"If a man does not keep pace with his companions, perhaps it is because he hears a different drummer. Let him step to the music which he hears, however measured or far away." -- Henry David Thoreau
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"If a man does not keep pace with his companions, perhaps it is because he hears a different drummer. Let him step to the music which he hears, however measured or far away." -- Henry David Thoreau
Two by George Bernard Shaw:
The more things a man is ashamed of, the more respectable he is.
Beware of the man whose God is in the skies.
Here's another favorite:
The more we live by our intellect, the less we understand the meaning of life.
-- William James
"The man who fights for his ideals is the man who is alive." Miguel de Cervantes
i like smart ***, in your face quote like "its not that life's too short, you've been dead
for too long".
" put your money where your mouth is, and you aint sayin nuthin".
"history is made by those who break the rules"'
losing is nature's way of saying"you suck".
destiny is a matter of choice, not a matter of chance.
I thought that since we already have a Word of the Day thread in th General Section, it would be interesting to have a Quotation thread. :banana:
It's fairly simple, exactly like the Word of the Day. If you think that the meaning or the drift of the quote is a little bit too hard to understand, please help others out by explaining it. :D
Perhaps later on we may have a poll to see which quote or authors the forum prefers.... (but that's in the distance as yet) :p
Here's the first one:
Quote:
"If we have learned one thing from the history of invention and discovery, it is that, in the long run - and often in the short one - the most daring prophecies seem laughably conservative." - Arthur C. Clarke -
"Man is the only animal that blushes. Or needs to." -- Mark TwainQuote:
Originally Posted by Adelheid
so same rules apply only one quote a day? and you must say what dat its for???
:confused:
"Your vision will become clear only when you look into your own heart. Who looks outside, dreams, who looks inside, awakes." -Carl Jay
no I guess you'll only have to write once quote a day. Not 1 quote ONLY for everyone. 1 quote per person. :) No, you don't have to give a meaning. Only if its very complicated.
Quote:
"Human beings are perhaps never more frightening than when they are convinced beyond doubt that they are right."
- Laurens Van der Post -
" I must say I find television very educational. The minute somebody turns it on, I go to the library and read a book."
-Groucho Marx-
:D
Here are few of my favorites:
"Do not go where the path may lead, go instead where there is no path and leave a trail." -Ralph Waldo Emerson
"No one can make you feel inferior without your consent." -Eleanore Roosevelt
"If God had wanted me otherwise, He would have created me otherwise." -Johann Wolfgang VonGoethe
"It is better to be hated for what you are than loved for what you are not." -Andre Gide
"You cannot do a kindness too soon, for you never know how soon it will be too late." -Ralph Waldo Emerson
"Never To Suffer, would mean never to have been blessed"
_Edgar Allen Poe_
well i could just start today and never finish to enumerate my favorite quotes but at the moment i feel one of the best is probably the following:
"As a woman i have no country. As a woman i want no country.As a woman my country is the whole world". Virginia Woolf
Anyway there's another one that i really love...
"Minds are like parachutes...they only function when they're open" Sir James Dewar
Ah and the last one...which is funny
"thank God i wasn't born before the coming of tea"
Poor Virginia had tunnel vision. She didn't understand that a lot of men feel the same way.Quote:
Originally Posted by michela