Fun / Favorite Quotes

[Nas]

I came across this quote from W.C. Fields, and thought it might be fun to hear of your favorite quotes:

That reminds me of the time I went on an African safari and someone forgot the corkscrew. We had to survive for 3 or 4 days on nothing but food and water.

I also like, but have great trouble following, this quote which is attributed to various people, including Mark Twain, Abraham Lincoln, or several others:

It is better to be thought a fool than to open your mouth and prove it.


What are some of your favorites?

[Dodgergirl]

:rofl: good one, Nas...

[Ironhorse]

This is the one I try to remember, specially when things get bad:

“Sing like no one's listening, love like you've never been hurt, dance like nobody's watching, and live like its heaven on earth.”

Mark Twain


Course, when I dance and sing (especially sing), I make SURE no one is watching or listening, LOL

[Nas]

Another I like:

Good judgment comes from experience, and experience--well, that comes from poor judgment.
-- Cousin Woodman

[Nas]

Infinitely quotable:

“If you don't know where you're going, you might wind up someplace else.”

Yogi Berra

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“Always go to other people's funerals; otherwise, they won't go to yours”

Yogi Berra

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“A nickel ain't worth a dime anymore.”

Yogi Berra

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“It's like déjà vu all over again”

Yogi Berra

[mary oleary]

"If I can't be a good example to others, at least let me be a horrible warning".

rolleyes: author unknown

[Nas]

"But no temple made with hands can compare with Yosemite. Every rock in its walls seems to glow with life. Some lean back in majestic repose; others, absolutely sheer or nearly so for thousands of feet, advance beyond their companions in thoughtful attitudes, giving welcome to storms and calms alike, seemingly aware, yet heedless, of everything going on about them. Awful in stern, immovable majesty, how softly these rocks are adorned, and how fine and reassuring the company they keep: their feet among beautiful groves and meadows, their brows in the sky, a thousand flowers leaning confidingly against their feet, bathed in floods of water, floods of light, while the snow and waterfalls, the winds and avalanches and clouds shine and sing and wreathe about them as the years go by, and myriads of small winged creatures birds, bees, butterflies—give glad animation and help to make all the air into music. Down through the middle of the Valley flows the crystal Merced, River of Mercy, peacefully quiet, reflecting lilies and trees and the onlooking rocks; things frail and fleeting and types of endurance meeting here and blending in countless forms, as if into this one mountain mansion Nature had gathered her choicest treasures, to draw her lovers into close and confiding communion with her."

John Muir - - <a href="http://www.yosemite.ca.us/john_muir_writings/the_yosemite/chapter_1.html"> The Yosemite</a> - - 1912

[only1alphafemale]

Democracy is two wolves and a lamb deciding what to have for dinner - liberty is a well-armed lamb protesting the vote.
- Benjamin Franklin

[only1alphafemale]

The most successful people are those who are good at plan B.
-James Yorke

[only1alphafemale]

This is my last one ~ lol

It is not your aptitude, but your attitude, that determines your altitude.
-Zig Ziglar

[Sandman]

Here are some quotes from a wise man...

"Me only have one ambition, y'know. I only have one thing I really like to see happen. I like to see mankind live together - black, white, Chinese, everyone - that's all."

"Open your eyes, look within. Are you satisfied with the life you're living?"

"Life is one big road with lots of signs. So when you riding through the ruts, don't complicate your mind. Flee from hate, mischief and jealousy. Don't bury your thoughts, put your vision to reality. Wake Up and Live! "

"One good thing about music, when it hits you, you feel no pain. "

"Emancipate yourselves from mental slavery, none but ourselves can free our minds!"

"My music will go on forever. Maybe it's a fool say that, but when me know facts me can say facts. My music will go on forever."

- Bob Marley

...and he was no fool. His music will go on forever!

[Nas]

Maybe I'm the only one who loves good quotes, but I just can't help myself:

When I was a boy of fourteen, my father was so ignorant I could hardly stand to have the old man around. But when I got to be twenty-one, I was astonished at how much the old man had learned in seven years.

— Mark Twain

[only1alphafemale]

Nahhhh...lol...Your not the only one Nas....I have a liking for them too~! :grin:

Here are some other ones I like , but I dont know who said them........

The real art of conversation is not only to say the right thing at the right time, but also to leave unsaid the wrong thing at the tempting moment.

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If you can smile when things go wrong, you must have someone else in mind to blame.
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The sole purpose of a child's middle name is so he/she knows when she is really in trouble!

Faith is the bird that sings when the dawn is still dark.
--Rabindranath Tagore


He who never made a mistake never made a discovery.
-- Samuel Smiles

[only1alphafemale]

I don't believe makeup and the right hairstyle alone can make a woman beautiful.
The most radiant woman in the room is the one full of life and experience.


--Sharon Stone

[Nas]

The real art of conversation is not only to say the right thing at the right time, but also to leave unsaid the wrong thing at the tempting moment.

Oh! Thats a good one. But hard to follow. Its so tempting to make my point, even when I shouldn't.


The sole purpose of a child's middle name is so he/she knows when she is really in trouble!

Heh!

[Dodgergirl]

Some of my favorites...

When life hands you lemons, ask for tequila and salt and call me
over.

I'm not going to vacuum 'til Sears makes one you can ride on.

[monkey]

Every time I reach for the moon, I end up with Uranus.
(childish, I know, but it cracks me up every time)

[only1alphafemale]

Wisdom from Grandpa~
It is hard to understand how a cemetery raised its burial rates
And blamed it on the cost of living

[Nas]

You cut down a tree, then buck it up.

You ship a package with a truck, but send it as cargo on a boat.

Who invented the toothbrush? Yea yea yea - someone from North Fork, I've heard that one :)

[WE Mag Publisher]

Saw this at my son's preschool

The most difficult child to love is the one who needs it the most.

[haneefa8]

This is my last one ~ lol

It is not your aptitude, but your attitude, that determines your altitude.
-Zig Ziglar

Thanks for your good joke;'

[mp5man1]

"Death smiles at us all, all a man can do is smile back.' From the movie Gladiator

"Victory is reserved for those who are willing to pay it's price." - Sun Tzu

"When you aim for perfection, you discover it's a moving target." - Unknown

The Way of a Warrior is based on humanity, love, and sincerity; the heart of martial valor is true bravery, wisdom, love, and friendship. Emphasis on the physical aspects of warriorship is futile, for the power of the body is always limited.
- Ueshiba Morihei, The Art Of Peace

If you know the art of breathing you have the strength, wisdom and courage of ten tigers.
- Chinese adage

I am a Shawnee. My forefathers were warriors. Their son is a warrior...From my tribe I take nothing. I am the maker of my own fortune.
- Tecumseh

"Crime is bad" MP5man1 LOL

[Sandman]

I hate to advocate drugs, alcohol, violence, or insanity to anyone, but they've always worked for me.
Hunter S. Thompson (http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/quotes/h/huntersth102861.html)