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Successful people look at themselves as a work in progress. Unsuccessful people look at themselves as the finished product.
Trust is like glass. Once it is broken, it cannot be repaired, only replaced.
“When life hands you lemons, put them in the fridge”. - Trident
by lightfly on December 13th, 2006
"Whether you believe you can or believe you can't, you're right."
-Henry Ford
"Life is not measured by the number of breaths we take, but by the number of moments that take our breath away."
-Unknown
"When one door of happiness closes, another opens; but often we look so long at the closed door that we do not see the one which has been opened for us."
-Helen Keller
by Anonymous on December 22nd, 2006
"Always forgive your enemies; nothing annoys them so much." -- Oscar Wilde
by LdyCharlene on December 21st, 2006
"Love is like an illusion, before you go running to it, make sure it is really there".
by AntigoneRising on January 25th, 2007
I doubt I can pick just one. Here are some of my favorites:
"I may not agree with a word you say, but I will defend to my death your right to say it." - Voltaire
"Doubt is not a pleasant condition, but certainty is absurd." - Voltaire
"History is a pack of lies we play on the dead." - Voltaire
"A witty saying proves nothing." - Voltaire
"Those who can make you believe absurdities can make you commit atrocities." - Voltaire
"Think for yourselves and let others enjoy the privilege to do so too." - Voltaire
"I know not with what weapons World War III will be fought, but World War IV will be fought with sticks and stones." - Albert Einstein
"It is a miracle that curiosity survives formal education." - Albert Einstein
"Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I'm not sure about the former." - Albert Einstein
"To punish me for my contempt for authority, fate made me an authority myself." - Albert Einstein
"Common sense is the collection of prejudices acquired by age eighteen." - Albert Einstein
"Insanity: doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results." - Albert Einstein (attributed)
"The significant problems we have cannot be solved at the same level of thinking with which we created them." - Albert Einstein
"Great spirits have always encountered opposition from mediocre minds. The mediocre mind is incapable of understanding the man who refuses to bow blindly to conventional prejudices and chooses instead to express his opinions courageously and honestly." - Albert Einstein
"The unleashed power of the atom has changed everything save our modes of thinking and we thus drift toward unparalleled catastrophe." - Albert Einstein
by Flycatcher on December 29th, 2006
"I am not afraid of death. I just don't want to be there when it happens."
-Woody Allen.
by catlovr on December 13th, 2006
" Eagles may fly but weasles don't get sucked into jet engines" (unknown)
by MarthaD on January 29th, 2007
"Everyone misunderestimates me" Courtesy of George Bush
by Anonymous on December 21st, 2006
Si usted tiembla con indignación en cada injusticia, entonces es un camarada de mio.
-Che Guevara
(It means: "If you tremble with indignation at every injustice, then you are a comrade of mine.")
by Wolfen on February 22nd, 2007
"In this world of give and take, there are few willing to give what it takes."
by unknown on April 25th, 2007
I'm tired of all this nonsense about beauty being only skin-deep. That's deep enough. What do you want, an adorable pancreas?
- Jean Kerr
by nevets - badgicide on January 25th, 2007
I don't have just one favourite, but here is one of them:
Everyone has inside of him a piece of good news. The good news is that you don't know how great you can be! How much you can love! What you can accomplish! And what your potential is!
- Anne Frank
by TheWrongAnswer on December 13th, 2006
"I went into the woods because I wanted to live deliberately. I wanted to live deep and suck out all the marrow of life ... to put to rout all that was not life; and not, when I came to die, discover that I had not lived."
-Henry David Thoreau
by The Special One on February 8th, 2008
I have one that pertains to AB quite well:
"Never argue with an idiot. They will bring you down to their level and beat you with experience"
-Scott Adams, the guy that does Dilbert.
by Seraphim Shinobi on February 8th, 2008
"If God gives you lemons you FIND A NEW GOD!!!!!!!! GODBERRY!!!! king of the Juice!!!!"
by - retroglide - on August 18th, 2007
I've always found this one amusing.
We are the most powerful planet on Earth.
Dan Quayle
by Valparaiso on January 4th, 2007
"For God so loved the world that he sent his one and only son that whoever belives in him shall not perish but have eternal life."
by The Academy Is... on January 29th, 2007
“So many people treat you like you're a kid you might as well act like one and throw your television out of the hotel window.” -Gerard Way
by Twhupfold on January 25th, 2007
"Of course I'm insane, but that doesn't make me wrong. I'm mad not ill."
"If it's stupid but it works, it's not stupid."
and
"You can run, but you will only die tired!"
The first two I absolutely love (They are so true, and I think apply to me sometimes :D), the 3rd just reminds me of my own weaknesses, so it's a thought always close to my heart heh. :)
by hhhttt on September 11th, 2008
He who laughs last, Didn't get the joke.
Me.
by Alluneedtoknow. on September 10th, 2008
yes.... this one is spot on, everything i live for...
I believe that imagination is stronger than knowledge -- myth is more potent than history -- dreams are more powerful than facts -- hope always triumphs over experience -- laughter is the cure for grief -- love is stronger than death. - ROBERT FULGHUM
by wookieblu on January 18th, 2008
be who you are and say what you feel because those who mind dont matter and those wqho matter dont mind by dr.seuss
by miss skellington in mushroom land on October 14th, 2008
be the change in the world you want to see- Ghandi
by anonymous on September 10th, 2008
"In the beginning there was nothing, which exploded" - Terry Pratchett [on the big bang?]
by - retroglide - on January 25th, 2007
God did not give us children to raise, He gave us children to finish raising us.
by berett on December 22nd, 2006
Impossible is not a declaration...it is a dare!
by daishotachi on October 17th, 2008
to all of you who believe in telekinetics, raise my hand.
-Kurt Vonnegut
by Anon E. Maus on February 17th, 2007
"I won't be wronged, I won't be insulted, and I won't be laid a hand on. I don't do these things to other people and I expect the same from them."
- John Wayne in "The Shootist".
by MarthaD on January 29th, 2007
"Gone crazy - be back after lunch"
by PerfectlyPink on January 25th, 2007
"Man who sneezes with out tissue takes matter into his own hands"
"Live for the moments I won't remember with the friends I'll NEVER forget.."
"Today I do what others will not, so that tomorrow I can do what others can't."
by Fyrefish on January 25th, 2007
you need a parachute to skydive twice.
by cambsman on January 17th, 2007
So many.
"Sex between a man and a woman is a wonderful thing as long as you get imbetween the right man and the right woman" - Grouch Marx
"Sir you are drunk". "And you madam are ugly, but I will be sober in the morning". - Lady Astor and Winston Churchill - one of their many spats.
"I offer you nothing but blood sweat and tears" - Winston Churchill rallying speech at the start of the Second World War when all seemed lost.
"Win Rocky Win" - From Rocky II, Adrienne lying in hospital just after coming out of her coma. I always cry at that bit.
by Valparaiso on January 11th, 2007
"Here I stand, and can do no other. God help me Amen." -- Martin Luther
by Brickson on December 22nd, 2006
Work, curse of the drinking class. Oscar Wilde
by xXxsnnyDaythryxXx Rain is fighting back on September 10th, 2008
who's more childish, the boy afraid of the dark, or the man afraid of the light?
(idk who said this first, but i just love it so much i might turn it into a tatoo on me back >_<)
by Servorum Dei on September 6th, 2008
To thine own self be true (W.Shakespeare)
by Little Bo Peep on February 8th, 2008
“Piglet sidled up to Pooh from behind. "Pooh," he whispered.
"Yes, Piglet?"
"Nothing," said Piglet, taking Pooh's paw, "I just wanted to be sure of you."”
by Jodie44 on February 17th, 2007
"The problem with people who have no vices is that generally you can be pretty sure they're going to have some pretty annoying virtues." Elizabeth Taylor
by ChrisDG on January 11th, 2007
When Arthur and Ford are picked up by the Heart of Gold in Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy, they are in a room where very improbable events are occurring, since the Inifinite Improbabillity Drive powers the ship.
Arthur's legs have drifted apart from him and Ford has turned into a penguin. Having no idea what is going on at all, they are terrified, angry, and can only communicate with an unseen voice that rings out over the intercom system, informing them they are perfectly safe.
"But that's not the point!" raged Ford. "The point is that I am now a perfectly safe penguin, and my coleague here is rapidly running out of limbs!"
A seemingly unperturbed Arthur lets him know, as if it's the most normal thing in the world;
"It's all right, I've got them back now."
Had me in stitches.
EDIT
A couple form an email I received, so quotes but not from any attributable source.
Always remember you are unique, just like everyone else.
Time is the best teacher, unfortunately it kills all it's students.
by Tantric on December 22nd, 2006
"Criticism comes easier than craftsmanship" :Zeuxis
by GREMLIN on September 24th, 2009
"I've been looking up stuff on the Google"(George W Busch)
by dooshbaguette on October 14th, 2008
"Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. It is our light, not our darkness, that most frightens us. Your playing small does not serve the world. There is nothing enlightened about shrinking so that other people won't feel insecure around you. We are all meant to shine as children do. It's not just in some of us; it is in everyone. And as we let our own lights shine, we unconsciously give other people permission to do the same. As we are liberated from our own fear, our presence automatically liberates others. "
by MagicSquares on October 14th, 2008
"Reality is just an illusion, albeit a very persistent one." Albert Einstein
by ACCOUNT CLOSED on May 26th, 2008
"A human being should be able to change a diaper, plan an invasion, butcher a hog, sail a ship, design a building, write a sonnet, balance accounts, build a wall, take orders, give orders, cooperate, act alone, solve equations, analyze a new problem, pitch manure, program a computer, cook a tasty meal, fight efficiently, and die gallantly...Specialization is for insects."
-Robert A. Heinlein
by robinreola on February 8th, 2008
Mine is:
"Life is too short to wake up with regrets. So love the people who treat you right Forget about the one's who don't. Believe everything happens for a reason. If you get a chance, take it. If it changes your life, let it. Nobody said life would be easy, they just promised it would most likely be worth it." -Unknown-
by Mrs.Dufresne on January 18th, 2008
This is just one of many;
"What is love? As far as I can tell, it is passion, admiration and respect. If you have two, you have enough. If you have all three, you don't have to die to go to heaven."
William Wharton
by LynfromNM on January 5th, 2008
I have a lot of favorites, but this is the most recent:
Compromise is but the sacrifice of one right or good in the hope of retaining another--too often ending in the loss of both.
~Tryon Edwards~
by Starmaster on April 13th, 2007
In Spanish: "Lo mejor que hizo Dios es un dia despues del otro" it means: "The best thing God created was one day after the other". It brings hope, it means that it doesn't matter what kind of bad day you are having, tomorrow is going to be another day, and it will probably be a better one...better days are always waiting ahead.
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