Notable quotes, excerpts, and profound lines. - Page 54

ShortNCuddlyAm · 10-22-2010, 10:39 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by yakuzaboss

Whatever you do will be insignificant, but it is very important that you do it.

Mahatma Gandhi

Quote:

Originally Posted by kennyc

Musta been an optomist.

I think that shall be my new motto at work

kennyc · 10-23-2010, 07:23 AM

The trouble ain't that there is too many fools,
but that the lightning ain't distributed right.
~Mark Twain~

WT Sharpe · 10-23-2010, 09:46 AM

.....The t is silent, as in Harlow.
..........— Margot Asquith (1864-1945), wife of British prime minister Herbert Asquith. Said to Jean Harlow, who had repeatedly mispronounced her name at a dinner party. Quoted in T. S. Matthews, Great Tom (New York: Harper & Row, 1973).

BenG · 10-23-2010, 10:50 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by WT Sharpe

.....The t is silent, as in Harlow.
..........— Margot Asquith (1864-1945), wife of British prime minister Herbert Asquith. Said to Jean Harlow, who had repeatedly mispronounced her name at a dinner party. Quoted in T. S. Matthews, Great Tom (New York: Harper & Row, 1973).

Oooh! Catty!

ShortNCuddlyAm · 10-23-2010, 09:21 PM

Some Shakespeare quotes

"There is nothing either good or bad, but thinking makes it so"
Hamlet, Act II, scene II

"The baby beats the nurse, and quite athwart goes all decorum"
Measure for Measure, Act I, scene III

BenG · 10-23-2010, 10:21 PM

Piglet sidled up to Pooh from behind.
"Pooh!" he whispered.
"Yes, Piglet?"
"Nothing," said Piglet, taking Pooh's paw. "I just wanted to be sure of you."

- A.A. Milne, The House at Pooh Corner

WT Sharpe · 10-24-2010, 08:57 AM

.....I speak the truth, not my fill of it, but as much as I dare speak; and I dare to do so a little more as I grow old.
..........— Michel Eyquem de Montaigne (1533-1592), French philosopher, essayist. Essays (1580-1595), Bk. III Ch. 2.

kennyc · 10-24-2010, 08:58 AM

Nice one Tom!

The benefits of aging.

kennyc · 10-24-2010, 09:44 AM

Don't think. Thinking is the enemy of creativity. It's self-conscious, and anything self-conscious is lousy. You can't try to do things. You simply must do things.

Every morning I jump out of bed and step on a landmine. The landmine is me.After the explosion, I spent the rest of the day putting the pieces together.

First you jump off the cliff and you build wings on the way down.

I don't try to describe the future. I try to prevent it.

- Ray Bradbury

Stitchawl · 10-25-2010, 12:39 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by kennyc

You can't try to do things. You simply must do things.

Yoda?

Stitchawl

BenG · 10-25-2010, 09:17 AM

Yoda stole it from Ray Bradbury who is secretly a Jedi master.

BenG · 10-25-2010, 09:19 AM

Though I'm not sure how to work that out if Yoda was "a long time ago."

ShortNCuddlyAm · 10-25-2010, 09:34 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by BenG

Though I'm not sure how to work that out if Yoda was "a long time ago."

He travelled forward in time, stole it off Bradbury, then travelled back in time

FlorenceArt · 10-25-2010, 09:51 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ShortNCuddlyAm

He travelled forward in time, stole it off Bradbury, then travelled back in time

Or Bradbury traveled back to be Yoda's student...

WT Sharpe · 10-25-2010, 05:23 PM

.....Copulo, ergo sum.
..........— Malcolm Muggeridge (1903-1990), British writer. Contribution, Esquire (December 1970). Quoted in The Great Thoughts (1985, Introduction and a new compilation ©1996 by David Laskin) by George Seldes.

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10-23-2010, 07:23 AM	#797
kennyc The Dank Side of the Moon Posts: 35,907 Karma: 119230421 Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Denver, CO Device: Kindle2; Kindle Fire	The trouble ain't that there is too many fools, but that the lightning ain't distributed right. ~Mark Twain~

10-23-2010, 09:46 AM	#798
WT Sharpe Bah, humbug! Posts: 39,072 Karma: 157049943 Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Chesapeake, VA, USA Device: Kindle Oasis, iPad Pro, & a Samsung Galaxy S9.	.....The t is silent, as in Harlow. ..........— Margot Asquith (1864-1945), wife of British prime minister Herbert Asquith. Said to Jean Harlow, who had repeatedly mispronounced her name at a dinner party. Quoted in T. S. Matthews, *Great Tom* (New York: Harper & Row, 1973).

10-23-2010, 09:21 PM	#800
ShortNCuddlyAm WWHALD Posts: 7,879 Karma: 337114 Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Mitcham, Surrey, UK Device: iPad. Selling my silver 505 here	Some Shakespeare quotes "There is nothing either good or bad, but thinking makes it so" Hamlet, Act II, scene II "The baby beats the nurse, and quite athwart goes all decorum" Measure for Measure, Act I, scene III

10-23-2010, 10:21 PM	#801
BenG Home Guard Posts: 4,730 Karma: 86721650 Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Alpha Ralpha Boulevard Device: Kindle Oasis 3G, iPhone 6	Piglet sidled up to Pooh from behind. "Pooh!" he whispered. "Yes, Piglet?" "Nothing," said Piglet, taking Pooh's paw. "I just wanted to be sure of you." - A.A. Milne, The House at Pooh Corner

10-24-2010, 08:57 AM	#802
WT Sharpe Bah, humbug! Posts: 39,072 Karma: 157049943 Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Chesapeake, VA, USA Device: Kindle Oasis, iPad Pro, & a Samsung Galaxy S9.	.....I speak the truth, not my fill of it, but as much as I dare speak; and I dare to do so a little more as I grow old. ..........— Michel Eyquem de Montaigne (1533-1592), French philosopher, essayist. *Essays* (1580-1595), Bk. III Ch. 2.

10-24-2010, 08:58 AM	#803
kennyc The Dank Side of the Moon Posts: 35,907 Karma: 119230421 Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Denver, CO Device: Kindle2; Kindle Fire	Nice one Tom! The benefits of aging.

10-24-2010, 09:44 AM	#804
kennyc The Dank Side of the Moon Posts: 35,907 Karma: 119230421 Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Denver, CO Device: Kindle2; Kindle Fire	Don't think. Thinking is the enemy of creativity. It's self-conscious, and anything self-conscious is lousy. You can't try to do things. You simply must do things. Every morning I jump out of bed and step on a landmine. The landmine is me.After the explosion, I spent the rest of the day putting the pieces together. First you jump off the cliff and you build wings on the way down. I don't try to describe the future. I try to prevent it. - Ray Bradbury

10-25-2010, 09:17 AM	#806
BenG Home Guard Posts: 4,730 Karma: 86721650 Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Alpha Ralpha Boulevard Device: Kindle Oasis 3G, iPhone 6	Yoda stole it from Ray Bradbury who is secretly a Jedi master.

10-25-2010, 09:19 AM	#807
BenG Home Guard Posts: 4,730 Karma: 86721650 Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Alpha Ralpha Boulevard Device: Kindle Oasis 3G, iPhone 6	Though I'm not sure how to work that out if Yoda was "a long time ago."

10-25-2010, 05:23 PM	#810
WT Sharpe Bah, humbug! Posts: 39,072 Karma: 157049943 Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Chesapeake, VA, USA Device: Kindle Oasis, iPad Pro, & a Samsung Galaxy S9.	.....Copulo, ergo sum. ..........— Malcolm Muggeridge (1903-1990), British writer. Contribution, Esquire (December 1970). Quoted in *The Great Thoughts* (1985, Introduction and a new compilation ©1996 by David Laskin) by George Seldes.

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