Favourite quotes, phrases or ideas!
I thought it might be interesting to have a thread where people can post their favourite quotes or mantras or other turns of phrase from a novel, speaker or otherwise which you wear on your sleeve or just gives you inspiration.
Personally, I'm very fond of "A little less love, and a little more common decency.' which comes near the beginning of Slapstick by Kurt Vonnegut. Obviously, it's said with a bit of a wink, but I think there's something to it in the idea that love can sometimes be ill-used, whereas common decency, treating other human beings with basic respect, is a good base-line to draw your actions from!
Personally, I'm very fond of "A little less love, and a little more common decency.' which comes near the beginning of Slapstick by Kurt Vonnegut. Obviously, it's said with a bit of a wink, but I think there's something to it in the idea that love can sometimes be ill-used, whereas common decency, treating other human beings with basic respect, is a good base-line to draw your actions from!
My sig here has been "To Posterity - and Beyond!" for a long time. From Toy Story, of course, though slightly adapted for the purpose. As I've noticed happening with some other things in my life, it started very flippantly, and has since grown in importance. It's not *quite* my mission statement, (I don't think I have such a thing) but not such a long way off any more.
There's honestly no such thing as a stupid question -- but I'm afraid I can't rule out giving a stupid answer : : To Posterity and Beyond!
Roald Dahl said:
I'm still looking out for magic.“Watch with glittering eyes the whole world around you because the greatest secrets are always hidden in the most unlikely places. Those who don’t believe in magic will never find it.”
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'That's why there's rules, eh? So that you think before you break them.'
Terry Pratchett, one of the discworld novels, I think it was 'Thief of Time' (which is my favorite, by the way...)
Terry Pratchett, one of the discworld novels, I think it was 'Thief of Time' (which is my favorite, by the way...)
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Isn't that by Bulwer Lytton?aradlaw wrote:It was a dark and stormy night - anon
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That's one of my favorites, too. The novel and the quote.Availle wrote:'That's why there's rules, eh? So that you think before you break them.'
Terry Pratchett, one of the discworld novels, I think it was 'Thief of Time' (which is my favorite, by the way...)
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Yes Thief of Time is one of my favourites too, along with Mort and Men at Arms.Availle wrote:'That's why there's rules, eh? So that you think before you break them.'
Terry Pratchett, one of the discworld novels, I think it was 'Thief of Time' (which is my favorite, by the way...)
Another Pratchett classic: "Inside every old person is a young person wondering what happened."
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I think I'll go with Sydney Smith:
(Serenely full, the epicure would say,)
Fate cannot harm me,—I have dined to-day.
Or, more seriously "Learn from the earliest days to insure your principles against the perils of ridicule; you can no more exercise your reason if you live in the constant dread of laughter, than you can enjoy your life if you are in the constant terror of death."
(Serenely full, the epicure would say,)
Fate cannot harm me,—I have dined to-day.
Or, more seriously "Learn from the earliest days to insure your principles against the perils of ridicule; you can no more exercise your reason if you live in the constant dread of laughter, than you can enjoy your life if you are in the constant terror of death."
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So many to choose from... But one of my most favourite would be;
“There is a beast in man that needs to be excersised, not exorcised.”
- Anton Sandor LaVey
LaVey has so many good quotes, but the fiery and unapologetic nature of LaVeyan Satanism means he is quite... piquant. Most of his quotes would probably get me warned.
“There is a beast in man that needs to be excersised, not exorcised.”
- Anton Sandor LaVey
LaVey has so many good quotes, but the fiery and unapologetic nature of LaVeyan Satanism means he is quite... piquant. Most of his quotes would probably get me warned.
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I also like the first verse of Happy the Man by John Dryden:
And I think almost everything Terry Pratchett has ever written is quotable.Happy the man, and happy he alone,
He who can call today his own;
He who, secure within, can say,
Tomorrow, do thy worst, for I have lived today.
So little space, so much to say.
I don't know exactly where I heard this one:
EstherBlessed are the Flexible,
For they shall not be bent out of shape.
"Reasonable people adapt themselves to the world. Unreasonable
people attempt to adapt the world to themselves. All progress,
therefore, depends on unreasonable people." George Bernard Shaw
people attempt to adapt the world to themselves. All progress,
therefore, depends on unreasonable people." George Bernard Shaw