Memorable quotes

[farmer_bric]

Hey Vapers, have you heard or said something memorable which you would like to share? Serious, funny, pithy...whatever; I'm sure others would like to see it. I ran across one today, which I had heard years ago, but for some reason it really struck my funnybone today.

"Always do sober what you said you'd do drunk. That will teach you to keep your mouth shut." ~Ernest Hemingway ​

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[IanK1968]

2 wrongs dont make a right, but 3 rights make a left. Anon

 

[therealcmac]

"I am a Vaper and I lick my shirt!"--therealcmac

 

[IamAurora]

“Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something.” ~Plato

ALSO~

"Be kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a hard battle."

 

[Projectguy]

"Never fear. Dead birds do not drop out of nests." William Churchill

While sitting on a platform waiting to speak, the seventy-eight-year-old Churchill was handed a note by an aide. Churchill glanced at the message, which advised, "Prime Minister—your fly is unbuttoned." Churchill then scrawled on the bottom of the note and passed it back.

 

[Dusty_D]

My personal favourite is part of my signature "Be the change you wish to see in the world": Mahatma Gandhi. The other quote that was part of my early life was "Never ever ever ever ever give up": Winston Churchill.

 

[WolfeReign]

"man who pee in register soon find out it soon turn into cash flow" -- Ancient Chinese proverb

All kidding aside a very wise Chinese proverb i learned from my San Sai, Master Guy Ranger, then from the golden glove teacher in Ottawa (both uncles)

"When a argument springs forth, a wise man quenches it with silence"

From Darwin (the man not the APV)

"Occasionally make a friend out of an enemy. It will really :censored" mess them up.

From Chuck Norris and Bruce Lee:

"Men are like steel. Once they loose their temper they are worthless"

From Albert Einstein November 9th 1930: New York Times Magazine:

"A man's ethical behavior should be based effectually on sympathy, education, and social ties and needs; no religious basis is necessary. Man would indeed be in a poor way if he had to be restrained by fear of punishment and hope of reward after death."

 

[renthepen]

Here are two of my own quotes, the first one I first used two years ago and the latter was created just yesterday. Obviously it always sounds similar to some other quotes out there- after all I'm not a philosopher or a great thinker But I googled them and never found a perfect equivalent for these.


You have to know the bitter taste of defeat to enjoy the sweet savor of victory. - Renthepen

You haven't lived a plentiful life until the day you truly loved someone. - Renthepen

 

[RollandOfGilead]

"Having a positive attitude may not solve all of your problems but it will annoy enough people to make it worth the effort" - Herm Albright

 

[Mindfield]

"He strains to hear a whisper who refuses to hear a shout." --James Oliver Rigney Jr. (a.k.a. Robert Jordan)

I read this in The Fires of Heaven, one of his Wheel of Time series of epic novels, and it's always stuck with me because it's something I've always felt too.

Also one of my favourite quotes from X-Files: "Nothing works contrary to nature, only to what we know of it."

 

[Mindfield]

You have to know the bitter taste of defeat to enjoy the sweet savor of victory. - Renthepen

Heh, I always use something like that whenever I hear the question raised, "Why is there evil in this world?"

Because without evil, you wouldn't know good.

 

[chagrin]

There a numerous quotes on the same theme, darkness and light come to mind as well. I can't quite remember the quote I was thinking.

This also reminds me of Vanilla Sky, which contrasts sour and sweet:

Brian: You can do whatever you want with your life, but one day you'll know what love truly is. It's the sour and the sweet. And I know sour, which allows me to appreciate the sweet.

 

[X P3 Flight Engineer]

I always took comfort in
"The Serenity Prayer"

Grant me the Serenity
To accept the things I cannot change

The Courage
To change the things I can

And Wisdom
To know the difference.



Now that I'm older, I take Comfort in
"The Senility Prayer"

Grant me the Senility
To forget the people I never liked anyway,

The Good Fortune
To run into the ones I do,

And the Eyesight
To tell the difference.
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Relax, Enjoy!

 

[Smile n' shine]

Fave silly proverb : man who run in front of car get 'tired'.

Truth: The only constant, is change.

Inspirational: Every obstacle is an opportunity in disguise.

My #1 all time fave : If Momma ain't happy, ain't nobody happy!

 

[Toronto_Mike]

"Believe none of what you hear and half of what you see." -Benjamin Franklin

"For every great thing in life, there is always the bull.... that comes with it" -Toronto_Mike

 

[MisterMike]

One that's always resonated with me is "People should not be afraid of their governments. Governments should be afraid of their people." from the film adaptation of V for Vendetta.

Another one, from Neil Gaiman's American Gods:

"There's never been a true war that wasn't fought between two sets of people who were certain they were in the right. The really dangerous people believe they are doing whatever they are doing solely and only because it is without question the right thing to do. And that is what makes them dangerous."

Another from Gaiman, in The Sandman:

"Everybody has a secret world inside of them. All of the people of the world, I mean everybody. No matter how dull and boring they are on the outside, inside them they've all got unimaginable, magnificent, wonderful, stupid, amazing worlds. Not just one world. Hundreds of them. Thousands maybe."

 

[rolandpibb]

"I like most of my friends" - my friend Samantha.

 

[fourtytwo]

Reminds me of what I say, at times, in the office. Usually when asked to join someone for lunch when I am very much in the middle of something.
"It's not that I am anti-social... I just don't like you..."

 

[mojojo]

"I don't exercise to lose weight... I exercise so I can have all the chocolate, candies and chips I want to eat later." me

Thought of it when I was on my Gazelle on day.. lol

 

[Hitmetwice]

While there are many deep thought provoking quotes around, this one by my wife seems to have more
profound effects than others for me.

Usually if I'm offended by something or someone, or going off on a rant(this rarely happens)
I'll get one of her favourite quotes....

"GET OVER YOURSELF"

If we take life and the many distasteful things that happen too personally, it can be and is
quite unpleasant. When we "get over ourselves" and realize that in fact the world does "not"
revolve around us life can become more pleasant. Grace and forgiveness may abound.