x1yyz Posted February 18, 2016 Share Posted February 18, 2016 Inspired by the poetry appreciation thread I thought I would start one for quotations. Post quotations here that you like, find inspiring, uplifting, or what-have-you. They can come from literature or public figures. Here are a bunch that I like, and I think they go a long way towards describing me: "One who was born by the ocean or has associated with it cannot ever be quite content away from it for very long."― John Steinbeck “The good thing about science is that it's true whether or not you believe in it.”― Neil deGrasse Tyson "We are what we pretend to be, so we must be careful what we pretend to be."― Kurt Vonnegut "When I do good, I feel good; when I do bad, I feel bad. That's my religion."— Abraham Lincoln "Only after the last tree has been cut down, only after the last river has been poisoned, only after the last fish has been caught, only then will you find that money cannot be eaten."— Cree Prophecy "Until one has loved an animal, a part of one's soul remains unawakened."— Anatole France "Look deep into nature, and then you will understand everything better." — Albert Einstein "A happy ecosystem is the basis for a happy human being. If it goes wrong, everything goes wrong."— Sir David Attenborough "Morality is doing right, no matter what you are told. Religion is doing what you are told, no matter what is right."— H.L. Mencken 11 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Analog Cub Posted February 18, 2016 Share Posted February 18, 2016 "Blah blah blah" - :Alex: 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Day of Light Posted February 18, 2016 Share Posted February 18, 2016 "Drowning has less to do with having lungs and more to do with not having gills." I originally found this in a discussion explaining why insects can drown, so the context of the quote is very literal, but I find that as a metaphor it can be applied to many things in life. 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lucas Posted February 18, 2016 Share Posted February 18, 2016 "To live is the rarest thing in the world. Most people exist, that is all .. " - Oscar Wilde 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lucas Posted February 18, 2016 Share Posted February 18, 2016 "Drowning has less to do with having lungs and more to do with not having gills." I originally found this in a discussion explaining why insects can drown, so the context of the quote is very literal, but I find that as a metaphor it can be applied to many things in life. +10 for taking a literal quote and presenting it as meaningful ! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lucas Posted February 18, 2016 Share Posted February 18, 2016 ... and I won't even ask why you were reading a discussion on why insects drown 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Digital Dad Posted February 18, 2016 Share Posted February 18, 2016 "I'm alright Jack, keep your hands off my stack" - Roger Waters "I've had a wonderful time, but this wasn't it" - Groucho Marx "Shut the f**k up, Donnie" - Walter Sobchack "Feck!! Drink!!!! GIRLS!!!" - Father Jack Hackett "I am Sam" - Sam I Am and the best ever "As long as there is still sex and drugs I could do without Rock and Roll" - Mick Shrimpton 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Principled Man Posted February 18, 2016 Share Posted February 18, 2016 Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic. Arthur C. Clarke 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Principled Man Posted February 18, 2016 Share Posted February 18, 2016 (edited) I can't do everything, but I would do anything for you. Mark Knopfler Edited February 18, 2016 by Principled Man 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Principled Man Posted February 18, 2016 Share Posted February 18, 2016 What do you despise? By this are you truly known. Frank Herbert 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Segue Myles Posted February 18, 2016 Share Posted February 18, 2016 “Never make your home in a place. Make a home for yourself inside your own head. You’ll find what you need to furnish it — memory, friends you can trust, love of learning, and other such things. That way it will go with you wherever you journey.”— Tad Williams, The Dragonbone Chair 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Segue Myles Posted February 18, 2016 Share Posted February 18, 2016 “We tell lies when we are afraid… afraid of what we don’t know, afraid of what others will think, afraid of what will be found out about us. But every time we tell a lie, the thing that we fear grows stronger.”— Tad Williams, To Green Angel Tower 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HemiBeers Posted February 18, 2016 Share Posted February 18, 2016 Perhaps overused, but I still like it: That which does not kill us makes us stronger.Friedrich Nietzsche Do one thing every day that scares you. Eleanor Roosevelt 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tombstone Mountain Posted February 18, 2016 Share Posted February 18, 2016 Life ain't nothin' but bitches and money--Ice Cube 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
x1yyz Posted February 18, 2016 Author Share Posted February 18, 2016 “I must not fear. Fear is the mind-killer. Fear is the little-death that brings total obliteration. I will face my fear. I will permit it to pass over me and through me. And when it has gone past I will turn the inner eye to see its path. Where the fear has gone there will be nothing. Only I will remain.”-- Frank Herbert, "Dune" 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
x1yyz Posted February 18, 2016 Author Share Posted February 18, 2016 There are a million song lyrics I could put in this thread. Here's one that just popped into my mind: These walls that still surround meStill contain the same old meJust one more who's searching forA world that ought to be-- Rush, "Circumstances" 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lucas Posted February 18, 2016 Share Posted February 18, 2016 “The greatness of a nation and its moral progress can be judged by the way its animals are treated ... ” ― Mahatma Gandhi 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lucas Posted February 18, 2016 Share Posted February 18, 2016 "To say 'I love you' one must first be able to say the 'I' ... " Ayn Rand ( what would a Rush forum be without an Ayn Rand quote ? ) 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HemiBeers Posted February 18, 2016 Share Posted February 18, 2016 "A person who only thinks about building walls, wherever they may be, and not building bridges, is not Christian." -- Pope Francis The Pope just dropped the mic on The Donald. Atta boy Pope. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tombstone Mountain Posted February 18, 2016 Share Posted February 18, 2016 "A person who only thinks about building walls, wherever they may be, and not building bridges, is not Christian." -- Pope Francis The Pope just dropped the mic on The Donald. Atta boy Pope."Hey Frank! What about the wall surrounding the Vatican? When are you guys tearing that down?"--Donald Trump Atta boy Don! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Day of Light Posted February 18, 2016 Share Posted February 18, 2016 The vulgar crowd always is taken by appearances, and the world consists chiefly of the vulgar.” -Machiavelli 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goose Posted February 19, 2016 Share Posted February 19, 2016 “No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.” - Eleanor Roosevelt 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JARG Posted February 19, 2016 Share Posted February 19, 2016 Why are women are so uptight? They've got half the money and all the :pussy: -- Dell (DC Cab) 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tombstone Mountain Posted February 19, 2016 Share Posted February 19, 2016 The unexamined life is not worth living--Socrates ὁ ... ἀνεξέτaστος bίος οὐ bιωτὸς ἀνθρώπῳ 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tombstone Mountain Posted February 19, 2016 Share Posted February 19, 2016 If ain't broke don't fix it--Bert Lance Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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