Finding Solace in Favourite Quotes: Escaping Despair with Words of Wisdom

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In summary, the conversation was about sharing favorite quotes. Some of the mentioned quotes were from famous people like Maynard James Keenan, Robin Williams, Friedrich Nietzsche, and Lao Tzu. Other quotes were from movies like The Godfather and The Fugitive. Some were humorous, some were thought-provoking, and some were just silly. The conversation also touched on the topic of mistakes and the English language. Overall, the conversation was a mix of humor and insightful thoughts.
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"Three is a crowd and two is none" - Oscar Wilde :D

"Never talk disrespectfully of society. That's for people who can't get into do" - Oscar Wilde

"Life sucks. Then you die" - Unknown
 
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Monster92 said:
"Three is a crowd and two is none" - Oscar Wilde :D

"Never talk disrespectfully of society. That's for people who can't get into do" - Oscar Wilde

"Life sucks. Then you die" - Unknown
The second one is from the play "The Importance of Being Earnest" by Wilde
Wilde said:
Never speak disrespectfully of Society, Algernon. Only people who can't get into it do that.
I couldn't find the first one.
 
  • #1,298
Jimmy Snyder said:
The second one is from the play "The Importance of Being Earnest" by Wilde

I couldn't find the first one.

OMG! You're awesome. The first quote was from Algernon too from the importance of being earnest it's somewhere in the beginning. That book is so funny!
 
  • #1,299
Monster92 said:
OMG! You're awesome. The first quote was from Algernon too from the importance of being earnest it's somewhere in the beginning. That book is so funny!
Got it.
Wilde said:
You don't seem to realize, that in married life three is company and two is none.

My favorite line from that play:
Wilde said:
Oh, flowers are as common here, Miss Fairfax, as people are in London.
 
  • #1,300
The plural of "anecdote" is not "data".

--attributed to several people
 
  • #1,301
What you are shouts so loudly that I cannot hear what you say < Emerson>
 
  • #1,302
can someone remind me what that quote was by a physicist that says something like skipping the easy stuff at the beginning of a book is worse that skipping the hard stuff at the end?
 
  • #1,303
fourier jr said:
can someone remind me what that quote was by a physicist that says something like skipping the easy stuff at the beginning of a book is worse that skipping the hard stuff at the end?

I don't know, but I get the point, and it's a good one.

"...in the Twilight there is no difference between the absence of darkness and the absence of light." (English translation, Sergei Lukyanenko)
 
  • #1,304
Here's one I heard on Definately Not The Opera:

"Men use love to get sex, and women use sex to get love."

When you think about it from a biological standpoint it actually makes sense.
 
  • #1,305
lisab said:
The plural of "anecdote" is not "data".
--attributed to several people

:biggrin:

(This should be the byline of the S&D forum...)
 
  • #1,306
DaveC426913 said:
:biggrin:

(This should be the byline of the S&D forum...)

Except that it is explicitly wrong. The plural of anecdote can indeed be data, but not scientific data.
 
  • #1,307
I will never forget the carefree days of kindergarten...
- from my nephew's 6th grade graduation speech

:smile:!
 
  • #1,308
Ivan Seeking said:
- from my nephew's 6th grade graduation speech

:smile:!

That is excellent! :smile: Did some one get it on video?
 
  • #1,309
Ivan Seeking said:
- from my nephew's 6th grade graduation speech

:smile:!

That kid is either a budding genius, or in desperate need of prozac! Possibly both...

“The atomic bomb made the prospect of future war unendurable. It has led us up those last few steps to the mountain pass; and beyond there is a different country.” (Oppenheimer)
 
  • #1,310
Norman said:
Did some one get it on video?

Obviously you don't know his mother. :biggrin:
 
  • #1,311
Favorite quote (Not my own): "I don't like that Raymond"
And (also not my own): "Head, move, now!"
 
  • #1,312
"The human rectum is almost nightmarishly elastic..." -Patton Oswalt
 
  • #1,313
I want to know all Gods thoughts; all the rest are just details.
Albert Einstein

Do not worry about your difficulties in Mathematics. I can assure you mine are still greater.
Albert Einstein
 
  • #1,314
A bumper sticker I recently bought...

Stop using my name to justify your bad decisions - God

(no idea who really came up with it, but I was amused nonetheless)
 
  • #1,315
I hope life isn’t a big joke, because I don’t get it.
- Jack Handey
 
  • #1,316
Om's beer cozy* said:
I don't repeat gossip, so listen carefully!


*per wiki: aka beer koozie, cozy, coosie, hugger, huggie, can cooler, beer sleeve, stubby holder.
 
  • #1,317
How come if alcohol kills millions of brain cells, it never killed the ones that made me want to drink?
Unknown
 
  • #1,318
Say cheese.
- Leonardo Da Vinci.
 
  • #1,319
Chris Paine said:
You can't kill an idea whose time has come.

Just read this today. Seems like such a truism, that there must have been someone in the past that said it before him.

google google google

Here's one I found that's pretty close:

Victor Hugo said:
There is only one thing stronger than all the armies of the world: and that is an idea whose time has come.

Actually, there are a lot of great http://www.agingandcreativity.com/Great_Quotes.html" .

I think I love them all.

John Cage said:
I can't understand why people are frightened of new ideas. I'm frightened of the old ones.

Wait!

Who threw this one in there?

Groucho Marx said:
Time flies like an arrow. Fruit flies like a banana.

:biggrin:
 
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Today there is real danger that the American Dream
will become the Forgotten Dream.
For freedom is not the right to do as one pleases,
but the opportunity to please to do what is right.
The Founding Fathers sought freedom . . .
Not from law
but freedom in law;
Not freedom from government—
but freedom in government;
Not freedom from speech—
but freedom in speech;
Not freedom from the press—
but freedom in the press;
Not freedom from religion—
but freedom in religion.
We need to ponder these things today.
Rev. Peter Marshall ca. 1946-1949 His sermon on the American Dream seems relevant and timely today even if one does not share his theology.

http://www.lectioecclesia.com/Marshall,-Peter-on-National-Confession,-The-American-Dream.php

Excerpts It's an excellent book about an excellent person.
 
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  • #1,321
I''ve got tons of quotes but I think I'll go with:

We used to laugh at Grandpa when he'd head off and go fishing. But we wouldn't be laughing that evening when he'd come back with some whore he picked up in town

-Jack Handy
 
  • #1,322
OmCheeto said:
Originally Posted by Groucho Marx

Time flies like an arrow. Fruit flies like a banana.
Thank you. This is one of my faves. But I never knew to whom it was attributed until now.
 
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DaveC426913 said:
Thank you. This is one of my faves. But I never knew to whom it was attributed until now.

You're welcome. But I wouldn't put too much weight in the source. I found it on the internet.

Another of my favorites attributed to Marx, was;
I would not join any club that would have someone like me for a member.

Woody Allen attributes the http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0075686/quotes" to Freud.

But I take the quote quite personally, and really don't know why you people let me hang around here.
 
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DaveC426913 said:
Thank you. This is one of my faves. But I never knew to whom it was attributed until now.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Time_flies_like_an_arrow;_fruit_flies_like_a_banana" says that the quote has been wrongly attributed to Groucho.

Wiki said:
For some reason, on the Internet the saying often is attributed to Groucho Marx, but according to The Yale Book of Quotations there is no reason to believe Groucho actually said this.
 
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  • #1,325
"Our right hand doesn't know what our far right hand is doing."
- Ronald Reagan
 
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WiFO215 said:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Time_flies_like_an_arrow;_fruit_flies_like_a_banana" says that the quote has been wrongly attributed to Groucho.

Very much in his style though. Dollars? Taxes?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uM01v_vVnbg

I am a Marxist!

But I digress...

back to the topic:

http://quoteinvestigator.com/2010/05/04/time-flies-arrow/#more-157"

But I'm a huge fan of the wit of old:

Lady Nancy Astor: Winston, if you were my husband, I'd poison your tea.
Churchill: Nancy, if I were your husband, I'd drink it.

dear oh dear oh dear oh dear... Evo warned me of the rules about to be wielded regarding politicizing threads... I think I am not long of this forum... :(
 
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  • #1,327
My favorite quote is "The Earth is the Lord's and the fullness thereof"
 
  • #1,328
"You can't spell compliance without liance"
 
  • #1,329
I don't get it.

(Unless this is the Lame Jokes thread...) :smile:
 
  • #1,330
Robert Zaleski said:
When you come to a fork in the road, take it."

"The future ain't what it use to be"

Both attributed to Yogi Berra

Astronuc said:
"You can observe a lot just by watching." - Yogi Berra :smile:

"I really didn't say everything I said."
-- Yogi Berra
 

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