Let's Post Some Quotes

ShimmyMommy

Jeanwah wrote:

You may write me down in history
With your bitter, twisted lies,
You may trod me in the very dirt
But still, like dust, I'll rise.

Does my sassiness upset you?
Why are you beset with gloom?
'Cause I walk like I've got oil wells
Pumping in my living room.

Just like moons and like suns,
With the certainty of tides,
Just like hopes springing high,
Still I'll rise.

Did you want to see me broken?
Bowed head and lowered eyes?
Shoulders falling down like teardrops.
Weakened by my soulful cries.

Does my haughtiness offend you?
Don't you take it awful hard
'Cause I laugh like I've got gold mines
Diggin' in my own back yard.

You may shoot me with your words,
You may cut me with your eyes,
You may kill me with your hatefulness,
But still, like air, I'll rise.

Does my sexiness upset you?
Does it come as a surprise
That I dance like I've got diamonds
At the meeting of my thighs?

Out of the huts of history's shame
I rise
Up from a past that's rooted in pain
I rise
I'm a black ocean, leaping and wide,
Welling and swelling I bear in the tide.
Leaving behind nights of terror and fear
I rise
Into a daybreak that's wondrously clear
I rise
Bringing the gifts that my ancestors gave,
I am the dream and the hope of the slave.
I rise
I rise
I rise.

Still I Rise by Maya Angelou

I have always loved that poem. What a great way to end the day!

pandora

he still stands

A human being is part of a whole, called by us the "Universe," a part limited in time and space. He experiences himself, his thoughts and feelings, as something separated from the rest—a kind of optical delusion of his consciousness. This delusion is a kind of prison for us, restricting us to our personal desires and to affection for a few persons nearest us. Our task must be to free ourselves from this prison by widening our circles of compassion to embrace all living creatures and the whole of nature in its beauty.—Albert Einstein

shadowcast

"Well if my aunt has balls she'd be my uncle"

unknown

Jeanwah

"The thing about quotes on the internet is you can't confirm their validity." Abraham Lincoln

pandora

"Just thinking about a friend makes you want to do a happy dance, because a friend is someone who loves you in spite of your faults."
— Charles M. Schulz

CH156378

defecits don't matter

dick cheney

Jeanwah

Sometimes I'm right then I can be wrong
My own beliefs are in my songs
A butcher, a banker, a drummer and then
Makes no difference what group I'm in
I am everyday people

There is a blue one who can't accept
The green one for living with
a black ones tryin' to be a skinny one
Different strokes for different folks
And so on and so on

I am no better and neither are you
We're all the same whatever we do
You love me you hate me
You know me and then
Still can't figure out the bag I'm in
I am everyday people

There is a new man
That doesn't like the short man
For being such a rich one
That will not help the poor one
Different strokes for different folks
And so on and so on

We got to live together

There is a yellow one that won't
Accept the black one
That won't accept the red one
That won't accept the white one

Different strokes for different folks
And so on and so on and
Scooby dooby dooby
Ooh sha sha
I am everyday people

ShimmyMommy

Ooh, let's call in an angel


"In some sense man is a microcosm of the universe; therefore what man is, is a clue to the universe. We are enfolded in the universe." -David Bohm

gimmesometruth27

"Nice Beaver."

Lt. Frank Drebin
Police Squad

CH156378

MITCH MCCONNELL:

"The single most important thing we want to achieve is for President Obama to be a one-term president."

usamamasan1

"millionare job creators are like unicorns. they're impossible to find and don't exist."

Harry Reid claiming no millionaires create jobs. December 12, 2011

catefrances

people in london asked michael stipe if a career in politics is next. he replied:

are you fucking out of your mind? do you realise the degree to which i am unable to compromise?


a sentiment i share 100%.


reminds me of this:

i will stare the sun down
until my eyes go blind
i wont change direction
and i wont change my mind

pandora

"The mind is like a parachute. It doesn’t work unless it’s open"

Godfather.

90% of the people believe in the Flying Spaghetti Monster, they just don't know it yet. When they're on their death bed, they'll smell the garlic bread. You just need faith and an unflinching desire to spend trillions of dollars to protect ourselves from the other pasta religion terrorists.
He still stands

Godfather.

BinauralJam

“The idea is that the state doesn’t have rights to limit individuals’ wants and passions. I disagree with that. I think we absolutely have rights because there are consequences to letting people live out whatever wants or passions they desire.”
~Rick Santorum, declaring that government has the right to limit people from pursuing their dreams

pandora

Open hearts always recognize each other. Open hearts do not judge the universe.
When you dive into an open heart, you fall into infinity.
-Suchi Kumar

ShimmyMommy

"What you choose today will ripple throughout a thousand tomorrows."
~ Deepak Chopra

DS1119

I'd rather have a bottle in front of me, than a frontal lobotomy

Godfather.

DS1119 wrote:

I'd rather have a bottle in front of me, than a frontal lobotomy

that almost sounds like Hunter Thompson.

Godfather.