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Tracey Neal · Post by **Tracey Neal** » 25 Mar 2008, 20:10

“I'm against a homogenized society, because I want the cream to rise.”
-Robert Frost

KaeMartyndale · Post by **KaeMartyndale** » 26 Mar 2008, 20:03

Hope wrote:They're both by Khalil Gebran, love him .

I adore Kahlil Gibran. My favourite quote from the Prophet:

Love gives naught but itself and takes naught but from itself.
Love possesses not nor would it be possessed;
For love is sufficient unto love.

Tracey Neal · Post by **Tracey Neal** » 26 Mar 2008, 20:21

"Poets are masters of us ordinary men, in knowledge of the mind,
because they drink at streams which we have not yet made accessible to science."

- Sigmund Freud

knightss · Post by **knightss** » 27 Mar 2008, 14:22

"If you actually are an educated, thinking person, you will not be welcome in Washington DC."

-Kurt Vonnegut

Tracey Neal · Post by **Tracey Neal** » 27 Mar 2008, 15:15

knightss wrote:"If you actually are an educated, thinking person, you will not be welcome in Washington DC."

-Kurt Vonnegut

Cheers! I'll drink to that!! I love Vonnegut

Solid choice Knightss

Syrcco44 · Post by **Syrcco44** » 28 Mar 2008, 23:35

A few favs:

Tragedy blows through your life like a tornado, uprooting everything. Creating chaos. You wait for the dust to settle and then you choose. You can live in the wreckage and pretend it's still the mansion you remember. Or you can crawl from the rubble and slowly rebuild. — Veronica Mars.

“Never be bullied into silence. Never allow yourself to be made a victim. Accept no one's definition of your life; define yourself.” — Harvey Fierstein

“Not all who wander are lost.” — J.R.R. Tolkien.

“In three words I can sum up everything that I have learned about life. It goes on.” — Robert Frost.

“Two things are infinite: the universe, and human stupidity; and I'm not sure about the universe.” — Albert Einstein

Libellus · Post by **Libellus** » 29 Mar 2008, 07:53

Syrcco44 wrote:A few favs:
<snip>
“Two things are infinite: the universe, and human stupidity; and I'm not sure about the universe.” — Albert Einstein

A common mistake people make when trying to design something completely foolproof is to underestimate the ingenuity of complete fools. - Douglas Adams

KaeMartyndale · Post by **KaeMartyndale** » 29 Mar 2008, 09:19

Libellus wrote: A common mistake people make when trying to design something completely foolproof is to underestimate the ingenuity of complete fools. - Douglas Adams

I love that one!

It reminds me of a bumper sticker I once saw - Never underestimate the power of stupid people in large groups

Hamlet · Post by **Hamlet** » 29 Mar 2008, 09:22

KaeMartyndale wrote:
Libellus wrote: A common mistake people make when trying to design something completely foolproof is to underestimate the ingenuity of complete fools. - Douglas Adams
I love that one!

It reminds me of a bumper sticker I once saw - Never underestimate the power of stupid people in large groups

i saw that bumper sticker! good quote.

Tracey Neal · Post by **Tracey Neal** » 29 Mar 2008, 10:42

Politicians, like diapers, have to be changed frequently... and for the very same reason.

Ribaldo · Post by **Ribaldo** » 29 Mar 2008, 13:05

It had been a rough day, so when I walked into the party I was very chalant, despite my efforts to appear gruntled and consolate. I was furling my wieldy umbrella....when I saw her....She was a descript person....Her hair was kempt, her clothing shevelled, and she moved in a gainly way.

How I Met My Wife - Jack Winter

Ribaldo · Post by **Ribaldo** » 29 Mar 2008, 13:17

Now this is a little more debased but the book is transitioning into a modern classic. If this doesn't meet any decency standards of the website I will understand its censoring, editing, deletion etc.

"The filthy stinking toilets. I pissed in a sink in Utah when it was twenty-two below. That's the coldest I've ever pissed in a sink in."

~Don DeLillo's White Noise

Tracey Neal · Post by **Tracey Neal** » 29 Mar 2008, 17:38

Ribaldo wrote:It had been a rough day, so when I walked into the party I was very chalant, despite my efforts to appear gruntled and consolate. I was furling my wieldy umbrella....when I saw her....She was a descript person....Her hair was kempt, her clothing shevelled, and she moved in a gainly way.

How I Met My Wife - Jack Winter

That is so cool.. haha! I like that

HeraSee · Post by **HeraSee** » 30 Mar 2008, 03:13

"Most of the domesticated primates of Terra did not know they were primates. They thought they were something apart from and 'superior' to the rest of the planet...."
-Robert Anton Wilson
Schrodinger's Cat

Libellus · Post by **Libellus** » 30 Mar 2008, 07:16

Talking of cats... <very tenuous I know>

“Dogs come when they're called; cats take a message and get back to you later.” - Mary Bly

"Dogs have Owners, Cats have Staff."
“Dogs believe they are human. Cats believe they are God.”

but the winner ...

“Women and cats will do as they please, and men and dogs should relax and get used to the idea.” - Robet HeinLein