Quotes in case you become famous.

[Heathcliff]

Ahh, you're onto something here. Reminds me of the T.S. Eliot quote, which btw, probably has nothing to do with what you intended your quote to mean, but anyway:

"The historical sense involves a perception, not only of the pastness of the past, but of its presence."

Yeah, totally random, but I was just thinking about the essay from which that quote came from, and so your aphorism undoubtably made me think of it. Again, I think you meant it in different terms.

Of relevance, kind sir. Not exactly what I meant, but a little.
You are probably sick of hearing this from me, but you are a genious for a 16yrld kid.

"Crunchy, rubbery and bitter, why did my dad just eat a leaf?"
Okay, I supose that won't go down in history, but it does point out that my dad just ate a leaf off the little bonsai tree he has. Totally random. Just downright weird.
Only now I'm tempted to try it, just as I'm curious...
I ate a flower for that reason. I felt bad afterwards because it was really pretty.

Like was when I was a lot younger in primary school, one of the big kids was handing out flowers and he gave me one.
As much as I hate flowers for their dust-collecting, supposed-to-be gravestone dwelling properties, I liked it. So I hid it so nobody could take it from me.
At the end of grade six I pulled a lump of mush out of my schoolbag and cried because I hurt the pretty flower.

And that is my whole life story.

[Maximilianus]

"You have the right to remain silent, or you can talk, but if you choose to talk you may hurt someone, so beware of the words you give."

"You have the obligation to remain talking, because when you were silent there were words you should have said."

"The scar you set is the scar that will stop bleeding, but the mark won't vanish."

[Heathcliff]

Ahh Maxi. Love them all, as always.
I likey the last one... -shudders-
I'd explain it but it one of those nice ones that make sense and still make you think, 'gah it is still there!!'

[Maximilianus]

Thank you dear

[Heathcliff]

"Age is a number that dictates my whole life."
Something I said on the crushes thread, ehh, a few minutes ago.

[Maximilianus]

It makes a lot of sense

[Heathcliff]

It makes sense, but I don't like it all the time...
Eh, such is life.

[IceM]

80-90% of the quotes on the last 5 pages on this thread feel like gimmicks; like something someone forged on the spot and pawned off as either a) original b) relevant or c) impacting.

What happened to the good ones?

[Maximilianus]

Perhaps you would be so kind to illuminate us by ing some of your good ones?

[BienvenuJDC]

There are two things that I am sure of...
1) There is a God,
2) I'm not Him...

[IceM]

The best quotes from this thread are as follows: best not from a subjective standpoint but for their relevance, meaning, and timelessness.

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

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

"Honesty to oneself is oh so very lonesome." - me

My personal one and I don't think I stole it from anyone: Image is everything, substance is a bonus.

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"Language is the indoctrination to which we all fall prey."

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The abstract mind works in chaotic beauty, like a burst of color shot from heavens rainbow.

Boredom is an occupation that fills up much time.

Everything else has become a pep rally.

[Maximilianus]

I'm glad there's one of mine you like, Ice.

[IceM]

P.S. This isn't me becoming an iconoclast of a thread I've participated in; it's me stating a truth that this thread has produced few memorable quotes for it's length. If I can't find more than a handful of quotes of the nigh-on 150 posts, what does that say about what we're producing.

My previous post shows our moments of brilliance. Everything else has been a high-school pep rally. 10 pages of relative disappointment show that.

[BienvenuJDC]

There are three kinds of people in this world: those who can count and those who can't...

[Maximilianus]

Interesting calculation Bien