luther King Jr.

"The hottest place in Hell is reserved for those who remain neutral in times of great moral conflict." Martin Luther King Jr.

"We must learn to live together as brothers or perish together as fools." - Martin Luther King Jr.

"The opposite of love is not hate, it's indifference." - Elie Wiesel

"Whether you think you can or whether you think you can't, you're right."
Henry Ford

"You see things; and you say 'Why?' But I dream things that never were; and I say 'Why not?'"
George Bernard Shaw

"Never look down on anybody unless you're helping him up."
Jesse Jackson

"To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else is the greatest accomplishment."
Ralph Waldo Emerson

"There is no use trying, said Alice; one can't believe impossible things. I dare say you haven't had much practice, said the Queen. When I was your age, I always did it for half an hour a day. Why, sometimes I've believed as many as six impossible things before breakfast."
Lewis Carroll

"The journey is the reward."
Chinese Proverb

"People are like stained-glass windows. They sparkle and shine when the sun is out, but when the darkness sets in, their true beauty is revealed only if there is a light from within."
Elizabeth Kubler Ross

"Always listen to the experts. They'll tell you what can't be done and why. Then do it."
Robert Heinlein

"Don't let what you cannot do interfere with what you can do."
John Wooden

"True friendship comes when silence between two people is comfortable." - David Tyson Gentry

“I never will understand all the good that a simple smile can accomplish.” - Mother Theresa

It's only those exceptional and rare individuals who have brilliant ideas delivered to them by the muse, complete and gift wrapped. The rest of us have to work at it.

- Alan Moore

"Artists use lies to to tell the truth, while politicians use them to cover the truth up." V For Vendetta

"Remember, remember, the Fifth of November, the Gunpowder Treason and Plot. I know of no reason why the Gunpowder Treason should ever be forgot..." V For Vendetta

"Voilà! In view, a humble vaudevillian veteran, cast vicariously as both victim and villain by the vicissitudes of Fate. This visage, no mere veneer of vanity, is a vestige of the vox populi, now vacant, vanished. However, this valorous visitation of a by-gone vexation, stands vivified and has vowed to vanquish these venal and virulent vermin van-guarding vice and vouchsafing the violently vicious and voracious violation of volition.

[carves V into poster on wall]

The only verdict is vengeance; a vendetta, held as a votive, not in vain, for the value and veracity of such shall one day vindicate the vigilant and the virtuous.

[giggles]

Verily, this vichyssoise of verbiage veers most verbose, so let me simply add that it's my very good honor to meet you and you may call me V." - V For Vendetta

"...A building is a symbol, as is the act of destroying it. Symbols are given power by people. A symbol, in and of itself is powerless, but with enough people behind it, blowing up a building can change the world. " V For Vendetta

"Beneath this mask there is more than flesh. Beneath this mask there is an idea, Mr. Creedy, and ideas are bulletproof. " V For Vendetta

"A revolution without dancing is a revolution not worth having!" V For Vendetta

"There are no coincidences, Delia... only the illusion of coincidence." V For Vendetta

"People should not be afraid of their governments. Governments should be afraid of their people." V For Vendetta

"We hear only half of what is said to us, understand only half of that, believe only half of that, and remember only half of that." - Mignon McLaughlin, Journalist

Nothing on earth stays forever
But none of your deeds were in vein
Deep in our hearts you will live again
You're gone to the home of the brave
-HammerFall, Glory to the Brave

quote:

friends help you move, real friends help you move bodies

But if you have to move your best friends body, you're on your own.

friends help you move, real friends help you move bodies

a friend will bail you out jail, a best friend will be sitting next to you saying "let's do that again!"

the one in my siggy (unkown author)

"the greatest thing you'll ever learn, is just to love, and be loved in return"
-Moulin Rouge