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I am in a quote phase right now for some odd reason that is unidentified. Here. you can post some of your favorites- be they moving, intelligent, insightful. . .
Here are some of the ones I've been focusing on recently:
Outside of a dog, books are a man's best friend. Inside of a dog, it's too dark to read.
-Unknown
In this world, two things are infinite: the universe and human stupidity; and I'm not sure about the universe.
-Albert Einstein
Never treat someone in a way that you wouldn't treat yourself; and never make someone do something you wouldn't do yourself.
-Scylla
I was smiling today, I smiled yesterday, and will smile tomorrow. Simply because life is too short to cry about anything.
-Unknown
Life is 10% what happens and 90% how you react to it.
-Charles Swindoll
The first step to overcoming cowardism is to admit it.
- My sister
Just some to get you started! Quotes are good stuff.
submitted by Scylla
(January 7, 2016 - 7:47 pm)
(January 7, 2016 - 7:47 pm)
"Keep calm and read."
~Unknown
"Life is a story waiting to be written."
~Me!
"We cannot solve our problems with the same thinking we used when we created them."
~Albert Einstein
"Many of life's failures are people who did not realize how close they were to success when they gave up."
~Thomas Edison
"If you can't explain it simply, you don't understand it well enough."
~Albert Einstein
"There are only two ways to live your life. One is as though nothing is a miracle. The other is as though everything is a miracle."
~Albert Einstein
"Forget what hurt you, but never forget what it taught you."
~Unknown
"Follow your heart, but take your brain with you."
~Unknown
"The most effective way to do it, is to do it!"
~Amelia Earhart
"Never interrupt someone doing what you said couldn't be done."
~Amelia Earhart
"What do dreams know of boundaries?"
~Amelia Earhart
"The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity..."
~Amelia Earhart
(January 10, 2016 - 12:12 pm)
I love those quotes!
P.S. Hermione rocks!
(January 10, 2016 - 8:07 pm)
"There is a time to fight, and a time to surrender. This is a time to surrender."
~Me
"Curiosity didn't kill the cat. It was a lack of curiosity that killed the cat."
~Me
"Curiosity is not a sin, but we should exersise caution with our curiosity."
~Dumbledore
"There once was a hole . . ."
~J.R.R. Tolkien
(January 12, 2016 - 1:39 pm)
I discovered this strange parallel a few weeks ago:
"The ability to speak does not make you intelligent."
~Qui-Gon Jinn
"But some people without brains do an awful lot of talking, don't they?"
~The Scarecrow (Wizard of Oz)
Koda says xnag. My parents are, indeed, nagging me to go to bed, so 'night all.
(January 12, 2016 - 9:56 pm)
One more, this one from Treasure Island by Robert L. Stevenson. It's a very slow and excruciating read, but required for my English course and I do not recommend it.
You're a lad, but you're smart as paint.
-Long John Silver
I have no clue in the slightest what it means.
(January 12, 2016 - 11:05 pm)
"smart as paint" means quick-witted, intelligent, imaginative, suchlike.
(January 15, 2016 - 5:03 pm)
Admins, do you have any favorite quotes?
Oh yes! Quite a few. Off the top of my head:
"Anything worth doing is worth doing well." My friend Cindy, a talented artist
"When in doubt, wear red." Michelle Kwan, figure skater
"Home is the place, where when you go there they have to take you in." The Death of the Hired Man by Robert Frost (off the top of my head, without checking every word)
Many more from favorite poems, books, and movies.
(January 13, 2016 - 6:55 pm)
Ah, so you're the Admin that figure skates?
Oh! And, where is Cricket base or where ever you Admin people work?
Wingnut says niwc.
New York City?
I can do a very few moves, but my main figure skating love is watching competitions. U.S. Nationals starts tomorrow in St. Paul, MN. I'll be watching online. The senior level competition starts on Thursday, January 21. Until then it's the younger skaters. I love watching all I possibly can.
The Cricket editorial office is in Chicago. I work from home in the evening and on weekends.
Admin
(January 15, 2016 - 5:06 pm)
THIS IS THE BEST DAY EVER!!!!!!!!!! Are there tours? Is the building downtown? Northside? South Side? Near the lake? Do you like Lumalnati's pizza? Are you a cubs fan? Did you see The Goodman theatre's A Christmas Carol? Do you like Garret's Popcorn? Have you been to the Harold Washington Library?
Sorry, you don't have to answer all of these questions. If you haven't been to the Harold Washington Library though, you should. they have this area with trees and a wonderful view of the city. It's called the Winter Garden. There's new flavor of Garret's popcorn that's peppemint or some thing. It sounds good. I haven't tried it yet though.
Yes, I've been to the Harold Washington Library. We don't give regularly scheduled tours of the Chicago office. I'm not a diehard baseball fan, but I would be happy to see the Cubs make it to the World series!
Admin
(January 16, 2016 - 1:09 pm)
Scylla- the first quote is Groucho Marx.
Just so you know.
(January 15, 2016 - 5:00 pm)
"Don't worry about that test tomorrow...you've surely already failed."
---From, A Few Dismal Quotes to Keep You Wishing You'd Never Leaned to Read, By Mortifero, (my AE)
(January 19, 2016 - 5:52 pm)
This is kind of related, but I think it's more optimistic then Mortifero's quote. (Great title, by the way.)
"Whether you think you can or can't, your right".
- Henry Ford
P.S. This quote was in no way meant to worship Henry Ford. He was an anti-semitist and was awarded a nazi medal of appreciation.
P.S.S. If you haven't guessed already, I'm half Jewish.
P.S.S.S. I don't go to temple though, I go to church. I'm half Christain.
P.S.S.S.S. It's complicated.
P.S.S.S.S.S. I don't mean to say that Henry Ford was a bad engineer, or even a bad person. I just don't agree with his views.
(January 20, 2016 - 6:49 pm)
If you want your children to be intelligent, read them fairy tales. If you want them to be more intelligent, read them more fairy tales. -Albert Einstein
That's even worse than the 'Ruffnut marries the guard, divorces him, and gets the key as part of the settlement' plan! -Astrid
A lot of people like snow. I find it to be an unnecessary freezing of water. -Unknown
------ ----!!!! -Ron Weasly. For the sake of the Admins, I didn't write this in there, but if you count the dashes you can probably figure it out.
I'm not a Vulcan! I don't want to be a Vulcan! I don't even like StarTrek! -Leo Valdez
Fine. I've been out of danger for half an hour so I'm bored. Let's go. -Taylor Ridley
(January 21, 2016 - 11:20 pm)
"I don't believe that man has ever been to medical school."
~ Can you guess?
(January 23, 2016 - 2:43 pm)
Artemis Fowl?
(January 24, 2016 - 3:32 pm)