"All I have is a voice
To undo the folded lie,
The romantic lie in the brain
Of the sensual man-in-the-street
And the lie of Authority
Whose buildings grope the sky:
There is no such thing as the State
And no one exists alone;
Hunger allows no choice
To the citizen or the police;
We must love one another or die."

- W. H. Auden

"The South is a place. East, west and north are nothing but directions."
-Letter to the Editor, Richmond Times-Dispatch, 1995

A quote I found interesting.

"There are known knowns; there are things we know we know. We also know there are known unknowns; that is to say, we know there are some things we do not know. But there are also unknown unknowns - the ones we don't know we don't know." - Donald Rumsfeld

"If you can dream it, then there's no reason why your hands can't achieve it." - Smith (friend of my brother)

“Do not let your fire go out, spark by irreplaceable spark, in the hopeless swamps of the approximate, the not-quite, the not-yet, the not-at-all. Do not let the hero in your soul perish in lonely frustration for the life you deserved, but have never been able to reach. Check your road and the nature of your battle. The world you desired can be won. It exists, it is real, it is possible, it is yours.”
-Ayn Rand

"We all live in a house on fire, no fire department to call; no way out, just the upstairs window to look out of while the fire burns the house down with us trapped, locked in it."
-Tennessee Williams

-THIS IS SPARTAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
-TONIGHT WE DINE IN HELL
Gerard Butler, 40 year old spartan, internet comical phenomenon, and the only person capable of owning chuck norris

When all the trees have been cut down,
when all the animals have been hunted,
when all the waters are polluted,
when all the air is unsafe to breathe,
only then will you discover you cannot eat money.

Cree Prophecy


Certain things catch your eye,
But pursue only those
that capture your heart.

"If you don't like the news, go out and make some of your own." -scoop nisker

"To laugh often and much, to win the respect of intelligent people and the affection of children to earn the appreciation of honest critics and endure the betrayal of false friends, to appreciate beauty, to find the best in others, to leave the world a bit better, whether by a healthy child, a garden patch...to know even one life has breathed easier because you have lived. This is to have succeeded!" -Emerson

“Never deprive someone of hope; it might be all they have.”


“All our lives we search for someone who makes us complete. We choose partners and change partners. We dance the song of heartbreak and hope all the while,wondering if somewhere,somehow there is someone searching for us”

“Remember that all through history the way of truth and love has always won. There have been tyrants and murderers and for a time they seem invincible but in the end, they always fall -- think of it, ALWAYS.” - Mahatma Gandhi

“No matter how much it hurts, no matter what the pain is inside, work hard to make somebody happy everyday, even if it is yourself.”

“Love is indestructible. It's holy flame forever burneth; from Heaven it came, to Heaven returneth.” - Robert Southey

“When one man dies, one chapter is not torn out of the book, but translated into a better language.” - John Donne

“There is a sacredness in tears. They are not the mark of weakness, but of power. They speak more eloquently than ten thousand tongues. They are messengers of overwhelming grief...and unspeakable love.” - Washington Irving

“'You'll get over it...' It's the clichés that cause the trouble. To lose someone you love is to alter your life for ever. You don't get over it because 'it' is the person you loved. The pain stops, there are new people, but the gap never closes. How could it? The particularness of someone who mattered enough to grieve over is not erased by anyone but death. This hole in my heart is in the shape of you and no one else can fit. Why would I want them to?”

“I've learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel.” - Maya Angelou

“You know you're in love when you can't fall asleep because reality is finally better than your dreams.” - Dr. Seuss

“Sometimes being a friend means mastering the art of timing. There is a time for silence. A time to let go and allow people to hurl themselves into their own destiny. And a time to prepare to pick up the pieces when it's all over.” - Gloria Naylor

“Never part without loving words to think of during your absence. It may be that you will not meet again in this life.” - Jean Paul Richter

“Live this day as if it will be your last. Remember that you will only find ''tomorrow'' on the calendars of fools. Forget yesterday's defeats and ignore the problems of tomorrow. This is it. Doomsday. All you have. Make it the best day of your year. The saddest words you can ever utter are, ''If I had my life to live over again. ''Take the baton, now. Run with it! This is your day! Beginning today, treat everyone you meet, friend or foe, loved one or stranger, as if they were going to be dead at midnight. Extend to each person, no matter how trivial the contact, all the care and kindness and understanding and love that you can muster, and do it with no thought of any reward. Your life will never be the same again.” - Og Mandino

“As I look back on all that's happened..growing up, growing together, changing you, changing me -- there were times when we dreamed together, when we laughed and cried together. As I look back on those days, I realize how much I truly miss you and how much I truly love you. The past may be gone forever..and whatever the future holds, our todays make the memories of tomorrow. So, my lifetime friend, it is with all my heart that I send you my love, hoping that you'll always carry my smile with you, for all we have meant to each other and for whatever the future may hold.”

“But some emotions don't make a lot of noise. It's hard to hear pride. Caring is real faint - like a heartbeat. And pure love - why, some days it's so quiet, you don't even know it's there.”

“There is no difference between a wise man and a fool when they fall in love.”

“The more you judge, the less you love.”

“Tears are the silent language of grief” - Voltaire

“Every time someone dies, they take a little piece of us with them to heaven, and we keep a little piece of them here with us on earth. After awhile there is more of us in heaven, then here on earth.”

"Let's Not Wait"

We will meet again my friend,
A hundred years from today
Far away from where we lived
And where we used to play.

We will know each others' eyes
And wonder where we met
Your laugh will sound familiar
Your heart, I won't forget.

We will meet, I'm sure of this,
But let's not wait till then...
Let's take a walk beneath the stars
And share 'this' world again.


by Ron Atchison

"It is not in the stars to hold our destiny, but in ourselves." - William Shakespeare

"Sometimes there are no words - only shoulders to lean on, hands to hold onto, and hugs to comfort you as best they can."

“And Lot’s wife, of course, was told not to look back where all those people and all their homes had been. But she did look back, and I love her for that, because it was so human.” Slaughter
House-Five, Kurt Vonnegut.

If you have to wear a shirt that says, "sexy diva" on it, then you generaly are not a sexy diva.-South

If god existed he'd be right winged - me

Here are a few of my favorite quotes.

"I swear - by my life and my love of it - I will never live for the sake of another man nor ask another man to live for mine." - Ayn Rand

"The smallest minority on earth is the individual. Those who deny individual rights cannot claim to be defenders of minorities." - Ayn Rand

“In the name of the best within you, do not sacrifice this world to those who are its worst. In the name of the values that keep you alive, do not let your vision of man be distorted by the ugly, the cowardly, the mindless in those who have never achieved his title. Do not lose your knowledge that man's proper estate is an upright posture, an intransigent mind and a step that travels unlimited roads. Do not let your fire go out, spark by irreplaceable spark, in the hopeless swamps of the approximate, the not-quite, the not-yet, the not-at-all. Do not let the hero in your soul perish, in lonely frustration for the life you deserved, but have never been able to reach. Check your road and the nature of your battle. The world you desired can be won, it exists, it is real, it is possible, it's yours.” - Ayn Rand

“Ask yourself whether the dream of heaven and greatness should be waiting for us in our graves - or whether it should be ours here and now and on this earth.” - Ayn Rand

"Today, as in the past, most philosophers agree that the ultimate standard of ethics is whim (they call it 'arbitrary postulate' or 'subjective choice' or 'emotional commitment')—and the battle is only over the question of whose whim: one's own or society's or the dictator's or God's. Whatever else they may disagree about, today's moralists agree that ethics is a sub issue and that the three things barred from its field are: reason—mind—reality. If you wonder why the world is now collapsing to a lower and ever lower rung of hell, this is the reason." - Ayn Rand

"The hottest places in hell are reserved for those who, in times of great moral crisis, remain neutral." - Dante Alighieri

“In any culture, subculture, or family in which belief is valued above thought, and self-surrender is valued above self-expression, and conformity is valued above integrity, those who preserve their self-esteem are likely to be heroic exceptions” - Nathaniel Branden

here's a few more of my favorites:

My brothers! I see in your eyes the same fear that would take the heart of me. A day may come when the courage of Men fails; when we forsake our friends and break all bonds of Fellowship... but it is not this day! An hour of wolves and shattered shields, when the Age of Men comes crashing down! But it is not this day! This day, we Fight! By all that you hold dear on this good earth, I bid you stand, Men of the West!
-Aragorn son of Arathorn, King of Gondor

"So you're not that special... Welcome to the human race!"
--Robert Goren

"Falling in love is like selling out and not getting paid."
-Diesel Sweeties

It's like "Giant Wall of Text casts "Obsessively Extensive Analysis". Critical hit! Damage: 9999" in my mind. - Vegedus

"You have to have perspective on literary classics since they usually weren't written with English professors in mind." -OGT, and QFT.

"He hoped and prayed that there wasn't an afterlife. Then he realized there was a contradiction involved here and merely hoped that there wasn't an afterlife."
Douglas Adams


"Nothing travels faster than the speed of light with the possible exception of bad news, which obeys its own special laws."
Douglas Adams


"There is a theory which states that if ever anybody discovers exactly what the Universe is for and why it is here, it will instantly disappear and be replaced by something even more bizarre and inexplicable. There is another theory which states that this has already happened."
Douglas Adams


"We hang the petty thieves and appoint the great ones to public office."
Aesop

"I've done the calculation and your chances of winning the lottery are identical whether you play or not."
Fran Lebowitz

"The brain is a wonderful organ. It starts working the moment you get up in the morning and does not stop until you get into the office."
Robert Frost


When you're wounded and left on Afghanistan's plains, and the women come out to cut up what remains, jest roll to your rifle and blow out your brains and go to your gawd like a soldier.
Rudyard Kipling


Chef, n.:tune
Any cook who swears in French.
--Ambrose Bierce, The Devils Dictionary"

If you're going to die, would you mind not doing it on my doorstep?--Shigure


"How come God hogs all the good followers and we get all the retards?"
-The Violator, Spawn

This is a list of quotes that appealed to me or I found amusing:
Enjoy:

quote:

Never let your sense of morals prevent you from doing what's right.
Isaac Asimov

When bad men combine, the good must associate; else they will fall one by one, an unpitied sacrifice in a contemptible struggle.
Edmund Burke

Free speech is not to be regulated like diseased cattle and impure butter. The audience that hissed yesterday may applaud today, even for the same performance.
William O. Douglas

The end move in politics is always to pick up a gun.
R. Buckminster Fuller

It is better to be violent, if there is violence in our hearts, than to put on the cloak of nonviolence to cover impotence.
Mohandas Gandhi

Politicians are the same all over. They promise to build a bridge even where there is no river.
Nikita Khrushchev

Diplomacy is the art of saying "Nice doggie" until you can find a rock.
Will Rogers

It is enough that the people know there was an election. The people who cast the votes decide nothing. The people who count the votes decide everything.
Joseph Stalin

In America everybody is of the opinion that he has no social superiors, since all men are equal, but he does not admit that he has no social inferiors, for, from the time of Jefferson onward, the doctrine that all men are equal applies only upwards, not downwards.
Bertrand Russell

Usually, terrible things that are done with the excuse that progress requires them are not really progress at all, but just terrible things.
Russell Baker

We have a system that increasingly taxes work and subsidizes nonwork.
Milton Friedman

Punishment is now unfashionable... because it creates moral distinctions among men, which, to the democratic mind, are odious. We prefer a meaningless collective guilt to a meaningful individual responsibility.
Thomas Szasz

The world is governed more by appearance than realities so that it is fully as necessary to seem to know something as to know it.
Daniel Webster

Most of the change we think we see in life is due to truths being in and out of favor.
Robert Frost