What is your favorite quote? And why?

[bhamtya]

I dont know the creator of this one....bt its very close to my heart.


"respect is what you command. Its not what you demand."

[Scarlett O'Hara]

One of my favourite quotes from novels I have read is from 'Tale of Two Cities'
Honestly, I believe one of the greatest beginnings for a novel.
"It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness, it was the epoch of belief, it was the epoch of incredulity, it was the season of Light, it was the season of Darkness, it was the spring of hope, it was the winter of despair, we had everything before us, we had nothing before us, we were all going direct to Heaven, we were all going direct the other way--in short, the period was so far like the present period, that some of its noisiest authorities insisted on its being received, for good or for evil, in the superlative degree of comparison only."
I just love the series antitheses. Then, also, of course, the ending line:
"'It is a far, far better thing that I do, than I have ever done; it is a far, far better rest that I go to than I have ever known.'"

[Scarlett O'Hara]

1) Maria Theresa was the Empress of Austria.
2) Marie Antoinette* made that statement.
3) She was the Queen of France prior to the French Revolution.

I pray you were being sarcastic.

That is not necessarily true. I used to believe that Marie Antoinette said that too, but there is no evidence to confirm it. Actually, it is more likely that Maria Theresa said it, about 100 years before Antoinette came along.
After studying the French Revolution, it shows how Marie Antoinette did not really realise the magnitude of the poverty and would not say that.
Regardless of who said it, it's a great quote.

[Scarlett O'Hara]

Also, I feel I have to add this quote due to my choice in name (first character who came to mind that was not taken):
"After all...tomorrow is another day"
How silly, yet so optimistic.

[iamnobody]

The maturity of man--that means, to have reaquired the seriousness that one had as a child at play. Friedrich Nietzsche

[.Kafka]

"We live as we dream, alone" - Joseph Conrad

[Captain Pike]

Didn't know where to put this, so I'll put it here since it was here that I recognized a problem.
I was in the Henry James database, on the other side of this website. I was looking for a quote to put in here. I tried using the search, the Boolean search feature which is offered. Supposedly you can scan the works of a particular author here. Not finding the quote I wanted, I tried searching for a quote that I can see right in front of me here in my book. Kind of like looking up your own name in the phone book. It never found the search string. Anyone ever had any luck with this? It is a powerful tool to boast having, where's the beef?

[hazelk]

Michael Pritchard

"You don't stop laughing because you grow old; you grow old because you stop laughing".

[untroddenways]

"In the midst of winter, I found there was, within me, an invincible summer" -- Albert Camus

Speaks for itself, I believe.

[Zach J.]

My favorite quote is, "Heroes fight wars, have lots of sex and steal cattle." It was said by my Classical Epics professor last year.

[romeyblack]

"What does it profit a man to gain the whole world and lose his soul?"

[papayahed]

Heard it just now:

"Wow you are really uptight. It's like you have a piece of coal up your rear end. Turn it into a diamond and pull it out." - Tim Gunn, Project Runway

[littlelit]

"Your existence is an oxymoron."
Heard it in a movie I just saw. Loved it.

[hack]

"Now is the time on Sprockets, when we dance." -Dieter-

[abdultsitsopoul]

I like - "Dr Livingstone I presume"... just because it is soooo English!