quotables

Ayedavanita

The farther behind I leave the past, the closer I am to forging my own character. ~Isabelle Eberhardt

We can draw lessons from the past, but we cannot live in it. ~Lyndon B. Johnson

Without freedom from the past, there is no freedom at all, because the mind is never new, fresh, innocent. ~Krishnamurti

The Past is to be respected and acknoledged, but not to be worshiped. It is our future in which we will find our greatness. ~Pierre Trudeau

We need not destroy the past. It is gone. ~John Cage

The one charm of the past is that it is the past. ~Oscar Wilde

Flagg

Happiness is a warm puppy.
- Charles Schultz

Ayedavanita

The highest compact we can make with our fellow is - "Let there be truth between us two forevermore." ~Ralph Waldo Emerson

Some people will not tolerate such emotional honesty in communication. They would rather defend their dishonesty on the grounds that it might hurt others. Therefore, having rationalized their phoniness into nobility, they settle for superficial relationships. ~Author Unknown

We tell lies when we are afraid... afraid of what we don't know, afraid of what others will think, afraid of what will be found out about us. But every time we tell a lie, the thing that we fear grows stronger. ~Tad Williams

A lie will easily get you out of a scrape, and yet, strangely and beautifully, rapture possesses you when you have taken the scrape and left out the lie. ~Charles Edward Montague

Words are like the wind which pass through without leaving an impression. Actions are the sole reflection of true thoughts and feelings. It is only what is seen through action that defines a person.

decides2dream

awwwwwwwwwwwww.....warms my heart to see this thread gettin' some lovin'!



and schultz knew wtf he was talkin' about...happiness IS a warm puppy!

Ayedavanita

"Turn your face to the sun and the shadows fall behind you"

Ayedavanita

“There would be no passion in this world if we never had to fight for what we love.”

Dissidentman

Like I told my last wife, I says, "Honey, I never drive faster than I can see. Besides that, it's all in the reflexes."

decides2dream

Do one thing every day that scares you.
~ Eleanor Roosevelt

Ayedavanita

My will shall shape the future. Whether I fail or succeed shall be no man's doing but my own. I am the force; I can clear any obstacle before me or I can be lost in the maze. My choice; my responsibility; win or lose, only I hold the key to my destiny.

Ayedavanita

I am an irrational hard ass with RAGE issues, DON'T PISS ME OFF!

Green Circle

Unhappiness is not knowing what we want and killing ourselves to get it.
- Don Herold

Dissidentman

"Everybody relax, I'm here."

Green Circle

If Harry Potter's so magical, why cant he cure his own eyesight and get laid. A teenage lad shouldnt need a broomstick to cling onto.
-- Frankie Boyle

decides2dream

Dogs' lives are too short. Their only fault, really.
~ Agnes Sligh Turnbull

decides2dream

Attention is the most basic form of love.
~John Tarrant Roshi

Dissidentman

Love stinks.

~J Geils Band

Green Circle

"Those who dance are called insane by those who don't hear the music...."

~eddie vedder

Dissidentman

I find it ironic that the product that protects my sofa from my drink is called "Scotchguard."

~Ron White

Ayedavanita

It is impossible to make anything foolproof because fools are so ingenious.

Dissidentman

Build a man a fire, and he'll be warm for a day. Set a man on fire, and he'll be warm for the rest of his life. - Terry Pratchett.

Green Circle

it is impossible to simultaineouely prevent and prepare for war.
-A. Einstein

Dissidentman

Depression is merely anger without enthusiasm.

Green Circle

Our truest life is when we are in our dreams awake.
- Henry David Thoreau

Dissidentman

Always do sober what you said you'd do drunk. That will teach you to keep your mouth shut.

~Ernest Hemingway

Green Circle

Dissidentman wrote:

Always do sober what you said you'd do drunk. That will teach you to keep your mouth shut.

~Ernest Hemingway

Green Circle

Diana has put away her bosom, Apollo has lifted his skirt, the day has been launched.
~ Kuzzik

Dissidentman

Once, during Prohibition, I was forced to live for days on nothing but food and water. ~W.C. Fields

Green Circle

The ability to quote is a serviceable substitute for wit.
~Somerset Maugham

Dissidentman

They speak of my drinking, but never think of my thirst. ~Scottish Proverb

Green Circle

We cannot imagine Life without Death, because the entire Life rests on Death, otherwise it wouldn't exist.

~Sorin Cerin