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Thu, 2004-02-26 09:36

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Fave quotes

This one has been done before but I always find some new gems. Give us your favourite quotes...please!!!

here are a few of mine

"So you know how pale and wanton thrillful comes death on a strange hour, unannounced, unplanned for, like a scaring over-friendly guest you've brought to bed.
Death makes angels of us all and gives us wings where we had shoulders
smooth as ravens' claws. "

Jim Morrison

"I tried to find Him on the Christian cross, but He
was not there; I went to the Temple of the
Hindus and to the old pagodas, but I could not
find a trace of Him anywhere.

I searched on the mountains and in the valleys
but neither in the heights nor in the depths was I
able to find Him. I went to the Ka'bah in Mecca,
but He was not there either.

I questioned the scholars and philosophers but
He was beyond their understanding.

I then looked into my heart and it was there
where He dwelled that I saw Him; He was
nowhere else to be found."

"Suprised by joy, impatient as the wind"
Wordsworth

"What if you slept?
And what if,
In your sleep
You dreamed?
And what if,
In your dream,
You went to Heaven
And there plucked
A strange and
Beautiful flower?
And what if,
When you awoke,
You had the flower
In your hand?
Ah, what then?"

Samuel Taylor Coleridge

Thu, 2004-03-04 15:16

justyn_thyme

"Gentlemen, we've got to save our phoney baloney jobs!" Blazing Saddles

Thu, 2004-03-04 15:44

A Searcher

The ancient sages said "Do not despise the snake for having no horns, for who is to say it will not become a dragon?" So may one just man become an army. First there is the Tao - all else is opinion (speculation). Both from The Water Margin by Shi Naian

Thu, 2004-03-04 16:08

sheepshank

Come down off the cross, we could use the wood. -Tom Waits [%sig%]

Thu, 2004-03-04 16:16

Dan

There's nothing wrong with her a hundred dollars won't fix -Tom Waits

Mon, 2004-03-15 19:29

mississippi

zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz

Mon, 2004-03-15 19:30

gail

here are 2 of mine that my sister likes: "if in doubt, wash your hair" "you can never have too many black socks" very useful lessons for life, can also substitute trousers for socks in quote 2.

Thu, 2004-03-04 16:40

jude

From the witches of Eastwick: think... no, I am positive that you are the most unattractive man I have ever met in my entire life. You know, in the short time we've been together you have demonstrated every loathsome characteristic of the male personality and even discovered a few new ones. You are physically repulsive, intellectually retarded, morally reprehensible, vulgar, insensitive, selfish, stupid, you have no taste, a lousy sense of humor, and you smell. You're not even interesting enough to make me sick.

Thu, 2004-02-26 14:06

Rev. jude

to lower the tone... All that exists now is clubs, drugs, pubs and parties. I've got 48 hours off from the world, man. I'm gonna blow steam out of my head like a screaming kettle. I'm gonna talk codshit to strangers all night. I'm gonna lose the plot on the dancefloor, the free radicals inside me are freaking man! Tonight I'm Jip Travolta, I'm Peter Popper, I'm going to Never Never Land with my chosen family, man. We're going to get more spaced out than Neil Armstrong ever did. Anything could happen tonight, you know? This could be the best night of my life! I've got 73 quid in my backburner. I'm gonna wax the lot, man. The milky bars are on me! Yeah! Human Traffic

Mon, 2004-03-15 22:43

#10

skydolphin

I was appalled when I read this: --------------------------------------------------------------- Re: Fave quotes Author: sheepshank (---.cambridge.arm.com) Date: 03-04-04 16:08 Come down off the cross, we could use the wood. -Tom Waits --------------------------------------------------------------- Has this person Tom Waits really said such an awfully insensitive thing??? Well if so and if he was indeed metaphorically addressing Jesus then he would probably even throw Pinocchio in the fire should he ever run out of wood! :(

Mon, 2004-03-15 23:03

#11

Stormy

... and if pinocchio continued to tell lies, you'd have an everlasting fire.

Mon, 2004-03-15 23:07

#12

skydolphin

me? I would never throw Pinocchio in the fire no matter how cold I was! :P

Mon, 2004-03-15 23:08

#13

skydolphin

would you stormy?

Fri, 2004-03-05 14:37

#14

Dan

"Let me eat your spicy brains, I'm the one that loves you." -Return of the Living Dead "I have come here to chew bubblegum and to kick ass, and I'm all out of bubblegum" -They Live

Mon, 2004-03-15 23:12

#15

Stormy

haven't you heard the one about the woman that used pinocchio's nose as a sex-toy? 'Lie to me, baby' :-)

Mon, 2004-03-15 23:16

#16

skydolphin

Oh this has shocked me more than you can imagine stormy!!

Sat, 2004-03-13 07:03

#17

Daz

For me it has to be "Work is the curse of the drinking classes." Oscar Wilde

Mon, 2004-03-15 23:23

#18

Stormy

You'll never be able to read it again now, will you?

Mon, 2004-03-15 23:26

#19

skydolphin

why, I have never read this tale in my life! :P

Mon, 2004-03-15 23:36

#20

Stormy

Oh, smile, dammit and stop sticking your tongue out at me.

Mon, 2004-03-15 23:41

#21

skydolphin

:)) I'm terribly sorry for sticking my tongue out at you! I'm a bit insolent sometimes.

Tue, 2004-03-16 00:00

#22

Stormy

yes, I'm often lazy too.

Tue, 2004-03-16 00:01

#23

Stormy

Tue, 2004-03-16 02:53

#24

skydolphin

me too Stormy :)

Wed, 2004-03-10 22:45

#25

Emma Bryant

"Finding out ancient battles from the shards" A.S.Byatt "A strange thing happened in his head. Something flittered there, in front of his mind like a bat's wing, obscurring his idea." William Golding, Lord of the Flies.

Tue, 2004-03-16 09:12

#26

andrew o'donnell

'Football is about nothing unless it's about something, and what it is about is football' -Alan Latchley

Tue, 2004-03-16 09:14

#27

Emma Bryant

Everyone is food I'm telling you it's true Everyone alive is food Including me and you. Monster Productions

Thu, 2004-03-11 11:48

#28

Tony Cook

This is a paraphrase of one by Mark Twain: " When I was 14 I discovered that my father knew nothing. By the time I reached the age of 21 I was suddenly amazed at how much he had learned in the past 7 years." So many from the magnificent tom Robbins but this one's from his latest book 'Villa Incognito' - the review of which will be posted here shortly!: "There is no activity in the cosmos more unvarying, more predictable than the rate at which uranium turns into lead. That's a good thing. If the universal clock was based on the rate which novelty turns into routine, we might never show up at the dentist on time." He's full of them - just read the man!

Sat, 2004-03-13 23:17

#29

Emma Bryant

Eric 'Doctor, could you give me some sleeping pills for my wife?' Doctor 'Why?' Eric 'She keeps waking up.' ---------------------------- Eric 'I broke my leg in three places' Ernie 'Didn't anyone warn you about going to those places?' ---------------------------- Ernie 'Can you telephone from an aeroplane?' Eric 'Everyone can tell a phone from an aeroplane can't they?'

Wed, 2004-03-24 00:19

#30

Nicoletta

Sheepshank, has this 'artist' explained what exactly he was trying to say or is 'practicality' what you think that was the true meaning of his words? ;)

Sun, 2004-03-14 02:06

#31

Pedant Andec

Dear ---.server.ntli.net No one cares. Your posts are more boring than paste. Are you copying from pgtips? ;o)

Wed, 2004-03-24 01:02

#32

Forgotten?

Practice justice but love mercy (Old Testament).

Wed, 2004-03-24 01:09

#33

Nicoletta

Practice mercy but love Justice (Nicoletta A. Poulakida)

Wed, 2004-03-24 01:18

#34

Vicky

Love practice (V.Jones)

Wed, 2004-03-24 01:25

#35

:o)

Justice is different things to different people - mercy is mercy.

Wed, 2004-03-03 02:15

#36

HE he

'I used to be indecisive, now Im not so sure' 'So tight you couldnt shove a knitting needle up his/her bum with a sledge hammer' 'Its as easy as picking up an essex girl on a friday night' (apologies to any essex girls or to any easy non essex girls who werent mentioned).

Wed, 2004-03-24 01:34

#37

Nicoletta

If Justice is NOT different things to different people, but mercy is.

Sun, 2004-03-14 17:07

#38

;O)

Pissed, angry and sleepless dear proxy?

Wed, 2004-03-24 01:55

#39

Nicoletta

correction *deletes If*

Wed, 2004-03-03 09:36

#40

Dan

"If I was where I would be then I'd be where I am not, here I am where I must be, where I would be I cannot." (traditional) "Oh no! Bear it driving, how can this be?" (Clerks the animated series) "By the time you get to phoenix she'll have forgotten your sorry ass." (unknown) "We know very little about the human conscience except that it is soluble in alcohol." (unknown) "any live man is better than any dead man but no live or dead man is very much better than any other live or dead man" (Faulkner) "Always do sober what you said you'd do drunk. That will teach you to keep your mouth shut." (Hemmingway) "wouldn't it be nice if everyone would just die?" (Tag line for End of Evangelion) "You know there aint no devil, there's just God when he's drunk." (Tom Waits) "Anyone who is capable of getting themselves made President should on no account be allowed to do the job." (Douglas Adams)

Wed, 2004-03-24 09:37

#41

Emma

Thanks a lot for finding that one Jude. This is the one Iris reads, in this translation. Beautiful isn't it?

Mon, 2004-03-15 00:03

#42

Pedant Andec

yes, certainly not and maybe, dear winker.

Mon, 2004-03-15 00:10

#43

SherlockFlashy

That was a real canny Geordie accent you put on last night Pedant.

Mon, 2004-03-15 00:25

#44

Pedant Andec

you should have seen my mini skirt!

Tue, 2004-03-23 04:36

#45

Nicoletta

"When I was a child, my mother said to me: 'If you become a soldier you'll be a general. If you become a monk you'll end up as the pope.' Instead I became a painter and wound up as Picasso." --Pablo Picasso

Wed, 2004-03-03 20:25

#46

Emma Bryant

'J'ai seul la clef de sette parade sauvage' I alone have the key to this savage parade - Arthur Rimbaud 'Eidola projected from the mind take on a life of their own, wandering to find their victims and maddening them with miseries and fears which the original source of these wanderers could not be charged with inflicting and might indeed be very puzzled to hear of.' Iris Murdoch 'the ordinary person...is endowed with the ghostly power of appearing in other people's dreams' Iris Murdoch Time present and time past Are both perhaps present in time future And time future contained in time past. If all time is eternally present All time is unredeemable. Remaining a perpetual possibility Only in a world of speculation. What might have been and what has been Point to one end, which is always present. T.S.Eliot

Wed, 2004-03-03 20:27

#47

justyn_thyme

A journey of a thousand miles begins with one wrong turn. Justyn Thyme

Wed, 2004-03-03 20:37

#48

lexy

As I am now So you will be So be prepared To follow me A. Grave Stone [%sig%]

Wed, 2004-03-03 20:43

#49

lexy

An old Chinese proverb say... Man who goes to sleep with itchy bottom Will wake with stinking finger [%sig%]

Thu, 2004-03-11 21:55

#50

A Nother

"Einstein said only two things are infinite.... the Universe and man's stupidity... and I'm not sure about the Universe. " The Impostor (Sci-fi film)

Wed, 2004-03-03 21:52

#51

jude

I like this from Erin Borokovitch "I think we got off on the wrong foot" "You've got two wrong feet in f.ucking ugly shoes"

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