Quotes in case you become famous.

[Heathcliff]

There is a likelyhood that one day you will achieve something, and if you are ever famous then you need something to go by.

Please document anything that could become a memorable quote.

Something long, short or anything. Even your opinion on your own or someone elses.

You never know, this could become some sort of memorabilia in the future.
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My official quote of the day is, "age is a number".
I'm pretty sure someone famous has said it, but I just heard my friend say it.
However I do think that age is much more than that and should be considered greatly, still, it sounds powerful to me.

And one that I made on my own: "A picture tells a thousand words, but a thousand words are saying it for real."

[Maryd.]

Smile the world is good to you - but if it isn't, quit complaining and smile anyway.

Is a line I thought up when I first went online. And I have been using it ever since. I believe the first part of it is used in another quote, other than that I claim it as mine. It use to read: Smile the world is good to you, but if it isn't quit your whinging and smile anyway.

Don't know why I changed 'whinging to complaining' but I did and that's the way it is going to stay. So peoples, if I ever become famous... You heard it hear at, Litnet, first.

[Heathcliff]

Yup. That is good. And has a point.

I wouldn't consider this memorable, but I like to say:

"When in doubt, don't."

Then again, not all of my ideas are very good.

[mal4mac]

"Believing means liberating the indestructible element in oneself, or more accurately, being indestructible, or more accurately, being." - Kafka

[Lokasenna]

I'd quite like some of my put-down lines to be preserved for posterity...

"Your only function in life is organ donation!" and "You have all the charm and charisma of the recently deceased!" are two of my favourite.

[dfloyd]

And when he died,
This of him was said:
All his sins were scarlet,
But all his books were read.

[Maryd.]

And when he died,
This of him was said:
All his sins were scarlet,
But all his books were read.

Well done dfloyd... I love this one.

[Heathcliff]

Your only function in life is organ donation!

I like that...

"You are unique, just like everyone else, exactly the same."
I'm sure someone has said that, but I'm saying it now.

[DocHeart]

I used to be an island, and my name was Madagascar.

[Maryd.]

I used to be an island, and my name was Madagascar.

oiieee that is so cute, docheart.

[Maximilianus]

I would like to immortalize these few quotes for posterity. I hope that long after I am gone, the future generations will remember a bit of me through them:

"Mirrors won't show much beyond a picture of the outer carcass" - Mine (I hope...)

"The game is close to end. I played my cards the best I could. If you feel I played well, this is the time to applaud. If not, then at least remember I played the cards I had" - Mine (I hope too...)

"Today I bury, then mourn my dead. Tomorrow I get payback." - Mine (I hope again. I devised it when I was dreaming to be a hero who gets payback for the murder of his family... now I'm in helpless delirium .... )

"The future us are not here. We are." - Variation from a dialog in Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles, where John asks Cameron "What would the future me do?" and then she says "The future you is not here. You are". It kinda hit me (I'm that sensitive), but I decided to change it a little not to infringe the original writer's copyright I'm a very respectful TV fan

[Heathcliff]

Those are really good.
The TV deserves respect.

'You can climb up the tree, but then what are you going to do.' - I'm hoping someone can tell me what in the world that means.

[Maximilianus]

'You can climb up the tree, but then what are you going to do.' - I'm hoping someone can tell me what in the world that means.

I think it means that once we are up the tree there's not much further we can do, other than contemplating whatever can be seen from up there. Unless we can fly/jump to other trees and perform some kind of a tree-walk, as in Chinese martial arts movies (the Chinese love flying ), which in practical real life seems (apparently) humanly improbable. So if we stick to sheer human capabilities, what else could we do besides climbing up, taking a look around and climbing down again? I think it means somewhat like that.

Now, there is a chance of a deeper meaning. Let's say that someone tells you "I bet you can't climb up the tree and then jump from up there to the ground, while I can" in a voice pitch that hurts your pride. So you decide to accept the challenge and you and the other one climb up the tree, so what are you going to do once you both have reached up? If the tree is too tall, I would strongly recommend that you climb down the same way you climbed up, paying no mind to whatever others may say, and if the other person wants to take a dive to the ground and brake both legs... well, it's up to them. Let them break their legs if that's what they want, while you keep yours safe. In such situation, I believe, a quote like this one makes you ponder about the alternatives you have to come down the tree, that is, the stupid alternative and the smart alternative.

There may be other interpretations, but right now I can't quite think of them Then, I'll leave it like this for now

[Heathcliff]

Wow. That is so... Wow.

I like the tree one.

Thankyou.

"I didn't do anything today. Great, I must have done something right."
That's just something I say.

[Lokasenna]

Alas, it isn't one of mine, but this put-down is wonderful:

"If your IQ was any lower, you'd need watering!"