Sentences We Love - Page 7

BruceW · 06-29-2007, 03:05 PM

I do not know if it counts as a sentence but one of the most important things I ever heard was what my My Grandfather always believed.

“Trying and not succeeding is not failure, never trying is"

This has allowed me to pick myself up numerous times.

NatCh · 06-29-2007, 03:18 PM

That's a good one, BruceW.

mogui · 06-29-2007, 09:54 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by NatCh

My personal working definition of sentience (which is close) is being aware of your own mortality. But that's a bit self-serving, because it lets me explain to teen-agers how they're not sentient yet, which can be fun.

Hm. Sentience we love?

NatCh · 06-30-2007, 12:14 AM

Ooooo, that's horrible, I wish I'd thought of it!

Dr. Drib · 07-09-2007, 04:23 PM

Congratualtions! You guessed correctly!

Thomas Pynchon, "Gravity's Rainbow," National Book Award.

I love that opening sentence from this novel.

Don

mogui · 07-09-2007, 09:33 PM

Who wrote that?

It is the opening phrase of a famous novel. Having read the novel, the sentence becomes a touching understatement.

Madam Broshkina · 07-10-2007, 05:08 AM

Quote:

We had a farm in Africa . . .
Who wrote that?

It is the opening phrase of a famous novel. Having read the novel, the sentence becomes a touching understatement.

Baroness Karen von Blixen-Finecke

athlonkmf · 07-10-2007, 05:24 AM

"I was cool before I met y'all"

Dr. Drib · 07-10-2007, 06:38 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by athlonkmf

"I was cool before I met y'all"

I really don't know. TELL US!!!!!!!!!

Don

RWood · 07-10-2007, 10:28 PM

‘There are more things in heaven and earth, Horatio,
Than are dreamt of in your philosophy.’

Lord Byron from Manfred

mogui · 07-11-2007, 12:24 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by athlonkmf

"I was cool before I met y'all"

Charles Gunn as played by J. August Richards on the TV series "Angel".

mogui · 07-11-2007, 12:31 AM

"Capital punishment is our society's recognition of the sanctity of human life."

NatCh · 07-11-2007, 08:25 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by RWood

‘There are more things in heaven and earth, Horatio,
Than are dreamt of in your philosophy.’

Lord Byron from Manfred

I, um, think you're off by a couple-hundred years (and several letters) on that one, RWood.

RWood · 07-11-2007, 11:07 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by NatCh

I, um, think you're off by a couple-hundred years (and several letters) on that one, RWood.

Lord Byron was the place I last read it and my mind was a blank (no jokes about that being its normal state) as to where it was before. I had just finished formatting Manfred for the Harvard Classics series when I posted the comment.

MustardJeep · 07-11-2007, 11:18 AM

An old old one that kept me going through several collage papers. I don't remember where I first saw it.

"Of all the things I miss; I miss my mind the most."

07-09-2007, 04:23 PM	#95
Dr. Drib Grand Sorcerer Posts: 45,611 Karma: 60184181 Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Peru Device: KINDLE: Oasis 3, Scribe (1st), Matcha; KOBO: Libra 2, Libra Colour	"A screaming comes across the sky." -- Guess who and what before you open this thread Congratualtions! You guessed correctly! Thomas Pynchon, "Gravity's Rainbow," National Book Award. I love that opening sentence from this novel. Don

07-09-2007, 09:33 PM	#96
mogui eNigma Posts: 503 Karma: 1335 Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: The Philippines Device: HTC G1 Android FBReader	We had a farm in Africa . . . Who wrote that? It is the opening phrase of a famous novel. Having read the novel, the sentence becomes a touching understatement. Last edited by mogui; 07-09-2007 at 09:55 PM.

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06-29-2007, 03:05 PM	#91
BruceW Connoisseur Posts: 55 Karma: 773 Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Ottawa Canada Device: Sony Reader	I do not know if it counts as a sentence but one of the most important things I ever heard was what my My Grandfather always believed. “Trying and not succeeding is not failure, never trying is" This has allowed me to pick myself up numerous times.

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NatCh Gizmologist Posts: 11,615 Karma: 929550 Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Republic of Texas Embassy at Jackson, TN Device: Pocketbook Touch HD3	That's a good one, BruceW.

06-30-2007, 12:14 AM	#94
NatCh Gizmologist Posts: 11,615 Karma: 929550 Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Republic of Texas Embassy at Jackson, TN Device: Pocketbook Touch HD3	Ooooo, that's horrible, I wish I'd thought of it!

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RWood Technogeezer Posts: 7,233 Karma: 1601464 Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Virginia, USA Device: Sony PRS-500	‘There are more things in heaven and earth, Horatio, Than are dreamt of in your philosophy.’ Lord Byron from Manfred

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mogui eNigma Posts: 503 Karma: 1335 Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: The Philippines Device: HTC G1 Android FBReader	"Capital punishment is our society's recognition of the sanctity of human life."

07-11-2007, 11:18 AM	#105
MustardJeep Member Posts: 15 Karma: 10 Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: houston Device: Palm Tungsten/Sony Reader	An old old one that kept me going through several collage papers. I don't remember where I first saw it. "Of all the things I miss; I miss my mind the most."